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#158 - 5 Tips To Instantly Up Your Guitar Skills (Advanced Chords)
🕑 Added 2021-03-12 14:00:05 +0000 UTCIt's finally time for the next wishlist lesson! You guys & girls voted for the topic of advanced chords for Rock & Metal :)
These tricks are easy, simple, but very effective and we are spicing up a basic power chord riff in 5 different ways. Advanced chords don't always have to be overly complicated - by including just a bit of tension or voice-leading, you will create amazing and very melodic riffs or progressions :)
Don't forget to download your files below, I also made a backing track in 3 different tempos! You can practice all 5 variations over the backing tracks AND you can try to reharmonize your own version of the riff (highly recommended!)
Comments
James Nelson
highway! level 4 _ gonna use it in my new phrygian dominant song
Bernd Brodträger
Thanks for asking! I like to work with just a slight bit of gain for these crunchy cleans, I think too much gain makes it difficult to get this kind of sound :) I also don't scoop the mids or make big moves with the knobs, I go for Kemper profiles or VSTs that have a good base sound and then tweak them just a bit :)
Fhynix
Highway level 4! Very helpful theory lesson :-) One question: How do you get such an open, transparent sound? When I try the same, my sound is much more muddy and I can't hear the upper strings as easily. Is this a techique issue (aka not strumming correctly) or should I tweak my sound for more transparency?
Edwin van Slingerlandt
I would use level 4 or 5 for verses and 6 for prechorus/chorusses
Gregg Sheridan
Highway level 4
jaz
but what about adding the 9ths to everything else ?
jaz
Highway 2 love the 9ths
John H
HIghway 3, Highway 4, and I love the Highway 5 positioning
Ben Cauble
Highway 5 for me...great lesson!
Emre Ozkose
Highway 4
Salomé Sequeira
Thank you! It does work for me for the most part, still struggling on the bigger frets but it has improved :)
Logan
Life is a highway, I did enjoy 5
Jimmy Grieve
Highway 3!
VersaLife
Highway 2-5
Adrian Nechiti
Highway 2 ! but yes al of them are interesting based on what is happening in the song or if you have a 2nd guitar player in the band is great to combine this variations. Very nice lesson!
Ludo
2 and 4 for me...
Steve Shaw
Bernth gave me a tip for the long pinky stretch, lift the neck higher. it does work for me.
eugenio sanchez
Highway 3. Root note is over rated for soloist, bas players usually do a great job of root note playing
danyecke
Highway 2 and 4. But I like all 5!
kevin Dumont
Highway 2 'and 4
Aldo Rodríguez
Highway 2, 3 & 4 😅😅
Jeffrey Calabrese
Highway 3-it’s expressive and heavy, Highway 4 its articulate and sonically crisp
Carlos Mendez
Man, I have Improved so much this month by doing your lessons. This lesson is something that I've been trying to work on for a while now and sounding terrible at...lol... you made this make so much more sense. Thanks Bernth! Hope you get to that million subs soon Dude! Highway 4-5
Christian Liliedahl
Highway. It sounds great, it could be a shred ballad collab.
Salomé Sequeira
Any tips for a person with extremely small pinky? I am really struggling with that extension.
Steve Shaw
Highway 3 thru 5, just all sound so great, just one question are these chord shapes still moveable up and down the fretboard, but using either the root, third, 5th etc. Thanks Bernth, your lessons never disappoint and always inspire me to be a better player
DarthWooPV
highway all of the above. G minor sounds wickedly cool!
John H
Highway 4 - highway 5
Lenix
Highway! 2 and 4! Great video and definitely helps me to break up the monotony of regular power chords. Thanks Bernth!
Pavel
Highway 3
Robert Duncan
Highway 4 and 5. Using the higher pitched chord voicings is nice for repeating a section/chorus but mixing it up a bit.
Brian Fox
I like the idea of Highway-2 (very Andy Somers-esque ;-) with a few Highway-3 chords tossed in for extra flavor. Thanks for the tips, Bernth.
Jeff Hirshberg
Highway 5. It lends itself to further complexities via a 2nd guitar and/or the bass.
Jon Hew
Highway 4 is my preference, Highway 5 is much easier to utilize
Jon Hew
Wow, Bernth you're coming up with new lessons and tips faster than I can refresh the page haha. Been caught up with work the past week or two and came back to see loads of new materials here. Way the go Bernth!!
Bjørn Visser
highway! Level 3,4 & 5 🎶😲😜
Michael Sax
Really depends what sound or mood you want to create in a certain song. I mostly prefer distinct rhythm and emphasism with the lead. So for that I‘d take highway 3. For a standalone melodic highway 5 would be the right choice of course 😉. Anyway: once again perfectly tought! And with a so important message in the middle of the video: 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Geoff Read
Highway 4 and 5 (both sound very similar to my ear)
Alistair B
Highway 😏. I liked level 3 and 4 best!
Vincenzo
the fourth and fifth so in sequence sound great. same performance of chords but great melodic effect
Arnaud Garni
Highway 2 & 4!
Ronald Gillespie
Highway! Level 2 is probably the one I'll get the most out of for right now but levels 3 through 5 are what I need to practice most.
Enrique Montano Jr
Highway 2 🤘🏻
Sylvain Bouchard
highway Level 4 as well
Krypterian
highway Level 4!
Chris H Brown
highway. I think level 4. I like 5, but it doesn't sound quite as interesting as 4.
Kearns Guitars
Highway level 5 please
Bernd Brodträger
😂🤘
Wilhelm Glomm
Highway - level 4 - although I guess it really depends on the overall mood you want to invoke
benj
highway! level 3, 4 & 5!!!!
Joseph Montuori
This lesson was just amazing! What a great approach to getting those wide complicated yet not complicated to play chord voicing. The only thing I do different is if I start my progression as minor I replace 1 with 6 so it's my 6th degree because I know my 7 is diminished and my 1,4,5 are major chords and my 2,3,6 are minor
