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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Seeing Chord Patterns In Songs
It’s time to apply our knowledge of chord patterns to real life songs. In our previous blog, we learned that chords appear in the same sequence, regardless of which key we are in. That sequence is: I IImi IIImi IV V VImi VIImib5 Applied to the key of C we get: I IImi IIImi IV […]
Basic Chord Theory – Triads Part II
There are seven chords in every diatonic scale – since each of the seven notes in a diatonic scale can become the root of a chord. We already extracted the first two triads from the first two notes in the C scale, resulting in C major and D minor chords – C and Dmi. Picking […]
Basic Chord Theory – Triads
The most basic chord in music is the Triad – or three-note chord. In practice, we don’t actually call them triads – instead, we reference triads as simply major or minor chords – examples: C Dmi Emi F G Ami. There are times when two-note chord fragments are useful for keeping multi-instrument arrangements clean sounding. […]
All Diatonic Major Scales Exposed!
As promised, for your viewing pleasure – here they are: Sharp Keys: G(1): G A B C D E F# G D(2): D E F# G A B C# D A(3): A B C# D E F# G# A E(4): E F# G# A B C# D# E B(5): B C# D# E F# G# […]
Diatonic Blues Rap
Woke up this mornin’ with the pillow on my head twisted up sheets, had me trapped in the bed Just kept thinkin’ ’bout that music theory blog poundin’ in my brain – lost in a fog Kept repeatin’ that pattern, again and again would it ever stop? I didn’t know when!
Diatonic Major Scales In All 12 Keys
You just need to understand two things to write out all twelve diatonic major scales: 1) The space pattern between notes (structure) and 2) How sharps (#) and flats (b) control those spaces.
Keys are the Key!
If music theory seems like chunks and pieces of stuff that don’t relate, you are in the right place. Fortunately, music theory is extremely logical and organized. Once you get the basics, it just gets more and more fun as you build into more advanced concepts. We briefly touched on diatonic major scales in our […]
The Basic Components of Music
The most basic, raw component of music is the Note. Notes move vertically and horizontally in space. Vertically, notes move up and down in various intervals of Pitch. Horizontally notes move forward in various intervals of time (Rhythm).
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