Practice Tips For Maximum Musical Progress
Many times students of all ages and experience lack proper practice habits, they never achieve there goals because of this fact I would like to mention some of the most [...]
Archive for November, 2017
Music Tip – The first 3 months
Recently a student was telling me the woes of beginning guitar instruction. I responded as follows: Bear in mind that the first 3 to 6 months is the hardest [...]
Using Chords with Scale Notes to Solo
Today lets look at one of the most common ways to solo over or with chords. Referencing our last lesson – use the C major pentatonic scale with the C [...]
Use of Family of Chords In a Popular Song
Today lets look at how the family of chords is put to work in a hit song. We will be looking at “Let It Be” by the Beatles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih-8K1a_SsA Intro: [...]
Use of Scale Tones to Connect Chords Part II
Today let’s take the C major scale and its family of chords and see how we can connect the chords using scale note from C major. First take a basic [...]
Use of Scale Tones to Connect Chords
When playing common chords you can use scale tones to connect chords. This makes chord changes much more interesting and keeps the listener’s interest from chord to chord. Starting with [...]
Song Writing 101 Part II
When writing a song, there is a standard structure that is used. The structure can be varied but basically does the following: Introduction (Usually instrumental 4 to 8 bars) Verse [...]
Basic Song Theory Part 3
Using the 3 note chords created from the C Major Scale below play their chords in the common progression (sequence) listed below. I = C major = [...]
Basic Song Theory Part 2
Family of Chords – Song Writing 101 As a teacher I am often asked how songs are made. Songs use many techniques and basic foundation to construct their forms. [...]
Basic Song Theory Part 1
These lessons are made for any instrument. You must have a basic knowledge of note values as well as basic chords, major, minor, diminished and dominant. This will help you [...]