Subject: C# Minor as the Vm Chord
C# Minor as the Vm Chord
April 24th, 2017 at 8:37 am EDTHey Friend, Let’s see what’s in the bag of tricks for today… Oh yes, looks like we’re up to the C# Minor chord, the Vm chord in the F# minor harmonic progression. I II° III IVm Vm VI VII F#m G#° A Bm C#m D E C# minor is built using the ...
Allan Holdsworth, 1946-2017
April 23rd, 2017 at 9:44 am EDTHey Friend, I would be remission my duties as a guitar teacher if I didn’t mention the passing of Allan Holdsworth, who died last weekend. Many of you, if not most, will not recognize his name, but you will recognize those who revered him as a g ...
Train Those Ears
April 22nd, 2017 at 8:59 am EDTHey Friend, Hope the weekend is going well for you - just being able to sleep in an extra hour was almost a coup for me! I’ve got lots of fun things to do, like refinishing a bath tub and playing plumber. I was checking email this morning and s ...
B Minor as the IVm Chord
April 21st, 2017 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, B minor was the root chord for the last key we studied (B minor, in case you were distracted two weeks ago). In the key of F# minor, B minor is the IVm chord in the harmonic progression. I II° III IVm Vm VI VII F#m G#° A Bm C#m D E T ...
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 ...