{"id":117999,"date":"2020-03-20T01:59:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T01:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/?page_id=117999"},"modified":"2025-06-12T08:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:38:04","slug":"video-20-how-to-play-clocks-by-coldplay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/video-20-how-to-play-clocks-by-coldplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Video 20 &#8211; How To Play Clocks by Coldplay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"ts-vcsc-youtube-6046725\" class=\"ts-video-container ts-ratio-sixteen-to-nine  ts-video-overlay-false\"  style=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ts-video-iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mg9yUyKLJ0M?autoplay=0&showinfo=1&controls=1&autohide=1&rel=0&loop=0&modestbranding=0&mute=0&vq=auto&wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_border_width_10 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_sep_color_grey wpb_content_element  wpb_content_element\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>STAGE 1:<\/strong> (2-3 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>Strum each chord once (and check it by picking each string) and aim for clean sounding notes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STAGE 2:<\/strong> (3-5 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>Strum D 4 times, Am 8 times and Em 4 times. Keep the rhythm going and make corrections to your chord (if needed) whilst strumming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STAGE 3: <\/strong>(3-5 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>Strum D 8 times, Am 16 times and Em 8 times. (All with downstrums)<\/p>\n<p><strong>STAGE 4: <\/strong>(5 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>Play the same amount of strums as Stage 3, but add in accents. Accents have this symbol <strong>&gt; <\/strong>above the chord. Accents are simply when you play this strum louder. The video explain more.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-block vc_btn3-color-success\" href=\"http:\/\/premium-student-area.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Clocks-Coldplay-TAB.pdf\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Clocks - Coldplay - TAB - PDF Download<\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>HOMEWORK FOR MODULE 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5-7 minutes of first warm up and the new skip and return.<\/p>\n<p>5 minutes of La Bamba (NEW RIFF)<\/p>\n<p>5-7 minutes of A,E and D chord songs. You can choose between Yellow, Chasing Cars or Wild Thing.<\/p>\n<p>3-5 minutes of new chords (Am and Em) and changing between them.<\/p>\n<p>5-10 minutes of playing Clocks by Coldplay.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_border_width_10 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_sep_color_grey wpb_content_element  wpb_content_element\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-block vc_btn3-color-primary\" href=\"http:\/\/premium-student-area.com\/video-19-2-new-chords-am-and-em\/\" title=\"Lesson Index\">&lt;&lt;&lt; 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