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