Subject: Gettin' It Right
Gettin' It Right
January 19th, 2017 at 8:30 am EDTHey Friend, You get a break today. Ol' Davey is back in the dentist's chair having him fix one of the teeth he worked on last week. It just ain't quite right yet... It's nice that we don't have to be so precise with music. Even when we make a mistake ...
E to G#m Chord Changes
January 18th, 2017 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, Today you can play with five systems of E to G#m chord changes, which will give you a taste of using these chords as you might find them in a song. E to G#m Chord Changes PDFE to G#m Chord Changes MP3 (Right-click and "save to computer") ...
G# Minor Barre Chords
January 17th, 2017 at 8:18 am EDTHey Friend, More barre chords... NOOO!!! Yup, can't get enough of them. Major barres. Minor barres. And all the flavors in between... Just like all the various chord positions and shapes, there are quite a few barre chords you can incorporate into yo ...
G# Minor Chord Positions
January 16th, 2017 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, There are a dozen basic triads for G# minor. Included in the exercises are four of each inversion. Inversion is an interesting term. As I've been using it in the context of teaching you chords, the inversion type (root, first or second) ...
G# Minor Intro
January 15th, 2017 at 10:17 am EDTHey Friend, Moving up the harmonic scale in the key of E major brings us up to G# minor. G#m would be constructed using the G# scale using the 1 3m 5 notes, but we CAN run into a problem with that scale if we're not paying attention. See if you can ...
Expanding Chord Sounds
January 14th, 2017 at 10:21 am EDTHey Friend, I'm still fiddling around with this new Tascam audio interface Santa brought me. I spent some time with technical support and stumped them, so now I'll be talking directly with the manufacturer. Hopefully by some time next week I'll eithe ...
Superstitions and Music Theory
January 13th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Whoa! It's the first Friday the 13th of 2017! I'm going to focus on it being the last day of the work week, not that it's an unlucky day or that hockey-masked monsters like to slice and dice on days like this... I will be avoiding ladders ...
E to F#m Chord Changes
January 12th, 2017 at 11:41 am EDTHey Friend, Sorry for the delay getting this out to you. Spent a couple hours getting fitted with a two new chompers. My mouth is numb, and I can't drink my coffee without wearing it down my front... The jury is still out on whether I'm excited (too ...
F# Minor Barres
January 11th, 2017 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, It's Wednesday, and I'm hoping for forward motion. I feel like I've had two Mondays in a row, so here's to getting past that and moving on... The F# minor barre chord in the root 6 position is barred at the second fret. Take your index fi ...
Oops, Sorry About That
January 10th, 2017 at 8:29 am EDTHey Friend, As far as F# Minor positions go, there are eleven basic triads found within the first twelve frets. You'll see these in the exercise files. F#m Positions Exercises I do want to point out an error I made yesterday. I explained the "easies ...