This will help you learn the strumming pattern in preparation for applying it to the below chord progressions without the additional difficulty of having to change chords while learning the pattern. These chords have a sweet, sad, romantic, dreamy sound that really adds another layer to music. Drop D tuning is also very popular, requiring only the 6th string to be tuned down from D to E. If D is the lowest-sounding note, we play a D major in root position. Now watch the video to learn 12 A major chords:.
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