35 years on from The Smiths’ 1984 debut album, the influence of Johnny Marr’s playing is hard to exaggerate. We take a look at the chords that make up his captivating chime and jangle.
In 1984, Johnny Marr’s playing stood out at a time when many felt pop had become bland and overproduced. Full of chiming and jangly chords, mixed with sustained arpeggio riffing, his playing has come to define the era.
In this instalment of Chord Clinic, we’re focusing on strummed chords; in the next, we’ll take a look at the arpeggios which are an essential part of his style. Figure 1 kicks off with four chords – each of which is meant to be held for a full bar, in the style of an intro. Choose a bright, clean sound on your electric, add a touch of chorus and a gentle waggle of the whammy bar as the chord dies away. Play on the first beat and let it ring.
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You could say that these chords are all in the key of D major, and represent chords IV, I, VI, and V. However, as we will see later, the chords you use for this type of intro don’t necessarily have to be harmonically connected – it’s more about the colour the chord creates and the linear movement of the notes on the top string.
Added ninth, major seventh and other added note and suspended chords are an important part of this style. Try rearranging the order of the chords, or slipping in a few alternatives, such as C major seven, or E minor nine.
If figure 1 is an intro, then figure 2 is the verse. Pick an easy tempo and play through the chords, two chords per bar. Don’t necessarily play all six strings the whole time; start with a big downstroke, and then just concentrate on the higher notes of the chord, emphasising the interval that occurs between the note D on the second (B) string and the open first (E) string.
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This is present in the first three chords and is resolved to C# in the A major chord. Feel free to repeat this sequence as often as you like – twice, or maybe even four times.
Continuing with our song-like structure, we need a pre-chorus – something which builds towards a chorus. Enter figure 3, where each of the chords gets strummed for four beats and the passage gradually grows in intensity.
Notice that the F#m11 chord has the thumb wrapped over the neck to hold the sixth (low E) string at the second fret, and that the G6 and Aadd9 chords resemble a common barre chord shape, but without the barre, so the top two strings ring open.
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Almost every chord we’ve played so far has had an open sixth (E) string, and open strings are often doubled or sounded with another note which is close in pitch – another essential part of the style. Figure 4 is the chorus, where we need some fast 16th-note strumming, alternating between the two voicings of G6 in one bar and the A and A6 chords in the next bar. For maximum jangle, avoid the lowest two strings. In fact, you could mute the A string using the tip of your third finger, in case you get carried away and catch it with the pick.
Post-Smiths, the Fender signature artist’s much-loved rhythm style has helped make him an in-demand session player, producer and successful solo artist. Image: Getty Images
At this point, you could head back to figure 1 and play the whole piece again or head for figure 2 and repeat the verse – pre-chorus – chorus structure. Incidentally, a capo can work a strange magic on the ; if you have one, try the whole thing again with a capo at the second fret – everything somehow seems much brighter.
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Figure 5 demonstrates that not all Johnny Marr’s playing involved extended chords. The idea is to play one bar of A minor, with the next two chords sharing the next bar. Repeat and repeat, and hopefully, you will find a hypnotic quality emerging.
Of course, it might help if you could invent some miserabilist teenage lyrics to go with it. Incidentally, this one works well on acoustic and should also be tried with a capo at the second fret.
In figure 6, we’re returning to the idea of our opening chords, this time with a set of chords which are not so clearly related or found in any single key. When you come to play the Aadd9 chord, lean finger one back a little so that it touches the open third (G) string as we do not want this string to sound. See if you can create some sequences of your own by rearranging the chords in these examples. Go forth and jangle!
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More Originals coming soon, featuring your favourite artists and gear - sign up for our newsletter to always be in the know!Hey, this is Matias Rengel with Guitar Control, you’ll be learning how to play this amazing song called “Best Part” by H.E.R ft. Daniel Caesar. It’s a very easy song and has only four chords, but we’re going to be checking out different ways that appears throughout the song.
This song has 4 chords we have a B major 7, F sharp minor 7, E major, and the G major 7. First we’re going to learn the chords and then we go into the actual rhythms. The first chord is placing your index finger on the second fret of the 5th string, ring finger on the 6th fret of the 4th string, middle finger on the 3rd fret of the 3rd string, pinky finger on the 4th fret of the 2nd string, that’s your first chord.
The next chord you’re going to be playing is an F sharp minor 7, for that you’re going to grab your index finger place it all over the 2nd string in the 2nd fret and then grab your ring finger and place it on the 4th fret of the 5th string. Make sure that with your index finger you’re playing all the notes.
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After that we’re going into an E major and you probably know this one is super easy, just place your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 5th bringing on the 2nd fret of the 4th index finger on the 1st fret of the 3rd.
For the last chord you’re going to be placing your index finger on the 3rd fret of the 6th string ring finger on the 4th fret of the 4th string pinky finger on the 4th fret of the 3rd string middle finger on the 3rd fret of the 2nd string. Don’t play the C in the 5th order first, but if you play it by accident it’s okay it’s not a big deal, but ideally 5
Then you got four chords B major 7, F sharp minor 7, E major, and a G major 7. Now what I want you to be put a metronome and practice it slow, however you want or whatever speed you want to. I don’t want you to do like 1, 2, 3, 4, remove and leave space blip empty spaces rest. I want to hear sustain even though the rhythm will not involve it most likely. This is going to help you play it correctly, there’s a tiny bit of rest at the end, that’s natural when changing chords.
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Now for the rhythm it’s very easy, just grab your index and you’re going to grab your thumb and place it always on the lowest note of the chord. In this case we will be playing the 6
What I recommend practice doing this, coming down on this same position. So you do this, and you have to move a lot you start and learn to move your fingers. Then you can go into the next chord, you can keep this one’s right there but going to this one move the thumb into 6
The first time we would play the chords that one time and then you’re going to put your index on the 3rd of the six, middle on the 4th of the 4th string, ring finger on the 4th fret of the 3rd and pinky on the 5th of the 2nd.
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I hope you enjoy this lesson it’s a really cool song, very easy going
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