Fretboard Knowledge 2: Octaves & looking for patterns Now you understand how the tuning of the guitar effects chord shapes lets take it a step further. We will learn how to look for the...
Fretboard Knowledge 1: Guitar TuningIf we look at a guitar fretboard we can see the notes are laid quite differently when compared to a piano: The notes on a piano are...
Basic Music Theory 4: Do As The Romans DoIn live band situations musicians will communicate chord progressions often referring to numbers. For example, you turn up to a jam night...
Basic Music Theory 3: ChordsOnce we have established our key or major scale that we wish to use, the next step is to harmonise these notes to form chords. Chords are...
Basic Music Theory 2: Major ScaleThis is the ‘bread and butter’ of Western music. It consist of 7 notes derived from the 12 note chromatic scale. We can use the chromatic...
Basic Music Theory 1: Chromatic ScaleIn Western music we have a total of 12 pitches/tones/notes at our disposal. The distance between each note when played in sequence is a...