Summer Break + Chord du Jour Jam Session Archive

Our second cycle of Chord du Jour Jam Sessions has ended.  If you missed them, we have convenient download links for each week (mp3s inside ZIP files) below:

201 in C (notes)
202 in G (notes)
203 in D (notes)
204 in A (notes)
205 in E (notes)
206 in B (notes)
207 in Gb (notes)
208 in Db (notes)
209 in Ab (notes)
210 in Eb (notes)
211 in Bb (notes)
212 in F (notes)

We don't know when we'll return for the third cycle of Jam Sessions, but we'll keep in touch through our newsletter.  You can subscribe using the form on the right.  Have a great summer, everybody, and until next time...KEEP JAMMING!




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NEW! Jam Session 212o + Fsus4 Chord (Guitar)

The Chord of the Day is Fsus4 for a standard-tuned guitar:

Chords for Jam Session 212o:  F Fsus4 Eb Ebsus4 Db Dbsus4 Eb



Jam Session Notes

Jon's Guitar - Standard tuning

     
     F                                          Eb
E  |-8-------------------|--------------------|-6-------------------|
B  |-10------------------|--------------------|-8-------------------|
G  |-10------------------|--------------------|-8-------------------|
D  |-10------------------|--------------------|-8-------------------|
A  |-8-------------------|--------------------|-6-------------------|
E  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|

     
                           Db                              Eb
E  |---------------------|-4------------------|------------6--------|
B  |---------------------|-6------------------|------------8--------|
G  |---------------------|-6------------------|------------8--------|
D  |---------------------|-6------------------|------------8--------|
A  |---------------------|-4------------------|------------6--------|
E  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|

Ryan's Guitar - Half-step down tuning

     
     F                     Fsus4 F  Fsus4 F     Eb
Eb |-2-------------------|-2-----2--2-----2---|-0-------------------|
Bb |-2-------------------|-2-----2--2-----2---|-0-------------------|
Gb |-3-------------------|-4-----3--4-----3---|-1-------------------|
Db |-X-------------------|-X-----X--X-----X---|-2-------------------|
Ab |-4-------------------|-4-----4--4-----4---|-2-------------------|
Eb |-2-------------------|-2-----2--2-----2---|-0-------------------|

     
     Ebsus4 Eb Ebsus4 Eb   Db                   Dbsus4 Db   Eb
Eb |-0------0--0------0--|-2------------------|-3------3----0-------|
Bb |-0------0--0------0--|-3------------------|-3------3----0-------|
Gb |-2------1--2------1--|-2------------------|-2------2----1-------|
Db |-2------2--2------2--|-0------------------|-0------0----2-------|
Ab |-2------2--2------2--|--------------------|-------------2-------|
Eb |-0------0--0------0--|--------------------|-------------0-------|

Jam Session Serving Suggestions:  You can breathe life to a straightforward chord progression (all majors and minors) by embellishing the chords - suspended 2nds and 4ths, 7ths, major-7ths, minor 7ths, 9ths, etc - like how Ryan used suspended 4ths for the above jam session.




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