Real Guitar Live #49 | Q & A - How to Make Boring Chords Come Alive @TomasMichaud
Real Guitar Live #49 | Q & A - How to Make Boring Chords Come Alive  @TomasMichaud
Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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Learn some fun tricks to make boring chords come alive! In addition, we answered questions like Is soreness part of learning guitar?, Why play a Cadd9 in place of a C?, What steps do you recommend for writing songs? and more...

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00:00 Countdown
00:22 Introduction
03:00 How to Make Boring Chords Come Alive
13:30 If I am playing a song and I would like to add some sort of improvisation, a lick, or something like that, what do I do?
20:40 Why do some instructors on the internet have their guitar amps with one or two microphones in front of the amp?
23:20 Why does the high E string on the acoustic guitar sound make a tinny sound?
27:23 Is soreness part of learning guitar?
29:05 What are the easiest chords and strumming styles for acoustic funk and neo-soul?
31:30 What steps do you recommend for writing songs?
35:05 How to deal with pain in fingers, hands, and forearms when playing guitar?
37:05 Why does my bass string sound muted on the 2nd fret?
38:48 I'm trying to learn some Pink Floyd songs, with Drop D E string (Goodbye Blue Sky), or some are tuned down a half step. Is this messing up the ear training that I worked on with RGS lessons?
40:43 What do you do if you come across a song that has some weird chords that you've never seen before?
47:05 When would someone want to use augmented or diminished chords in a song?
50:50 What's the difference between a C9 chord and a Cadd9 chord?
53:05 Why play a Cadd9 in place of a C?
54:50 Is it okay to place a guitar down without a stand?
56:55 What would you do with a song that the chords were: Abm-Eadd9-F#-Ebm-C#m?
58:58 Do you have any tips for moving from strumming to picking on an acoustic guitar?
1:01:02 Is it harmful to the guitar to leave your capo on at the nut?
1:01:51 How can I prevent my pinky finger from getting locked up?
1:03:55 How do you play a song that has several pages without having to stop to change the page or have the pages flying all over the place?
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