In this lesson I gave you a step by step process you can use to start writing songs with the guitar. In today’s lesson we’ll delve deeper on an important topic for songwriters: Diatonic chord progressions. A chord progression is a series of two or more chords played in an order. Diatonic chords are chords […]
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When a teacher presented me with a book showing the diagrams for all guitar scales, or rather, the most popular guitar scales, I was like “Holy crap, do I need to memorize all this to become a good guitar player” Not to mention that there were all the guitar chords that needed to be learned,
One thing that used to confuse me when I started learning guitar was the relationship between the notes on the neck. Looking at the guitar notes on the neck, they seemed like a bunch of notes thrown there together with no relationship with each other. I used to think, that good guitar players could pick
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One of the benefits the guitar has over many other instruments is that you can easily play chords on it. On a guitar, you can play up to six notes at the same time. On the piano, you can play up to ten (as many fingers as you have) but on the violin, it’s hard
When I came up with my first guitar lick, using the A minor pentatonic scale in its most commonly used guitar scale pattern, I was over the moon. It sounded like the real thing, and it was. I went back to my A minor pentatonic scale and came up with another guitar lick, and another
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In 7 myths about music theory, I explain what music theory is not, what it is, and have hopefully convinced you that you need it if you’re learning a musical instrument. But how much music theory do you need? In this lesson, I will show you that this question isn’t an ideal question to ask.
What guitar scale should you improvise on if you’re playing in the key of C major? The C major scale, right? Or else the C major pentatonic scale, which doesn’t have any different notes, only less. What guitar scale should you improvise on if the music is in the key of A minor? A minor
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Music theory explains the things we hear. It’s the language of music, something that should be fun to learn, as well as apply, for every person who plays the guitar. If you have a negative view of music theory, most probably you’ve had some bad experience with the way you were being taught, or else
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