In this lesson you’ll learn the notes on the guitar neck with the easiest step-by-step method! Let’s dive into the lesson. Step 1: Notes of The Open Guitar Strings Learning the note names starts with learning the open guitar string names. From the lowest note to the highest note, the string names are: E-A-D-G-B-E The […]
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Learn common scale positions for guitar with this free guitar scales chart for beginners. Blues Guitar Scales Chart Associated Lesson: How to Play Blues Scales on Guitar Major Guitar Scales Chart CAGED Major Scales Associated Lesson: Guitar Major Scale CAGED 3-Notes-Per-String Major Scales Associated Lesson: 3 Notes Per String Major Scale (Patterns and Tabs) Pentatonic
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Understanding essential guitar scales for beginners Are you new to scales? Or new to guitar as a whole? Well I’m happy to see you here, where you’re going to level up your scale game! You’re going to look at 5 essential guitar scales for beginners. These scales will give you a better understanding of notes
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Understanding 7th Chords in The C Major Scale The diatonic seventh chords of C Major can be found by stacking each degree of the scale in 3rds. Here are the notes in the C Major Scale: C-D-E-F-G-A-B Stacking each note in 3rds, we get these chords: C Major- D Minor – E Minor – F
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You probably heard the term “1 4 5” somewhere, and that brought you here. Luckily it’s extremely simple to understand, and when understood correctly can be a great theoretical tool for composing and communicating about chord progressions with other musicians or guitarists. So… If you’ve been asking yourself ‘what is the 1-4-5 chord progression?”, then
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Understanding the Major Scale Formula Understanding the major scale formula boils down to knowing the degrees and steps that make up a major scale. What are the 7 notes of a major scale? The 7 notes/scale degrees of a major scale are: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Each of these degrees represents a distance from the root note. These
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Understanding Diminished and Augmented Guitar Chords Diminished and augmented guitar chords are triads. The diminished chord has the same intervals as a minor triad, with the exception of a flattened 5th (b5). The augmented chord has the same intervals as a major triad, with the exception of a sharpened 5th (#5). The abbreviations for both
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What is the Dorian Guitar Mode/Scale? The Dorian guitar mode/scale is the second mode out of the seven diatonic modes. It’s a minor mode because of its minor 3rd (b3) and minor 7th (b7) intervals. Understanding the Dorian Guitar Mode What is the formula for a Dorian scale The formula for Dorian is: 1-2-b3-4-5-6-b7 You
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Understanding Sus2 and Sus4 Chords Sus2 and Sus4 chords, Sus meaning suspended, are triads that convey tones neither major nor minor. Like all chords, they are built using chord formulas, which you’ll see below. But to start, look at the formula for a major scale: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Each of these numbers represents a degree of the
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One of the first and easiest scales every guitarist needs to learn is the pentatonic scale. Learning these shapes will open up the guitar fretboard, and make it easier for you to improvise and compose. Sit back and bust out your guitar as you learn the 5 pentatonic scale shapes for guitar and the theory
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