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| Major and Minor Key Cycles |
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| One of the most common tools used in songwriting is the Key Cycle. Also referred to as the Circle of 5ths or Circle of 4ths. Chords have a natural tendency to move to a chord a 4th above or a 5th below the current chord. For example if you are playing a C Major chord, moving to an F Major chord (an interval of a 4th) would sound natural as the next chord in the progression. |
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| Music Notation on the Guitar |
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| Many guitarist can read tabs and play by ear but alot turn away when you mention reading music on the guitar. In this short lesson you should be on your way to finding the notes on the guitar as their displayed on the musicial staff. Read On... |
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| Pulse, Rhythm, & Meter |
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| The durations of tonal music are divisible by the pulse. Pulses are organized into measures. Measures are organized by patterns of accents. Accents result from both rhythmic placement and harmonic content. The stability of consonance implies strong metrical placement. The embellishing character of dissonance implies relatively weak metrical placement. Techniques of syncopation, however, may displace a strong beat to a weak one by reversing these implicit associations. The affect of tonal music arises in large part from this interplay of pitch and rhythm. Consonance and dissonance, metrical uniformity and irregularity, all conspire to create dramatic patterns of expectations met, frustrated, and finally resolved. Read on........ |
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| Understanding Rhythm Notation |
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| To keep things organized, we group our notes in something called "bars". A bar of music usually contains 4 beats, 3 beats etc... To figure out a bar of music by listening to it, we can count and tap along and find out where the accents seem to repeat. When reading music, we can look at the time signature. This is that fraction that happens at the beginning of a piece of music. |
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| Arpeggio Substitution |
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| The most important cadence in all of music and exploited extensively in jazz-is the V7 to I chord progression. In the key of C the cadence is G7 (V7) to C (I) in the key of E the cadence is B7 (V7) to E (I) and, as with all music theory, the relationship is the same in all keys. This theory lesson will explore some important and popular arpeggio substitution possibilities for the V7 to I cadence. Read on..... |
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| Minor Keys |
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In this lesson we will take a look at Minor Keys. Minor keys are a little more complicated then major. There are 13 chords in a minor key because on the 6th and 7th degrees of a minor key there are two alternative notes. This means that, apart from on the tonic (whose triad doesn't include the 6th or 7th degrees of the key), there are two alternative triads for each degree in the key's scale.
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| Intervals On the Guitar |
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| Intervals on a guitar take on distinctive shapes depending on whether or not the interval cross the boundary between the second and third string, here marked with a red line. This boundary is created due to the fact that there is a Major 3rd between the second and third strings, and a Perfect Fourth between all other strings. Each yellow gold line represents an interval between two notes. This is exactly what an interval is the distance between one musical note to the next. |
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| Mode Chord Relationships |
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| enigmatic_minstrel writes "In this lesson we will look at how to use modes over chords, and how to combine modes for different harmonic ideas. Now the basic theory about playing modes and scales over chords is that the all the notes in the chord must be in the scale if you want to avoid clashing notes. Obviously this gives a huge scale choice over something like a minor chord." |
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| Electric Bass - Music Notation - Primer |
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| If your a beginner bass player, or you just want to learn how to read music notation for the bass this file is for you! Learn the basics with this primer. |
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| Notes on a 4 string Bass Guitar |
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| The notes on a 4 string bass guitar are the same as a regular 6 string guitar, but the bass is missing 2 strings (B string and high E string). We included a attachment below showing all the notes on 4 string bass. |
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| Music Symbols Add Character |
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| Notated music makes use of a variety of other symbols to indicate dynamics, articulation, tempo, ornamentation, and other aspects of music. Dynamic markings include, from quietest to loudest, pp, p, mp, mf, f, and ff. These symbols, which are abbreviations of the Italian words pianissimo, piano, mezzo-piano, mezzo-forte, forte, and fortissimo, are generally placed below the staff to which they apply. |
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| Reading Music - Notating Rhythm |
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| The basic unit of rhythm in music is called the beat. The beat is not necessarily played explicitly, but the pulse created by the steady succession of beats underlies everything that is played. The rate at which beats occur is referred to as tempo and is usually expressed in beats per minute. The tempo is usually constant throughout the performance of a composition. A slow ballad may be played at around 50-80 bpm: |
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| Reading Music - Staves And Form |
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| Music is read from left to right, top to bottom, just like English. It is written on specially printed paper called manuscript paper. Each line of printed music is represented on a staff, which is a series of five parallel horizontal lines. |
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| Abbreviation Symbols |
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| Ever wanted to know the correct abbreviations for major,minor,flat or sharp symbols? Below is a list of possible choices. |
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| Interval Inversions |
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| When intervals are inverted their original quality of either consonance or dissonance may change. This is beacuse the register of the two notes, and spacing between them have been altered. Examples of Interval inversions is a perfect 4th to a perfect 5th or unison becomes an octave etc. |
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