Micro-Movement Guitar Chord Changes
Micro-Movement Guitar Chord Changes
Kazuya Yamaguchi (author)
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Release date 2026.06.16
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Boost your overall guitar skills by playing chord progressions without shifting positions!
While shifting a single chord shape horizontally is convenient, it often leads to repetitive playing and creative ruts. Furthermore, memorizing dozens of isolated shapes at random is difficult and rarely sticks.
The ‘Micro-Movement Chord Change’ exercise solves this by restricting your hand to a 4–6 fret range, forcing you to use diverse voicings within one position. This naturally expands your chord vocabulary and, when practiced as arpeggios, helps you internalize the chord tones essential for melodic improvisation.
■ Master These Essential Hand-Picked Chord Progressions!
I-VIm-IIm-V (1-6-2-5) Progression
I-IIm-IIIm-IV (1-2-3-4) Progression
IV-V-IIIm-VIm (4-5-3-6) Progression
Canon Progression
J-POP Style Progression
Blues Progression
Minor Blues Progression
Jazz Blues Progression
Circle of Fifths Progression
Subdominant Minor Progression
Secondary Dominant Progression
Frequently Modulating Progression
Column / Extra Tips
Ideas for chord progressions beyond this book
How to build extension chords
What are Secondary dominants?
What are related II-m7 chords?
What is a subdominant minor chord?
Chord progressions using open strings
Author's profile
Kazuya Yamaguchi
Born in 1982 in Osaka, Japan. He began studying piano in early childhood and took up the guitar at age 15. Around 2002, he started professional activities such as live support work and participating in recording sessions as a session guitarist. In 2006, making full use of his bluesy style, he released the blues guitar instrumental album Mojo Tribe, for which he handled all composition, arrangement, and programming. He is also active as a guitar instructor and has taught several hundred guitarists, both amateur and professional. In addition to writing guitar and bass instructional books and magazine lessons—such as "Total Blues Mastery: Complete Song Playthroughs from Start to Finish", "Beyond Power Chords: Master Pro-Level Chord Work Through the Blues", "Master 16th-Note Feel! Learn Mature Funk-Style Guitar Cutting Techniques", and "Moving Beyond the Pentatonic! Adult Blues-Based Scale Work" (all published by the same company)—he also works as an advisor to musical instrument manufacturers, contributing to new product development, and performs demonstrations and clinics both in Japan and overseas.
Private lessons and ensemble lessons featuring professional musicians are currently available. For details, please visit the official website below or search for ‘Kazuya Yamaguchi Private Lessons.’
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