Exercises 13-14 – Inside The Book: 50 Chord Exercises for Beginners

These two guitar chords exercises are featured in the book 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises

On this chords exercise sheet, we will be working with four chords: E7, Em7, G6 and Am7.

Exercise 13

E7 is used a lot in Blues music and Em7 can be used as a variation on the Em chord, but it’s not used as often.

The strumming is D 2 DUDU, D 2 DUDU.

The counting is 1 (2) 3 + 4 +, 1 (2) 3 + 4 +

Exercise 14

G6 and Am7 can be used as simplified chords of G and Am but are both individual chords in their own right.

The strumming is Down 2 3 Down, Down 2 3 Down.

The counting is 1 2 + (3) + 4, 1 2 + (3) + 4

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Exercises 11-12 – Inside The Book: 50 Chord Exercises for Beginners

These two guitar chords exercises are featured in the book 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises

On this chords exercise sheet, we will be working with four chords: Cadd9, Em7, D and Dsus2.

Exercise 11

Cadd9 and Em7 are 2 very popular open chords, and are used in particular a lot on pop covers using a capo.

The strumming is DUDUD rest, DUDUD rest.

The counting is 1+2+3+(4), 1+2+3+(4).

Exercise 12

D and Dsus 2 are also used a lot on songs using a capo but they are also very common in rock songs.

The strumming is Down 2 3 Down, Down 2 3 Down.

The counting is 1 (2 3) 4, 1 (2 3) 4.

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