All the Things You Are Easy Chords

In this lesson, you learn to play easy drop 2 chords over All the Things You Are. 

Drop 2 chords are those built with the following interval patterns:

• R-5-7-3
• 3-7-R-5
• 5-R-3-7
• 7-3-5-R

They’re very effective shapes for melodic comping, chord soloing, and chord melody playing. 

Here are pointers to get the most out of these chord shapes in your studies. 

• Learn 4 bars at a time, memorize these shapes. 
• Connect 4 bar phrases when ready to form 16-bar phrases. 
• Play the entire study no rhythms. 
• Add in rhythms over the backing track. 
• Change the picking patterns. 
• Sing the top note of each chord as you play it. 
• Sing the bottom note of each chord as you play it. 
• Mix these shapes with other chord shapes in your playing. 

Now that you know how to practice these shapes, time to take them to the fretboard over ATTYA.