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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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Note Tonalities In Keys!
In a C Major Scale you have the notes C D E F G A B C. In this video I explain the use of notes in reference to the Key Signature they are in. So for example the note … Continue reading
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Tagged Ernie Ball, Guitar, Hear And Play, Intervals, Key Signature, Music Lessons, Note Tonality, Ovation, Piano, Tech21
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Why Some Keys Have Sharps And Others Have Flats
Let’s look at the graph below: Key Signatures can get tricky. Asking this question is like saying in math “why not have just a plus sign (+) instead of both a plus (+) and minus sign (-)” Well, truth is, … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented, Diminished, Guitar, Intervals, Major, Major Keys, Minor, Minor Keys, Perfect, Piano, Power Chords
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Basic Intervals (Part 2)
Basic Intervals in music allow you to understabd chord strcutires and nthe realtive distance between notes. Why is this important? Because its everything that music revolves around – notes! Let’s base this off of the ‘C’ Major Scale: C D … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented, Diminished, Guitar, Intervals, Major, Minor, Perfect, Piano, Power Chords
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Are Open Strings A Chord?
Are Open Strings a Chord? Yes. The definition of a chord is anything that is two notes or more. If you played the open strings E and A, you would be playing a chord. The chord could be an E … Continue reading
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Tagged Chords, EADGBE, Fourths, Guitar Strings, Hear And Play, High E, Intervals, Low E, Perfect Pitch, Relative Pitch, String Order, Thirds, Tuner, Tuning
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Drop C And D Explained!
What is Drop C Tuning? Drop C tuning is C G C F A D. An easy way to think of this is as Drop D, but then bringing every string down a whole step. You can also create a … Continue reading
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Tagged DADGAD, Drop C, Drop D, EADGBE, Fourths, GGDGBD, Guitar Strings, Hear And Play, High E, Intervals, Low E, Perfect Pitch, Relative Pitch, String Order, Thirds, Tuner, Tuning
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How To Tune The Guitar To Itself! (1 Of 2)
There are a number of different ways you can tune the guitar: 1.) The guitar is standard as E A D G B E. So when you tune the guitar to itself, you ONLY need ONE note to be in … Continue reading
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Tagged EADGBE, Fourths, Guitar Strings, Hear And Play, High E, Intervals, Low E, Perfect Pitch, Relative Pitch, String Order, Thirds, Tuner, Tuning
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How To Harmonize A Song!
To understand Harmony, you must first understand Intervals. After you write the melody, use intervals (usually within the key signature) to give it a hip feel. Harmony can be in intervals of fifths, fourths, sevenths, outside the key, inside, etc. … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented, Diminished, double stops, Guitar, Harmonize a song, Harmony, Intervals, Major, Minor, Music Composition, Perfect, Piano
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Class 15: Solfege Ascending And Descending!
What is Solfege? Solfege is referring to the notes in a scale an intervallic name. Have you heard of ‘Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do’? Well – that’s Solfege! So instead of referring to the note C in … Continue reading
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Tagged Choir, Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do, Education Piano, Guitar, Intervals, Lessons, Music, Ribeiro, Solfege, Syllables, Vocal, Walt
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Seventh Chords On Guitar Explained!
Seventh Chords in music are important because they add a new level of harmony to your work. This new harmonic element allows you to play more styles of music, sounds, and techniques. We all know a C major chord consists … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues, Diminished, Guitar Piano, Half-Diminished, Harmony, Intervals, Jazz, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Notes, Seventh Chords, Sevenths
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Intervals In Music Explained!
OK so I get ALOT of questions about Music Intervals. Intervals are the distance between two points – so Music Intervals are simply the distance between to notes. It’s simple, so don’t be discouraged I’m going to walk you through … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented, Diminished, Guitar, Intervals, Major, Minor, Perfect, Piano, Power Chords
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