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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Zac Brown Band

Zac Brown Band is a Grammy award-winning multi-platinum southern rock band led by frontman and founder of the legendary Chicken Fried Tour, Zac Brown. Renowned for being more than just an amazing guitarist, he’s also an outstanding multi-instrumentalist; among his many talents include writing music, producing albums, record label ownership, business ownership, philanthropy, record label […]

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Learn the G Sharp Minor Guitar Scale

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No one could predict that The Beach Boys would include a solemn G minor chord with lilting harmonies and upbeat percussion in their iconic song, “California Girls.” G minor also features prominently in Cherry Glazerr’s song, “Had Ten Dollaz”, which highlights her singer-songwriter’s anxiety. G Sharp Minor is a sharp key, meaning its key signature

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Guitar Chords – Khamoshiyan

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If you have ever heard guitarists refer to a ‘one, four, five’ chord progression, you know exactly what they mean. A chord is composed of three or more notes played at intervals (one octave above from their initial note) within a specific scale. Start with open chords before moving on to barre chords; this will

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Guitar Chords Easy on Me

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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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Jazz 7th Chords

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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

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Guitar Chords Your Love Will Love

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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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The F Augmented Chord

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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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Ukulele Chords – A Look at the B Minor Chord

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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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7th Chords Explained – 5 Types of 7th Chords and How to Identify Them

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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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E Major Pentatonic Guitar Scale

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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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