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Category Archives: Chords
Easy Way To Learn Scales
Learning scales can be difficult. There are a few tricks to going about and speeding up the process. Understand that there are also Modes, too. You’ll be happy to learn that all the chords you know, as well as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Key Signatures, Minor Key, Modes, Parallel Major, Scales, Theory
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Jimmy Goss And Walt Teach Guitar
Jimmy Goss is hilarious. Here we discuss practicing, power chords, and have a good time. I can’t stop laughing watching this. He was new to the whole online video idea! We discuss a few things, and answer a few questions. … Continue reading
Posted in Chords, Interviews, Technique, Theory
Tagged Jimmy Goss, Music Lessons, Power Chords, Practicing, Tutorials
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Sibelius 6 Intro
Sibelius 6 is the latest installment of the best music engraver around. There are a bunch of new features in this one that my older version didn’t have. One of them is “Panoramic View”, which allows the sheet music to … Continue reading
Group Song #1
You throw down the chords, and I’ll play them. Cool idea. Here’s Week #1 attempt. We’ll do more stuff like this. Everyone said it was alot of fun. Music is supposed to be fun, so I’m happy how this turned … Continue reading
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Reading Two Lines On One Staff (Stave)
The original is in the staff below. Above is where I circled where the two lines are that a piano player would play. There are two voices, as a result, one if for the left hand (red) and the other … Continue reading
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Tension Chords
Using tension in your chords is very effective. Music (and life) is all a series of tension and release. So to play a chord that is outside of a key signature, it creates tension, which makes your ear NEED to … Continue reading
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Tagged Chords, Consonance, Dissonance, Harmony, Inversions, Songwriting, Tension
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Flavor Chords
Using basic chords might be all that is called for – but what if you wanted to add color? What about piano? Well, look no further! Here is a quick overview (pun intended) of the basic idea of adding flavor … Continue reading
Posted in Chords, Copyright, Piano, Theory
Tagged Composition, Extensions, Flavor, Harmony, Piano, Sus, Tensions
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Modulation Explained!
Modulation is the idea of changing keys in a song. Learn more here!
Posted in Chords, Sightreading, Technique, Theory
Tagged Guitar, Harmony, Intervals, Key Change, Key Signature, Modulation, Music Lessons, Note Tonality, Piano, Songwriting, Transpose
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Inversions Explained!
Inversions in music are the idea of ‘flipping’ two notes around. So in stead of the intervals from C to G (which is 5 notes away – C D E F G) you simply invert that creating an interval from … Continue reading
Posted in Chords, Piano, Technique, Theory
Tagged EADGBE, EGBDF, FACE, Guitar, Harmony, Intervals, Inversions, Music Lessons, Octaves, Piano, Rule Of 9, Sightreading, Tutorials
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Are Major And Minor Arpeggios The Same?
Are Major And Minor Arpeggios The Same
Posted in Chords, Theory
Tagged Arpeggios, Chords, Major, Major Scale, Minor, Parallel Minors, Theory
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Strumming Patterns – Break The Habit!
The best way to learn anything is to simply break the habit. If you play jazz, then learn country. If you play folk, then write dance techno music. The same goes for Strumming Patterns. The most effective way to master … Continue reading
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Music Lesson: Octaves
Music Lesson: Octaves
Posted in Chords, Ear Training, Piano, Sightreading, Theory
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