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Post by Victor on Nov 8, 2004 11:19:37 GMT -5
Sorry UncleTito - I was away on a business trip last week so haven't had guitar or time to read Lesson 2 yet! I plan to get back to it this evening.
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Post by boris on Nov 8, 2004 13:00:33 GMT -5
Uncle Tito, don't expect me to post. I know too less to comment on this. But I'm reading, I'm reading ...
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Post by Brad on Nov 9, 2004 1:40:03 GMT -5
Im not much one for theory, after 4 years of playin I decided to just start learning it recently, anyway heres some of it: C= C,Dm,Em,F,G,Am,Bdim G=G,Am,Bm,C,D,Em,F#dim D=D,Em,F#m,G,A,Bm,C#dim A=A,Bm,C#m,D,E,F#m,G#dim I dont wanna be a hog and inhibint anybody else from answering...Btw go easy on me, im a newbie to theory
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Post by UncleTito on Nov 9, 2004 8:45:21 GMT -5
Brad:
You are doing pretty good!!! You have the general idea behind it. Next step (after the minor scale) would be to learn why we arrange chords the way we do to make out songs. These are called Chord progressions, and knowing the chord progression to a song, along with its tonality will make it all the easier.
The rest:
Shame on you!!! Dunce hat to all of you (Kidding). Just take your time and give it a try sometime.
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Post by Victor on Nov 12, 2004 18:30:38 GMT -5
Hey UncleTito - I finally got around to my homework! Didn't want to be hit with old dunce-cap! ;D
Anyway, I don't want to look like the brown-noser but I'm going to post my answer anyway. I must say I've know about the circle of fifths for a long time but it never made much sense till I went through this execise.
Chords for major scales:
Key Maj Min Min Maj Maj Min Dim C C D E F G A B F F G A Bb C D E Bb Bb C D Eb F G A Eb Eb F G Ab Bb C D Ab Ab Bb C Db Eb F G Db Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Gb Gb Ab Bb Cb Db Eb F B B C# D# E F# G# A# E E F# G# A B C# D# A A B C# D E F# G# D D E F# G A B C# G G A B C D E F#
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Post by UncleTito on Nov 15, 2004 10:47:33 GMT -5
Victor:
Sorry I took so long to respond. You are doing pretty good! You got everything right.
Some people memorize keys and what sharps or flats they have. Other people (like me), just want to play and improvise, so they use the circle as a reference for what they want to do at any given moment. It comes quite handy at times.
I think the guitar is what I call a "cheater's instrument". I say this because major scales all have the same fingering. If you want to play in diferent keys, some that are not that common for guitar, all you have to do is start the same fingering on a different fret and you are automatically playing a in a different key. For some players this little idiosincracy of the guitar works to their disadvantage. They learn positions instead of notes.
Try this: Refer back to lessons 1 and 2 and look at the three string fingerings that I have given for the major scales. You will notice that they all use the same fingering. If you memorize this fingering, it is possible to play in all 12 major keys without knowing what pitches you are using. Later on we will learn fingerings that use all six strings and you will use these to solo over chords progressions. It makes life a whole lot easier for guitarrists to have this knowledge.
Until then... Keep on playing!
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