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Moon River Guitar Chords Measures 27 & 28

This lesson will teach you how to play the chords in measures 27 & 28 of Moon River. To listen to the Chord Tab for the whole song, go to the CHORDS TAB video. You can learn the melody for measures 27 & 28 of the tune in the MELODY Measures 27 & 28 page. If you’ve already learnt the melody and the chords to measures 27 & 28 of the tune, why not try the COMBINED ARRANGEMENT Measures 27 & 28 which combines the melody of the tune with notes from the supporting chords.

**NOTE**  Video TAB for the Moon River chord arrangement is only available in Fingerpicking’s  “BEYOND TABS” guitar course. CLICK HERE to join

 

Video Script:

the first chord in these two measures of this guitar song is D#m7(b5) chord

place your

1st finger, on the 4th string, 1st fret,

and then

bar the 2nd fret, with the 3rd finger

You can find the Chord Tab on the bottom of the video screen

with the right hand

“p” plays the 4th string

“i” plays the 3rd string

“m” plays the 2nd string

“a” plays the 1st string

“m” plays the 2nd string again

and “i” plays the 3rd string again

To complete this guitar lesson for these measures,

in the second of these two measures, play a D7 chord

place your

2nd finger, on the 3rd string, 2nd fret

1st finger, on the 2nd string, 1st fret

and 3rd finger, on the 1st string, 2nd fret

with the right hand

“p” plays the 4th string

“i” plays the 3rd string

“m” plays the 2nd string

“a” plays the 1st string

“m” plays the 2nd string again

and “i” plays the 3rd string again

The arrangement of the chords in this lesson could easily sit with the title “Jazz Guitar Chords” or ” Classical Guitar Lesson” and be interesting to players of both genres.

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