{"id":2353,"date":"2016-08-25T12:35:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T19:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/?page_id=2353"},"modified":"2020-11-13T20:59:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T03:59:03","slug":"softly-as-a-morning-sunrise-chords-in-a-minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/guitar-lessons\/swing-bop-ragtime-secondline\/softly-as-a-morning-sunrise-chords-in-a-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Softly (As a Morning Sunrise) – Chords in A minor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hey everyone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here’s a quick lesson on the chords for the song, <em>Softly as a Morning Sunrise<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Practice the Softly Chords <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Learn the chords slowly<\/li><li>Then pick a very slow tempo where you can do the chord shifts in time (has a metronome now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=online+metronome&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=metronome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">just search “metronome” <\/a>– start at maybe 50 bpm, or consider <a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DuckDuckGo<\/a>)<\/li><li>Once you can do the changes in time, then start playing quarter note strumming along to the beat.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Chords to Softly as a Morning Sunrise (A minor)\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ScfaDQ5elY8\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FScfaDQ5elY8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ScfaDQ5elY8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT11M41S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2016-08-25T19:34:24Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ScfaDQ5elY8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FScfaDQ5elY8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Chords to Softly as a Morning Sunrise (A minor)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ScfaDQ5elY8\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FScfaDQ5elY8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Chords to Softly as a Morning Sunrise (A minor)\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Check out the lesson with chord diagrams here: https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/guitar-lessons\/swing-bop-ragtime-secondline\/softly-as-a-morning-sunrise-chords-in-a-minor\/\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chord Chart for <em>Softly as a Morning Sunrise<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/guitar-lessons\/swing-bop-ragtime-secondline\/softly-as-a-morning-sunrise-chords-in-a-minor\/softly-as-morning-sunrise-chord_chart\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3229\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Softly-as-Morning-Sunrise-Chord_chart-e1535854535650-1024x940.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Softly-as-Morning-Sunrise-Chord_chart-e1535854535650-1024x940.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Softly-as-Morning-Sunrise-Chord_chart-e1535854535650-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/guitar-lessons\/swing-bop-ragtime-secondline\/softly-as-a-morning-sunrise-chords-in-a-minor\/softly-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3230\">Softly As A Morning Sunrise – Chord Chart – PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chord Diagrams for Softly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Here’s chord forms – Special thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/chordgenerator.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chordgenerator.net<\/a>!:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Amin7.png\" alt=\"Amin7\" class=\"wp-image-2366\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Amin7-BAR.png\" alt=\"Amin7-BAR\" class=\"wp-image-2365\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Amin-BAR.png\" alt=\"Amin-BAR\" class=\"wp-image-2364\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bm7b5.png\" alt=\"Bm7b5\" class=\"wp-image-2363\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/E7.png\" alt=\"E7\" class=\"wp-image-2362\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/F7.png\" alt=\"F7\" class=\"wp-image-2361\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dmin7.png\" alt=\"Dmin7\" class=\"wp-image-2360\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/G7.png\" alt=\"G7\" class=\"wp-image-2359\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cmaj7.png\" alt=\"Cmaj7\" class=\"wp-image-2358\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cmaj7-BAR.png\" alt=\"Cmaj7-BAR\" class=\"wp-image-2357\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cdim.png\" alt=\"C#dim\" class=\"wp-image-2356\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ebdim.png\" alt=\"Ebdim\" class=\"wp-image-2355\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guitarkitchen.com\/thoughts\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Amin6.png\" alt=\"Amin6\" class=\"wp-image-2354\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practice 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