Understanding Guitar Chord Progressions with Bollywood Music - Lesson 3 - by Pawan

[tariqtayab]

Thanx a million Pawan..



[pjalan]

pleasure, tariq :)

[mirapakay]

Hi Pawan, your lessons are helping a lot in learning theory and actual melodies. Thanks a lot. Can you pl explain how are the notes translated in to Sa Re Ga Ma .... Some times I feel E=Sa F=Re....etc because that way Sa and Pa translate to E and B which have no sharp notes in both Western and Indian versions.

[pjalan]

excellent question, mira!

the western system uses a fixed name based on the actual frequency, whereas SaReGa is using a movable system ... similar to the western DoReMi which is not used much .... so Sa is the tonic or first note of the scale you are playing in, eg, if ur playing a song in C major, C will be Sa, D will Re, E will be Ga ... if u r playing in A minor, A will Sa, B will be Re, C will be Komal Ga ...

[khaitru22]

does your guitar is attached to an amplifier?

[pjalan]

yes!!

[gmahanti]

Pawan, thanks for putting up these lessons. They are probably one of the best available on the internet and I look fwd to more of them. A request, can you share some lessons on strumming patterns and how does one actually pick these up? Thanks

[pjalan]

thanks mahanti :)

many of my song chord lessons have a lot of detail on how to pick up strumming ... but i will try posting some general lessons in future ...

[gmahanti]

@pjalan : Thanks Pawan for your response. Yes, the strumming explained in lessons is great. However some general lessons will be very useful. Although, I can play chords but find difficulty in getting the strumming rhythm right. Dont know whether its a common problem with beginners like me or is specific to me. Will practising with a metronome help? Thanks once again. I finally seem to have found my perfect guitar tutor.

Gautam

[pjalan]

thanks for your sweet feedback, mahanti :)

will try to post some detailed lessons on rhythm soon ...

[nishucoolbhai]

sir i've watched allmost all of ur posts many of times

n learnt many thing frm them

u r doin awsome job sir headsofff amazing

can u pls post something @ scales n speed guitaring

pls sir try 2 post something 2 play faster

n thanks a lot lot 4 all the post dey all r truly amazing

wid gr8 wishes

::NISHU( a beginner n ur student)

[pjalan]

thanks, nishu :)

check out torrins . com, they have absolutely fabulous lessons on speed guitaring ...

[sukuwan]

Thanx Sir, your work helped me a lot n all others especially who don't go to any music schools. I write poems n always wanted to give music to them, that's y I'm learning guitar and ur work really helped me a lot to compose music.

keep the good work, sir

MUsic is the way to go beyond limits.

[pjalan]

thanks for your lovely feedback, sukuwan :)

good luck with your compositions, hope to hear them soon on youtube!!

[persionguitar]

Thanks a lot sir

ur uploads helped me alot

[pjalan]

thanks for your feedback :)

[shahzadrockrock]

Thanks brother you r helping the new talent well done keep it up

[pjalan]

thanks shahzad :)

[redroseofbluestar]

Hi pawan. thank you. I used to search a lot over you tube for the different songs. But most of the guys there are like they like to be on camera or just play the songs. No one is there to help a beginner like me.one of my frnd suggested you. I searched and like the way you teach is superb. I hope you should be my tutor for future. I learned give me some sunshine coz of you. thanks

[pjalan]

thanks a lot for such a sweet note :)

really appreciate ur feedback, keeps me motivated to post more!!

good luck with ur practice, i hope u get all the success u want ...

god bless

pawan

[kunalalva]

Thank you Sir, Your video lessons are great, the chord progressions I am able to understand it to some extent now. God Bless you

[pjalan]

thanks kunal

god bless u 2 :)

pawan

[justshubham]

very crisp clear video. was of 57mb. sir which cam do u use ? and which is the cheapest takamine guitar(in rupees). and sir u live in india or somewhere else ?(as it difficult to get takamine here)

[pjalan]

hi shubham

i use a jvc everio digicam - i actually reduce

down the quality to kieep the file size small.

if i was to post the original video in hd, the file

size will be really huge.

i live in toronto - don't know of any cheap

outlets for takamine guitars ...

take care

pawan

[justshubham]

@pjalan sir i meant that which is the cheapest guitar of takamine. i mean the acoustic range of takamine starts from ????

[pjalan]

sorry, haven't check that out ...

why don't u check their web site

takamine . com

[madhurnair]

just simply awesome sir!! when are you planning to put the next lesson please?

[pjalan]

i've been wanting to do it for a long time, but these lessons require some planning and i've not been getting enough time, will try soon ...

[NetSwar]

Pawan,

Saw upto lesson #3 on chord progressions . Looks like Khamaj thaat translates to a F major insertion and Kalyan (Yaman) translates to a A major insertion (considering G Scale). Would there be a similar mapping for the other Thaats as well?

Am i right in thinking that e.g. Shankar Mahadevan songs typically mix komal Nishadh a lot (Kal ho na ho, Mitwa etc) so the F major sounds very nice on a G scale.

regards,

Ash

[pjalan]

excellent question, ash!

was wondering when someone wud ask this...

there are 6 modes of the diatonic major, of which 5 will map to the thaats - aelian (Am if the base diatonic is C) maps to asavari, dorian (Dm) to kaafi, phrygian (Em) to bhairavi, lydian (F) to kalyan and mixolydian (G) to khamaj.

khamaj was very often used by sd and rd ....their list of hit songs in khamaj is quite long ... eg, roop tera mastana, hum bewafa, o maajhi re, musafi hoon yaaron, bheegi bheegi, ...

[vinod7485]

Hi Pawan,

Great work!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think this is all we need...

Request you to post videos for music theories rathar than song requests..

one question: how can we catch melody

lines for a song. Pls help on this toic is well

[pjalan]

thanks, vinod :)

just been too busy, and song requests are quicker to do as they don't require much planning ...

not sure i can help u on the melody, most of it is natural and we all have it in us, just requires a bit "ear" training which comes with practice with known songs ...

[maheshchaphekar123]

Hi, I understood this lesson well. Can u plzz tell me the chord progression when 2nd note is flattened . In thekey of C notes followed as C-C#-E-F#-A-B-C.....raag Marwa. I

[pjalan]

excellent question, mahesh :)

i was hoping someone would ask these questions!

typically, when Re Komal or Flat 2nd is introduced, you will find the major chord built on that note being used. but that will not do justice on a melody built on Marwa or Purvi ...

u shud use the diminished chord built on the 2nd note - C# Dim (containing C#, E, G). if u r playing C as XX5553, C#dim will be XX5653.

or say u r playing G as X5543X, then play G#dim as X5643X

[maheshchaphekar123]

Hi Sir , Can you please send me ur email Id , probably I can share the 2 track mp3. on 1st track lead is played & on second rhythm is covered . U can tell me wheather its correct or not or can suggest some improvised chords ,I m not getting the mood which I want to create with melody line

[chikus1000]

your videos are really very help full.thank you so much. could you please add a songs which are having combination of E, A and D chord.I m saying this because these are the simple chords and easy to play. thanks

[pjalan]

thanks for the suggestion - i might not be able to change it though, as some of the next major scale lessons have been shot already, on the editing table :(

[evapouration22]

Hi, I found all ur lessons very very useful. Really loved the way u explain theory in such a simple way without mindbending technical terms. I really appreciate the effort u r putting into these tutorials. Thnx a lot.

[pjalan]

thanks for your sweet feedback, my friend :)

[GuitarNovice100]

Chanced upon this treasure trove of songs that you have put up here. I am a beginner and struggle with lots of things like barre chords, singing along with playing the guitar etc. Look forward to browsing through this collection. Thanks Pawan!

[pjalan]

thanks my friend :)

if u want to first try out with open chords, go to my main page, and click on playlists - that page will show you songs which are mostly with open chords ...

god bless

pawan

[MrShubham778]

sir could you plzzzzzzzzzz... teach us chords

[pjalan]

u mean chords in general ? there are tons of very good web sites that will help u with that - try torrins . com and justinguitar . com

[singhsati]

Hi ,

Its realy diffrent !!

could you pls explane in detail about "Root'" note .

Thanx

[pjalan]

root note of a chord is the lowest note upon which the chord is built, eg C is the root note for C Major or C Minor chord - go to wikipedia and search for chord root - they have it well explained :)

[singhsati]

Thanx :)

[izee2000]

HELLO Mr. Pawan

I am your new subscriber and I have learnt a few things and I think u r good teacher. My request is that can u teach or tell me about Notes because I am new bygner and 3 chords thoery......

[pjalan]

thanks for your feedback, my friend

this is a very vast subject and io cannot explain by email, unless u ask me very specific questions - i have explained the 3 chord theory very briefly in my lesson above - if u need more detailed explanations, pls visit general music web sites - however, i will keep ur feedback in mind, and try to explain things more clearly in future lessons ...

god bless

pawan

[hindiguitaraz]

.thanks for this part i will get it soon...pawan da thanks...

[pjalan]

good luck dada :)

[prakashinvit]

thanks sir for the video

[pjalan]

pleasure, prakash :)

[easternbeat]

cool work Pawan. I can see how much time goes into these lessons. But it helps tremendously. Now that the basics are out, you could straightly go to lessons by scale and go over a few songs in each lesson. And for each of these songs, talk about the key, the first note of the melody and the chords. But overall, very good. Keep in mind that this helps the Keyboard players also.

[pjalan]

thanks, my friend :)

there is so much to be said, i am literally bursting with thoughts when doing these videos - but as u rightly said, it really takes a lot of time - will keep ur suggestions in mind for future lessons :)

stay tuned ...

pawan

[erfaisal1979]

very nice Pawan :) .. I really liked the way u explain it. I think we need more examples..of more songs with regular Maj scale (also with accidentals)

Lydian mode was pretty nice. we sure can mix the regular and sharpened 4th a lot of times.. hmmm..

[pjalan]

thanks, faisal :)

can't do very long videos, just takes too much time on weekends :) but i do plan to keep this series going, so all feedback is welcome - i have a few more variations with major scales coming up before i move to minor ....

stay tuned... pawan