Paul McCartney's Simple Chord Formula Every Songwriter Needs to Know!

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In this video, we look at the Beatles classic BLACKBIRD and focus on the way it is constructed almost entirely from simple 2-note chords.

00:00 Introduction
01:02 The 'Blackbird' Chords
02:44 How We Learn Chords
05:02 Introducing 10ths
09:12 Using 10ths In Your Songwriting
12:08 Picking Hand Patterns
13:56 Writing In Different Keys
15:25 Using Non-Diatonic Chords
16:37 Using Open Strings
19:01 Wrap Up

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