Subject: Try On the Major Second Interval
Try On the Major Second Interval
October 19th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Now that we’ve looked at the intervals for the chromatic scale, let’s narrow the focus to the intervals of the major scale. Tonic - we call this the root note most of the time; it’s the first note of the scale. In the key of C ma ...
Mapping Notes to Frets
October 18th, 2017 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, Thanks for letting me take a mental day yesterday. Let’s get back to the major scale... To review, here are the names of each possible interval: Tonic - we call this the root note most of the time; it’s the first note of the scale. ...
Need a Jump
October 17th, 2017 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, Ever had one of those days where you wake up and everything was just “off?” Your body wasn’t feeling 100%. Your brain was as scattered as deck of playing cards strewn across the floor. You just wanted to curl up in a ball and st ...
What’s In a Name?
October 16th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Let’s get back to looking at the various intervals that make up scales. Today, I’m going to give you the names of the intervals. Let me be clear. You don’t have to remember these names. What’s more important is to understand ...
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
October 15th, 2017 at 10:13 am EDTHey Friend, Hope you’re having a nice, relaxing Sunday morning. I’ll be brief, as I’ve got lots of domestic stuff to do today - including installing a small door for the cats. Maybe they’ll be a little less of a PITA now that they can let t ...
Jangly Guitars
October 14th, 2017 at 9:44 am EDTHey Friend, The other day, my wife was watching a video of a-ha performing a live acoustic version of “Take On Me,” the hit from their 1985 album Hunting High And Low. After hearing it, she couldn’t get it out of her head. This version is arr ...
An Emotional Cornucopia
October 13th, 2017 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, Happy Friday the 13th! Anyone spooked or superstitious? While I do have my hang-ups and conspiracy theories, Friday the 13th isn’t one of them. My dad was born on the 13th and it never seemed to hold him back. Of course, he wasn’t b ...
Mapping Emotions to Intervals
October 12th, 2017 at 8:29 am EDTHey Friend, Alright, yesterday I told you that each note in a scale is also an interval between the root note of the scale and the note itself. I also told you that each interval in a scale has the power to evoke certain emotions. These emotions ha ...
Stimulating Dinner Conversations
October 11th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Again, sorry for slipping into “Geeky Dave” mode yesterday. To me, sound waves and frequencies are interesting, but oh boy, that’s a rabbit hole unto itself! I made a statement that knowing how sound works won’t help you create ...
Geeky Music Physics
October 10th, 2017 at 8:37 am EDTHey Friend, Okay, so you now know what the major and minor scales look like. The pattern of intervals is the template that lines the proper notes up so that those notes sound like a scale. Perfect. But scales do not a melody make. Scales are a r ...