Just the facts ma’am. Dragnet sergeant Joe Friday was famous for cutting to the facts, which is exactly what we intend here in this, our first post exclusively for Guitarist. So grab your favorite axe, here we go. The most important three facts regarding the guitar fingerboard: 1 Repetition 2 Repetition 3 Repetition Did I […]
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9th Chords And Beyond
Moving beyond 7th chords, we enter the huge, shimmering, full-orchestra sounding world of 9th chords. Simply put, 9th chords are extensions of 7th chords. In fact, there is a corresponding 9th chord for each of the three types of 7th chords: Cma7 Dmi7 G7 Cma9 Dmi9 G9 Here is the structure for major 9th chords: […]
Beyond Triads: Seventh Chords
Before indulging ourselves into the tasty world of seventh chords, let’s review how we got here: The diatonic major scale is made up of a specific sequence of half-step and whole-step intervals. Every diatonic major scale has the exact same sequence of half-steps and whole-steps. The key of C is the only “natural” diatonic major […]
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