Subject: E Major Progression Exercise 5
E Major Progression Exercise 5
February 18th, 2017 at 8:40 am EDTHey Friend, Have you had enough yet? Are you enjoying these exercises, or am I starting to bore you? Well, you're getting another on today, whether you like it or not... But I hope you like it! The exercise today is a bit faster-paced and incorporate ...
E Major Progression Exercise 4
February 17th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Here's another chord progression for you to try out. This time we're starting with the root chord of the key and working our way up the harmonic scale. As I played the chords, it reminded me of the song "Hold Me" by Weezer. As it turns ou ...
Ugh... Can't... Think...
February 16th, 2017 at 8:30 am EDTHey Friend, I'm having a day... The well of inspiration is bone dry this morning, and I can't for the life of me get two consecutive thoughts put together into something half-way coherent. My shortcoming doesn't have to affect your daily practice sch ...
E Major Progression Exercise 3
February 15th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, The next progression is one you will see in Rock all the time... The VIm IV I V progression. In our case, these are chords C#m, B, E and A. The first song I thought of for this progression was "Holiday" by Green Day. They don't actually p ...
Here's a Riff
February 14th, 2017 at 8:28 am EDTHey Friend, Happy Valentine's Day! Today's exercise is a bit more musical than what we did yesterday. We're still moving in a consecutive fashion - this time we're descending the harmonic scale. But I changed the note values and increased the tempo ( ...
What Can You Do With 'Em?
February 13th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Getting back to our regularly scheduled program (yeah, I went a little off topic with mu major chords), we finished looking at the chords in the key of E major. We studied them as individuals but the real strength of chords is using them ...
Mu Major Chord Construction
February 12th, 2017 at 11:48 am EDTHey Friend, What do you think of the Mu major chords? Fun, huh? Once your fingers get the hang of them, they're not too difficult. You just have to get to that point. Let's look a little deeper at the theory and construction. Mu major chords get thei ...
Mu (add9) Major Chord Exercises
February 11th, 2017 at 9:50 am EDTHey Friend, I worked up the natural Mu major chords for you. If you'd like to read more info about Mu chords, check it out here. In each of these examples, I've tabbed out the "add9" versions, although the G Mu chord could be considered an "add2" due ...
Try This Chord on For Size
February 10th, 2017 at 8:37 am EDTHey Friend, We finished up the last chord in the E major key study yesterday, so I thought we'd take a little side-step and look at a chord form that you don't hear about very often. In fact, I had never heard it called this until I got the latest is ...
E to D#° Chord Changes
February 9th, 2017 at 8:28 am EDTHey Friend, Here is a handful of exercises illustrating various chord changes from E major to D# diminished. These combinations have a distinct directional sound to them. We start with an E chord - the root chord in the key of E. As you play it, noti ...