Subject: A Major as the III Chord
A Major as the III Chord
April 20th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Aaaaaa! Anybody remember “the Fonz?” Sorry, I couldn’t resist... Yup, A major takes the III position in the F# minor harmonic scale. I II° III IVm Vm VI VII F#m G#° A Bm C#m D E A major is built out by combining the 1 3 5 not ...
G# Diminished as the II° Chord
April 19th, 2017 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, Next up in line is G# Diminished (G#°). Today is its debut in the minor keys, and it plays the role of the II° as you would expect any diminished chord would - dissonant and moody (like some teenagers and cranky old dudes). Hey, we jus ...
F# Minor as the Im Chord
April 18th, 2017 at 8:39 am EDTHey Friend, F# minor (F#m) is the Im chord for the key of F# - makes sense, right? Nothing has changed with it since we reviewed it last as the Vm chord in the key of B minor. Let’s look at the harmonic progression: Im IIdim III IVm Vm VI VII F#m ...
The Key of F# Minor
April 17th, 2017 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, So far, we have looked at the chords of three minor keys (we’ve covered their relative major keys, too, but it’s been a while). These are A minor, E minor and B minor. It’s now time to study A major’s relative minor key - that w ...
Happy Easter
April 16th, 2017 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, I’ll keep this short and sweet… Just want to wish all that celebrate a Happy Easter. We’re doing something a bit unorthodox this year - we’re at Disney World! We’ve lived here in Orlando for over a year and a half, and we h ...
A Visit to “Hotel California"
April 15th, 2017 at 9:32 am EDTHey Friend, I remembered something yesterday… I have the first eight bars of the Eagles “Hotel California” tabbed out, and I’m going to send it to you today! Why, you might ask? Hey, that’s just the kinda guy I am! BTW, I found an int ...
Try a Strum Pattern
April 14th, 2017 at 8:37 am EDTHey Friend, We take a lot of time talking about chord structure and how scales play into triad construction. Very essential stuff to know if you ever want to progress past the very basics of playing guitar or get into songwriting and production. I ...
Songs You Might Like in B Minor
April 13th, 2017 at 8:36 am EDTHey Friend, Now that you have a good idea of the harmonic progression in the key of B minor, you’d probably like to know what to do with it, right? TL Music Lessons in Wales (Great Britain) put together a cool website called Learn Guitar For Free ...
A Major as the VII Chord
April 12th, 2017 at 8:39 am EDTHey Friend, The final triad we can form from the notes that make up the B minor scale (from the key of B minor) is A major. A falls in line as the VII chord in the harmonic progression: Im IIdim III IVm Vm VI VII Bm C#dim D Em F#m G A The A major ...
G Major as the VI Chord
April 11th, 2017 at 8:30 am EDTHey Friend, We’re rounding the final turn to the finish line with the key of B minor. Im IIdim III IVm Vm VI VII Bm C#dim D Em F#m G A The VI chord is G major, consisting of the notes G, B and D. You build it out using the G major scale, which ...