In this lesson I would like to talk about chord inversions. Chord inversions will make your music come alive in ways that playing “straight” chord voicings won’t allow.
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 26, 2010
I hope that you’re finding this music theory information informative, and certainly I hope that I’m explaining things in an easy-to-understand way while still providing detail. As always, if you have comments, questions, or suggestions please let me know. In this lesson we’ll start taking a look at chord structures.
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
For some reason scales and modes are one of the most fun topics (for me at least) to talk about. Perhaps it’s because it gives the guitar player in me some instant ammunition to rip it up! Err… sorry about that. Anyway, let’s get going with scales and modes.
Continue reading...Thursday, January 14, 2010
It is important for musicians to learn the basic building block of Western music, which is the actual series of notes/pitches that are used. In a nutshell, there are 12 notes/pitches used in Western Music. (For the sake of keeping things elementary we will not be discussing quarter-tonal and microtonal pitches here.) The 12 notes [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Every musician, regardless of their playing ability or musical goals, can greatly benefit from being able to read music and understand the principles of music theory. From simple concepts such as being able to read a transcribed solo and identifying the notes of a 7th chord, to learning a song by ear and being able [...]
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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