- Lesson 1
Beginner Guitar Lesson 1
Your first beginner guitar lesson is here!Go to Beginner Guitar Lesson 1.
- Lesson 2
Beginner Guitar Lesson 2
Talking about the revolutionary Capo!Go to Beginner Guitar Lesson 2.
- Lesson 3
Beginner Guitar Lesson 3
Bob Marley - Redemption Song!Go to Beginner Guitar Lesson 3.
- Lesson 4
Beginner Guitar Lesson 4
Compare Tracy Chapman with Bob Marley!Go to Beginner Guitar Lesson 4.
- Lesson 5
Beginner Guitar Lesson 5
Slow 16th note strumming patterns!Go to Beginner Guitar Lesson 5.
- Lesson 6
Beginner Guitar Lesson 6
Learn how to play chords + bass line!Go to Beginner Guitar Lesson 6.
- Lesson 7
Beginner Guitar Lesson 7
Bob Dylan's One More Cup Of Coffee on one Guitar!Find Beginner Guitar Lesson 7 below.
- Lesson 8
Beginner Guitar Lesson 8
What a difference one little tie makes!Go to Beginner Guitar Lesson 8.
- Lesson 9
Beginner Guitar Lesson 9
Revise all Beginner Guitar Lessons!Go to Beginner Guitar Lesson 9.
Bob Dylan’s One More Cup Of Coffee on one guitar!
In guitar lesson 7 we look at a new song, One More Cup Of Coffee by Bob Dylan.
As with many of the acoustic songs here at Spy Tunes, the guitar arrangement is designed to carry the song on its own, rather than being exactly what you hear on the record.
Let’s take look at what I ended up playing when I arranged One More Cup Of Coffee for one guitar.
One More Cup Of Coffee Rhythm Guitar
The rhythm guitar part used for One More Cup Of Coffee is best understood by seeing it in normal time and, since it’s a slow song, also in double time.
In the Rhythm Guitar eBook I show you this rhythm:
One more cup of coffee, rhythm guitar 16th notes
Playing the song with this pattern means you need to move your right hand at 16th note pace.
By tapping your foot twice as fast you are playing at 8th note pace.
Try it out on your own, look at both images and see the connection.
One more cup of coffee, rhythm guitar 8th notes
Being able to quickly and accurately read rhythms like this is a skill that will make your guitar playing life much more enjoyable.
Practice strumming patterns and Spyders in intermediate and advanced guitar in order to get better.
One More Cup Of Coffee chords
The chords used in One more cup of Coffee are easy to play, only for the F is it necessary to use a barre technique.
Ensure you understand the difference between an E chord and an E shaped chord.
When you do you can see that the only difference between E and F is one fret!
Amadd9
A unique chord is used in Spy Tunes version of One More Cup of Coffee, the reason it’s unique is because it’s using open strings, because of this you can’t move it around the fretboard.
Have a go fretting this chord and closely examine the intervals.
Can you see the connection between the intervals and the name of the chord?
Next up is Beginner Guitar Lesson 8.
Happy playing!
Dan (your guitar guru)
The c-shaped chord at 2:34 is a II chord? (F) How to write in TAB that is not the e-shaped at fret 1?
F is a the IV chord here. I guess we are in the C key. The chord like a C in the chorus is a F chord, the difference is that it is not barred like a classical F.
at 2:34 we have a F(maybe add9) this notation
8 (C 5th in relation to F )
6 (F Root)
0 (G 2nd)
7 (A 3th )
8 (F Root)
x
so we have shouldhave this equivalent notation at fret :
x
1
2
3
3
x
If want to play exactly the same chord with 2nd I propose the following :
x
1
0
3
0
x
Does it make sense ?
That’s right, nice one!
yeah, IV there’s no way to edit the blog.;-)
relative minor, so close.
Can you see the connection between F, in an E shape and an open Dm?
It becomes more obvious when you use Dm7
I haven’t followed the full trail of the the blog, but F and Dm as you say are related.
D is a m3rd down from F – it’s like that arpeggio or chord substitution thing. F substituted over Dm would give you Dm7 I assume. So these chords separately would have to occupy some of the same fretboard real estate??
Just a guess.
That’s it yeah, apart from being relative the arpeggio can be used for substitution purposes.
That makes sense. and thanks
Hi,
I’ve been breaking my head over this one. Adao wrote that the song is presumably in C and therefore the chord progression is:
VI (Am) – V (G) – IV (F) and IIIx (E)
Normally the III chord should be minor but in this case it is raised to be a major chord. Therefore IIIx
I’ve been puzzled by the fact that the song is in C. Not in the least because the C chord isn’t even in the song. So I had a closer look at the song and I came to the following conclusion;
What if the song is in the key of A minor, based on the harmonic minor scale of A. In the harmonic minor scale the 7th step is raised by half a tone. So the harmonic minor scale of A consists of the following notes:
a – b – c – d – e – f – g# – a
The 7the step (g) is raised by half a tone (g#) and g# is the third of E major. The chord progression would then be:
I (Am) – VII (G) – VI (F) and III (E).
Maybe I’m just talking gibberish. If so, please help me out.
That’s very good, although there is no point in changing into I for Am, that is only gonna lead to confusion.
So still call it VI V IV IIIx and all notes add up.
The G# is from harmonic minor, very good. The trick is that the G# flavor only appear over the E and the Am (which it leads to).
Over the V and IV you just go back to G Mixolydian, F Lydian, A Aeolian (all modes form C major/A minor).
Hope this makes sense and keep up the good work.
Thanks for your reply Guru.
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