Writing your own songs
These lessons come from DVD 3 of 8 from Ultimate Guide To Chords (coming July 31, 2008).
I highly recommend that you have the tab in front of you as you watch. You can look at fig 2 and 4 for the roman-numeral analysis. It’ll make a lot more sense that way.
Remember: the roman numerals are used to identify which scale-degree that chord is built on. Example, the “one-chord” (I) is built on the first degree of the scale (If you’re in A major, the I is an A chord). The “three-chord” (iii) in A major is C# minor. I explain how this whole system works in the course. But hopefully you get the idea.
Check it out… and enjoy!
Download tab here
Video 1
Video 2
Please post your comments below!
Cheers,
Dan Denley
July 15th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Hey, this is the first time I’ve heard you sing. You have a great voice. Thanks for the videos. They are good and make me look forward to your course. Your strategy is working. (Of course, price is still a major factor, especially in today’s economy and falling stock market.)
Prayers are with you and your family this weekend. Hope all goes well and easy.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Dan,
I watched all the videos you have sent, they are very good and if I can fit it into my budget I plan on buying the coarse. I already own three of your coarses and have yet to find anything wrong. Of coarse I am a beginer and don’t fully understand some of the stuff you talk about yet but I have the DVD to watch over and over.
I read your note you e-mailed with this lesson and I don’t believe you are selfish at all. If the people you send the free lessons to don’t see how sincere you are while you are trying to teach us something then they are not watching the same Dan Denley I am. I thank You very much for the free lessons and congats on your new baby, so you and your family take care and keep up the good work. One thing to remember FAMILY COMES FIRST so don’t work so hard you forget about them.
Your friend and student,
Bob
P.S. I am having a hard time switching from one chord to another,so any hints or suggestions you have would be welcomed. Thank You.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Hey Dan,
Great stuff. I appreciate the free tips. I have your amazing guitar secrets course, and am working my way through it. Excellent material.
Noel
July 15th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
The progress button on your video goes all the way to the right almost as soon as the video starts. This makes it hard to go to a point to repeat the segment.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Hey that’s nice Dan, and yes what a tuneful voice - at last we hear it - good luck and God bless you and yours this weekend.
Paul, England (recovering from a stroke!)
July 15th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Hi Dan,first off let me say,and I’m sure I speak for alot of us that we pray that all goes well for your wife new baby.I want to thank you all your free lessons this last post I think is one of your best,I like the fact that you can play along with it,and good voice guy! I have your blues/guitar secrets. money is tite for us now I recently retired,and soon found out my wife had brest cancer we had to pay out of pocket so like I say money is tite.She is in remission now. well god speed this friday George.
July 15th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
hey dan, man you are an honest fellow and i love your style of teaching also you have a very good voice ( bet you have been told that before). i hope sincerely that everything is going well with you and your family and that the new member arrives safe and secure. my wife had the same problem with me not wearing my wedding ring because it hurt my finger when i used a lot of the tool around the house, she calmly told me that she understood my problem and that i could choose 1. a ring on my finger or 2. a ring in my nose. she said that either one would be ok with her and she didn’t want to put any undue pressure on me but she needed to know as soon as i made up my mind. the wedding ring looks great on my finger and hurts very little compared to the alternative. dan i have a question. could you show me the harmonics on the guitar and show me the different places they are available , i know that the 5th and 12th frets but i can’t seem to find it anywhere else. thanks for your help. keep up the teaching just the way you are doing, i don’t have a lot of money but i can and will buy occasionally but i’ll be a menmber and a fan for life….sincerely bob
July 15th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Hey Dan
I purchased your Amazing Guitar course and it is worth every penny. I’m on the third DVD now and my guitar playing has improved considerably and there are two more to go. Great course. Well done
Chris Tilson
July 15th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Hi Dan , I’m praying and hoping for you and wife and your new baby , God will be there to take care of everything my good friend. Great video Dan so can you help me with the Diatonic scales ? Thank You James
July 15th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Hi Dan,
Congrat’s and Good Luck to yourself and your wife and the baby. Hope all goes well for you all.Welcome to the club !!
Re the videos,… Good market strategy, you are, of course, justified in thinking that you’re a better teacher than most out there and you don’t erase your mistakes when you make them, you do it again, properly, which makes it very realistic and shows what can happen to us all. Keep it going, we appreciate it.May it all pay off eventually.
July 15th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Hi Dan wish you and your wife the best with the new arrival,I can still remember the day my daughter was born 1-01-72, yes a New Years baby,your video’s are of great quality love the split screen,the brown background is fantastic, nothing but quality workmanship,good things come to those who give of themselves,and also you have a great voice, a perfect match, singing and playing guitar.you look more professional with a close shave,Thank’s for all you are doing for all of us. Aaron J. Halpern.
July 15th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Thanks Dan
music and guitar playing is all starting to click for me recently with scale degrees etc. Your vids really help,even being shown the smallest thing help bring on the Oh Yea!! moments. Thank you so much again
All the best to you and your wife at this time.
July 15th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Dan,
After 27 years of being married (Kids raised etc..) I am still trying to convince the wife that the guitar is my first (and most neglected love) other than her!
I have really enjoyed the Blues Course, and I look forward to this one when it is released.
I’m not made of money, and the times are tougher now than in the past because of a number of things, and I realize that you need your money as well!
Make the course a reasonable price, and I’ll be there.
If it is more than I can afford, then it may have to wait until Tax return before I buy, but I do intend to buy!
Best of luck with the new addition to the family, and best wishes to the wife as well!
Chuck & Gudi
July 15th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Dude,
Best of lick on that new baby comig soon. Ihave watched every one of these and have AGS onmy laptop and take my guitar everywhere I go. I travel for a living and it got to be impossible to take lessons at home so I found you and have you everywhere I go. Thi week I am in Maryland. Nest week, Flagstaff AZ. Keep up the great work and I admire your approach to teaching. Quit lookingto your right, it makes me nervious………….
SS
July 15th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Howdy Dan
First: I’d like to say all the best for you and your wife. I pray that your baby comes without any complication and will be healthy. Children are a blessing from the Lord not to mention a huge responsibility. So I know where you’re coming from.
Second: I’m a graphic designer and understand the concepts of marketing a product (especially online). I know exactly what you’re up to, but you know what? It’s nothing to be ashamed of. You have a great product and you’re getting it out there. Good on you… I wish you all the best.
Kev
July 15th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
These videos did it for me! Hooked again! WIll there be a list note for each key?
Great job again!
John
July 16th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Dear Dan:
OK you’ve worn down my resistance. I’ve been playing “folk” guitar for 40 years and still suck. I can play most cords and do a little finger style but I have only a little music theory backround (I can play violin and read music). Is the ultimate guide to cords the right place to begin (I find transposing difficult and time consuming), or wold you suggest another of your courses?
Sincerely,
Alan Stein
July 16th, 2008 at 1:48 am
Hi Dan,
Thank you.
Thank you for your lesson. I have your “Acoustic guitar secrects” course. I refer it very oftern
I appreciate your free lessons.
Pray that everything will go well with your family. Best wishes.
Francis
July 16th, 2008 at 2:29 am
It was nice code progression lesson. Really I’m having difficulty in strumming the guitar at the same time changing the chords. But now I have overcome it. Thanks a lot for lesson.
July 16th, 2008 at 3:19 am
Hi Dan, I want to wish a life of happiness with your family, I thing the new member is a girl because of your splendid voice, I`m sure you`re a great singer, and you`re a great teacher too. Thanks for all the good tips and videos. If I have more money sure I would buy your course.
All the best
pedro m
July 16th, 2008 at 9:10 am
very interesting lesson . I was in a bit of a rut and these videos will help jump start my feeble brain.LOL Keep up the good work. It is really appreciated by this blues guitarist.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Dan, I just wanted to say thanks for all your videos and also I think you are a nice guy, again thanks a lot for all you do for guitar players, and when possible I will purchace your courses, thanks again
Denis Sabourin
July 18th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Hey Dan
that’s so cool videos man i think that’d really help to people who wants to write their own songs, and keep the good work going
g.b.y
Sameera
July 19th, 2008 at 2:08 am
Hey There Dan,
Congrats to both you and you’re wife on you’re newborn child.
Id like to thank you on you’re course so far. I have been playing for the best part of 15years completely self taught, and now have i actually embarked on the technicalities of music to understand things alot better, in between doing my degree in sports psychology.
Many Regards and Best Wishes.
July 20th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Hi,,Dan,,It is always a pleasure to watch your videos and listen to how you explain everything,probably the best I’ve ever seen in my 67 years,and I am enjoying your courses immensely even though I am a bit slow at it..I am looking forward to buying your Ultimate guide to chords,there is only one problem if you release it at your normal time like all your other courses that makes it about 3am to 3.30am over here as we are about 15 hours ahead of your time..it means driving out to my workshop 10klms out about 2.30am to start up the computer as I do not have one at home..I’m getting a bit old for that so I will have to hope you have not sold out by the time I get to work..thanks again for all you have done so far….Yours respectfully, Robert (Bob) Brown…Western Australia….
July 25th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Hey Dan, your daughter is beautiful!
Congratulations!
Please cancel my subscription to Ultimate guide to Chords.ASAP
Thanks.
How do you tune a twelve string acoustic?
Best Regards
Ches
July 29th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Dan,
Thanks for the latest e-mail full of good info and those great video lessons. I will definitely buy this course. I already have three of your courses and am wondering ( I should say, hoping) that the font on the book is larger this time. My old eyes really had a hard time on soem pages of your acoustic guitar book.
Hope all is well with you and your family.
thanks,
Mike
July 30th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Hey Dan,
hats off to your lessons, i’ve just been introduced to the freebie videos, and i have to say that it is definitely the best guitar course that i’ve come across… i’ll be looking forward to buying your course..
and if you could also add if there are any added cost for shipping to the wee Fiji Islands… somewhere in the South Pacific…
God Bless
Tevita (fiji)
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Hello Dan
Just a quick question I was thinking about getting your new course but I must ask if your font size are the same size as your blue a lead course? Which are to small for me I order from other people stuff in the past with no problem on they font size. And secondly if I have some of your other course do I get a discount on this one if I decide to get it ? thank Andy