Subject: Expanding Chord Sounds
Expanding Chord Sounds
January 14th, 2017 at 10:21 am EDTHey Friend, I'm still fiddling around with this new Tascam audio interface Santa brought me. I spent some time with technical support and stumped them, so now I'll be talking directly with the manufacturer. Hopefully by some time next week I'll eithe ...
Superstitions and Music Theory
January 13th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Whoa! It's the first Friday the 13th of 2017! I'm going to focus on it being the last day of the work week, not that it's an unlucky day or that hockey-masked monsters like to slice and dice on days like this... I will be avoiding ladders ...
E to F#m Chord Changes
January 12th, 2017 at 11:41 am EDTHey Friend, Sorry for the delay getting this out to you. Spent a couple hours getting fitted with a two new chompers. My mouth is numb, and I can't drink my coffee without wearing it down my front... The jury is still out on whether I'm excited (too ...
F# Minor Barres
January 11th, 2017 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, It's Wednesday, and I'm hoping for forward motion. I feel like I've had two Mondays in a row, so here's to getting past that and moving on... The F# minor barre chord in the root 6 position is barred at the second fret. Take your index fi ...
Oops, Sorry About That
January 10th, 2017 at 8:29 am EDTHey Friend, As far as F# Minor positions go, there are eleven basic triads found within the first twelve frets. You'll see these in the exercise files. F#m Positions Exercises I do want to point out an error I made yesterday. I explained the "easies ...
F# Minor As The IIm Chord
January 9th, 2017 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, We're back to the key of E major. The IIm chord in the key is F# Minor. Looking back at the E major scale, we can easily determine the notes that form the F#m chord. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7E F# G# A B C# D# F# is the root note (one note), followed ...
What Are you Doing To Achieve Your Guitar-Playing Goals?
January 8th, 2017 at 9:44 am EDTHey Friend, Rainy and overcast yesterday gave way to sunny and cold here. We're no where near as chilly as up North, but Winter has finally shown up in Florida. Even the squirrels are staying inside this morning! I'm not complaining - this is the exa ...
E Major Barre Chord Recap
January 7th, 2017 at 8:45 am EDTHey Friend, The E major barre chord holds a special place in my heart as it is the second chord I ever played in front of a live audience. My first high-school band got its first (and only) gig playing a block party - a neighborhood picnic of sorts. ...
E Major I Chord Positions
January 6th, 2017 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, Wow! It's Friday and we've already knocked off the first week of the year. This is going too fast already! This new year started with a new key to study (E major), and because we saw the root triad E major as the V chord in the key of A m ...
E Major As The I Chord
January 5th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Hello? Anyone home? Yesterday, I ended with a call to send me your questions. I only got one back - from a smart Alec, no less! Storm wanted to know what a snozzberry tastes like. I told her they "taste like chicken." I guess the rest ...