Subject: Contrasting Keys
Contrasting Keys
February 23rd, 2017 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, I put together a short exercise for you that runs you through playing the major key chord progression and then the minor. All the same chords are used, only the starting point changes. The first progression is in the key of C major. As yo ...
The Minor Key Harmonic Progression
February 22nd, 2017 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, Sounds exciting, yes? Quick review... Major keys have relative minor keys and vice versa. These relative keys share the same notes - the only difference is which note happens to be the root (tonic). It's really easy to determine what the ...
Know Your Relatives
February 21st, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Now that we've established what the scale pattern is for the minor keys, let's talk more about the relationship between major and minor keys. You saw yesterday how the major scale pattern and the minor scale pattern are the same, just shi ...
Next On The Agenda...
February 20th, 2017 at 8:30 am EDTHey Friend, We've covered a lot of ground with regards to the most common major keys and their chords. So far we've studied the keys of C, G, D, A and E major. And we could continue along this path and look at B major, and that would finish out the n ...
E Major Progression Exercise 6
February 19th, 2017 at 8:41 am EDTHey Friend, Alright, let's do one more progression from E major before we move on to new adventures. I decided to use some different inversions of the chords so you can hear the difference in action. The progression is a I V IV pattern, which means w ...
E Major Progression Exercise 5
February 18th, 2017 at 8:40 am EDTHey Friend, Have you had enough yet? Are you enjoying these exercises, or am I starting to bore you? Well, you're getting another on today, whether you like it or not... But I hope you like it! The exercise today is a bit faster-paced and incorporate ...
E Major Progression Exercise 4
February 17th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Here's another chord progression for you to try out. This time we're starting with the root chord of the key and working our way up the harmonic scale. As I played the chords, it reminded me of the song "Hold Me" by Weezer. As it turns ou ...
Ugh... Can't... Think...
February 16th, 2017 at 8:30 am EDTHey Friend, I'm having a day... The well of inspiration is bone dry this morning, and I can't for the life of me get two consecutive thoughts put together into something half-way coherent. My shortcoming doesn't have to affect your daily practice sch ...
E Major Progression Exercise 3
February 15th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, The next progression is one you will see in Rock all the time... The VIm IV I V progression. In our case, these are chords C#m, B, E and A. The first song I thought of for this progression was "Holiday" by Green Day. They don't actually p ...
Here's a Riff
February 14th, 2017 at 8:28 am EDTHey Friend, Happy Valentine's Day! Today's exercise is a bit more musical than what we did yesterday. We're still moving in a consecutive fashion - this time we're descending the harmonic scale. But I changed the note values and increased the tempo ( ...