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Substitute Chords\u00a0– part 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

This next little trick is again about playing in the key of B without barre chords or a capo but this time uses all the open strings and gives you some great new voicings simply by detuning the top E (string 1) down 1 semitone or a \u00bd step to D#. This ingenious idea (that I didn\u2019t invent myself btw) turns that dissonant top E into a 3rd and sounds infinitely prettier.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll have to use some slightly different shapes to the ones I showed you for B but nothing too arduous. Coldplay used this trick on their breakout hit \u2018Yellow\u2019 and it sounds great if applied to the right worship song. Realistically you might want to have a spare or borrowed guitar already retuned this way if you can\u2019t tune quickly, accurately and silently on the fly.<\/p>\n

There is lots more on substitute chords on our Acoustic Intermediate Worship Guitar Course<\/a>. There are loads more ideas on there too (7 hours of lessons!) so do check out the DVDs and downloads <\/a>if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n

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See links below to previous posts in this series:<\/h2>\n

Substitute chords in G<\/a><\/p>\n

Substitute chords in\u00a0C<\/a><\/p>\n

Substitute chords in D<\/a><\/p>\n

Substitute chords in E<\/a><\/p>\n

Substitute chords in A<\/a><\/p>\n

Substitute chords in B<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Substitute Chords\u00a0– part 7 This next little trick is again about playing in the key of B without barre chords or a capo but this time uses all the open strings and gives you some great new voicings simply by detuning the top E (string 1) down 1 semitone or a \u00bd step to D#. 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