Bm, A, F#m, G · Intermediate Guitar

Bm, A, F#m, G

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do!

This one's a lot of fun because it totally builds on itself. It's four chords, and it spends most of its time sitting on that B minor, which gives it a nice "home base" to keep returning to. If you don't like how it sounds the first time, try again. That's what these good ol' 4 chord-loops are best for.

B minor, A, F# minor, G, and then back to B minor. That's the whole thang! Once you've got those four shapes under your fingers, the magic is all in how you feel it out.

I like to start with the picking. For that first chord, I'm not really holding all the notes down, and I'm muting the low E so it stays out of the way. So you can already imagine the rhythm taking form from the beginning...

From there I drop right down to the open A. I'm technically holding the whole shape, but you don't have to, that's just the way I like to feel it.

Then I go open-handed and jump over with my pointer for a little roll on the G string, and finish it with a hammer-on and pull-off. From there I'm just walking through the F# minor and the G, and back home to the B.

This is a blast to solo over. The progression sits in a D Major scale, which is the relative major to your B minor, so you've got an easy playground to wander around in. I'd just stick to the pentatonic feel right there. It keeps things simple and it sounds great.

That's the way I'd do it. Have fun with it, jam it up, and post yours up in the comments. We'll see you in the chats!

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Bm, A, F#m, G