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3 Simple Tricks
for R&B & Neo‑Soul
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Three tricks, every shape on paper
Hammer-ons and pull-offs, pick and fingers, and a bigger chord vocabulary, with every chord from the lesson and its fingering.
You've seen the tricks in the video. Here they are written down: the finger that moves on each chord, what to play with the pick and what with your fingers, the shell voicings and extensions, and the progression I play with them.
What's inside
Six things you'll learn
1
Hammer-ons and pull-offs
The 9th on Dmin7 with the 2nd finger, the 11th on Amin7 with the pinky.
2
Pick and fingers
Strums and upstrokes with the pick, slaps on 2 and 4, plucks and ghost notes with the fingers.
3
Shell voicings
B♭maj7 with just the root, the 3rd and the 7th, and a hammer-on from the 6th.
4
Beyond the 7th
Gmin11 and Gmin9: extra colours.
5
Tension and release
A7♯5♭9 back to Dmin7, and the C♯dim7 passing chord.
6
The progression
Dmin7, B♭maj7, Gmin11, A7♯5♭9: the three tricks in one loop.
Why it works
What the video shows, explained on paper
1
Every chord with its fingering
Nine chord diagrams, roots in red, the finger numbers you need.
2
What to play with each hand
Photos from the lesson: the pick, single notes with the fingers, plucking.
3
How to practise it
The progression, built up one trick at a time.
All of it ready to print and keep on the music stand.
Who it's for
If you can play a bar chord, you can play these. If you already play R&B and neo-soul, these are things you've probably heard millions of times, finally explained so you can use them in your playing.
My tip number one, before anything else:
let one finger move.
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