In this lesson I’m showing you how to play “Alabaster” by CASS & Eris Ford on guitar. We’re in the key of B♭ major, and the whole progression is built around just a few shapes that repeat up the neck. I break down each chord one at a time (Gm7, Dm7, D♭m7, Cm9, and two diminished 7 shapes), and I point out how a lot of these are basically the same minor 7 grip slid to different frets—so once your hands learn one shape, you’re most of the way there. After the chord shapes, I walk you through the picking patterns that make it sound like the record. For the first chord you’re alternating strings in a specific order (string names: E, A, G, B, then back up), then we shift to the top four strings for the Dm7 and D♭m7. On the Cm9 I add that hammer-on with the pinky (8 to 10 on the high E) to get the color, and then the fun part is the diminished move where you slide the whole shape up three frets while everything rings out. Once you’ve got it, this is a perfect progression to loop (Looper pedal or any DAW) and practice solos over. Since we’re in B♭ major, your B♭ major ideas work, and you can also lean on G minor sounds—like minor pentatonic starting around the 4th fret—to start phrasing smoothly.