John Livingston

In this live class, I went over a song that uses the Hyperdrive pattern, which is a pattern that uses 8th note strumming. I dissect and explain exactly what that means, so you can spot it in the future.

Here is the replay from this live class.
I discussed how and why to perform an upstrum during your transition to a new chord. How to hold your guitar properly. And I went over the song “God Of Calvary” by Chris Tomlin. Enjoy.

Hey Robert, great question. Pay close attention to the numbers along the left hand side of the chord diagram. You’ll notice that the Bsus spans across the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fret, while the C#m spans across the 4th, 5th, and 6th fret. They do have identical shapes, just different locations on the fret board. Same thing with the F#m and G#m.

Hey John, sorry I’m just seeing your question, as it was not in the usual “questions & struggles” thread.

Are you talking about the low E string? If so, that string should not be plucked on an upstrum. When you do the upstrum, you should only be hitting the bottom three or four strings (high E, B, G, and D), not all 6.

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Here is the replay for this live class.

I went over the slash chord E/G#, particularly for the song “Remember Me” from Disney’s Coco.

Here is the replay from this live class.

Here is the replay from this live class. I went over chord modulation, what it is, how to recognize it, and how to change it if you want.