Subject: The Minor Third in the Major Triad
The Minor Third in the Major Triad
May 9th, 2017 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, Yesterday we looked at the first interval in a major chord - the major third, which consists of two whole steps (four frets up) from the tonic (or 1 note) in a major scale. The second interval in a major chord is a minor third interval. ...
The Intervals of the Major Chord
May 8th, 2017 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, Okay, it’s been a few days since we talked about intervals and scales and such. Let’s circle back and talk about how major chords use the intervals. When you want to construct a major triad (chord), you need to first determine what ...
No Lesson Today
May 7th, 2017 at 8:23 am EDTHey Friend, Take the day off! Play your guitar for the pure joy of it. Put some music on and just play along. I’m hurrying to get as much done around the house before our guests arrive on Friday, and I’m buried in piles of clutter that have bee ...
Eddie Van Halen’s Alien Technique
May 6th, 2017 at 8:37 am EDTHey Friend, I completely forgot to wish you a happy Cinco de Mayo yesterday, so Happy belated Cinco de Mayo! There, I feel better… I was checking out an article at Guitar World about Eddie Van Halen’s unique picking technique. It’s pretty wel ...
Feels Like New Math, Ugh
May 5th, 2017 at 8:45 am EDTHey Friend, Did you read yesterday’s message? Were you confused? Does it appear that… I CAN’T COUNT?!? Actually, I can, but the way I talked about numbering major and minor intervals may have been too much like new math. You know, the kind t ...
From Notes to Scales
May 4th, 2017 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, Hope you had a chance to read that interview with John 5 from yesterday. There’s actually a lot of useful tips in there - it’s not just some guitar guy talking about how fast he can play riffs. When we talked about intervals on Tues ...
John 5 - This is Cool...
May 3rd, 2017 at 8:41 am EDTHey Friend, You know how it is when you’ve got plans to get something done - you’re going to knock it out and cross it off your list - you know, you’re stoked because you’re gonna be done with it for good? And then you get into it - and it ...
Count Off
May 2nd, 2017 at 8:39 am EDTCount Off Hey Friend, Like I said yesterday, you don’t need to memorize the interval names to be a good musician. While they are kind of weird, you should at least be familiar with them so when they work their way into a conversation, you’ll be ...
Naming the Spaces
May 1st, 2017 at 8:42 am EDTHey Friend, Wow, can you believe it’s May 1st already? One third of year 2017 is behind us! I keep talking about the spaces between notes - the “tones” or “semitones” or “whole step/half steps” - how many frets are between two notes. ...
Here’s a Killer Finger Exercise
April 30th, 2017 at 8:48 am EDTHey Friend, Hope you’re having a good weekend. I only have a minute - it’ back to THE LIST today, and I have some catch-up from yesterday. I was looking through email from some of the guitar magazines I receive and saw this little gem of an ar ...