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Play Song: Shine On

 
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I hope you've enjoyed learning and playing this song and that it's been helpful to try using all these new chord shapes and techniques within a larger context. I come up with these songs for our lessons, but anytime you learn something new you can use the same concept by coming up with a practice song on your own. You don't have to write lyrics and melodies, but simply combining some chords and techniques in your own way is incredibly useful. Especially when you mix the stuff you know really well with the stuff you just learned.

Instructor Anders Mouridsen
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Play Song: Shine On By Anders Mouridsen

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Questions & Answers

10 months ago
Hi Mike. What does the Symbol Next to the verse mean? And also the term. Da Coda, D.S. al Coda, Oh and also the symbol next to the Chorus? Thank you.
Mike Olekshy 10 months ago

Hey there - thanks so much for your questions! In order to answer everything, I'm going to go in the order of the arrangement as notated: Play from the beginning, through the intro, verse, and chorus. At the end of the chorus, you see the first instruction you'll have to follow: "DS Al Coda" (dal segno al coda - which is italian for "from the sign to the tail") This means to go back up the notation and play from the "segno" or "sign" - the symbol that appears next to the verse. Now, play through the verse again until you see the instruction: "Da Coda" or "To Coda" -- this means to skip ahead to the coda symbol, which is located beside the Chorus instruction. So basically, the form of the song goes: Intro, Verse, Chorus, First half of Verse, Chorus, Outro. Hope this helps!!

1 year ago
Hello, Could you please explain the symbol below Em on the last strum of the song? Thank you!
Mike Olekshy 1 year ago

Hello - thanks for your question! The symbol is a "fermata". It means you can hold the notes longer than the notated amount. It is common for a final chord strum, as you can let the strum ring out for as long as you'd like. Hope this helps!

2 years ago
I guess this question could be for any lesson but in this one particularly I am having a lot of trouble with changing to the Dsus4 in the chorus and playing it correctly. I realize that some are harder than others and it takes time. Do you recommend staying with a particular lesson like this one until I get it right or to move on to the next lesson and come back to a previous one later? Thanks!
Mike Olekshy 2 years ago

Thanks for your question! It's okay to move on from the lesson, but the change to the Dsus4 is a common change, so I would continue to practice this in your practice routine. Just 3-5 mins per practice session on this change - playing it nice and slow over and over, should yeild some good progress. Keep at it!

2 years ago
I've noticed that in the previous lesson, the second verse is repeated (the sequence of 2 bars of G, 2 bars of C, 2 bars of A7 and 2 bars of D7 is played twice after the first chorus). In this lesson, however, the second verse is not repeated (the aforementioned sequence is only played once after the first chorus, and jumps straight to the second chorus next instead of being played again). Why is that?
Josh Workman 2 years ago

Hi, thanks for getting in touch. I watched both videos and it appears that the verse after the first chorus is only one time through the chord sequence in both. I am still going to pass along your message to the GT staff.