Articles tagged with: Chords
Using tension in your chords is very effective. Music (and life) is all a series of tension and release. So to play a chord that is outside of a key signature, it creates tension, which …
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Notice the double Flat 7th interval – this is the only difference between a Diminished and a Half Diminished Chord.
What are Half Diminished …
Augmented and Diminished Chords allow you to create tension in your music. Rather than simply using Major and Minor triads, you can flatten the third, or fifth intervals, and create ‘movement ‘ in your chords. …
Watch this in order to understand the basic principles of Intervals. An interval is the difference between 2 notes. As a result, when you play a chord, you’re actually playing a series of intervals that …
What’s great about the guitar is that you can generate so many amazing sounds and emotions from it. One of those techniques is using your pick hand to create a Percussive effect. Creating a percussive …
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Are Open Strings a Chord?
Yes. The definition of a chord is anything that is two notes or more. If you played the open …
What are Double Stops?
Double Stops are playing two notes together in harmony to the song. Steve Vai, Al Di Meola, and even Slash of Guns and Roses frequently use double stops in their solos, and …
This is from my week 17 of my Revision 3 show!
How to play Guitar A and E chords
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Well I did an earlier episode about beginner chords C, F, and G a few months ago. …
One of my students claimed that she constantly wrote ‘Crap’ music. The trick is to never give up. Also, that music isn’t ‘crap’ – if it came from your heart than nothing could be further …
Arpeggios sound awesome, and they create a lot of tension (and sometimes release) in music! The trick to playing arpeggios is learning how to fingerpick or alternate pick. These two techniques are difficult at first, …
This is from my week 14 of my Revision 3 show!
Music is a universal language. In this video I explain how to apply the notes from guitar to piano. reading music is easier than people …
OK, so we invited Juice back onto the show to show us MORE strumming tips, questions, and answers! When changing chords on guitar there are a few ‘tips and tricks’ to keep in mind. Watch …
What are Octaves?
This video will help!. Essentially, Octaves are the idea of a same note being 12 semitones higher.
What’s a semi-tone?
A semi-tone is a half step. So a half step from A is A#, and …
