Picking Exercises: Using a Pick
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
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Practicing Major Scale Key Signatures in Open Position
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
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