The Em 7 guitar chord is an attractive minor seventh chord that’s easy to play and suits various musical genres. Consisting of notes E, G, B, and D it has many applications across musical genres. This article presents various methods of playing an Em7 chord on guitar. While each technique offers its own distinctive sound, […]
The C melodic minor scale is similar to C natural minor with two key differences; 6th and 7th scale degrees raised to create more tension at its endpoints. This increases major tones within its tone series. This scale is often employed in Jazz and Classical guitar music, making it an excellent way to add drama
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Major pentatonic is an accessible scale that will expand your creative musical horizons. Easy to learn and apply effectively, it adds depth to basslines and melodies alike. Before learning the scale shapes, it is advisable to examine major and minor scale diagrams with their fingerings (recall that A minor is relative to C). Scale patterns
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Diminished chords can add the perfect accents and emotions to any music track, as well as adding tension or drama to an arrangement or song progression. A C diminished chord is a triad composed of a minor third and diminished fifth that often appears within harmonic minor scales, though it can also be borrowed from
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A d minor chord can produce one of the most mournful sounds when played on a ukulele, making it one of the more difficult chords to learn and use effectively. Furthermore, its variations offer lots of ways to customize its sound to any situation. Music educator Jim D’Ville will guide you through different techniques to
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Minor pentatonic scale is an invaluable asset to any guitar player’s arsenal, providing five distinct patterns that add both texture and variety to your riffs and solos. Minor triads and minor 7th chords work exceptionally well when played over this scale, since these chords share notes in common with its notes – this avoids clashes
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G#dim is one of the primary diminished triads found in Western music and can be found in a wide variety of chord progressions, adding great character and richness to songs when used effectively. Each note in a chord has its own interval quality – diminished, minor, major, perfect and augmented – which are shown below
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D Sharp Dim 7 (abbreviated D#dim7) is a four-note chord made up of the notes D#, F#, A and C and commonly abbreviated as such. 7th chords can come in various qualities. Each chord quality is created from the first, third and fifth notes in a major scale diagram and offers different sound characteristics. Key
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B major is a seven note scale with no flats and five sharps, and is frequently the first scale learned by beginners. Below is a TAB that will assist with playing a two-octave B major scale on guitar, noting the necessary fretboard changes between each octave. Fingerings While learning each major scale on guitar, it’s
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Now available! A beautiful print quality poster version of all main ukulele chords. Perfect for hanging on walls or simply quick reference! Four simple repeating chords are all it takes to play this Blink-182 classic on ukulele! A steady DD UU UD strumming pattern perfectly complements its rhythm. Inversions Integrating chord inversions into your repertoire
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