![]() ![]() The G6 and the Em7 are both quite forgiving chords as they use all six strings, so we can get away with strumming them quite freely, however this song has quite a tight strumming feel, so keep the pace up! ![]() When I play this song along with the record, I tend to follow the tambourine as it’s quite prominent in the mix and seems to keep the beat nicely for a matching guitar strum. The best approach is to pluck the bass note (the sixth string) first and then strum the whole chord down then back up.įor a clearer explanation of how to strum ‘Songbird’, watch this video from Andy: Just a nice, simple repeating chord pattern. No complicated time changes or anything like that. ‘Songbird’ is a short and sweet song, not much longer than two minutes and has a very consistent feel. The intro to this song is two bars of G6: G6 | |Īfter that it’s basically four bars of G6 followed by four bars Em7 in a repeating pattern. To make it sound fuller use Em instead of the Em7.So for the easiest possible option, go with the Em7 chord shown above.This makes it a little bit harder, but I think it makes it sound a lot better. ![]() If you want to fill this out a little bit more you should play Em, instead of Em7. To change between G6 and Em7, all we need to do is lift that middle finger off. If you don’t understand these chord diagrams read this: How To Read Chordboxes In 60 Seconds This song only has two chords and sounds great an acoustic guitar. To play ‘Songbird’ we only need G6 and Em7: This is one of the best guitar songs for beginners because A) it’s easy and B) it really helps to develop your strumming ability. ![]()
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