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Next step on music theory as a guitar player
I've been playing the guitar as a hobby since 2013 and have been gradually gaining familiarity with it by playing all kinds of songs.
At first, I simply tried to remember the fingerings by reading ...
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How to read movable scale chart for A minor pentatonic?
I bought a guitar chart and it has this figure for moveable minor pentatonic scale:
I know the number 1 box pattern of the minor pentatonic scale (Justin guitar course). I play it starting on the 5th ...
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Questions on Chord progression in "Cocaine Blues"
In the song "Cocaine Blues" (in the style of Townes Van Zandt) the opening chord progression (transposed to C) is C - E7 - F. That is a I - III7 - IV or a V - VII7 - I, depending on what ...
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Harmonizing in fingerstyle with a bass line
I would like to learn some music theory relevant to harmonizing melodies for the fingerstyle guitar. The discussions of harmonization that I have seen focus foremost on the chord progression. This ...
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Is it called a double stop if you play the same note on two different strings?
As the title says. If you play a note simultaneously on two strings in the same octave, is it still considered a double stop?
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How would you analyze (harmonically) the intro of Preludio de Adiós?
I'm learning from books about harmonic analysis in order to improve my interpretative skills.
So, I am studying this piece by Venezuelan composer Alfonso Montes, called "Preludio de Adiós". ...
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Can you help me understand what I am doing with these arpeggios?
I have a song with a part that I am wanting to play arpeggios over with the guitar. But just using the actual chord tones sounds boring to me. So I have started with an arpeggio pattern on the first ...
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What is this pentatonic scale called?
I have been enjoying a wonderful scale recently, but I am unable to find its ‘proper name’ anywhere.
It’s essentially a minor pentatonic with a major 3rd in place of the 4th
1 - b3 - 3 - 5 - b7
e.g. C ...
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What is wrong with this homemade modes chart? [closed]
What may you see right or wrong with this homemade modes chart? This chart is supposedly read vertically. There are definitely some parts I don’t understand I’m just wondering about if it’s Accuracy.
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Chord Scale Voice leading question for guitarists
I've recently been practicing voice leading chord scales, trying to keep the bass note within a range of 2-3 frets, playing through all the diatonic 7th chords in a scale. So ill start off in say, ...
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Personal Taste or Something Else (9th and minor 7th chords) [closed]
Probably this is a matter of personal taste, but I thought I might ask to be sure that there isn't a more in-depth explanation out there.
To my ear, 9th chords and minor 7th chords are oddly ...
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Is there any set of 2-6 notes that doesn't have a chord name?
Is there any combination of up to six notes in the chromatic scale that could not be classified and named as a chord? Can anyone give me an example and explanation if so?
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What is Pat Martino's Diminished Concept? [closed]
Is the basic principle of Pat Martino's Diminished Concept for chord construction anything more than simply altering diminished chords?
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How can a perfect fourth interval be considered either consonant or dissonant?
I've been reading Ralph Denyer's book, The Guitar Handbook, and in the section on intervals he states that the perfect fourth can be either consonant or dissonant but it's not explained as how or why. ...
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Does chord type(major or minor) remains the same for common chord progressions irrespective of any mode or scale?
I am very new to even the basic concepts of music theory so there might be something inherently wrong in my question but here it is,
There are some common chords progressions which are denoted by the ...
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