Blues scale is essentially a pentatonic scale with one additional note (the flat fifth, commonly referred to as “blue note”). Once you know how to play it, you can begin linking patterns together for extended lines up and down the fretboard. This lesson introduces E minor blues scale box patterns, including how to play them […]
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One of the first things a beginner guitarist needs to master are chords. Simply put, chords are combinations of notes that sound harmonious together on a guitar string. Triads, or basic three note chords, are connected in prescribed ways that involve scales (which is an entirely separate topic) and musical mathematics. Major The F Major
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If you’re new to playing guitar, learning some basic chords can be extremely helpful in opening up many more songs for you to explore. Hurt is an unusual country tune written and performed by Cash. It uses an unusual combination of chords that will present new guitarists with a formidable challenge. I Walk The Line
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The bass guitar is an extremely popular musical instrument. Its sound provides key rhythm and harmony components of songs; basses can be plucked, strummed, slapped, or even thumped to produce sound effects. A bass is an instrument with four strings and typically smaller dimensions than standard electric or acoustic guitars. Primarily used as an accompaniment
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“Chicken Fried,” by Zac Brown Band, became a classic when rerecorded and released again in 2008. Since its original recording date of 2003, its success was swiftly restored with each performance since. The ZBB have always pushed boundaries, recording an EP with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters drummer fame in 2014 and venturing further into
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Learn the five pentatonic scale shapes that comprise the C minor pentatonic scale. These correspond to those used in major pentatonic scales but with different root notes. Once learned, these patterns can be moved around on the fretboard to form diagonals with roots on every string. Make use of slow blues chord progressions to master
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Tabs may help if your aim is to learn an entire song precisely, but for best results it’s better to learn chords by ear. Overly relying on charts can lead to losing sight of what makes music great – learn by hearing. Wherever there is a curved arrow between two notes, this means the string
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Songwriting is an individual experience and no two writers work the same way. Some compose their music in their heads before adapting it for guitar instruments such as an electric or bass guitar. Beginners often start off learning chord progressions and then writing lyrics and melody around them. Repeated use of similar chords over an
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Chords can add rhythm and depth to any progression, as well as being easy to experiment with by dropping notes to create different variations on a chord. These modifications may produce different sounds, yet still bears its name because all its notes remain constant. Major Major chords are among the most prevalent musical patterns and
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Chords are groups of three different tones stacked on one another to form chords. The interval between them determines which kind of chord it is. Sometimes a chord will have a number written above it that corresponds with its number of tones above its root in a scale. An “m” indicates that a chord is
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