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 Ska Guitar Lessons
Ska Guitar
If you like bands like Less Than Jake, Mighty Mighty Boss
Tones and others chances are maybe you have been looking
for Ska guitar tabs, lessons or sheet music.
A question you may have as a guitar player is "what really
makes Ska~tick?" or.."What do ska guitar players play?"
In otherwords, what are the elements of Ska guitar.
One very important element of ska guitar is the 2 string
chording. Much Ska guitar consist of major and minor chords
as well as 5th chords (powerchords), and often consist of
simple yet effective strumming patterns, using the B and
small E string (The 2 smallest strings).
The next series of free lessons to follow will focus on the
basic elements of Ska guitar. The chords that are used, as
well as their formulas, strumming and muting techniques.
Beginning with this lesson, for now just focus on becomming
familiar with the shapes, names and fingerings of these Ska
guitar chords.
F5 G5 Emin A5 Fmaj A#maj
e :-1----3----------|--3----5---------|---5-----6-------|
B :-1----3----------|--5----5---------|---6-----6-------|
G :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F5 index barres both strings
G5 index barres both strings
Emin index, 3rd fret small e string, ring finger 5th fret B
A5 index barres both strings
Fmaj index 5th fret small e string, middle finger 6th fret B
A#maj index barres both strings
Ska Guitar Lessons Part 2
For this lesson simply focus on playing these new ska
guitar chords in this particular order. The following lesson
will focus on strumming and muting between these ska guitar
chords.
F5 Fmaj E min F5 A#maj
e :-1-1-1-1---5-----|-3-3-3-----------|-1-1-1-1--6------|
B :-1-1-1-1---6-----|-5-5-5-----------|-1-1-1-1--6------|
G :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Emin
e :-3-3-3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
B :-5-5-5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
G :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Adding Techniques To Ska Guitar Chords
This lesson is focused on adding techniques to the actual
ska guitar chords. This is just one example of how to get
the actual "ska sound" focused on strumming and muting.
Learn techniques...
The symbol d=downstroke, the symbol u=upstroke.
d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
e :-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-|-x-5-x-3-x-3-x-3-|-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-|
B :-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-|-x-6-x-5-x-5-x-5-|-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-|
G :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d u d u d u d u
e :-x-6--x-3-x-3----|-x-3-------------|-----------------|
B :-x-6--x-5-x-5----|-x-5-------------|-----------------|
G :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ska Guitar Review
As a follow up to yesterdays lesson, this lesson is
substituting the ending chord Emin, for the chord G5.
It's best to review all the information you have learned
so far on ska guitar chords, and focus on learning and
memorizing the names of each chord, as well as identifying
the difference in sound.
d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
e :-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-|-x-5--x-3-x-3-x-3|-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-|
B :-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-|-x-6--x-5-x-5-x-5|-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-|
G :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d u d u d u d u
e :-x-6-x-3-x-3-x-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
B :-x-6-x-3-x-3-x-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
G :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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