In this Shoegaze guitar lesson, we look at how we can write songs, riffs and chord progressions for shoegaze and alternative rock by using simple power chords.
We'r taking inspiration from My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Slow Dive, even some Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkins!
Hopefully you can use this to write a shoegaze tune today!
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Contents
00:00 Hello There
00:27 Power Chords for Shoegaze
00:48 Why use Power Chords?
02:35 Power Chord Variations
03:18 Octaves
03:55 Maj7 Shape
04:48 More reasons for the Power Chord
05:40 Writing Shoegaze Riffs
06:45 Easy Chord sequence
08:33 Building Lush Chords
09:50 Improvising with shapes
10:37 Developing an idea
11:20 Open Chord Shapes
13:15 Adding Some Spice