Subject: Keeping’ On...
Keeping’ On...
June 13th, 2017 at 8:37 am EDTHey Friend, Guitars are tough, but they have their limits. Just like people. The most vulnerable part of a guitar is its neck. Whenever you have a component that extends out from a main body, there’s always the danger that an accident could damag ...
Mixing 7ths Part 2
June 12th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Monday morning… Good Morning Starshine… Get your hippie groove on! Got a new exercise for you today. In this one, we’re mixing up some 7ths and a couple major chords. The standard progression would be I IIIm IV V, but I’ve chan ...
Sunday, Veggin’ Sunday...
June 11th, 2017 at 11:45 am EDTHey Friend, Getting a late start this morning, and I’m pretty distracted, to be honest. I had a song in my head (The Red Barchetta, by Rush), which had me jumping over to Youtube. Of course, before I had a chance to play the video, I got sucked i ...
Easy 7th Chord Progression
June 10th, 2017 at 10:34 am EDTHey Friend, As I was sitting down to start our morning chat, I realized I may have jumped the gun a little with the exercise from yesterday. I got you mixing up major, minor and 7th chords, and we haven’t even looked at common progressions using ...
Mixing 7ths
June 9th, 2017 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, Since we have covered what the various 7th chords look and sound like, I thought the next logical step is to start using them in some actual progressions. The exercise today takes its lead from a standard key of A progression, but I’v ...
80s Music Gold
June 8th, 2017 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, It’s one of those days… It’s been raining for hours, and as I sat down to write this morning, I just wasn’t feeling it. Ever felt that way? It’s kinda like a Monday morning at work… Anyway, I couldn’t just take the day o ...
Major to Major 7th Chords
June 7th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, I really dig major 7th chords - I like how they sound and how they interact with other chords. I guess it’s probably that hopeful feeling the chord emotes, like you’re anticipating things will get better. That’s how it feels to m ...
Minor to Minor 7th Chords
June 6th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Alright, today let’s look at what we might do with a minor progression. This exercise is pulled from the G minor key. The basic progression is three minor chords - the Im IVm Vm. Again, we’ll substitute the IVm with a IVm7 to change ...
Major to Dominant 7th Substitutions
June 5th, 2017 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, The first chord substitution to look at is taken from set of exercises we’re looking at are taken from yesterday’s message. I gave you the progression G C7 D to try out, and last night I worked out the tabs for you. First off, I wan ...
Using 7th Chords
June 4th, 2017 at 10:31 am EDTHey Friend, One of the beauties of knowing different chord forms is you can take a regular old progression and give it new life by substituting another chord form. For example, let’s say a you’re playing a tune and it calls for a basic I IV V p ...