How To Figure Out What Key A Song Is In
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The advantages of online guitar lessons Lessons can be recorded and watched over and over Saves both of us travel time Allows us to work together from any location in the world that has an adequate internet connection Allows us to avoid contact during flu season Video call lessons allow … Continue reading
Here’s a paper I wrote in 2011 on the great reedsman/composer Eric Dolphy. Feel free to contact me if you’d like to discuss.
Loading… Here are a few video examples of things you can do with the pentatonic scales.
Learn your major scales using the following info! Start off by learning the major scale on a single string. Then learn your One Octave Scale Shapes. Loading… Then move on to CAGED shapes Loading…
Buying a guitar is a personal experience like buying shoes or clothing. The instrument should sound good, feel easy to play, and some people also like their instrument to have a certain appearance. The first thing to consider when buying a guitar is what kind of guitar do you want? … Continue reading
There are quite a few variations on the blues, often people will play the I chord for the first 4 bars skipping the IV chord in the second bar. Here are a few popular versions of the blues. 1. Boogie Woogie www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie-woogie 2. Sweet Home Chicago by Robert Johnson (in … Continue reading
Choose a number of notes between 1 and 8 and play it evenly to a metronome on each string in the following order: #1 E A D G B e B G D A #2 E D B e G A #3 E D A G D B G e … Continue reading
As you begin to expand your repertoire you will be exposed to more and more key signatures. You might start noticing that some keys are more common than others and some styles of music use some keys more than others. Also certain instruments are more commonly played in certain keys … Continue reading
The chromatic scale is Western music’s ABCs. It is a symmetrical scale built with twelve consecutive semitones ascending or descending. Most of the instruments we know and use such as the piano keyboard, guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, flute, saxophone, trumpet, xylophone, etc. are equal temperament tuned instruments that utilize the … Continue reading