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Name: Guitar Lesson 29: Alternate Tunings, Other Keys, and Moving Chord Shapes
ID: m31427
Language: English (en)
Summary: Introduces the concept of alternative tunings; open D tuning; lists all major and minor keys, including those not yet practiced or studied; and makes suggestions for finding chord fingerings using a variety of moveable chord shapes.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: barre chords, chord shapes, guitar, key signature, lesson, major key, minor key, music, open tuning, tuning
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Latest version: 1.1 (history)
First publication date: Aug 17, 2009 12:10 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Aug 18, 2009 3:54 pm -0500

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Version: 1.1 Aug 18, 2009 3:54 pm -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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Schmidt-Jones, Catherine. "Guitar Lesson 29: Alternate Tunings, Other Keys, and Moving Chord Shapes." Connexions. August 18, 2009. http://cnx.org/content/m31427/1.1/.

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