Saturday, April 7, 2012

guitar theory made simple

guitar theory made simple


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learning how to play guitar can be a lot of confusing work or it can be a lot of fun. most people get to the first part just fine, but never seem to make it to the second let me tell you a story when i was six years old remember the good old days when life was carefree my parents put me in piano lessons. My teacher was an old woman who lived across the street and down a block. I went to visit her once a week to learn how to play.

you know what? she made learning to play more boring than watching paint dry . And as a six year old, if given the choice, i probably would have chosen the paint

she tried teaching me music theory, but it was like cutting down a forest with a pocketknife. More on that story in just a minute

can't i just learn the chords? most beginner guitar players start out by learning a few chords and some simple songs. that's cool its a good start. but as i've helped other people learn the guitar, i've observed that there's a general lack of understanding as to exactly why we play what we do.

more importantly, i've noticed this lack of understanding really slows down progress, and even worse can make learning the guitar confusing and feel like a lot of hard work

the good news is there's a key that will there's this concept in music called i iv v . If that looks like greek to you, it's not it's latin

i-iv-v (that's 1 4 5 in english) refers to the root note (i), or tonic, and the two notes in perfec......Read More detail



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