FRIDAY oO Track RHYTHM FIGURE #40, GENRE: Reggae TONE: Clean 130 MUSIC DESCRIPTION: This A—Fém-I A progression is given a reggae “skank” treatment, whereby the chord stabs occur on beats 2 and 4 and are articulated in staccato fashion, Like yesterday's example, this figure’s distinguishing characteristic is the use of efficient chord voicings that require minimal finger and fret-hand movement. TIP: Moving from A to Fém requires only one finger change—adding your ring finger to fret 11 of string 3. Your index and middle fingers remain stationary. Similarly, when moving from E7 to A, simply relocate your middle finger from fret 10 of the first string to fret 10 of string 2, retaining a ninth-fret, index-finger barre across strings 1-3 de1s2 (0-73) em D itecta-BP ato Ba ab ta thit q met ft tot outbid eau SSH SSE] | oEa SATURDAY od Trak RHYTHM FIGURE #41 GENRE: Jazz TONE: Clean 148 MUSIC DESCRIPTION: Open- and close-voiced seventh, ninth, and 13th chords are employed to turn a basic A-Fim-D-E-A progression into a harmonically rich swing rhythm. And, for the sake of fret-hand efficiency, a first-inversion Fém7 chord (Fm7/A) is substituted for a root-position voicing. TIP: Use downstrums throughout and place accents on beats 2 and 4 of each measure to emphasize the swing rhythm, Also, voice the E13 chord with a seventh-fret, ring-finger barre across strings 1-3, fretting fret 9 with your pinky. Then, simply remove your pinky to voice the E9 chord. Joi AmajT Fema Dinaj? E13 Oaks eee a deed) — 4 cee) vee aaa ~ exage 418 omaenp) + 41