Bar chords are also a necessary part of our playing. See if you can articulate these 4 shapes cleanly on the 5 th fret:
Fingerstyle, our last motor skill, is an optional aspect of worship guitar, but in my 30 + years of experience, it has added so much. Try playing this fingerstyle pattern with an A minor chord.
As you can probably tell, the video is going to be where you get the most traction with evaluating your current mental and motor skill level.
Try your hand at moveable first inversion chords. The video walks you through these.
The CAGED System is a remarkable tool for neck knowledge and capo usage. The video walks you through a process without using the capo, anchoring your chords on the following C notes up and down the neck.
As you can see, diagrams here in the article are helpful, but the video has overlays that really walk you through more in-depth; plus, a video can demonstrate audio unlike a printed article. So the video will be your gateway into truly evaluating your skill.
Once you’ ve tabulated your score, the matrix for evaluating where you are out of 16 points looks like this:
Once you have your score, you will have an assessment as to where you are on the trajectory of skill level as a guitarist, which is very valuable information, because you can consider songs, contributing to your local worship team, bands and other opportunities that might come across your path and then be able to objectively evaluate and decide if you’ re ready for them.
Keep playing and discovering and cultivating
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Strumming is essential to worship guitar playing, so see the video to imitate 5 strumming rhythms I demonstrate for your eyes and ears. Your motor skill development here is critical.
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