Subject: B Minor as the Vm Chord
B Minor as the Vm Chord
March 31st, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey [[firtname]], The B minor chord is the fifth chord in the E minor harmonic scale: Im II° III IVm Vm VI VII Em F#° G Am Bm C D B minor is a product of combining the 1 3 5 notes from a B minor scale: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (8) B C# D E F# G A (B) Th ...
A Minor As The IVm Chord
March 30th, 2017 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, Look at me… I finally got my “stuff” together! Let’s get back to the chords, shall we? In the key of E minor, the A minor chord is the IVm in the harmonic scale. So you’ll find the A note in the fourth scale position; E F# G ...
Rickenbacker Guitars
March 29th, 2017 at 8:39 am EDTHey Friend, I’ve almost got the new computer system to a point where I can start being productive again, so with any luck, we’ll get back to the key of E minor tomorrow. In a world dominated by guitar brands like Gibson and Fender, sometimes we ...
Changing It Up, Part 2
March 28th, 2017 at 8:30 am EDTHey Friend, I got stuck working on some j.o.b. related stuff this morning, so this message is stunted. I feel this compulsion to rant about the current state of computer operating systems and software, but I’m not going for the bait. The end resu ...
Changing It Up
March 27th, 2017 at 8:36 am EDTHey Friend, Hope you had a good weekend. Mine was busy and productive. Slowly, we’re working through the list of home improvement projects and beginning to see the fruits of our labor. Unfortunately, that effectively keeps me from playing my guit ...
Slash Chords
March 26th, 2017 at 9:30 am EDTHey Friend, Before I get back to the weekend chore list, I came across an article I thought explained slash chords quite well. Slash chords imply that you’re going to use an inversion other than the root inversion of a chord (not that these are th ...
Want to Play Guitar and Sing?
March 25th, 2017 at 9:55 am EDTHey Friend, Every so often, someone asks me about learning to sing and play at the same time. It's a skill that comes easier for some than others, so when I saw an article on Guitar World's website, I thought I'd share... I never really thought much ...
G Major as the III Chord
March 24th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Alright, moving right along. Next up is the G major chord. In the key of G major, G was the I chord, and now in the key of E minor, it is the III chord. Still a major chord, and still built by using the G major scale to determine the 1 3 ...
F#° As The II° Chord
March 23rd, 2017 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, When we last saw F#°, he was but a lowly VII° chord in the key of G major. In E minor, he has advanced to be the II° , second only to E minor herself! Not that this has any bearing on the sound or how you would necessarily use a dimini ...
E Minor As the Im Chord
March 22nd, 2017 at 8:25 am EDTHey Friend, I just happened to see last night that Chuck Berry passed away on Saturday. If you have any love for The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, you can thank Chuck Berry for being a huge influence on the British Invasion. You would know Chuck Ber ...