Subject: Look Into My Eyes...
Look Into My Eyes...
October 24th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Next in line is the Major Sixth interval. Where the perfect fifth sounded like it was a nice complement to the tonic, almost a resting place in the scale, the major sixth instills a sense of movement. You’ll feel a tension to move up ...
The Perfect Fifth Interval
October 23rd, 2017 at 8:36 am EDTHey Friend, The Perfect Fifth is an interesting interval because it is very similar to the tonic of the key. When we look at how sound waves interact and resonate, the perfect fifth is the next closest wavelength to the tonic as that of the octave. ...
The Perfect Fourth Interval
October 22nd, 2017 at 9:00 am EDTHey Friend, Getting back to the intervals, the next is the Perfect Fourth. This is the fourth note in a 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 major, this note would be ...
Power Chord Tricks
October 21st, 2017 at 12:47 pm EDTHey Friend, Sorry for the lateness of this email today. Kid #2 had a cross country meet this morning and we’re just getting back from it. I won’t keep you but for a couple minutes. You know I’m a big fan of power chords, especially for beg ...
Running to Third (Major Third, That Is)
October 20th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, The next interval in a major scale is the major third. Tonic - we call this the root note most of the time; it’s the first note of the scale. In the key of C major, this note would be C. Major Second - this is one whole step (tone) ...
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 ...