Subject: 80s Music Gold
80s Music Gold
June 8th, 2017 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, It’s one of those days… It’s been raining for hours, and as I sat down to write this morning, I just wasn’t feeling it. Ever felt that way? It’s kinda like a Monday morning at work… Anyway, I couldn’t just take the day o ...
Major to Major 7th Chords
June 7th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, I really dig major 7th chords - I like how they sound and how they interact with other chords. I guess it’s probably that hopeful feeling the chord emotes, like you’re anticipating things will get better. That’s how it feels to m ...
Minor to Minor 7th Chords
June 6th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Alright, today let’s look at what we might do with a minor progression. This exercise is pulled from the G minor key. The basic progression is three minor chords - the Im IVm Vm. Again, we’ll substitute the IVm with a IVm7 to change ...
Major to Dominant 7th Substitutions
June 5th, 2017 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, The first chord substitution to look at is taken from set of exercises we’re looking at are taken from yesterday’s message. I gave you the progression G C7 D to try out, and last night I worked out the tabs for you. First off, I wan ...
Using 7th Chords
June 4th, 2017 at 10:31 am EDTHey Friend, One of the beauties of knowing different chord forms is you can take a regular old progression and give it new life by substituting another chord form. For example, let’s say a you’re playing a tune and it calls for a basic I IV V p ...
Diminished and Half Diminished 7th Chords
June 3rd, 2017 at 9:03 am EDTHey Friend, While I was cruisin’ the inter-webs yesterday, I came across something that I have neither seen nor heard before - a half-diminished 7th chord. I was like… Whatchoo talkin’ ‘bout, Willis?! Yeah, so it appears there is not only ...
Rock With The Beatles and AC/DC
June 2nd, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, I thought today we’d take a little break from chords and exercises and have some fun. First off, a little history lesson… well, more like a gear history lesson. Guitar World Magazine posted an article yesterday giving something of ...
No B, No F
June 1st, 2017 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, Here’s the follow-up exercise from yesterday’s lesson and question from Storm. Storm asked, “Why does the CAGED system exclude the B and F chords?” Here are the exercise files: No B, No F Exercise PDF No B, No F Exercise MP3 ...
Poor B and F Major...
May 31st, 2017 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, I love it - another question! Storm asks, “Why does the CAGED system exclude the B and F chords?” I could make a joke about B and F majors’ standing in the CAGED system, but I won’t... The idea behind CAGED is to give you a to ...
7th Chord Harmonic Progressions, Part 2
May 30th, 2017 at 8:40 am EDTHey Friend, I got another question about 7th chord progressions, this time from Michelle. She wanted to see the 7th chord harmonic progression in action. I totally get that. To be able to visualize what you hear can be extremely powerfully in the l ...