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How to Use Roman Numerical Analysis to Understand Major Chords

Mastering Roman numeral analysis can provide an excellent foundation for understanding chord progressions. Capital Roman numerals typically represent major chords while lowercase Roman numerals denote minor chords. As discussed in the Embellishing Tones lesson, adding an “m” after Roman numerals representing minor chords will make them easily identifiable when analyzing pieces using Roman numerals as […]

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How to Play 7th Chords

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No matter what genre you enjoy listening to – be it jazz, rock, or funk music – seventh chords add depth and character to timeless songs. Composed of a major triad with a major seventh interval, seventh chords possess a warm, soulful sound. Minor seventh chords can also be unsettling and unstable due to being

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Guitar Chords and Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics can provide the perfect way to accompany songs, often being simpler and less time consuming than tabs. Play a song by reading and strumming chords above lyrics in rhythm with melody, possibly noting X’s or O’s to indicate which strings to muted while which should be strung. Basic Chords Chords are composed

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How to Play Guitar Chords to American Pie

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American Pie is an eight-minute long song, telling its tale through music that is both familiar and compelling. Don McLean aptly commemorates “The Day The Music Died”. February 3rd 1959 marked a tragic plane crash that claimed three musical icons’ lives: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP “The Big Bopper” Richardson. 1. G Major G

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How to Play the B Flat Minor Pentatonic Scale

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The Bb minor pentatonic scale is one of the most beloved blues guitar scales, making for a highly flexible approach that can be utilized in multiple ways. The first shape is simple and straightforward to remember; it works beautifully across most major and minor chords. Root Notes To master b flat minor pentatonic scale, it

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Understanding Guitar Chords and the Notes That Make Them Up

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Knowing the notes that comprise chords can be very helpful when learning them. By understanding which notes make up each chord, this provides insight that will improve your playing and enable you to understand how other chords are constructed. This structure is known as a triad and comprises three notes separated by an interval. Major

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Guitar Chords to Hallelujah

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Hallelujah is an iconic song that has been covered by all artists for generations – making it easy for beginners to play on guitar. This song features a novel strumming meter, making it harder than usual for beginners to catch on right away. However, there are some helpful stepping-stone patterns you can try as a

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Guitar Chords For Love Yourself

Major chords / intonemusic

No two chords can ever sound the same due to their construction being driven by logic alone. By taking three notes from the major scale and stacking them up together into a triad, chords can be created; but their sound can change depending on which note of the scale is selected as starting point. Beginners

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Learn the Basics of Guitar

Major chords / intonemusic

Nearly any song can be played using just three chords – these are known as triads and contain all of the notes in a particular scale. A triad can sound very different depending on its intervals; to demonstrate this phenomenon, take a look at the diagram below. Those unfamiliar with interval theory might benefit from

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How to Make Guitar Chords Unstoppable

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Guitar chords form the basis for many styles of music. Their arrangement on the fretboard is fluid, allowing musicians to change its timbre with different arrangements by shifting notes in different directions – this process is known as inversion. Natural guitar notes, also referred to as white key notes on piano keyboards, can be found

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