G-to-C chord changes are among the most frequently seen in popular songs, yet novice players often struggle with this transition due to needing additional strength to press all strings evenly with their fingertips. This chord is a bar chord, meaning it consists of multiple frets that require two fingers at once to play it properly. […]
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Seventh chords form the backbone of jazz harmony. These chords make up most of the repertoire, as well as being integral parts of accompanying soloists in comping arrangements. Seventh chords are constructed from triads with the addition of an interval (a note three tones higher) above their root note. There are five varieties of seventh
Chords are essential elements in creating any song. Learning even just a few basic chords opens up an abundance of musical opportunities and will enable you to play songs from varying genres. Barre chords can be intimidating to newcomers as they require one or more fingers to press down multiple frets simultaneously. But with practice
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As is true of all rays, guitarfish inhabit sandy seafloor areas such as bays, estuaries and seagrass beds in bays or estuaries as well as seagrass beds on reefs or muddy bottoms. Their diet consists of crustaceans, small mollusks and worms. Their mouths are located on the ventral side and feature blunt, rounded teeth. Their
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A musical mirror that reveals our world in an unusual manner, the augmented chord transports us into realms of sound-induced wonderment and mystery. This chord’s characteristic sound derives from its raised fifth tone; raising above perfect fifth resolution before eventually reaching major sixth resolution. Today’s lesson will cover an F augmented chord in its 2nd
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Dance music has long been an influential way of countering society norms with grassroots passion and shared experiences that transform lives, yet recent decisions driven by profits are threatening its values and inhibiting creative potential. Existing efforts such as Metallic Inc’s Metallic Fund and PRS Foundation’s Women Make Music are commendable; however, more funds targeting
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Chords are groups of notes from the same scale. On ukulele chord diagrams, black circles filled in by color represent frets which should be fingered and empty ones should ring freely without interference from fretting fingers; empty circles represent strings which must ring freely without touch from fingerpicking. Major chords evoke joyous and cheerful feelings
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Seventh chords provide an elegant and comfortable sound to harmonizations, and can be found across many genres of contemporary music – even going back as far as Claude Debussy’s ‘Claire De Lune’! As with triads, seventh chords can be identified based on their root note, the quality of triad and chordal seventh elements and inversion;
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Beginners looking to get into guitar should start learning the E major pentatonic scale as soon as possible, since it opens up new avenues of musical creativity while increasing fretboard awareness. Furthermore, this scale can be found across many genres of music. Use these patterns to play E major pentatonic scales all across your fretboard
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1992 was an exciting year for metal. Alice in Chains released their groundbreaking concept album Dirt. Pantera’s The Final Frontier produced their famous “Vulgar Display of Power” riff while hair metal titans such as Def Leppard, Motley Crue and Poison all were touring stadiums to ravenous crowds. Malmsteen made his return to more classical, baroque-influenced
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