Keeping in line with making sure that your ear develops, my strongest recommendation is that you try and transcribe some songs yourself! In order to help you with that I am putting some songs here and some hints to get you going with them.

If you really can't get motivated then there are some links to some songs that I teach using the techniques used in this stage below them!

There are not many songs that just use E Shape Barre chords, most songs use both the E Shape and the A Shape. We're going to be looking at A Shape Barre chords soon and then there will be WHOLE HEAP of tunes to do...

Songs to transcribe yourself

Here are a few tunes you can play using mainly E Shape Barre Chords you might like to try transcribing yourself.

Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis (Open Chords and E Shape Maj and Minor Barres)

Creep - Radiohead (All E Shape Maj and Minor)

Here are some tunes that use octaves (and usually some barre chords too!) to transcribe yourself too!

Cold Cold Night - The White Stripes - click here to see some hints! or just try and see how you go!

My Sharona - The Knack (the main riff is based on octaves - there are a few tricky bits in this tune, but see if you can get the riff and maybe the power chord sections too!)

Songs with lessons on justinguitar

Mostly E Shape Barre Chords (and open chords)

ST-607 • The Scientist (Cold play) - uses the E Shape but also uses an altered tuning and open strings mixed in which is quite fun!
ST-603 • Times Like These (Jack Johnson) - got some interesting strumming going on too, which we're going to check out in a future foundation lesson!
ST-618 • The Blowers Daughter (Damien Rice) - the chorus uses the A Shape, we'll do that soon - check out the verses for now and get to the choruses later!
ST-517 • Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - actually this one is mostly open chords, but it's a bit tricky for beginners, maybe now's a good time to crack it?

Octaves

ST-305 • In The Cold Cold Night (The White Stripes) - uses octaves for all the main riff and then some power chords too!

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