| Turnarounds are chord progressions with the last | | | | a bit of stretching. The chords are A, F#7+, Bm11 |
| chord taking you back to the first chord thus making | | | | and Bb7add+11.Try to move your fingers as little as |
| it possible to play these progressions over and over | | | | possible when changing chords. To keep the fingers |
| again as an intro to a song, an ending or between | | | | close to the fretboard will help you change chords |
| verses. Here are some nice sounding but easy | | | | smoothly. Here is the guitar tab:1. ---0---0---0---0--- |
| turnarounds for you!In order not to mess up the | | | | 2. ---2---3---3---3--- |
| layout with the guitar tab staff I will not include left | | | | 3. ---2---3---2---1--- |
| hand fingerings but I suggest that you choose left | | | | 4. ------------------- |
| hand fingers carefully so you don't get into | | | | 5. ---0-------2---1--- |
| trouble!However, in order to learn to play these guitar | | | | 6. -------2-----------The last guitar tab turnaround |
| chord progressions as intended I will say something | | | | consists of the chords Aadd9, C9, Fmaj and |
| about your right hand fingerings.When you play these | | | | Bb9+11.The most difficult and most important thing |
| progressions on your guitar I suggest that you play | | | | when playing chord progressions on your guitar isn't |
| the bass notes with your thumb and the first three | | | | to hold a chord but to change between chords.To |
| guitar strings with you first finger, middle finger and | | | | practice really effectively you can choose two |
| ring finger.Of course you can use a pick if you hate | | | | consecutive chords and practice changing between |
| picking with you right hand fingers. If you strum the | | | | them in a slow tempo.1. ---0---0---0---0--- |
| chords you will have to mute unused strings with | | | | 2. ---2---3---1---1--- |
| your left hand fingers or otherwise you can pluck the | | | | 3. ---4---3---2---1--- |
| strings with your pick using different patterns.The | | | | 4. -----------3------- |
| first chord progression includes the guitar chords A | | | | 5. ---0---3-------1--- |
| F#m7 Bm11 and E7. You can use any right hand | | | | 6. -------------------Now you can play four guitar |
| pattern you like as you play the chords.1. | | | | progressions that of course can be mixed. You can |
| ---0---0---0---0--- | | | | replace the second chord in a progression with a |
| 2. ---2---2---3---3--- | | | | second chord from another progression and so on.I |
| 3. ---2---2---2---1--- | | | | will end this learn to play guitar article by showing you |
| 4. ------------------- | | | | a right hand pattern you can use with the chords. |
| 5. ---0-------2------- | | | | Use the pattern once for every chord in the |
| 6. -------2-------0---Our second turnaround consists of | | | | progression. The thumb will of course be on different |
| the guitar chords Amaj7, F#7, Bm11 and E7. When | | | | bass strings depending on the chord.1. ---a---a--- |
| you learn to play these turnarounds I strongly | | | | 2. ---m---m--- |
| suggest that you follow my advice above about left | | | | 3. ---i---i--- |
| hand fingerings.When you have found the most | | | | 4. ----------- |
| effective fingerings for the guitar chords it is | | | | 5. ---p------- |
| important that you stick to the fingerings so that | | | | 6. -----------There are many common turnarounds |
| you can learn the progressions by heart and be able | | | | that are used frequently in pop songs like the old pop |
| to move between chords fluently.1. ---0---0---0---0--- | | | | song Diana, Last Christmas and many more. To |
| 2. ---2---2---3---3--- | | | | practice the common progression C, Am, Dm, G7 in |
| 3. ---1---3---2---1--- | | | | different keys is a good way to learn how chords |
| 4. ------------------- | | | | are related and also a good way to practice the art |
| 5. ---0-------2------- | | | | of changing between chords in a smooth way.Peter |
| 6. -------2-------0---Turnaround number three is a bit | | | | Edvinsson is a musician, composer and music teacher. |
| harder to play, at least the last chord which requires | | | | |