Subject: Try a Strum Pattern
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 ...
F# Minor as the Vm Chord
April 10th, 2017 at 8:25 am EDTHey Friend, We’re moving along quite nicely in the key of B minor. We looked at E minor as the IVm chord last time, and now we’re up to F# minor, the Vm chord. Im IIdim III IVm Vm VI VII Bm C#dim D Em F#m G A The notes needed for an F#m chord ...
Crying In The Corner
April 9th, 2017 at 10:17 am EDTHey Friend, It will be another day of hard labor around the house today. I can’t help but think of the song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by George Harrison and The Beatles. I love this tribute to George during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame In ...
Thoughts on Choosing Acoustic Guitars
April 8th, 2017 at 10:34 am EDTHey Friend, Ever notice just when you think you have enough to do, the Universe decides you need something else on your plate? I got a text Thursday from my wife telling me the pool pump was coming on and off. When I got home, it was as I feared. T ...
E Minor as the IVm Chord
April 7th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, The next triad we find as we study the key of B minor is the E minor chord. It is the fourth chord in the harmonic progression. Im IIdim III IVm Vm VI VII Bm C#dim D Em F#m G A We get the notes for E minor from its root scale by takin ...
D Major as the III Chord
April 6th, 2017 at 8:22 am EDTHey Friend, It feel like yesterday when we talked about the D major chord… Oh wait, it almost was. This past Sunday, we looked at D major as the major VII chord in the key of E minor. Today, D major is the III chord in the key of B minor. Nothing ...
C# Diminished as the II° Chord
April 5th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Next up in the key of B minor is C# Diminished (shorthand C#°). C#° is the second triad in the B minor harmonic progression: Im II° III IVm Vm VI VII Bm C#° D Em F#m G A You’ll get it’s primary pitches from the C# minor scal ...