Talk:Guitar/Folk Guitar

Moving The Chord Exercises
I think the chord exercises as they appear now should be moved to The Basics or another chapter. They are common to all genres. Also exercises like this are ideal for learning basic movements between pairs of chords.

I would like to suggest that they be replaced with chord exercises showing alternating bass. As in G major (G-D alternating) followed by C major 5th in bass (C-G alternating) and D major (D-A alternating). This sort of progression may also be used in the Country Music chapter since both Folk and Country share a similar approach.

As a further exercise; a song with simple arpeggios and "thumb" bass should be introduced. This is the sort of style that can be found in artists like Buffy St.Marie and Tim Buckley. A simple F - G - C - C progression switching to a F - G - E - Am progression then back to the 1st progression and ending with a D - D - G - G progression. This would introudce the chormatic E is the key of C major and the idea of starting songs on a chord other than the tonic - both features that can be found in the folk-guitar style of the 1960s.

Sluffs (discuss • contribs) 12:21, 5 September 2012 (UTC)