tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81126910891598222412024-02-20T18:28:31.955-05:00Guitar and Music LessonsMany guitarists don't know where to begin when first attempting to learn how to play guitar, or any other instrument. In this blog, I have compiled many different free lessons and tools on guitar techniques, musical concepts, and music theory that I think may help many musicians to reach a higher level of playing and to approach music in a new and unique way.Shreddinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741693825433055208noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112691089159822241.post-17843591447533378592011-08-01T23:23:00.004-04:002011-08-01T23:58:01.385-04:00Buying Guitars and Parts Made SimpleWhat kind of guitar should I buy?<br />
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Okay. Do you prefer quiet, peaceful, beautiful acoustic guitar music or loud, raunchy, rowdy, roof raising, electric guitar? I myself prefer the latter. There's a tip for the guys right there. Get a nice acoustic guitar and the ladies will swoon in appreciation (or so they lead me to believe).<br />
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Back to the subject at hand. There are so many, repeat, so many guitars out there to purchase that it's nearly impossible for somebody other than you to pick one out and say, "This guitar is for you." All anybody or I can do is point you in the right direction. I can give some advice and pointers but actually recommending that you purchase a Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, Peavey, or any make or model is beyond the realm of realism.<br />
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Guitar Bodies.<br />
Guitar bodies can be made from various woods, which include but are not limited to koa, ash, mahogany, poplar, and alder. Each type of wood gives a certain tone or sound that may be bright and punchy or warm. Some woods weigh more than others causing the guitar to be heavy and become uncomfortable for some. Here is a quick list of some woods used to make bodies.<br />
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1. Alder - a lightweight type of wood that produces a warm sound and is fairly inexpensive. Usually painted in solid colors due to the grain pattern.<br />
2. Poplar - also a lightweight wood which has a sound similar to alder but lighter in color. Usually painted. <br />
3. Mahogany - a hard, heavy wood with open grain and reddish in color. Sounds bright and provides good sustain. <br />
4. Ash - medium weight with open grain and light in color. Sounds bright with a bit of punchiness in the bass. Makes a great wood for bass bodies. <br />
5. Maple - generally used as a veneer for bodies due to their "flamed" and/or "quilted" appearance. Not good for a whole body.<br />
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Guitar Necks.<br />
Guitar necks can be made from a variety of woods just like bodies. Maple is probably the most common. Rosewood, koa, and others can also be used with varying degrees of sustain, warmth, and brightness characteristics. Fretboards (also referred to as fingerboards) are usually made from rosewood, maple, or ebony. Rosewood is the most common in this category due to the highly accepted sounds it helps produce coupled with the cost. Maple necks with maple fretboards are generally one piece with the fretboard portion being finished in some fashion with a sealer. Rosewood has a more open grain compared to ebony and is more often than not reddish in color while ebony tends to run more of a black in color. I myself prefer ebony fingerboards due to their smoothness.<br />
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So what should you look for in a guitar? What should be first and absolute foremost in your mind when looking for a guitar is feel and comfort. If the guitar is not comfortable to play, you won't want to play it. Does that make sense? Hey, I never said the book contained groundbreaking, earth-shattering, revolutionary thoughts out of left field! If the guitar that you fall in love with looks-wise is not comfortable to play, you may be able to push on and persevere and become an amazing player anyway. I just suggest you find a guitar that feels good in your hands and begs you to play. Try to be shallow at first and go with a guitar that looks cool to you. However, don't buy something just because your best friend thinks Johnny Guitarhero's the best so you should get his Wooden Wonder brand guitar with the killer apricot speckle finish. Try not to fall into that trap. The fact is that the company they represent is paying many guitarists and they may not even play the company's guitar but once a night because they aren't fond of it any more than you may be. Just be careful.<br />
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I mentioned in the previous paragraph about being shallow in choosing a guitar. What I mean by that is try to find a guitar that you find irresistible. You see the guitar and you want to play that one! Go for looks first. Am I contradicting myself? Not really. My whole point is to find a guitar that you want to play because it looks so good to you that you can't help but pick it up!<br />
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One area that is not common knowledge to many beginning guitarists (or even told to them) is the subject of necks. A guitar neck may be the single biggest determining factor in comfort. Guitar necks come in a variety of shapes from a thick, oval shaped neck (known as boatneck or V), to being extremely flat. When I say "shape," I'm referring to the backside portion of the neck. A flat, thin neck is usually preferred by players with smaller hands and thicker necks by people with bigger hands. A thin neck will make a larger hand tired prematurely to the point of pain and smaller hands will have a difficult time wrapping around thick guitar necks. There are necks that are wider (fretboard wise) than others and they are usually preferred by people with larger hands as well.<br />
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Lower priced guitars are considered those that cost up to $500 (many guitar magazines have picked that price range and it's become accepted thinking). These will generally have lower priced materials (woods, tuners, bridge) and electronics (pickups, switches, input jacks). Higher priced guitars will usually have a better grade of wood for the fretboard and body, higher quality tuners, stronger pickups in the case of electrics, and possibly just better overall quality control when they were assembled. You can sometimes get a feel for the quality of an instrument just from talking with others that have owned a certain make or model, especially if they bought theirs new. Did they have to make major set up adjustments, if any at all, when they received their pride and joy from the factory? I know of one major company that produces a signature series line (you know, the guitar has the name of the artist) that when they arrive at the store, they require little or no adjustment by the store personnel before hanging it out for sale. That's quality control! Are there other companies that put that kind of effort into their product? I'm sure there are, so just do your research.<br />
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Going back for a minute to the lower priced fare that's available, price doesn't always reflect quality. A $200 guitar manufactured and assembled properly can perform quite well. Many people bash guitars made outside the United States when the fact is many quality instruments come from outside the US.<br />
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Conscious And Subconscious Actions<br />
When performing simple everyday tasks such as using a telephone, the conscious and subconscious minds work together to carry out these operations with the minimum of effort. When dialing a number with which we're very familiar, we don't need to give it too much thought. That is, we don't use our conscious minds as much as we would if the number were unfamiliar. Using our conscious mind, we think of the person and our subconscious associates the fact that we have a phone in our hand and a person in our mind and it tells our muscles to perform the same function it has performed on countless other occasions. If we're dialing an unfamiliar number, we need to use our conscious minds much more. We have to pay close attention to each individual digit. If we make a mistake we have to go back and correct it. We tend to be more careful the next time to avoid wasting time and money connecting with the wrong person. After many repetitions, the number becomes familiar, the subconscious takes over and we can dial rapidly without making any mistakes.<br />
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So why does this process work less effectively when we replace the dialing of a phone number with the playing of a musical scale? Why is there so much more stress, fatigue and frustration involved in the learning process? It might simply be that we have abandoned the natural method of learning because we are in too much of a hurry to play in time and up to speed. These timing and tempo issues don't exist for other relatively complicated tasks which we perform effortlessly.<br />
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Moreover, tasks such as typing a letter or washing some dishes have a tangible end product. If the letter contains mistakes we immediately go back and correct them. If we break a dish we stop what we are doing and sweep it up. We try to be more careful in future to avoid wasting time, money and effort by making the same mistakes over and over again. This is the natural learning process. If, on the other hand we play a scale on a guitar, after we're finished it exists only in the memory, so mistakes often go uncorrected. If the notes of the scale were dishes, would we be up to our ankles in broken crockery?<br />
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When we are practicing guitar, we need to remember that the subconscious absorbs everything we do whether it's accurate or not. If we play a G major scale seven times, six of which contain mistakes and only one is accurate, we can't expect the subconscious to only store the good information. So next time we place our finger on the 3rd fret of the sixth string and think of a G major scale, our subconscious has seven different experiences from which to choose, and a high percentage of these were flawed. As a result, we repeat a lot of the same mistakes and our progress is slow and tortuous.<br />
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If we want our subconscious to make solid decisions rather than rough estimates, we need to give it clear associations on which to draw. Estimations lead to more mistakes and we find ourselves trapped in a vicious circle.<br />
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Obviously we can't remove mistakes from the learning process but we can make sure that the ratio of good information to bad is beneficial and not detrimental to our progress. We do this by not letting mistakes go unaddressed. If we make a mistake midway through a scale, arpeggio, chord progression etc, we don't continue to the end and hope that next time we'll do better. We stop and address it immediately by compensating for the fact that some bad information has been sent to our subconscious. We do this by overwriting it with several careful repetitions of good, accurate information.<br />
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For example, if we're six notes into a G major scale and we play an Eb instead of an E, or we don't sound the note clearly, or just play the note with a tone color with which we're unhappy. We stop, relax, reset ourselves a couple of notes before the E and play through the scale, stopping two or three notes after the E. We play this isolated part of the scale several times carefully to overwrite the mistake. After each repetition, stop, relax and reset yourself. Do not play the section as a continuous loop. The first note of the isolated section shouldn't be played immediately after the last because that's not what happens when you play the whole scale. So don't practice it that way. Also, the second or so of rest between each repetition gives the mind a chance to absorb and assess the information, and prevents the subconscious from entering the short term automation mode.<br />
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Short And Long Term Automation<br />
If we play a phrase over and over again the movement can become automated as long as we remain in the same position. However, if we change position and then return to the phrase, we can make mistakes again as if we hadn’t practiced it at all. This is because the maneuver was only automated temporarily. In order to make this a long term automation, we need to remove the hand from the position, relax, reset ourselves and replay. Continue in this manner until the phrase can be played cleanly and instantly.<br />
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At this stage, tempo and timing aren't as important as careful placement of the fingers. A well programmed subconscious will reward the user with swift effortless movement. This approach applies to all areas of guitar practice, whether it be scale, arpeggio, chord or left and right hand issues. Always follow a mistake with several slow, careful, accurate<br />
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repetitions. If a problem persists then a alternative way to approach it is to slow down for the specific section with which you are having trouble. Play the part at a speed with which you're comfortable. As you approach the problem area, slow down and play the troublesome section carefully, giving priority to correct finger placement. After you are past the section then speed up again to complete the part. This approach is much more effective than blundering through the problem area at speed and making lots of mistakes.<br />
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As was mentioned earlier, the subconscious mind works by association. It directs movement based on information received through the senses in conjunction with instruction from the conscious mind. This means that the conscious mind has to be free of any non-essential thoughts. All unnecessary mental chatter should be eliminated while practicing guitar. Try to stop your inner voice from commenting on your playing. Thoughts such as, "I played this much better yesterday", or "that bit sounded really great", should be silenced as they have no constructive purpose and simply serve to confuse the subconscious.<br />
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We tend to make more mistakes while our minds are wandering. Holding a phone and thinking, "I must get the car washed" isn't an association that your subconscious is familiar with. And so it dials a wrong number.<br />
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If, for example, we want to successfully program our subconscious to play bar chords, (or any other chord for that matter), cleanly and crisply, we need to give it a clear signal from the conscious mind and an accurate execution of the desired chord. That is, we need to clearly visualize the chord in our mind's eye while carefully fingering the chord. Don't play the chord until your certain your fingers a well placed. Then play the chord with a clean chop. This is done by depressing all the fingers simultaneously while making a swift stroke with the right hand. The fingers should all be release at the same time. There’s no need to pull the fingers away from the strings. Simply leave the fingers in place and relax the hand, allowing the tension to instantly dissolve. This should cause the chord to end abruptly and cleanly, provided the left hand was playing all six strings. If there were open strings then you will need to use the side of the palm of the right hand to silence the ringing strings. This should be done in sync with the relaxing of the left hand. The product should be a nice crisply chopped chord.<br />
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Don’t leave the fingers in place and play the chord again as this serves little purpose, other than to exercise the muscles. It's better to let the hand fall loosely by your side for a second, allowing any tension to drain out of the arm, before reshaping the chord anew and performing another brisk chop. Continue in this way until you can make the chord cleanly and instantly. A slightly easier way to approach it, is to switch between two different chords, though this method won’t serve you as well when you need to quickly grab chords, e.g., when inserting chords into melodic passages. Make sure that the only thing that enters your mind is a visualization of the chord and the only thing your fingers do is a clean execution of the chord.<br />
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Never practice guitar in an absent-minded way with one eye on the TV and your thoughts elsewhere. Absently typing random nonsense on a keyboard while holding a conversation with friends wouldn’t improve your typing ability, so don't approach your guitar playing in this haphazard manner. Practice in a calm and quietly focused way to allow your subconscious to make clear associations and to store good quality, uncluttered information.<br />
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Never waste time and energy beating yourself up about mistakes or poor performance. Just deal with the elements you wish to improve one at a time in a cool and collected way. If something involves several different disciplines, e.g., alternate picking, string skipping and chord arpeggios, and you're struggling to master it, separate the elements and work on them individually. Allow your mind to focus on one thing at a time. People who can juggle while riding a unicycle learned the two things separately before they tried to combine them.<br />
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Natural And Unnatural Body Positions<br />
In addition to a clear conscious mind, we also need to play in as relaxed a way as possible. This means avoiding unnatural positions. These are also known as stress positions. These unnatural stress positions quickly lead to physical and mental fatigue. The mind gives high priority to feelings of pain, discomfort and exhaustion, leaving little room for other thoughts. Therefore unnatural positions should be kept to a bare minimum.<br />
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Unnatural positions are inherently weak, whereas natural positions are inherently strong.<br />
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To avoid inadvertently adopting stress positions we need to learn to recognize them. For a very simple demonstration of the difference between natural and unnatural positions, do the following:<br />
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Stand up straight with your legs slightly apart. Let your arms hang loosely by your sides. Keep your back straight and your head centered. Feel how easy it is to maintain this position. You are using lots of muscles to hold this stance but because it's a natural position, you’ll have no trouble maintaining it for long periods without fatigue. Notice that your mind isn't being overwhelmed with thoughts of discomfort. You can keep a clear head in this position. You could work on a problem without being constantly interrupted by complaints from your body.<br />
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To turn this into an unnatural position, simply bend your knees till you feel a strain on your thighs. Hunch your shoulders up to your ears and clench your fists. You can imagine that it would be much more difficult to maintain this unnatural position for long periods of time. It would be hard to concentrate your mind on a complex problem while holding this stress position.<br />
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Before we talk about natural hand positions let's think about how playing guitar may affect the rest of the body. Next time you pick up your guitar and begin to play, devote a portion of your attention to your body. Try to identify areas of unnecessary tension. Are you slouching over your guitar? It requires more effort to slouch than it does to sit or stand up straight. This extra effort will take it's toll and you will tire more quickly. Are you unnecessarily tensing your arms or shoulders? If you're sitting down, are you holding one or both of your legs in a position that requires unnecessary effort. All of these things will make your practice sessions much more taxing. Try to position your body in a way that requires the least effort to maintain. Relax any muscles that aren't directly involved in the holding down of strings or the motion of the right hand.<br />
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Naturally Strong Hand Position<br />
If we think of all the ordinary activities we perform daily that involve the use of our hands, we notice a common factor; a straight wrist.<br />
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Pick up something with a handle such as your guitar case or amplifier. Explore the difference between holding the object by your side with a straight wrist, and at arm's length with the wrist bent. Not only are your arm muscles having to work much harder to hold the object in this unnatural way but your grip is seriously weakened by the bending of the wrist joint. Now raise your left forearm with the inner wrist facing upwards as if you were about to play the guitar. Tightly clench your fist. Now bend the wrist as far as it can go and feel the tightening of the tendons as they are forced around the corner made by the bent wrist joint. It's this strain on the tendons that causes the weakening of the fingers. Now return the wrist to the straight position and relax the hand, allowing the fist to naturally unclench. Notice that the fingers don't straighten out but remain curled. This natural grip position is the default setting for the hand. It has inherent strength and requires no effort to maintain. Staying in this default position, wiggle the fingers. Notice how easily they move. Now bend the wrist again and notice how the pinching of the tendons restricts the movement of the fingers, causing them to stiffen.<br />
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Play Relaxed<br />
If we wish to play guitar then we are going to have to deviate from the natural default position. However, in order to remain as relaxed as possible while we play, we will need to keep the amount of deviation to a minimum.<br />
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Set your hand in the default position and place the hand beneath the neck of your guitar. The first thing you will need to do is swivel the thumb around to the back of the neck. Do this without moving the wrist and fingers. Now bring the fingers up to rest on the 1st string with the first finger positioned above the 5th fret. Now space the other three fingers so that they line up with the 6th, 7th and 8th frets. Try to retain as much of the natural curl as possible. Notice that there is a bend at the tip joint (the one closest to the fingernail). It's important to keep this joint as close to the natural bend as possible to maintain maximum strength with minimum effort.<br />
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It shouldn't have required too much effort to place our hand in this 'home' position. So let's see how much more effort is needed to play a note. Raise your second, third and fourth fingers slightly so that only the 1st finger is resting lightly on the 1st string above the 5th fret. Strike the 1st string with a pick or finger to get a muted sound. Let's call this minimum tension. Now, making sure the first finger is the only thing that moves, press the string as hard as you can and hold it. Play the note. Let's call this maximum tension. To switch back to minimum tension again, simply relax the finger and allow the tension to instantly dissolve. Now gently apply pressure with the first finger until you can play the note with the minimum amount of necessary tension. Let's call this the 'on' position. Now let the tension instantly dissolve again, to switch immediately to the minimum tension 'off' position. Using this 'on-off' method, play the notes at the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th frets with the first, second, third and fourth fingers respectively. Be sure to switch the previous finger to the off position before switching on the next finger. It's this on-off technique that will allow you to play through a scale in an almost effortless manner as the fingers will be spending a lot of time in the off position.<br />
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The importance of the off position shouldn’t be underestimated. It is essential for clear definition and relaxed, fluent movement. Switching off and pulling off are very different things. Switching the finger on to play a note requires action. Pulling the finger off or away from the string after the note has been played requires further action. Whereas switching the finger off after the note has been played requires no action. It is merely a cessation of the first action of switching on. Pulling off instead of switching off is the cause of a lot of unwanted string noise as the finger is removed before the string has stopped vibrating. After switching off, the finger remains in place, resting effortlessly on the string as it returns to it's normal state. This dampens the vibration immediately.<br />
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Stop And Relax<br />
Even while using the on-off method, you will probably still experience a build-up of tension in the hand and arm when practicing. This tension can accumulate very rapidly, and can seriously restrict movement if we don’t learn how to relieve it.<br />
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As soon as you experience a build-up of tension, which manifests itself in the form of stiffness and dull aches, you should immediately stop what you are doing and let your arm hang loosely by your side until you feel the tension drain away. Try to retain as much of this relaxed feeling as possible when you resume practicing. You should keep doing this until you learn how to relax while playing; even if this means stopping every 30 seconds or so. This is especially important when warming up. Eventually you will learn to thoroughly relax while playing guitar. This is how professional musicians manage to play for hours without tiring. It’s also the reason why they make it look so easy!<br />
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Subconsciously Tensing-up<br />
Another type of tension occurs when we subconsciously tense the muscles just before we tackle a tricky section of music, e.g., a large position shift or an arpeggio with which we’re particularly uncomfortable. This is the musical equivalent of flinching just before something painful is about to happen. We feel that if we approach these awkward parts in a nonchalant way then we’re sure to mess up because we know how difficult they can be and so we subconsciously bunch up our muscles in readiness for the challenge. The irony is that the complete opposite is true; if we remained relaxed for these difficulties, we’d stand a much greater chance of nailing them.<br />
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Imagine someone drew two chalk lines five feet apart and asked you to jump over the distance. No problem right? Now imagine this same five foot gap was between two skyscrapers. Would you approach it in the same way, and which do you think you would most likely mess up?<br />
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“…play it as if it means nothing when it means everything… …allow yourself to fail…”<br />
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Hit The Nail On The Head; Finding The Point Of Balance<br />
When playing both chords and melodic phrases, it’s essential that you plant your fingers squarely and centrally on the string(s).<br />
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Take a look at this simple pentatonic E minor scale.<br />
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E|--------------------0-3-0---------------------|<br />
B|----------------0-3-------3-0-----------------|<br />
G|------------0-2---------------2-0-------------|<br />
D|--------0-2-----------------------2-0---------|<br />
A|----0-2-------------------------------2-0-----|<br />
E|0-3---------------------------------------3-0-|<br />
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After warming up a bit, start by playing the first two notes. Pay close attention to the 3rd finger as it plays the G at the 3rd fret. Is there sufficient bend in the tip joint for the finger to hit the string squarely. Imagine the tip segment of your finger is a hammer head and the string is the nail. If you strike the nail at an angle it will be pushed to one side. You need to meet the string as squarely as possible to get the best tone and intonation. The next thing to observe is whether or not you’re making central, well-balanced contact with the string from the moment you begin to depress it, and not making subtle adjustments after placing the finger. Play the two notes repeatedly. Does your finger hit the string sweetly every time or does it sometimes veer off to one side or the other and make a poor contact causing buzzing or a thinning of the tone quality? If the string were a tightrope would your finger be balanced in the centre as you play or would it fall to one side? Now you know how it feels to play the note cleanly, play through the whole scale observing whether or not your hitting notes square and centered or at an angle and inaccurately. Whenever you encounter a poor contact, stop, relax reset yourself and go over this portion several times carefully. You can take the scale two notes at a time, concentrating on neatness. Then extend it to four notes, and then six and so until the whole scale is neat.<br />
You can try the “slowing down for the problem area” approach to get rid of any persistent trouble spots. The important thing is never to let the slightest inaccuracy go uncorrected. You can now apply this approach to all scales, arpeggios, chords etc.<br />
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Pay particular attention to the tip joint. Do not allow it to collapse (lose it's bend). The little finger is especially prone to collapse. Not only do we need a nice bend in order to hit the string squarely but it also has much greater strength, which is most important when holding down chords. You can demonstrate this by holding down a string with your little finger while maintaining a natural bend in the tip joint. Observe the amount of effort required, and the amount of stress placed on the finger and hand by the reactive force. Now, keeping the pressure even, allow the joint to collapse. Notice how much greater is the stress placed on the finger and hand. The reactive force seems to travel much further up the hand and even as far as the forearm.<br />
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Chromatic Exercise<br />
Try playing through the following exercise, concentrating on correct, well-balanced finger placement using the on-off technique. An open string has been placed between each note of the chromatic scale. This ensures that you plant each finger independently rather than laying them all down in a rippling legato manner. Good legato is something to which all guitarists should aspire but first we need to master the on-off independent fingering technique if we’re to avoid our phrases sounding too mushy. Remember to avoid pulling off the finger after the fretted notes are played. Switch off before removing the finger to allow the open string to be played. This requires close attention to get right but is a vital skill.<br />
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E|----------------------------------------------------------------|<br />
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|<br />
G|------------------------------------------------0-1-0-2-0-3-0-4-|<br />
D|--------------------------------0-1-0-2-0-3-0-4-----------------|<br />
A|----------------0-1-0-2-0-3-0-4---------------------------------|<br />
E|0-1-0-2-0-3-0-4-------------------------------------------------|<br />
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E|----------------0-1-0-2-0-3-0-4-|<br />
B|0-1-0-2-0-3-0-4-----------------|<br />
G|--------------------------------|<br />
D|--------------------------------|<br />
A|--------------------------------|<br />
E|--------------------------------|<br />
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Once you have got used to the on-off independent fingering technique you can remove the open string notes from whichever scale you happen to be playing and switch to playing the scale in the normal way using staccato to prevent any mushiness from creeping back in. Eventually you will need to use a smoother, more musical way of playing scales but only when you're really well balanced and relaxed, and you have fully mastered the on-off technique.<br />
Fingerpicking<br />
The default hand position as described above is also essential when finger picking. It is important to maintain the straight wrist and natural curling of the fingers in order to avoid fatigue, inaccuracy and thinning of the tone when striking the string. As with the left hand, it is vital not to allow the tip joint to collapse. The tip and middle joints must remain in the naturally curled position. The pivot must come from the knuckle joint and not the middle joint. We tend to do this naturally when picking at a sticky label on a CD cover, or when scratching an itch. But for some reason a lot of us abandon this natural method as soon as we pick up a guitar and pick at a string. Try this out by picking at a label on a bottle of beer or noticing what happens when you scratch at an itch. You should find that the finger(s) form a hook shape with a bend in all three joints. The tip and middle joint remain firmly fixed while the finger pivots at the knuckle joint. Apply this exact technique when finger picking a guitar. If in the past you have had trouble using the elbow as an anchor point while floating the right hand over the strings then you should find the natural position helpful.<br />
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Right Hand Tension<br />
Anyone who has tried to play rapidly with a pick will know that with an increase in speed comes an unhelpful increase in tension in the right forearm. It seems impossible to play at speed while remaining relaxed. Fortunately it is possible; not only that but it’s absolutely essential.<br />
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Simply apply the Stop and Relax technique as described above. As soon as the tension begins to build, stop picking, relax your arm, reset yourself and resume. Do this every time the tension starts to mount. This will heighten your awareness of tension from the moment it first begins to happen, and eventually you’ll be able to relax without stopping. Finally you’ll reach a stage where the tension doesn’t happen at all as it’s completely unnecessary.<br />
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Grooves<br />
A great way to make right hand picking practice more interesting is to create different grooves rather than just sticking to the - ONE two three four ONE two three four etc. I call this the Indian drum beat groove… Hi ya ya ya Hi ya ya ya. This has a four pulse repetition with a heavy accent on the first beat. Try creating an eight pulse groove by simply moving the second accent back one pulse; ONE two three FOUR one two three four ONE two three FOUR one two three four and so on. Different grooves will make a huge difference to the feel of phrases and will make monotonous picking practice much more enjoyable. Play around with accents and see what you can come up with.<br />
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The Difference Between Practice And Performance<br />
If you apply these techniques you might feel that all the stopping and starting is destroying the flow of your playing. At this point it’s important to understand the difference between practice and performance. Practice isn’t a performance and performance isn’t practice. During a performance, the piece has to be played from start to finish and the imperfections just have to be lived with. In the practice room however, we don’t have to live with imperfections. That’s what practice is for!<br />
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Hopefully you haven’t lost the will to live while reading this article. I went into far more detail than I originally planned. But programming the subconscious for accuracy is all about meticulous attention to detail. I might also have stated the obvious on occasion but it’s impossible to know at what stage of development the reader might be, so I felt it best to cover as much as possible. I hope there is something in here for beginners and intermediates alike. Thanks.<br />
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<b><u>Skype Guitar Lessons</u></b><br />
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Guitar lessons are one way to make a steady income by playing guitar. The internet is something that allows people to reach out all around the world for new students to teach or even an audience who will tune in and truly listen. Alternatively to Skype, one could make video lessons or text lessons (similar to mine). By far, the most profitable are Skype guitar lessons.<br />
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example: Antoine Dufour makes $75 per hour by giving guitar lessons over Skype.<br />
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Some people overlook this but youtube will pay you for any video that has good traffic. If you are good enough at guitar and can attract enough youtubers to your videos, some money will start trickling in (depending on your videos traffic).<br />
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Also, uploading studio recordings of your music and selling the recordings as albums or as singles over the internet can be profitable. Some sites such as <a href="http://www.soundclick.com/default.cfm">Sound Clic</a><a href="http://www.soundclick.com/default.cfm">k</a> can ear you money for your songs. You can also sell your songs on itunes with companies like <a href="http://www.tunecore.com/">TuneCore</a>. Prices are cheap and fair to get your songs onto itunes. you just have to have songs that are good enough for people to want to buy.<br />
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The internet shouldn't be the only place one should look to in order to make money doing what they love. For many people, they don't know where to start. hopefully this video will give you some insight as to where you should beging.<br />
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E = 022100 (the numbers indicate where to put your fingers on the fret)</div><div style="color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: justify;">E string = 0 – you play an open string. (no fingers on the fret)<br />
A string = 2 – put your finger on the 2nd fret.<br />
D string = 2 – put your next finger on the 2nd fret.<br />
G string = 1 – put your next finger on the 1st fret.<br />
B string = 0 – you play an open string. (no fingers on the fret)<br />
E string = 0 – you play an open string. (no fingers on the fret)</div><div style="color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: justify;">1 – <b>Open chords in the key of E</b></div><div style="color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: justify;">022100<br />
2×2200<br />
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x44200<br />
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133200<br />
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The ability to improvise is a very overlooked skill. It takes intuition and creativity on a level that surpasses writing music in a studio. Every experience listening to an improvisation will be different and completely unique to that moment in time. This makes it possible to play the same song over and over again yet still find something new to enjoy, appreciate, and rock out to. hopefully this lesson will help people approach music from a jamming perspective which will in the end help you create new riffs, play music that sounds great without using music theory, and make you a much better overall musician.<br />
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<b><u>So... what exactly is improvising?</u></b><br />
Improvising is done everyday by you and me. When you are having a conversation with someone, you are expressing yourself to them without putting too much thought into it. Every thought is spontaneous and based on prior experiences that suggest to you what will express your desired emotions and thoughts most effectively. It is the same principle for music. Based on your past experiences playing music (you will have more as you play music for longer and thus a better improviser) you are expressing your current thoughts and emotions through the median of music. Your thoughts and emotions are always changing and thus your <i>current </i>state of mind creates and experience that will be completely unique to that moment in time.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Components of improvising</span></u></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Flowing naturally while you improvise without losing focus or control</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Communication with other musicians.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Creativity. Sometimes (actually a lot of the time) your going to have to think outside of the box while improvising.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Technical and harmonic ability to play over chord changes in time or in a way that conveys your thoughts and emotions.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Past musical experiences to expand upon. Having a skill set of basic vocabulary and phrasing to be able to play over any style of music.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Control. A key to improv. You must be able to flow naturally and control what you play while playing in time with a band or jam tracks.</span></span><br />
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<b><u>Practicing improvisation</u></b><br />
Improvising can be hard to incorporate into a "practice routine" because it is not as simple as forming muscle memory by practicing for extended periods of time. Instead of practicing muscle memory, you need to practice and better understand your musical thought process. You need to understand how to transfer different techniques into various styles of music and how to rely on your musical instincts in order to create some kind of art instead of the note-for-note riff that you have been practicing for countless hours. Something else that is very important is utilizing your ear instead of relying on given scales and chords. If you hear something that sounds good, play it. It doesn't matter if it is "correct" because it is you expressing your current thoughts and emotions in that moment in time. more on ear training in the ear training lesson - <a href="http://guitarmusiclesson.blogspot.com/2011/02/importance-of-ear-training.html">located here</a>. Some things that are good for helping to understand improvisation are playing along with unknown songs on the radio, learning basic intervals for scales and chords that can be applied to different styles, and jamming along to various backing tracks.<br />
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<tr style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: red; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ii</span></td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: red; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">iii</span></td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">IV</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">V</td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: red; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">vi</span></td><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: red; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">viio</span></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Here’s how to use the grid. Let’s suppose you have a song in the key of ”G” like Viva la Vida by Coldplay. Here’s your first line.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Em C D</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I used to rule the world</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> G Em</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Seas would rise when I gave the word</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">So you’ve got Em, C, D, G, and then back to Em and repeat. That would be vi, IV, V, I. So if you want to move it to the key of “F” just find vi, IV, V, I in the key of F which would be Dm, Bb, C, F. It’s almost the sensitive female chord progression.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/12/31/striking_a_chord/" style="color: #0000cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="sensitive female chord progression"></a>Once you’ve figured out the Roman numerals with the grid you can transpose into any key. Learning to think in Roman numerals is a good tool to have for a guitarist, but since this is a beginner lesson, I won’t go too much into why. You can just use the chart and see that it works without having to worry too much about the mechanics of it.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Of course you can always use a capo to transpose a song, but that only works if you want to transpose a song higher. You can transpose to a lower key with a capo, but you’ll have to change your chord shapes and then you’re back where you started, figuring out I IV V in your new key.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By the way, I can’t embed the YouTube video of the song because Warner Music Group forbids legions of people promoting their music all over the net for free. For some reason the record companies are still confused why it is that nobody is buying and everybody hates them.</div><div><br />
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We'll be working in the key of C, since it's the simplest key for me. And, since I love acoustic rock, the progressions in this lesson will have that acoustic rock feel.<br />
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To begin, I'll tell you what a relative minor key is:<br />
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A relative minor key of any major key is the minor key that has the same key signature as the major. For example, C Major's relative minor is A minor, since they both have no sharps or flats.<br />
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Luckily for us, we don't have to figure out key signatures, because:<br />
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The root of the relative minor key is the 6th scale degree of the major key. A is the 6th of C, A is the relative minor of C. E is the 6th of G, E is the relative minor of G.<br />
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As a point of notation, when I give a chord progression, say, I-IV-V, I mean that you should return to the I and just keep playing the same progression (or end on the I if you're done). Other people would call this a I-IV-V-I progression, but my progressions will just keep going around in circles anyway.<br />
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Using The Relative Minor Chord In A Chord Progression<br />
Now that we know what it is, let's try to use it. If you've done any reading on chord progressions, you'll be familiar with the I-IV-V progression that is oh so familiar in music. For now, let's keep I-IV-V as our theme, and do some variations on that theme using the relative minor.<br />
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The first variation we're going to use is I-vi-IV-V. Here, we're using the relative minor as a quick interruption to the major progression. In the key of C, these chords are:<br />
<br />
C -> Am -> F -> G<br />
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Notice how C and A sound like they mix when you're in this progression, and also notice how, once you're out of A and into the F chord, the progression sounds a bit different from the C -> F -> G. That little bit of minor takes the entire thing in a new direction. Musically speaking, this is because the iv scale degree is an embellishment to the progression and adds a bit of character, but doesn't fundamentally change anything. In other words, while we're still fundamentally working with the I-IV-V progression, we added a touch of embellishment, making it sound different but not changing the function of the important chords.<br />
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A second way to use the relative minor chord is to let the V chord play with it a bit. A simple progression that lets you do this is: I-IV-V-iv-V. Notice how, here, we had to go back to the V before we were done. This is because iv doesn't really lead into I as well as V does (musically, V creates tension, which is resolved by going back to I. iv does not). In this progression, the iv chord (remember, our relative minor chord) acts to make the progression last longer. In the key of C, the chords are:<br />
<br />
C -> F -> G -> Am -> G<br />
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The last progression I'm going to show you will really make that resolution sing out.<br />
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It's almost the same as the one above, but now we're using an extra IV chord. This progression goes I-IV-V-iv-V-IV or, in the key of C:<br />
<br />
C -> F -> G -> Am -> G -> F<br />
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Notice how going from G to Am doesn't do much for the tension we've built up to (it's still there, but Am doesn't increase or decrease it), and notice how it really sounds like this progression takes us home to C when we start it all over again. Contrast this to the simpler I-IV-V-IV progression and see the difference that the iv chord makes.<br />
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Just like before, it doesn't change the fundamental feeling of the progression, it just changes its character.<br />
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Making The Relative Minor Do Something More<br />
Now, let's move away from just using the relative minor chord, and start using the relative minor *key*. We're going to move away from the I-IV-V progression for the next two things I'll show you.<br />
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First, we're going to explore the relative minor key to mix two chord progressions into one. Consider this: I-iv-ii-V or, in C major:<br />
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C -> Am -> Dm -> G<br />
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See how the Am seemed to lead into Dm which seemed to lead into G? How did that work? Well, considering only the two middle chords, Am->Dm, we see that this is actually a i-iv progression in the relative minor key, meaning that Am and Dm work together much in the same way that C and F do in C major. But that's not all. Am and Dm work together, but Dm leads into G. Musically, this is because the ii chord has much the same function as the IV chord. So, considering this progression, it has the same function as the very first progression I showed you, but uses the relative minor to entirely change the way it sounds.<br />
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Finally, we're going to embellish this a bit by working with the v chord in the relative minor to work with us in the major key. As a starting point, try this chord change:<br />
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C -> E<br />
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See how they seem to go into each other? This is I-iii, which works really well (and is also the beginning of David Bowie's "Major Tom", if you were wondering). Now, using C as an anchor, here is a really neat progression that brings together the major key and its relative minor:<br />
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C -> Am -> C -> Em -> C -> Am -> Dm -> G -> C<br />
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Do you see how heavily we were relying on C? This is because we are fundamentally in C major, not A minor. If we stray too far from C major by just going straight into an A minor chord progression, we'll get that lost feeling where our ear is trying to figure out which key we're in. Plus, the minor key doesn't really have a i-iv-v progression that does the same thing as the I-IV-V in the major progression (take a look at jslick07's excellent lessons on chord progressions to understand why). Try it! Do: C -> Am -> Dm -> Em Can you see how it doesn't *quite* work as well?<br />
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Final Thoughts<br />
This was a basic introduction to playing around with the relative minor chord and the relative minor key. Your job now is to experiment with other chord combinations in this set and see what works and what doesn't.<br />
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Guide written by crono760<br />
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If I’ve done it right, at the end of these notes you will know 3 things:<br />
1. What a scale is.<br />
2. How to play one scale on various positions of your fretboard.<br />
3. What issues to consider if you want to extend your scales knowledge and practice.<br />
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**First, some definitions**<br />
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An interval is the space or distance between any 2 notes. Intervals can be described in various ways: a third, a tone, a step, and a fret are all terms that people use to talk about music intervals. In this lesson I will describe intervals by the number of frets involved.<br />
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An octave is the interval between 2 special notes. These notes will have the same sound and feel when you play them, even though they are not the same pitch.<br />
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On a guitar, the octave notes are any pair of notes 12 frets apart. The simplest example of octave notes is when you play a string open (no left hand fretting) and then the same string at the 12th fret. (This fret is often dotted on the side of the fretboard to help you find and play it)<br />
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Play this set of notes:<br />
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(highest pitch string)<br />
1 E |--0--12------------------------------------|<br />
2 B |---------0--12-----------------------------|<br />
3 G |----------------0--12----------------------|<br />
4 D |-----------------------0--12---------------|<br />
5 A |-----------------------------0--12---------|<br />
6 E |------------------------------------0--12--|<br />
(lowest pitch string)<br />
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The first two notes are both E notes. The E note at fret 12 is one octave higher than the open E note. On string 2 the open note is B, and the fret 12 note is also B, one octave higher. And so on.<br />
(By the way, acoustically an octave is created by a 2:1 proportion of harmonics. Fret 12 of your guitar is midway between the two bridges of your guitar. Playing at fret 12 makes your string half the length of the open string, and thus raises the pitch one octave.)<br />
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Next, a scale is any set of notes that leads from one note to a second note an octave higher or lower. If you start at the low note and finish at the high note, you have played an ascending scale. And obviously, going from high to low creates a descending scale.<br />
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All of these examples are scales. Try them out.<br />
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eg1 |--0--12-----------------------------|<br />
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eg2 |--0--7--12--------------------------|<br />
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eg3 |--0--7--11--12----------------------|<br />
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eg4 |--12--7--0--------------------------|<br />
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eg5 |--0--2--4--6--8--10--12-------------|<br />
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eg6 |--12--11--10--9--8--7--6--5--4--3--2--1--0--|<br />
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Some points to remember. First, there is nothing in those examples to tell you which string to play. The scale is created not by particular notes but by the 12 fret gap, so you will play a valid scale whichever string you choose. So you should try the examples on different strings. If you listen carefully you will start to hear how the patterns are all the same, even though the pitch may be higher or lower.<br />
Secondly, if you compare example 2 and example 4, you will see the notes played are the same. The only difference is the direction of the scale. So we have played the same scale in both examples. One is ascending, the other descending.<br />
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Try creating your own scales according to the above principles. Start with any open string, end on fret 12 of the same string, and in between play as few or many notes as you choose. Or start at fret 12 and play a descending scale, finishing with the open string.<br />
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A root note is the main note of the scale, and is usually the note you start and finish with. If you play these notes...<br />
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1 E |--0--12------------------------------------|<br />
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...your root note is probably E. And if you play these notes...<br />
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2 B |---------0--12-----------------------------|<br />
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...your root note is probably B. (I say probably because if you get as far as studying the different modes of a scale, you will find out that there are exceptions to this principle. But for the rest of this lesson, the root note and first note will be the same.)<br />
Finally the root note sets the key for your music. The key is simply the overall range of your music. If you take your music up or down a step, you have changed key. For example, here is the first line of “Mary had a little Lamb” in 3 different keys. If you play the tune, hum or sing it as well. That will give you a better feel as to how the key varies.<br />
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Key 1<br />
1 E |--4--2--0--2--4--4--4---------------------|<br />
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Key 2<br />
1 E |--6--4--2--4--6--6--6---------------------|<br />
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Key 3<br />
1 E |--8--6--4--6--8--8--8---------------------|<br />
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Same tune; 3 different levels.<br />
**A picture to hang your hat on**<br />
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If you are a visual person, try this picture. You are in the stairwell of a multi storey building. There is a flight of stairs connecting each floor. As you walk up or down the stairwell you count the steps. You discover that there are 12 steps between each floor. This means that if you start at the foot of one flight of stairs and go up 12 steps, you will be at the foot of the next flight. Or if you start on the 3rd step of one flight, 12 steps later you will be on the 3rd step of the next flight.<br />
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This is a picture of our scales and octaves. Step 5 on the 2nd flight and step 5 on the 3rd flight are “octave steps”, and the “scale” is the set of the steps you take (up or down) to get from one to the other. A five foot person might touch down on every step and create a “12 stride scale”. A six foot six walker might only touch down on every second step, and thus create a “six stride scale”. And the bank robber being chased by the police might get from one landing to the next in only two strides. A different kind of “scale” again.<br />
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**The major scale**<br />
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As we have seen, in theory there are many note patterns that could form a musical scale. However a few special patterns have come to predominate. The major scale is the most important and commonly used pattern in all Western music. So in the rest of this lesson we will learn the basics of this scale pattern, and then finish with some suggestions about further areas to work at.<br />
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Start by playing these notes on string 1. Play them often enough so that you can hear the sound of the scale as a whole. At this stage don’t worry about your fingering. Fingering is important, but that is a matter for further study.<br />
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1 E |--0--2--4--5--7--9--11--12--|<br />
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Now play these notes on string 2...<br />
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2 B |--0--2--4--5--7--9--11--12--|<br />
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As before, you will see that it doesn’t matter which string you choose. The overall sound of those 8 notes remains the same, because they are in the same proportions to each other. Try the same pattern on the other strings.<br />
Now play these notes...<br />
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1 E |--1--3--5--6--8--10--12--13--|<br />
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Again, you should hear the same scale sound as before. We didn’t start with an open string, but the first and last notes are 12 frets apart, and the proportions between each note in the scale are once again the same.<br />
Finally, play this set of notes. It is a different scale, created by two small changes in the pattern. By now, you should be able to hear the change in the sound of this pattern and hence know that this is not a major scale.<br />
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1 E |--0--2--3--5--7--8--10--12--|<br />
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(If you’re curious, you’ve just played an E minor scale!)<br />
What is it that makes a major (or any other) scale? The answer - intervals. The interval between each note in the scale has a certain pattern. Change the pattern, and you change the kind of scale you are playing.<br />
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Let’s look at our major scale again. This time we will also record the interval (the number of frets) between each note in the scale.<br />
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1 E |--0---2---4---5---7---9---11---12--|<br />
interval 2 2 1 2 2 2 1<br />
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or more generally,<br />
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note 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
interval 2 2 1 2 2 2 1<br />
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So all you need to do to produce a major scale anywhere on the guitar is to find your starting note and then play an 8 note scale with this 2-2-1-2-2-2-1 pattern.<br />
**A scale by any other name...**<br />
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Our next step is to learn briefly how major scales are named. Because there are 12 frets between the octave notes, there are in fact 12 different major scales. The scale type is the same, but the root note is different in each case. This creates 12 different keys. The first key, and the only key we are going to study in this lesson, is the key of C major. The notes of the scale are named using the first seven letters of the alphabet, like this:<br />
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note 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
name C D E F G A B C<br />
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(Remember that the scale has 8 notes, but the first and last notes are the octave notes. They have the same “essence”, so they have the same name.)<br />
You will recall that there are 12 frets in an octave. However we have only named 7 of those frets by letter. The other 5 frets are named by using the adjacent letters plus a sharp or flat sign. For example, C and D are the first 2 notes of the C major scale, so between C and D there is a 2 fret interval (remember the pattern? 2-2-1-2-2-2-1). So what about the note in between? This note can be named in two ways: C sharp (1 fret up from C) or D flat (1 fret down from D).<br />
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The sign for a sharp is a stylised hash symbol (#) and the sign for a flat is a stylised b. So C sharp is written as C#, and D flat is written as Db.<br />
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Put all this together and you get the names for every fret in your octave. They go like this:<br />
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<br />
A<br />
A# or Bb<br />
B<br />
C<br />
C# or Db<br />
D<br />
D# or Eb<br />
E<br />
F<br />
F# or Gb<br />
G<br />
G# or Ab<br />
(and back to A)<br />
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If you play all 12 of these notes in a row you have played a special scale known as a chromatic scale.<br />
You can now use these note names to identify the note of every fret on your guitar. For example, the frets on string one are named like this...<br />
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<br />
1E fret |--0--1--2---3--4---5--6---7--8--9--10--11-12--13-|<br />
name E F F# G G# A A# B C C# D D# E F etc<br />
(Gb) (Ab) (Bb) (Db) (Eb) <br />
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...and the frets on string 2 have exactly the same 12 note names, except they start with B rather than E.<br />
You may have questions about all this, such as “Why does this scale run from C to C, and not A to A?” or “Why not 12 letters to name the 12 frets between the octaves?” Good questions. There are answers, but to deal with them we would need a more extensive knowledge of historical music theory and sheet music notation. It’s like asking “why does one culture write left to right, and another culture right to left?”<br />
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So for the present just accept that we start with C. In music C could be described as the “default” scale. It’s the only major scale that has no sharp or flat notes added. Every other major scale needs to use at least one sharp or flat to fill in the gaps. This makes the C major scale easiest to learn at this point.<br />
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So, C it is. Let’s play this scale on our guitar. There is a C note on string 2, fret 1, so we could play it as follows:<br />
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<br />
2 B |--1---3---5---6---8---10--12--13--|<br />
note 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
name C D E F G A B C<br />
steps 2 2 1 2 2 2 1<br />
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Congratulations! You have just learned your first official scale.<br />
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**Scale patterns on the fretboard**<br />
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So far we have focussed on playing scales on single strings. This is a good way to learn about scales, because you get a better sense of the intervals that you need between the various notes. But to play scales smoothly at speed, we need to use the notes on different strings. We will do this now, using the C major scale as our template.<br />
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Remember the essence of a scale - a pattern of notes leading from a starting note to the same note an octave higher or lower. So if we are studying the C major scale we need to know where each C note is on our guitar.<br />
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For a guitar using standard tuning the pitch of the open strings is as follows (remember that string 1 is closest to the floor):<br />
<br />
String 1 = E<br />
String 2 = B<br />
String 3 = G<br />
String 4 = D<br />
String 5 = A<br />
String 6 = E<br />
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So if you know those values, and if you have learned the 12 note names of your chromatic scale above, you should be able to work out the name of any note on any string and fret on your guitar. You may not be able to do it instantly, but that skill will come as you practice. For example, on string 5 the open string is A. Therefore the note at fret 1 is A#. At fret 2 the note is B, and at fret 3 it is C (see the tab below).<br />
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1 E |----------------------------------|<br />
2 B |----------------------------------|<br />
3 G |----------------------------------|<br />
4 D |----------------------------------|<br />
5 A |-0--1--2--3-----------------------|<br />
6 E |----------------------------------|<br />
note: A A# B C (C#, etc)<br />
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For our second C note we will use the C on string 2. The open string is B, so the C note is on fret 1:<br />
<br />
1 E |----------------------------------|<br />
2 B |-0--1-----------------------------|<br />
3 G |----------------------------------|<br />
4 D |----------------------------------|<br />
5 A |----------------------------------|<br />
6 E |----------------------------------|<br />
note: B C (C#, etc)<br />
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And so we can play our C major scale across strings 5, 4, 3 and 2, starting at the low C and ascending or the high C and descending. All we need to do is play the same notes in between that make up the C major scale. Here is the C major scale, both ascending and descending:<br />
<br />
1 E |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
2 B |-------------------0--1---||-1--0-----------------------|<br />
3 G |-------------0--2---------||-------2--0-----------------|<br />
4 D |----0--2--3---------------||-------------3--2--0--------|<br />
5 A |-3------------------------||----------------------3-----|<br />
6 E |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
note: C D E F G A B C C B A G F E D C<br />
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As you play this scale, try to hear the major scale sound. The notes and the intervals between each note are exactly the same as when you played your major scale on one string.<br />
**A brief detour**<br />
<br />
By now you need to start thinking about the fingering for your fretboard hand. Play these 4 notes:<br />
<br />
<br />
1 E |--1--2--3--4------------------<br />
<br />
You could have played all 4 notes by using just your first finger and moving your hand sideways for each note. But a better fingering is to play them with all four fingers, keeping your hand steady, as below.<br />
<br />
1 E |--1--2--3--4------------------<br />
finger 1 2 3 4<br />
<br />
Your hand at this point is said to be in first position, because the first finger is playing the note on fret 1.<br />
Now play these notes.<br />
<br />
<br />
1 E |--2--3--4--5---------------<br />
<br />
Again, the best fingering is to use all four fingers and keep your hand steady:<br />
<br />
1 E |--2--3--4--5---------------<br />
finger 1 2 3 4<br />
<br />
In this case your hand is in second position, because your first finger is playing the second fret note. Both sets of notes are identical in terms of finger movements and patterns. The only difference is the positioning of your hand.<br />
In the scales that follow I will add the hand position and fingerings that I use. Feel free to use them or not as you wish.<br />
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<br />
**Back to C major**<br />
<br />
We can expand our C major scale further as we learn more about the notes on our fretboard. In the previous example, we played the C major scale from the C on string 5 to the C on string 2. But in fact there is a C note on each string of your guitar somewhere between the open string and fret 12. As we learn where they are, this opens up possibilites for new ways to play our scales. Some scales will be the same as the one above, but played in a different position on your guitar. Others will be different scales - still a major scale, but covering a different octave.<br />
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Here are the 6 C notes:<br />
<br />
<br />
1 E |--8------------------------<br />
2 B |-----1---------------------<br />
3 G |--------5------------------<br />
4 D |-----------10--------------<br />
5 A |---------------3-----------<br />
6 E |------------------8--------<br />
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So using these root notes we can create scales in various positions on our guitar. You have already learned to play the C major scale like this...<br />
<br />
1 E |--------------------------|<br />
2 B |-------------------0--1---|<br />
3 G |-------------0--2---------|<br />
4 D |----0--2--3---------------|<br />
5 A |-3------------------------|<br />
6 E |--------------------------|<br />
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...but it could also be played like this:<br />
<br />
1 E |--------------------------|<br />
2 B |--------------------------|<br />
3 G |----------------2--4--5---|<br />
4 D |-------2--3--5------------|<br />
5 A |-3--5---------------------|<br />
6 E |--------------------------|<br />
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The scale is identical. The only change is that you have chosen notes on different strings to create the scale. My suggestion for fingering is to play the first scale in first position (play C with your third finger, D open, E with your second finger, and so on), and the second scale in second position (so you will now play C with your second finger, D with your fourth finger, E with your first finger and so on).<br />
The six patterns that follow are all examples of a C major scale. Each pattern is distinguished by which pair of strings the first and last notes are on.<br />
<br />
Pattern 1<br />
From string 5 to string 2<br />
Play in first position (play note 1 with your third finger)<br />
<br />
<br />
1 E |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
2 B |-------------------0--1---||-1--0-----------------------|<br />
3 G |-------------0--2---------||-------2--0-----------------|<br />
4 D |----0--2--3---------------||-------------3--2--0--------|<br />
5 A |-3------------------------||----------------------3-----|<br />
6 E |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
Pattern 2<br />
From string 5 to string 3<br />
Play in second position (play note 1 with your second finger)<br />
<br />
<br />
1 E |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
2 B |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
3 G |----------------2--4--5---||-5--4--2--------------------|<br />
4 D |-------2--3--5------------||----------5--3--2-----------|<br />
5 A |-3--5---------------------||-------------------5--3-----|<br />
6 E |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
Pattern 3<br />
From string 6 to string 4<br />
Play in seventh position (play note 1 with your second finger)<br />
<br />
<br />
1 E |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
2 B |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
3 G |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
4 D |----------------7--9--10--||-10-9--7--------------------|<br />
5 A |-------7--8--10-----------||----------10-8--7-----------|<br />
6 E |-8--10--------------------||-------------------10-8-----|<br />
Pattern 4<br />
From string 6 to string 3<br />
Play in fifth position (play note 1 with your fourth finger). You will need to move to fourth position for the last 2 notes.<br />
<br />
<br />
1 E |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
2 B |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
3 G |-------------------4--5---||-5--4-----------------------|<br />
4 D |-------------5--7---------||-------7--5-----------------|<br />
5 A |----5--7--8---------------||-------------8--7--5--------|<br />
6 E |-8------------------------||----------------------8-----|<br />
Pattern 5<br />
From string 3 to string 1<br />
Play in fifth position (play note 1 with first finger)<br />
<br />
<br />
1 E |----------------5--7--8---||-8--7--5--------------------|<br />
2 B |-------5--6--8------------||----------8--6--5-----------|<br />
3 G |-5--7---------------------||-------------------7--5-----|<br />
4 D |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
5 A |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
6 E |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
Pattern 6<br />
From string 4 to string 1<br />
Play in seventh position (play note 1 with fourth finger)<br />
<br />
<br />
1 E |-------------------7--8---||-8--7-----------------------|<br />
2 B |-------------8--10--------||-------10-8-----------------|<br />
3 G |----7--9--10--------------||-------------10-9--7--------|<br />
4 D |-10-----------------------||----------------------10----|<br />
5 A |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
6 E |--------------------------||----------------------------|<br />
And there you have it! Hopefully you understand something of what a scale is all about, and can play your first scales up and down your fretboard.<br />
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<br />
**For further study...**<br />
<br />
Scales in music is a huge area. There are lots of good resources on this web site and elsewhere. Here are my tips for other areas you should look at.<br />
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1. Work on your fingering.<br />
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It’s worth taking the time to learn healthy techniques for both your left and right hands.<br />
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2. Develop practice strategies.<br />
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There are lots of ideas around. One exercise that I give my students is the “mini scale”. They start with notes 1-3, and when they have mastered those notes, they add one note at a time until they can play the scale:<br />
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<br />
1 E |--------------------------|<br />
2 B |--------------------------|<br />
3 G |--------------------------|<br />
4 D |----0--2--0---------------|<br />
5 A |-3-----------3------------|<br />
6 E |--------------------------|<br />
<br />
1 E |--------------------------|<br />
2 B |--------------------------|<br />
3 G |--------------------------|<br />
4 D |----0--2--3--2--0---------|<br />
5 A |-3-----------------3------|<br />
6 E |--------------------------|<br />
<br />
1 E |---------------------------|<br />
2 B |---------------------------|<br />
3 G |-------------0-------------|<br />
4 D |----0--2--3-----3--2--0----|<br />
5 A |-3-----------------------3-|<br />
6 E |---------------------------|<br />
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and so on.<br />
Another tip here - make sure that you practice your descending scales as much as your ascending scales.<br />
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3. Create other patterns with your scales.<br />
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There are many ways you can take the basic scale notes and weave them together in different combinations. Here is one example. It is based on pattern 1 with the “third” notes added (a musical third is 2 notes up in the scale from the previous note. In the scale of C major, C to E is a third; so are D to F, E to G and so on.)<br />
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<br />
1 E |---------------------------------------------|<br />
2 B |----------------------------0-----1--0--3--1-|<br />
3 G |----------------0-----2--0-----2-------------|<br />
4 D |----2--0--3--2-----3-------------------------|<br />
5 A |-3-------------------------------------------|<br />
6 E |---------------------------------------------|<br />
notes C D E F G A B C<br />
E F G A B C D<br />
4. Explore other kinds of scale.<br />
<br />
We have only looked at the major scale here. The arpeggio, pentatonic and minor scales are other patterns that you should try out when ready.<br />
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5. Learn to play scales over more than one octave.<br />
<br />
By combining your scales you can play music that covers more than one octave. Here is one example to give you the idea. It combines pattern 2 and pattern 5. If you can already play these two patterns, the only detail of technique you need to consider is the fingering when you move from the first octave to the second and back. The shift is between 2nd position and 5th position, and it happens on string 3, so I have given the fingering for each note on that string.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
(ascending)<br />
1 E |-------------------------------------5--6--8--|<br />
2 B |----------------------------5--6--8-----------|<br />
3 G |----------------2--4--5--7--------------------|<br />
4 D |-------2--3--5--------------------------------|<br />
5 A |-3--5-----------------------------------------|<br />
6 E |----------------------------------------------|<br />
| 2nd position... | 5th position... <br />
fingering: 1 3 1 3<br />
<br />
(descending)<br />
1 E |-8--7--5--------------------------------------|<br />
2 B |----------8--6--5-----------------------------|<br />
3 G |-------------------7--5--4--2-----------------|<br />
4 D |-------------------------------5--3--2--------|<br />
5 A |----------------------------------------5--3--|<br />
6 E |----------------------------------------------|<br />
| 5th position... | 2nd position... <br />
fingering: 1 3 1 3<br />
6. Put your scales to use.<br />
<br />
There are of course thousands of ways to do this. One simple idea is to play the melody line of any song using one specific scale pattern. For an example, see “Doe, a deer” from the Sound of Music (I have recently loaded a version of this song onto U-G - choose the chord version, which also has the melody line). You will see that this song uses the 8 notes of a major scale, and to play it smoothly you need to know your scale well. You could take a song like this and learn to play it with each of our 6 scale patterns.<br />
<br />
Happy scale surfing!<br />
<br />
Written by peterk<br />
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/scales/scales_for_absolute_beginners.html<br />
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These aren't as complicated as they sound. It simply means that you bend certain notes in a mode/scale slightly out of tune with you finger(s) so that it sounds good. The easiest way to understand this is to hear it, so have a go at the tab underneath this text.<br />
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Tab key:-<br />
<br />
--4-- = pluck the string shown while fretting the string on the fret numbered<br />
<br />
--h6- = hammer-on your finger onto the string on the fret numbered, doesn't require the string to be plucked<br />
<br />
--p2- = pull-off you finger from the string shown to sound a note while fretting the string on the fret numbered<br />
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-8b9- = luck the string shown while fretting the string on the fret numbered, then bend the string until the note sounded becomes the same as the note sounded on the fret shown to the right of the b. E.g., 8b9 means pluck the string while fretting the string on the 8th fret, then bend the string one semitone/one fret higher in pitch.<br />
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-8b9r8- = same a regular bend but allow string to return to regular position on fret numbered; think of b as meaning bend, and r as meaning relax<br />
<br />
--t12- = tap on the fret numbered firmly with one of the fingers in your plucking hand<br />
<br />
-t9r5- = tap on the fret numbered firmly with one of the fingers in your plucking hand then release your finger from the string either by simply pulling it off or twanging it, but fret the string on the fret numbered to sound that note after the finger tapping the string has been removed<br />
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-mb7- = bend the string slightly after plucking the string number shown, but don't bend it so that raises the note in pitch by a fret.<br />
<br />
/ = Slide finger(s)up the fretboard to the fret shown<br />
<br />
\ = Slide finger(s)down the fretboard to the fret shown<br />
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--9v- = use vibrato by wavering the string up and down by bending it to get a sort of wavy sound<br />
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<br />
E||------------------|------------------||-12-p10---------------------------|<br />
B||------------------|------------------||---------12-p10-/12-12------------|<br />
G||------------------|-mb7--9--mb12--9--||--------------------14b16-mb12--9v|<br />
D||----------5-h7--9-|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
A||-5h7-mb10---------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
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This is a typical blues run in minor pentatonic in E. I put in the microtonal bends in the parts that I felt sounded the best, but there are other places for them. Some better than others. You'll notice the the microtonal bends are on the 3rd and 7th notes in the scale if you were using natural minor. They also appear on the 5th note from time to time, but you can bend that note even further. This is how to use that 5th to get a blues flavour in a solo.<br />
<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
B||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
G||------------------|------------------||-------7-h9-------7-h9-p7---------|<br />
D||--------7b9r7-5---|--5--7b8r7-/12-14-||-7h8h9------7h8h9---------9p7-----|<br />
A||--7--10---------7-|------------------||-----------------------------10p7-|<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
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You'll probably find that this is much more noticeable than microtonal bends. Whether this is desirable or not is up to you, and you can use either or both. The point is that you can slip both into you solos if you're using the right mode/scale, for example dorian and aolien/natural minor would both be capable of having these tricks added to them. Happier scales will need the notes moving about to the corresponding notes in those scales. E.g., a major scale has a major third so the major third will be slightly bent as opposed to the minor third slightly bend in the minor scale. A major third is one fret higher than a minor third.<br />
<br />
Tip No. 2: southern bending<br />
<br />
This is simply what I call this technique and it isn't a technical name for it, but it comes up in southern rock like ZZ-top quite a bit.<br />
<br />
<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
B||-12------7--------|-8-----10----5----||----------------------------------|<br />
G||-14b16---9b12-----|-10b12-12b14-7b9--||--/mb12---9v----------------------|<br />
D||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
A||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
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This should give you a sort of echoey sound, as the strings being bent to the degree that they are both sounding the same note. This can be done in any mode or scale, but because of the way the strings are tuned, it's much harder to do on any of the other strings in pairs as the notes are further apart on the fretboard. This is good way to break up a solo when you've been using single notes for a while but don't want use a full chord just yet.<br />
Typically featured in blues music, it is also a pretty widespread trick amongst rock guitarists.<br />
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Tip 3: Two handed tapping<br />
<br />
Made famous by Eddie van Halen and widely mist-understood and overused by guitarists ever since, is has been in use far longer, with Jeff Beck being amongst the earliest tappers. Tapping essentially gets your guitar to leap to notes much higher than one hand alone would be able to accomplish, as well as making solos sound much more outside the box, even though it has now become a clique. The theory behind tapping is that you follow a scale or mode, and literally tap the note you want to hear from the guitar next. This often allows previously inaccessible notes to be exploited, but remember that you have to follow a mode when using it just like regular playing, tapping isn't an excuse for bad theory.<br />
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<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
B||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
G||------------------|------------------||------------------9-h12-t16r12p9--|<br />
D||------------------|---7-h10-t14r10p7-||--9-h12-t16r12p9------------------|<br />
A||---7-h10-t14r10p7-|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
Tip 4: The control dials on your guitar<br />
<br />
By plucking a note when your volume dial is at zero, then turning it slowly up, you are able to emulate a violin. This is generally what a volume pedal is used for by professionals, but for all of us with less then 17 digits on our pay checks this trick does the job just as well but requires the use of your hand rather than your foot.<br />
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Turning the volume up to maximum makes harmonics and all the other notes or your guitar must distinct, and allows all the gain in your amp to be put to use, so rock and metal players will prefer to do this. Turning you volume down gets a more throaty and less sharp sound, sort of Hendrix/Bolin sound or sweet child o mine sort of thing, but generally switching to the rhythm pickup can do this as well. Remember, less volume on the guitar means less gain. Tone is also similar. Turning it up to full is preferable is you want to hear you notes clearly, as turning it down will add a little bit of mud into the sound generally. It depends on what you want from your instrument.<br />
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Tip No. 5: ask for help!<br />
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ask people what you want to know. I've covered what I think most guitarists will want to know, but if there are any tricks you want me to teach you then let me know. I can't make the perfect lesson for everyone, but you can help me make the best lesson I can for you.<br />
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Tip no. 6: Fretboard Mobility<br />
<br />
One of the most often repeated mistakes that guitarists can make sometimes happens when they stay in one position on the fretboard too long. You see, each string has different overtones to each note played on it, as the thickness of the strings varies so too does the tone produced. However that is not the main problem being addressed in this tip; it's what happens when you play notes continually over the same group of frets.<br />
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It's like choosing your diet. Too much sweet stuff and you'll be sick of it pretty quickly(with no offense to his fans, I'll use Eddie van Halen as an example. Don't get me wrong, 'eruption' was brilliant, but it's been a long silent time since then from him in my opinion), too much blandness and you soon become bored(for example Eric Clapton). The tricky part is finding the right balance. As a guitarist it's important for you not to become stuck in one frame of mind, so looking at guitarists who use a wide variety of techniques is a good starting point(Joe Satriani, Guthrie Govan, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Steve Morse, and the guitarist's guitarist himself Jeff Beck who plays everything from heavy metal to techno-funk). The whole point of this variation is like choosing a wider pallet of paints to use for a piece of art. You may not use all of them, and you'll almost certainly have some left over at the end of the day, but at least you had all that you needed.<br />
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Tab key:-<br />
<br />
--4-- = pluck the string shown while fretting the string on the fret numbered<br />
<br />
--h6- = hammer-on your finger onto the string on the fret numbered, doesn't require the string to be plucked<br />
<br />
--p2- = pull-off you finger from the string shown to sound a note while fretting the string on the fret numbered<br />
<br />
-8b9- = luck the string shown while fretting the string on the fret numbered, then bend the string until the note sounded becomes the same as the note sounded on the fret shown to the right of the b. E.g., 8b9 means pluck the string while fretting the string on the 8th fret, then bend the string one semitone/one fret higher in pitch.<br />
<br />
-8b9r8- = same a regular bend but allow string to return to regular position on fret numbered; think of b as meaning bend, and r as meaning relax<br />
<br />
--t12- = tap on the fret numbered firmly with one of the fingers in your plucking hand<br />
<br />
-t9r5- = tap on the fret numbered firmly with one of the fingers in your plucking hand then release your finger from the string either by simply pulling it off or twanging it, but fret the string on the fret numbered to sound that note after the finger tapping the string has been removed<br />
<br />
-mb7- = bend the string slightly after plucking the string number shown, but don't bend it so that raises the note in pitch by a fret.<br />
<br />
/ = Slide finger(s)up the fretboard to the fret shown<br />
<br />
\ = Slide finger(s)down the fretboard to the fret shown<br />
<br />
--9v- = use vibrato by wavering the string up and down by bending it to get a sort of wavy sound<br />
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<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
B||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
G||------------------|---7---9----------||----------------------------------|<br />
D||------------7---9-|----------7/--9v--||---5---h7---p5--------------------|<br />
A||---7---10---------|------------------||----------------/7v---------------|<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
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This is a very basic lick in minor pentatonic in E. It should sound relatively like a solo but still feel like it's missing something. I'm nowhere near a fantastic guitarist so please bear with me if these licks don't suit your playing style<br />
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E||------------------|------------------||-12-p10---------------------------|<br />
B||------------------|------------------||---------12-p10-/12-12------------|<br />
G||------------------|-mb7--9--mb12--9--||--------------------14b16-mb12--9v|<br />
D||----------5-h7--9-|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
A||-5h7-mb10---------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
<br />
E||--------10-/15-17-|-17b19------------||----------------------------------|<br />
B||-10-/12-----------|-------17-/20-\15-||-p12-\10-h12-p8-------------------|<br />
G||------------------|------------------||----------------9v----------------|<br />
D||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
A||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
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This mini-solo should feel more like a solo as there is more movement along the fretboard. This is kind of what I'm trying to say with this tip. If you want to get the audience's attention with a solo, you need to give them more to be interested in, rather than doing the same thing endlessly. I'm not going to force you to do anything you don't want to though, and all these tips are tips, not rules.<br />
Tip no. 7: Plucking-hand muting<br />
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One of the problems I've seen many players have is that they can't figure out how to mute notes successfully so that they can still hear the note but it's slightly muffled; metal players will recognize this as a sort of 'chug' sound.<br />
<br />
Look closely at where your hand is muting the strings. If it's too far away from the bridge(where your strings are sort of nailed onto the body. It will look like a metal bar from most guitars near where you're plucking the strings) you will completely silence the note. Keep your hand on the strings and slowly move it back until you hear the sound you're after. his may be slightly harder for guitars with tremolo systems on them.<br />
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Tip no. 8: Octave plucking<br />
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This is a technique that is scarcely used but is there for those who want to use it. It's a technique that mimics the effect generated by octave pedals by sounding the same note in two different octaves.<br />
<br />
<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
B||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
G||---9---12--16-----|--14---7---9------||----------------------------------|<br />
D||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
A||---7---10--14-----|--12---5---7------||----------------------------------|<br />
E||------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|<br />
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This is an example of this technique in a lick. Keep in mind that this will almost certainly require fingerpicking or hybrid picking to be pulled off correctly. It's definitely good practice for people looking into that style of playing. Breaking up the monotony of a solo with this would be how I would use this, as it's hard to work this technique into a riff, usually.<br />
Tip no. 9: Making Chords Into A Solo<br />
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This isn't impossible. Find some chords that you think fit pretty well into a solo, and then see where they should go. This is an excellent way of making a solo sound thicker, and if you want an example of how this is used look into Jimi Hendrix playing All along the watchtower. There's a funk guitar bit right in the middle of the solo, but because of where it is it still fits. Blurring the line between rhythm and lead isn't a bad idea, but it strongly enforces the melody of the song.<br />
<br />
What this means is that if you're playing something with a strong melody like 'all along the watchtower', it will sound good. However if you're playing something much more riff-based like 'blackened' or 'the thing that should not be' by Metallica, it probably won't work. It's more reluctant to fit into songs with more notes in their riffs as then all the notes in the chords have to be in the scales or modes that you're playing in. It's a tough theory to crack as it's soloing and chords blurred into one, but look for lessons on it and It is a very good trick to have in your pocket.<br />
<br />
Written by LeoKisomma<br />
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/soloing/tips_for_guitarists_soloing_secrets.html<br />
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chromatics - These are basically all twelve (12) notes in an octave. The naturals (7) and non-naturals (5) together make up the chromatics. (7+5=12). <br />
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naturals - The notes that do not have sharp or flat names (A, B, C, D, E, F, G). There are seven (7) of them. <br />
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non-naturals - The notes that do have the sharps or flats in their names (A#, C#, D#, F#, G#). There are five (5) of them. These notes are also often called the "accidentals". <br />
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octave - In traditional music there are only 12 different notes, then they repeat themselves. When you move up or down 12 notes, you will find a higher or lower version of the note you started on. This is an octave. Same note, but one octave higher or lower. <br />
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sharps - Sharp generally just means higher. Sharp of the note you are on would be one note higher. To tune sharp you would tune "up". <br />
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flats - Flat generally just means lower. Flat of the note you are on would be one note lower. To tune flat you would tune "down". <br />
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major - This is a type of scale or chord that sounds bright, happier, and more upbeat. It has no flats in it. This is kind of subjective, and will be explained much more in-depth in the lessons. <br />
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minor - This is a type of scale or chord that sounds darker, maybe more sad, kinda gloomy. Minor scales or chords do use flats. This is kind of subjective, and will be explained much more in-depth in the lessons. <br />
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root-note - This is basically the same thing as "key". The root note is the note that the music is centered on or built from. You could say its the "main note" in a song. <br />
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transpose - Transposing to another key or root simply means to move our scale, etc to another key or root note. It will be the same scale, etc. but now centered on a different key. <br />
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position - This would be the four frets that your hand is over at any given time. You have four fingers, one for each fret. Position also refers to the pattern of notes you would play at any four frets for your chosen scale, etc. <br />
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fret - Technically, the frets are the small metal bars across the neck of your guitar or bass. When you press your fingertip down between two "frets" you will fret the string and make the appropriate corresponding note. (you do not actually press your fingertip down "on" the frets, but between them) <br />
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interval - This is the space between notes. (see whole-step and half-step) <br />
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half-step - This is the shortest interval. It is the next note up or down from where you are. For guitar and bass players, this would simply be moving up or down one fret. <br />
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whole-step - This is a longer interval than the half-step. With a whole-step you would skip a note and play the second one. For guitar and bass players you would simply "skip a fret" up or down. <br />
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pentatonic - This is a type of scale using five different notes. Penta means five and tonic means tone. So a pentatonic scale is a "five tone scale". <br />
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mode - If theory is learned properly, the meaning of this would be different, but this term generally applies to a group of seven note scales. <br />
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melodic-interval - A single note.<br />
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harmonic-interval - Two notes at a time.<br />
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chordal-interval - Three or more notes at a time.<br />
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barre - The use of your index finger to hold down more than one string at one fret in a single chord, in order to build chords with that fret as the "nut".<br />
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barre chord - A guitar chord in which your index finger barres all strings at one fret, and the rest of the chord is built using that fret as the nut. For example, in an F# chord, the index finger barres the second fret, and the other three fingers make an E chord using the second fret as the nut.<br />
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bass note - The lowest note played in a chord, shown either by the chord name (e.g. E in E) or the note listed after a slash (e.g. F# in G/F#). <br />
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chord - Three or more pitches played simultaneously, usually a root, third, and fifth, though sometimes a seventh is added. <br />
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circle of fifths - A musical tool showing the relatedness of keys. <br />
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closely related keys - The fifth up and fifth down (fourth up) from any key. For example, the keys closely related to G are C (fifth down) and D (fifth up). <br />
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diminished fifth - An interval made up of two whole steps and two half steps. For example, the distance between D and Ab is a diminished fifth. <br />
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diminished chord - A chord consisting of a minor third and a diminished fifth. For example, a D diminished chord (D?) contains D, F, and Ab. <br />
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dominant - The fifth note of the major scale. The major chord built on the dominant, designated V, leads strongly toward the tonic. <br />
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fifth - In a scale, the distance between a certain note and another note four notes above it. The certain note is counted as I, the note four notes above that is V. <br />
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half step - The smallest recognized interval in Western music. The distance represented by one fret on a guitar is a half step. <br />
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interval - The musical distance between two notes, measured by the number of whole and half steps between the two notes.<br />
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inversion - The use of notes in the chord other than the root as the bass note (e.g. F# bass in a D chord). <br />
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key - The basis of musical sounds in a piece. Each key uses the notes and chords of the corresponding major scale. The key is named after the tonic (e.g. the tonic in the key of A is A). <br />
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leading - The tendency that certain notes and chords have to resolve to other specific notes or chords. <br />
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leading tone - The seventh note of the major scale, one half step below the tonic. This note leads strongly toward the tonic.<br />
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major chord - A chord consisting of a major third and a perfect fifth. For example, a D major chord (D) contains D, F#, and A. <br />
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major scale - A group of eight notes with the following whole step/half step pattern between them: W-W-H-W-W-W-H. For example, the A major scale consists of A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#, and A. <br />
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major seventh - An interval made up of five whole steps and one half step. For example, the distance between D and C# is a major seventh. <br />
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major third - An interval made up of two whole steps. For example, the distance between D and F# is a major third. <br />
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minor chord - A chord consisting of a minor third and a perfect fifth. For example, a D minor chord (Dm) contains D, F, and A. <br />
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minor seventh - An interval made up of four whole steps and two half steps. For example, the distance between D and C is a minor seventh. <br />
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minor third - An interval made up of one whole step and one half step. For example, the distance between D and F is a minor third. <br />
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modulate - To change keys. <br />
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muting - Pressing your finger against a string while playing a chord to avoid playing that string. Muting is represented by an x in my chord diagrams (as in E/G#: 4x2400). <br />
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perfect fifth - An interval made up of three whole steps and one half step. For example, the distance between D and A is a perfect fifth. <br />
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resolve - A musical progression which brings finality to part of a piece. <br />
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root - The note a chord is built on. <br />
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seventh - In a scale, the distance between a certain note and another note six notes above it. The certain note is counted as I, the note six notes above that is vii. <br />
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seventh chord - A chord consisting of a major third, a perfect fifth, and a minor seventh. For example, a D seventh chord (D7) contains D, F#, A, and C. Major seventh chords (notated maj7) contain a major seventh instead of a minor seventh. <br />
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suspended chord - A chord containing either the root, second, and fifth (sus2), or the root, fourth, and fifth (sus4). <br />
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third - In a scale, the distance between a certain note and another note two notes above it. The certain note is counted as I, the note two notes above that is iii. <br />
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tonic - The note on which the major scale is based. The major chord built on the tonic, designated I, is the eventual goal of any song. <br />
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transpose - Moving the musical position of a piece, keeping all intervals as they were in the original piece. For example, if you have C, F, and G (I, IV, and V), and you want to transpose to the key of G, then use the I, IV, and V of G, which are G, C, and D. <br />
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http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_chords_glossary.php<br />
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For those of you who are not used to reading these types of illustrations or diagrams I thought I would include some explanation on them. I usually draw a standard guitar neck diagram that would appear the same as it would when you look down at your guitar or bass neck. What you will see when looking at the diagram below is the "low E" string (the fattest one) on the bottom, and the "high E" (the thinnest one) on top. This should be easy to tell as the string sizes are visible on the neck. If you have not yet memorized the string names, they are listed right here and now would be an excellent time to do so.<br />
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In actual diagrams, you will see dots on the fretboard marking where the notes should be played. They will be in various colors and will mean various things.<br />
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Also, if you see note markers that are all the way at the end of the neck, and are not in between frets where you would put your finger, but rather right on the "nut" at the end, these are "open" notes and do not need to be fretted at all.<br />
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* note for bass players: Bass players can use the exact same diagrams as the guitar diagrams, using only the bottom four strings (low E, A, D, G). This means that everything is the same for bass, you would just ignore the B and High E strings. (this can change for 5 string basses, etc)<br />
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Jimi Hendrix was an incredibly innovative guitar player. He utilized techniques such as those demonstrated in this video in order to play new things that not many other guitarists play. He made his style unique and expressed his creative thought process instead of simply playing in a way that others would view as "correct". By putting these techniques into your playing, fluidly playing in various techniques around the fretboard should become more clear.<br />
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ROCK ON Jimi \,,,/_<br />
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</div><div class="bar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #202020; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Courier New'; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;"><pre>4 < the numerator shows how many beats are in the measure
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">The numerator is pretty easy to understand, but the denominator might get a little confusing. When I say "what type of note gets the beat," I'm talking about note values such as quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and so on. A quarter note will be represented by a 4, a half note will be represented by a 2, a whole note by a 1, an eighth note by an 8, a sixteenth note by a 16, and they usually won't go up any higher than that.</span><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"></div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">So, that being said, you should be able to understand what is meant by these time signatures.<br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">In the time signature 4/1 you will have four whole notes in a measure.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">In the time signature 4/2 you will have four half notes in a measure.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">In the time signature 4/4 you will have four quarter notes in a measure.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">In the time signature 4/8 you will have four eighth notes in a measure.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">In the time signature 4/16 you will have four sixteenth notes in a measure.</span><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"></div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Changing the numerator will change the number of whole, half, quarter, eighth, or sixteenth notes that can appear in the measure.</div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Just to clear up a bit of confusion that I might have just caused, you can use notes other than the ones specified by the time signatures. For example, in a measure of 4/4, you don't have to stick to just quarter notes, you can use eighth notes or half notes or quarter notes. This is where you will have to do a little math. If you wanted to use eighth notes, you can use 8 in a measure of 4/4 because eighth notes are half the value of a quarter note. This can all get very confusing, so here is a chart to help explain.</div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">1 Whole note = 2 Half notes = 4 Quarter notes = 8 eighth notes = 16 sixteenth notes</div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Maybe it's not a chart, but it is a short tool to help you learn note values. I would go further into detail with it, but this is a lesson on time signatures, not note values.</div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">So, now that you have a basic understanding of time signatures, it's time to learn how to count them. To count a measure of 4/4, you can count like this: 1, 2, 3, 4. Simple. That is what most of today's(and a lot of yesterday's) music sounds like. Listen to any pop song on the radio and you can feel the beat. You can count along with it, 1,2,3,4.</div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Remember! When you count the time signatures like this, you will accent the 1.</div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Let's move on to something a little more unusual: 5/4. This is a very simple time signature but can be hard to play at first. You would normally count 5/4 like this: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. That is the normal way to count it, however, you can count it like this: 1, 2, 1, 2, 3. As long as there are 5 counts of quarter notes in it, you will be fine.</div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Now we can try a more simple and more "normal" time signature. 3/4 is very popular in waltz music. It is counted: 1, 2, 3. Very simple.</div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Here's one of my favorite time signatures of all, 7/8. In this time signature, you will be counting eighth notes. There will be seven eighth notes in each measure(or the equivilant of 7 eighth notes). There are several ways to count this so here are a few:<br />
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1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">As you can see, when you get to the larger numerators there are several ways to count the time signatures. Keep in mind that just because you're playing in 7/8 that does not mean that 7/8 will always be faster than 7/4, the speed will always be dictated by the tempo.</span><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"></div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Time signatures are taught more to percussionists than to guitarists but they can be just as useful to us.</div><div style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Like most music theory, you must physically practice this on your instrument. So the big question is, "How do I go about practicing time signatures?" It's very simple, you will only use one chord or note, we'll just say you can us the standard E5 power chord<br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ddddcc; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">and play the notes in the time signature. Count 1, 2, 3, 4 and play the E5 each time you count, making sure to accent the 1. Make sure that you're consistant with the notes as well, you don't want to play the 1 and hold it longer than the 2, 3, and 4.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.guitaristguitarist.com/images/circle_of_fifths.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://www.guitaristguitarist.com/images/circle_of_fifths.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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This is the Circle of Fifths. It is used to build all sorts of scales. It may look confusing at first, but it is actually very simple to use. So let’s first take a look at the C Major Scale:<br />
C D E F G A B C<br />
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As you can see it has no sharps or flats, so you call the C Major Scale Natural (natural means it has no sharps or flats). Now let’s take a look at the G Major Scale:<br />
<br />
G A B C D E F# G<br />
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G major does have 1 Sharp. You may not have known this, and may be wondering how to figure it out. That’s were the circle of fifths comes in. All the notes Clockwise to C are Sharp. All the notes counter-clockwise to C are flat. So when we look at G, it is 1 away from C when looking at it clockwise, so it has one sharp note. D is 2 away from C, so D Major has two sharp notes. A Major has 3 sharp notes, and so on. Starting to make sense now?<br />
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Now let’s take a look at the other side. Finding out the Flats on that side are the same as finding how many sharps are in a scale on the other side, except you’re going to count counter-clockwise. For Example, to find how many Flats are in F Major, since F is 1 away from C, going counter Clockwise, F major has one Flat note. B flat Major has 2 flat notes, and so on.<br />
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So now that you know how to figure out how many sharp and flat notes are in a scale, it’s time to learn what those notes are. To do this, we use a simple “Formula”: FCGDAEB. You can make up some kind of words to memorize it, such as Father Christmas Gave Dad An Electric Blanket. Whatever you do to remember it, just remember. So what you do with it though, is count how far a root note of a scale is from C again, for example, D is 2 away from C. Then you count that many of the letters from our formula thing earlier, which was FCGDAEB. So the first 2 letters of that are F and C. That means that F and C are the only sharp notes in that major scale. Another example would be E Major. It is 4 away from C, so it has 4 Sharp notes. Those sharp notes are the first 4 notes of the group of letters, FCGDaeb. So F, C, G, and D are the sharp notes in E Major. All you have to do is take the number of however many notes are sharp in a scale, and count that many of that number in the group of letters.<br />
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Finding out the flat notes of the other scales on the other side are the same thing, but in reverse. Since we count the letters in reverse when finding out how many flat notes are in the scale, we use the “formula” backwards, making it BEADGCF. Let me give you an example: B flat is 2 away from C when counting counter-clockwise, so you use the first 2 letters of the backwards formula, showing you that B and E are the flat notes in the B Flat Major Scale.<br />
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Also note that F# is also Gb, B is also Cb, and Db is also C#, as you can see above.<br />
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Chord Construction.<br />
This is a must when learning arpeggios. Chord construction refers to intervals used to make chords. Example: When you see (1 3 5) that means you use the root, the third and fifth of the major scale. If you see (1 b3 5) it is still the major scale. That being said, know your major scales! Even if its numbers that are above 7 (major scale is 1 2 3 4 5 7 1), it is infered that: <br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>9 = 2
11 = 4
13 = 6</pre></div><br />
Just subtract 7. The Chords.<br />
Notes in brackets are optional, but make the arpeggio sound better. <br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>Major: 1 3 (5)
Minor: 1 b3 (5)
Aug: 1 3 #5
Dim: 1 b3 b5
dom7: 1 3 (5) b7
Maj7: 1 3 (5) 7
m7: 1 b3 (5) b7
Aug7: 1 3 #5 b7
Dim7: 1 b3 b3 bb7
m/maj7:1 b3 (5) 7
m7b5: 1 b3 b5 b7
m7#5: 1 b3 #5 b7
m7b9: 1 b3 (5) b7 b9</pre></div><br />
With those arpeggios, you should have a great start. <nobr>Applying</nobr> These To Make Arpeggios.<br />
By now, you're probably itching to play. So, I'll start with C for simplicity. <br />
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<div class="bar"><pre>Intervals... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
Cmaj Scale: C D E F G A B C
Cmaj Arpeggio: C E (G)
Cmin: C Eb (G)
Aug: C E G#
Dim: C Eb Gb
dom7: C E (G) Bb
Maj7: C E (G) B
m7: C Eb (G) Bb
Aug7: C E G# Bb
Dim7: C Eb Gb Bbb/A
m/maj7: C Eb (G) B
m7b5: C Eb Gb Bb
m7#5: C Eb G# Bb
m7b9: C Eb (G) Bb Db</pre></div><br />
Playing Those Arpeggios.<br />
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<div class="bar"><pre>C Cm Caug
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------(8)-|---------------(8)-|-------------9-|
|-----(0)-----9-----|-----(0)-----8-----|-----1-----9---|
|---2------10-------|---1------10-------|---2----10-----|
|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-3-------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|
Cdim C7 Cmaj7
|---------------|---------------------6-|---------------------7-|
|-------------7-|-----------------(8)---|---------0-------(8)---|
|-----------8---|-----(0)-3-----9-------|-----(0)-------9-------|
|---1-4--10-----|---2--------10---------|---2--------10---------|
|-3-------------|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Cm7 Caug7
|---------------------6-|-----------------6-|
|-----------------(8)---|---------------9---|
|-----(0)-3-----8-------|-----1-3-----9-----|
|---1--------10---------|---2------10-------|
|-3---------------------|-3-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
Cdim7 Cm/maj7
|--------------------|-------------------7-|
|---------------7-10-|---------0-------8---|
|-------2-----8------|-----(0)-------8-----|
|---1-4----10--------|---1--------10-------|
|-3------------------|-3-------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
Cm7b5 Cm7+5
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------------7-11-|---------------9-11-|
|-------3-----8------|-----1-3-----8------|
|---1-4----10--------|---1------10--------|
|-3------------------|-3------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
Cm7b9
|--------------------------9-|
|-----------2-------(8)-11---|
|-----(0)-3-------8----------|
|---1----------10------------|
|-3--------------------------|
|----------------------------|</pre></div>Inversions.<br />
An inversion is when the root note is not the lowest note of the arpeggio. A 1st inversion is when the third note is the first note, a 2nd inversion is when the fifth is played first, and when dealing with arpeggios with a seventh, playing the seventh first is the 3rd inversion. <br />
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<div class="bar"><pre>Em7
Root note 1st Inv 2nd Inv 3rd Inv
|-------7--10-|----7--10--12-|------------|---------------|
|----8--------|-8------------|----------8-|---------------|
|-9-----------|--------------|----7--9----|---------------|
|-------------|--------------|-9----------|-------5--9----|
|-------------|--------------|------------|-5--7----------|
|-------------|--------------|------------|---------------|</pre></div><br />
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Let's start with an easy one: the E Minor Pentatonic (E G A B D). Here is the simple box form for it:<br />
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<div class="bar"><pre>e|O|-|-|X|
B|X|-|X|-|
G|X|-|X|-|
D|X|-|O|-|
A|X|-|X|-|
E|O|-|-|X|</pre></div><br />
From left to right, that would be Open, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd frets. The circles are the root note (E). The X's are the other notes in the scale. Now, you may be thinking "Five notes? No, that's twelve!". In a way, you're right. But no; it is five notes. When you <br />
<div class="showResultLinks"><nobr>travel</nobr> up the scale and hit a circle, you just go back to playing the E note again, only up one octave. Now. If you kept extending the scale (That is, raising each note up as many octaves as you can, then figuring out how to play each note on each string), it would look like this:<br />
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<div class="bar"><pre>Open1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 etc.
e|O|-|-|X|-|X|-|X|-|-|X|-|O|-|-|X|-|
B|X|-|-|X|-|O|-|-|X|-|X|-|X|-|-|X|-|
G|X|-|X|-|X|-|-|X|-|O|-|-|X|-|X|-|-|
D|X|-|O|-|-|X|-|X|-|X|-|-|X|-|O|-|-|
A|X|-|X|-|-|X|-|O|-|-|X|-|X|-|X|-|-|
E|O|-|-|X|-|X|-|X|-|-|X|-|O|-|-|X|-|</pre></div><br />
As you can see, the end of the scale has the same shape as the beginning. So, you can guess that it would just repeat itself. At first, the whole thing may look confusing, but it really is not. It just takes practice (I'll tell you a good way to do so in a minute).That extended scale up there is made of five 'boxes', or sets of notes (twelve in this case) that are hooked together. Let me show you them for the minor pentatonic:<br />
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<div class="bar"><pre>e|O|-|-|X|
B|X|-|X|-|
G|X|-|X|-|
D|X|-|O|-|
A|X|-|X|-|
E|O|-|-|X|</pre></div><br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>|-|X|-|X|
|-|X|-|O|
|X|-|X|-|
|O|-|-|X|
|X|-|-|X|
|-|X|-|X|</pre></div><br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>|-|X|-|X|-|
|-|O|-|-|X|
|X|-|-|X|-|
|-|X|-|X|-|
|-|X|-|O|-|
|-|X|-|X|-|</pre></div><br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>|X|-|-|X|
|-|X|-|X|
|X|-|O|-|
|X|-|X|-|
|O|-|-|X|
|X|-|-|X|</pre></div><br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>|-|X|-|O|
|-|X|-|X|
|O|-|-|X|
|X|-|-|X|
|-|X|-|X|
|-|X|-|O|</pre></div><br />
If you hook each of those together, from end to end, you will get that extended scale I showed you. Remember how I said I'd show you a way to practice? Well, here it is. Take that very first box, and make E the root note. Practice going up and down that scale in that position. Now move it up one fret (So that it's now the F minor pentatonic), and do the same thing. Keep moving it up the fretboard. Now, go back to E minor pentatonic. Instead of just practicing the one box, put the other box on the end of that one (so that you have the two boxes linked). Now practice going up and down it. When you start off on the first box, go up each string (playing the notes from the first box only). When you hit the high e string, switch over to the second box. Go down the scale to the low E string. Then move over to the third box, and repeat. Keep doing this until you have the whole extended scale together and practice it. It will become less confusing and more natural as you progress.Now, you may be thinking <i>"But that's only the E scale. What about all the other letters?"</i> Well, this isn't just for E. This works for <b>any</b> key. The only thing that makes it the E minor scale, is that the root note starts open on the E string. If you moved the <b>whole</b> thing up one fret (so that the root not was on the 1st fret on the E string), it would be the F minor pentatonic scale.<br />
Another neat little fact: That isn't just the layout for the minor pentatonic scale. That's the layout for the <b>pentatonic</b> scale, both minor and major. The difference is where the root note is placed. Look back up at that extended E minor pentatonic diagram. Keep it in the same place (don't move it up or down any frets). Change the root note so that instead of on the E, it's on G (E string, 3rd fret). Change all of it's octaves accordingly. That would be the G major pentatonic scale. But, so I don't confuse you, I wont discuss major pentatonics.<br />
So let's go back. Remember how I told you that the E minor pentatonic scale was made of E, G, A, B, and D? Well, surprise surprise, <b>any</b> of the three of those notes, as chords (open or power) will sound perfectly fine with this scale on top of it. Sure, there are other chords that could fit on top, but those are the five that <b>definitely</b> will. For example, an F# chord would probably sound fine, a C could too.<br />
Try out these parts of solos that are heavily based on minor pentatonic scales:<br />
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (A Minor Pentatonic Scale):<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>|------5---------------------|----8-8-8b--8p5------8-10p8--------------|
|--------8-5-----------------|-8b-------------8/10--------10-8----8h10-|
|-7b9--------7-5---7-5-------|---------------------------------10------|
|----------------7-----7-5---|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------8-|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|</pre></div><br />
You may ask "Why is that F note in there that is the 8th fret on the A string? I don't remember that note fitting in the scale." Well, the chord progression played <b>under</b> this lead <nobr>work</nobr> is A - G - F - F (two beats for each). When that F note is played, the F chord is being played under it. And wouldn't you think that a note, even if out of scale a little, would sound alright if the note's chord is under it? Well, it does. So that's something you should keep in mind. Remember: No scale is cemented. They are only guidelines to your own creations.ACDC - You Shook Me All Night Long (G Minor Pentatonic Scale):<br />
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<div class="bar"><pre>e|-------------3------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------3--6-------------------------------------3-----------------|
G|---5b(7)~~~~---------5b(7)--5--3------------------------3--------3--------|
D|----------------------------------5---5--3-----------------5--5-----------|
A|------------------------------------5-------5--3--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------6--3--------------------|</pre></div><br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------6--6------8--8-----8--10b--8-----8-----12b--8-----8-----15--15-----|
G|---/7--------/9--------9-------------9-----9----------9-----9-------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre></div><br />
Both of those solos are based on Minor Pentatonics, and are generally considered as great solos (<b>especially</b> Stairway to Heaven).</div><br />
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<h2>2. How to read chord charts</h2>In this lesson, I’m gonna make my own chord charts so I can tell you exactly how you should play them (at least how I feel you should play them). The chord charts will look like this:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|---|---|---|
A|-|---|---|---|---|---|
E|-|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
In case your not aware, the letters to the left of the chart are the note names of the strings. The little e is the highest string (skinniest) and the big E is the lowest string (the thickest). And then all the letters in between are the strings in between. Just think of it as reading tabs just slightly altered. Here is what everything symbolizes:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0 1 2 3 4 5 <-fret #’s (the 0 is an open string)
e|-|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|---|---|---|
A|-|---|---|---|---|---|
E|-|---|---|---|---|---|
^---^-frets ^---^-space in between frets
^ strings</pre></div><br />
Here’s an example of a chord:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>C7
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|o|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|---|-4-|---|---|
D|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
A|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
The C7 above the chart is the name of the chord. The 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the chord chart tells you what finger to put on the certain string. The number 1 is your index finger, 2 is your middle finger, 3 is your ring finger, and 4 is your pinky. The “o” in the 0 fret column means the string is played open, or you don’t put a finger on the string but you play it anyway. The “x” in the 0 fret column means you don’t put a finger down on that string but you don’t play that string either. You can either just not pick it or mute it by partially laying a finger down on the string. You can either lightly place a finger on the muted string with a finger that is already pushing down another string (in this case it would be the 3rd finger on the A string) or place your thumb barely on the muted string by bringing it over the neck and lightly touching the string.<br />
<h2>3. Basic open chords</h2>There are 8 “basic” open chords. I’m sure you know, but there are more than 8, but 8 of them are the major and minor chords, and we’ll call the major and minor chords the “basic” ones. Alrighty then, it’s time to learn the basic open chords (note: not all of these chords are how I play them, but it’s how you should play them in the most economical way). We’ll start with the major ones:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>A
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|o|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|---|-4-|---|---|---|
G|-|---|-3-|---|---|---|
D|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
A|o|---|---|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|
C
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|o|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
G|o|---|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
A|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|
D
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
G|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
D|o|---|---|---|---|---|
A|x|---|---|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|
E
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|o|---|---|---|---|---|
B|o|---|---|---|---|---|
G|-|-2-|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|-4-|---|---|---|
A|-|---|-3-|---|---|---|
E|o|---|---|---|---|---|
G
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|-4-|---|---|
B|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
G|o|---|---|---|---|---|
D|o|---|---|---|---|---|
A|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
E|-|---|---|-2-|---|---|</pre></div><br />
Ok, these are the major open chords. If a chord doesn’t have anything after it’s main letter (like in the C chord, it is just C, not Cm or Cm7 or Cadd9 or something like that) then it’s a major chord. Ok, time to learn the minor open chords. They are:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>Am
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|o|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|-2-|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|-4-|---|---|---|
D|-|---|-3-|---|---|---|
A|o|---|---|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|
Dm
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
G|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
D|o|---|---|---|---|---|
A|x|---|---|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|
Em
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|o|---|---|---|---|---|
B|o|---|---|---|---|---|
G|o|---|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
A|-|---|-3-|---|---|---|
E|o|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
Hey! Why is there an “m” after every chord name? Well, that signifies that the chord is a minor chord. So if you see a chord that is an A but has an m after it, making it “Am”, then, you know that the chord is an Am chord. Got it?<br />
<h2>4. Basic barre chords</h2>Well, this segment is probably going to be a challenge to write so you can understand it. A barre chord (pronounced “bar”) is just a chord that uses your whole index finger to press down, or “barre” down, 5 or 6 strings so that your other 3 fingers can play other notes (told you this was hard to explain!) The beauty of barre chords is that they have a few basic shapes, and you can move those shapes up and down the fretboard to get different chords and different sounds, opposed to open chords which can only can played in one position. Just a note, but try using the bony inside part of your index finger to barre the chord down and give you a better sound. Ok, first, you’re going to learn your 5 string barre chords.<br />
There are 4 main shapes to 5 string barre chords: the major, minor, seventh, and minor seventh positions. You’re only going to learn the major and minor positions in this lesson though, seeing to which the 7 and m7 (seventh and minor seventh) positions aren’t used very often, and especially aren’t used very often in the type of music we might play together. Here are the 2 shapes:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>5 string major barre chord shape
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|-4-|---|
G|-|---|---|---|-3-|---|
D|-|---|---|---|-2-|---|
A|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|
5 string minor barre chord shape
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|-2-|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|-4-|---|
D|-|---|---|---|-3-|---|
A|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
Wait a second, darn it! That looks just like the A and Am chords, just moved down the fretboard! What the poo is happening here? Yes, you are right. The 5 string major and minor barre chord positions are just the A and Am chords moved down the fretboard. In this case, they are just moved down 2 positions to make a B and Bm chord. But, how did I figure that out? Look closely at the fretboard:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|---|---|---|
A|-|---|---|---|---|---|
E|-|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
It has 6 strings, all which have their own note names and sound different from other strings. So, that must mean that each fret has its own note name, too. If you take a string (in this case, let’s take the A string since it is the beginning of the music alphabet, A-G#) and move 1 fret down the fretboard, then you have another note. So, from the open A string to the first fret, you have a difference of one note, from A to A#. Then, from the 1st fret to the 2nd fret, you have from A# to B. Then from B to C (in the musical alphabet, there is no B#/Cb or E#/Fb. Don’t know why, don’t ask why). Anywho, borrowing that knowledge, here’s is what the fretboard looks like through 5 frets:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A-|
B|-|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E-|
G|-|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C-|
D|-|-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G-|
A|-|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D-|
E|-|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A-|</pre></div><br />
Now, as I’m pretty sure you haven’t noticed, every chords root note (like in G the root note would be G, and in Am the root note name would be A) is also the lowest note in the chord. Like in the G chord:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0 1 2 3 4 5
|-|---|---|-G-|---|---|
|-|---|---|-D-|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|---|---|---|
|-|---|-B-|---|---|---|
|-|---|---|-G-|---|---|
Or in the Am chord:
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|o|---|---|---|---|---|
|-|-C-|---|---|---|---|
|-|---|-A-|---|---|---|
|-|---|-E-|---|---|---|
A|-|---|---|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
The bolded notes are the root notes of the chords. Almost every chord’s root note is also the same as it’s name (except in slash chords, and we’ll get to those later). The same goes for barre chords. Let’s look at the 5 string barre chord examples I used earlier:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|-4-|---|
G|-|---|---|---|-3-|---|
D|-|---|---|---|-2-|---|
A|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|-2-|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|-4-|---|
D|-|---|---|---|-3-|---|
A|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
Now, let’s also look at their notes:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0 1 2 3 4 5
|-|---|-F#|---|---|---|
|-|---|---|---|-D#|---|
|-|---|---|---|-B-|---|
|-|---|---|---|-F#|---|
|-|---|-B-|---|---|---|
|x|---|---|---|---|---|
0 1 2 3 4 5
|-|---|-F#|---|---|---|
|-|---|---|-D-|---|---|
|-|---|---|---|-B-|---|
|-|---|---|---|-F#|---|
|-|---|-B-|---|---|---|
|x|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
The first chord (due to its root being a B and it being in a major barre chord shape) is a B chord. And the second chord (due to its root being a B and it being in a minor barre chord shape) is a Bm chord. You can also make these chords into C and Cm chords (although you should play the C in the open chord way) by simply moving the chords down the fretboard. Here is what they would look like:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>C (barre chord style)
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|---|-4-|
G|-|---|---|---|---|-3-|
D|-|---|---|---|---|-2-|
A|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|
Cm
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|-2-|---|
G|-|---|---|---|---|-4-|
D|-|---|---|---|---|-3-|
A|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
And, these are C and Cm chords for 2 reasons:1. They are in either a major barre chord shape or a minor barre chord shape<br />
2. They have a C root note<br />
Ok, now on to 6 string barre chords! Here are the 2 basic 6 string barre chord shapes, major and minor. Like 5 string barre chords, 6 string ones also use a certain open chord shape but just move it down the fretboard. In this case, it is the E and Em chords. Here’s what they look like:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>6 string major barre chords
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
B|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|-4-|---|---|
A|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
E|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
6 string minor barre chords
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
B|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
G|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|-4-|---|---|
A|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
E|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
If you look at the notes again, you will see that the root notes of both of those chords is F. So, that means that the chords are F and Fm. Here’s another example:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>G
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
B|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|-2-|---|
D|-|---|---|---|---|-4-|
A|-|---|---|---|---|-3-|
E|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
Gm
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
B|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
G|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
D|-|---|---|---|---|-4-|
A|-|---|---|---|---|-3-|
E|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|</pre></div><br />
The root notes of these chords is a G. So, these are G and Gm chords. Once again, play the G like I said above, not like it is in this barre chord example. Here are all of the basic major and minor barre chords:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>B
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|-4-|---|
G|-|---|---|---|-3-|---|
D|-|---|---|---|-2-|---|
A|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|
F
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
B|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|-4-|---|---|
A|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
E|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
Bm
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|-2-|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|-4-|---|
D|-|---|---|---|-3-|---|
A|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|
Cm
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|-2-|---|
G|-|---|---|---|---|-4-|
D|-|---|---|---|---|-3-|
A|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
E|-|---|---|---|---|---|
Fm
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
B|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
G|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|-4-|---|---|
A|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
E|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
Gm
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
B|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
G|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|
D|-|---|---|---|-4-|---|
A|-|---|---|---|-3-|---|
E|-|---|---|-1-|---|---|</pre></div><br />
Remember! Try to barre these chords with the bony inside of your left hand index finger. It will be very hard at first, but you get used to clamping it down after a while and it will become easier, just keep practicing. Also remember that you can make any chord by simply taking one chord shape and moving the chord farther down the next. You can make a Gm by just taking the Em shape and moving it 3 positions down the fretboard and making the Gm.<br />
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5. Other ways to view chords</h2>If you know all the ways to view chords then just skip to section 6. Now, these chord charts are not the only way to view chords. There are a few other ways. You can read them through what I call the “straight line” chord chart which looks like this:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0
1
0
2
3
x</pre></div><br />
This chord would be a C chord. Look closer. The numbers represent which fret to press down. Here’s a guide to realizing what they mean:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>e 0 <- play this string open (highest sounding string)
B 1 <- put your finger on the 1st fret
G 0
D 2 <- put your finger on the 2nd fret
A 3 <- put your finger on the 3rd fret
E x <- mute or don’t play this strong (lowest sounding)</pre></div><br />
This guide will not tell you which finger to press down each fret with, but it really doesn’t matter which finger you put on each fret as long as you have the chord sounding right. Ok, another way is just through tabs. It will look basically the same as the way represented above but with all the lines that tab has:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>|-0-|
|-1-|
|-0-|
|-2-|
|-3-|
|---|</pre></div><br />
The only difference between this way to view chords and the way shown above is that tab normally doesn’t show an x if your not supposed to play something.<br />
<h2>6. Power chords</h2>Power chords are the basis of rock music. It’s hard to find a rock song that doesn’t have at least one power chord in it. Power chords are made to sound big with little or no distortion. Power chords have 1 basic shape. The shape looks like this:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-2--3--4--5--6-| and so on down the fretboard
|-2--3--4--5--6-|
|-0--1--2--3--4-|</pre></div><br />
There are also power chords that use the ADG strings. They look like this:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>|---------------|
|---------------|
|-2--3--4--5--6-|
|-2--3--4--5--6-| and so on down the fretboard
|-0--1--2--3--4-|
|---------------|</pre></div><br />
To play power chords (the Kurt Cobain way), you put your 1st finger (index) by the fret that is the lowest sounding and your 3rd finger (ring) on the two frets that are the same. Like this:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>I = Index
M = Middle
R = Ring
P = Pinky
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|-R-|---|---|
A|-|---|---|-R-|---|---|
E|-|-I-|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
Another very common (probably the most common) way to play power chords is with your 1st (index), 3rd (ring), and 4th (pinky) fingers like this:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|-P-|---|---|
A|-|---|---|-R-|---|---|
E|-|-I-|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
Pretty simple, huh?<br />
<h2>7. Octaves</h2>Octaves are a lot like power chords, but you just mute the string between the top and bottom strings your playing. Octaves are just two of the same notes, only one note is higher than the other. Octaves look like this. Played on the EAD strings (rarely played on these strings):<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-2--3--4--5--6-|
|-x--x--x--x--x-|
|-0--1--2--3--4-|</pre></div><br />
They also are played on the ADG strings like this (mostly played on these strings):<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>|---------------|
|---------------|
|-2--3--4--5--6-|
|-x--x--x--x--x-|
|-0--1--2--3--4-|
|---------------|</pre></div><br />
The "x" you see means that you mute that string so you can barely hear it. You mute this string with your 1st finger by laying it over the string that needs to be muted. You then play the highest string with your 3 finger. If you look at what the notes on the frets your playing are, then you'll find that they are the same notes, only one note is higher than the other. This example should show you:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>|---| |---| |---| |---|
|---| |---| |---| |---|
|-2-| or |-A-| also... |-9-| or |-E-|
|-x-| |-x-| |-x-| |-x-|
|-0-| |-A-| |-7-| |-E-|
|---| |---| |---| |---|</pre></div><br />
Here’s a better way to look at them. A C octave would use these chords then mute the string in between:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A-|
B|-|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E-|
G|-|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C-|
D|-|-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G-|
A|-|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D-|
E|-|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A-|</pre></div><br />
And an F octave would look like this:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A-|
B|-|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E-|
G|-|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C-|
D|-|-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G-|
A|-|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D-|
E|-|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A-|</pre></div><br />
<h2>8. Slash chords</h2>The most common chords that don’t have a root note that is the same as the rest of the note. In fact, that’s what makes them slash chords. They are called slash chords because they have a “/” in them basically. Yeah, don’t really know why that happened, but oh well. Ok, now I will better explain them.<br />
Slash chords are just normal chords that have a different bass note in them, or root note. The letter to the left of the slash is the chord shape your supposed to play and the letter to the right of the slash is the bass note of the chord. An example of a slash chord would be a D/F#, one of the most common slash chords. You would call this a D over F#. Let’s break it down, break it down now!<br />
D/F#- The letter to the left of the slash is the name of the chord, so this is a D chord.<br />
D/F#- Slash<br />
D/F#- The letter you see to the right of the slash is the bass note, or lowest sounding note of the chord. Normally in a D chord the lowest sounding note is D. But in a D/F# chord, the lowest sounding note is an F#.<br />
Allright, so how do you play this chord? Well, let’s look at the basic D chord shape:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>D
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
G|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
D|o|---|---|---|---|---|
A|x|---|---|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
Now let’s look at the F# note (there are 2 of them low enough to work):<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A-|
B|-|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E-|
G|-|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C-|
D|-|-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G-|
A|-|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D-|
E|-|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A-|</pre></div><br />
The way I feel you should play a D/F# is using the lower of the 2 F#’s. So, the new D/F# chord would look like this:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>D/F#
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|---|---|---|
A|-|---|---|---|---|---|
E|-|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
Note: I put a T there because I just bring my thumb over the neck to play this chord. You could play it differently, but this way is easy and pretty cool too, so do it like this.Here are some of the basic slash chords, but there are many others too. But, now that you know your chords, you can easily play them anyway. Here they are:<br />
<br />
<div class="bar"><pre>A/C#
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|o|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|---|-3-|---|---|---|
G|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
D|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
A|-|---|---|---|-4-|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|
C/E
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|o|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
G|o|---|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
A|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
E|o|---|---|---|---|---|
C/G
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|o|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|-1-|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|-2-|---|---|---|
D|o|---|---|---|---|---|
A|-|---|---|-4-|---|---|
E|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
D/F#
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|---|---|---|
B|-|---|---|---|---|---|
G|-|---|---|---|---|---|
D|-|---|---|---|---|---|
A|-|---|---|---|---|---|
E|-|---|---|---|---|---|
G/B
0 1 2 3 4 5
e|-|---|---|-4-|---|---|
B|-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
G|o|---|---|---|---|---|
D|o|---|---|---|---|---|
A|-|---|-1-|---|---|---|
E|x|---|---|---|---|---|</pre></div><br />
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At some stage of your development you might <nobr>start</nobr> to think about how you want to sound as a guitarist and what sounds and techniques you enjoy and want to focus on. Most players start off wanting to sound like somebody else (eg: want to sound like Steve Vai, or Jimi Hendrix or Slash, etc.). But eventually some players decide that they don’t want to sound like somebody else, instead they want to have their own unique sound that everybody can recognize is their own. In this lesson I will explain a way you can try to discover your own sound and how to develop it.<br />
<br />
<b>What Gives A Player Their Sound?</b><br />
Have you ever noticed when a famous guitarist covers a song by somebody else that the guitar playing can sound completely different even know it’s the same part? When you hear a recording of Jimi Hendrix, you will probably straight away recognize it as Hendrix even if you don’t know the song. This isn’t just because of the guitar and amp he used, but also because of the chords and note choices, the way he played certain techniques and which techniques he didn’t use. This is the same when you hear Slash play a melody or solo or any other unique sounding guitarist. It isn’t just the Les Paul and the Marshall that gives the sound, but everything else combined.<br />
<br />
<b>Listen To Your Playing Now</b><br />
Record yourself improvising and playing whatever you normally play. Listen to the recording and try to hear your own unique qualities. You may notice that you palm mute a lot of single notes when playing a run and like how it sounds or you may do a lot of soft legato. You may notice that you pick the notes really hard which gives a rapid fire sound. Just listen and write down everything you like and don’t like about how you sound now. You may like the way you play legato runs but notice that you don’t like the sound of the pinch harmonics you play. Record yourself improvising as much as you can and come up with a list of things you do you want to develop and things you do that you don’t like and want to stop. Just take a piece of paper with two columns – likes and dislikes. The more you can fill this list the better.<br />
Many people don’t like to criticize their own playing this way but if you want to improve as a player it’s better to criticize your own playing then listen to somebody else criticize it for you!<br />
<br />
<b>What Do You Want To Sound Like?</b><br />
After you listen to your playing and <nobr>discover</nobr> what you like about it and more importantly – what you don’t like about it, you can think about what you want to sound like. What type of guitarist do you want to become and what would you want to be known for if you were to become famous? Some people may say they want to be a super fast – sweep picking demon or they want to be known for ultra-heavy riffs and accurate picking. Whatever you come up with write it down. Now think of what you need to do to get there and where you’re at now. <br />
Let’s say you ambition is to be known as a really fast sweep picker, but when you listen to your playing you realize that although you’re already really fast and accurate, it sounds like every other sweep picker you hear. This is when you need to look at how you can develop your playing to sound different to the thousands of other sweep picker experts out there. There are plenty of ways you can do this. You can try finding arpeggio shapes that you’ve never seen anybody else use or use an exotic scale that makes it hard to find decent shapes to sweep across. The idea is to try something you haven’t been doing. For example Yngwie Malmsteen is well known to love using the Harmonic Minor scale. It gives his playing a certain sound. Maybe you love the sound of the Spanish scale or the Oriental scale and that can be your specialty. Try as many different ideas as you can and again record them. Listen to the ideas and find the ideas you like and want to include in your sound.<br />
The basic idea is to listen to how you sound now and figure out what ingredients (scales, chords, techniques, equipment) you need to get the sound you want. This may sound obvious but not many people actually do it. Try to come up with a list of ideas you can include in your playing that will improve your sound.<br />
<br />
<b>The End Result?</b><br />
After all this you should have a very detailed list of things you want to include or keep in your playing as well as things you don’t want in your playing. From here the task is simple: work to develop your list of ‘wants’ and eliminate your list of ‘don’t wants’ from your playing. This may sound tedious, but if you are working towards a sound you like better than you have now, you will definitely enjoy it. You will develop into a unique sounding guitarist regardless if you follow this advice or not, but following these tips will speed up the process and will hopefully help you become the player you want to be sooner. If you work at all these suggestions above, I guarantee you will develop a unique sound and people will start to recognize when you are playing rather than ‘just another guitarist’.<br />
<br />
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<h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 21px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: capitalize;">Reading Guitar Tab</h1><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Guitar tablature (tab for short) is a system of notation that graphically represents strings and frets of the guitar fretboard. Each note is indicated by placing a number which indicates the fret to play, on the appropriate string. With these easy instructions you will be able to understand how to read and write guitar tab in 5 minutes.</div><h2 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: capitalize;">The Basics Of Reading Guitar Tab</h2><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">To start out, tabs are written in lines, each line representing a string on the guitar. The thickest string being the bottom most line and the thinnest string being the topmost.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; display: block; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />e--------------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />B--------------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />G--------------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />D--------------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />A--------------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />E--------------------------------</code><br />
Numbers are then placed on these lines to represent finger positions on the guitar fret board. If you read the diagram below you would play this on a guitar by putting your finger just behind the 2nd fret on the 5th string (or the second thickest string). As musical notes this would read as follows B B B C# B A. The ‘zero’ represents playing an open string. So in this case you would play the A open with no finger position on the fretboard.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; display: block; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />e-------------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />B-------------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />G-------------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />D-------------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />A--2--2--2--4--2--0------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />E-------------------------------</code></div><h2 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: capitalize;">How To Read Guitar Tab Chords</h2><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">To tab a chord the notes would be placed in a vertical line upon the horizontal ones. This diagram represents a C Chord. You would strum the bottom 5 strings of the guitar in one motion if you were to read this tab properly.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; display: block; font-family: Courier, monospace; 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The one shortcoming of guitar tab is it doesn’t usually represent how long to hold a note for, or rhythm very well. Although some good tab writers will represent it by how much space is between each note. Tab works best if you listen to the song for guidance on timing then read the notes and practice it. Here for example is the timing of ‘Day Tripper’ by the Beatles, note the distances between the numbers, the first ‘0′ would ring slightly longer then the next 4 notes and the distance between D2 and D0 would also indicate a break in timing:</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; 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border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The numbers don’t really describe the subtle techniques that a guitarist can execute, these are the tablature symbols that represent various techniques.</div><table style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 536px;"><tbody style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; 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<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="50%"><ul style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 40px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">h – hammer on</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">p – pull off</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">b – bend string up</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">r – release bend</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">/ – slide up</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">\ – slide down</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">v – vibrato (sometimes written as ~)</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">t – right hand tap</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">s – legato slide</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">S – shift slide</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><n style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">– natural harmonic</n></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">[n] – artificial harmonic</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">n(n) – tapped harmonic</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">tr – trill</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">T – tap</li>
</ul></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="50%"><ul style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 40px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">TP – trem. picking</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">PM – palm muting</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">\n/ – tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">\n – tremolo bar down</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">n/ – tremolo bar up</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">/n\ – tremolo bar inverted dip</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">= – hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><> – volume swell (louder/softer)</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">x – on rhythm slash represents muted slash</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">o – on rhythm slash represents single note slash</li>
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</tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 536px;"><tbody style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;" valign="top"><h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A Hammer On</h3><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A hammer on is executed by picking a note and then hammering done with the fretting hand on the second note. The second note isn’t actually picked but kind of echos the first one. Here is an example of how hammer ons are written in tab:</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; display: block; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />e----------------------5h7----<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />B------------------5h7--------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />G--------------5h7------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />D----------5h7----------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />A------5h7--------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />E--5h7------------------------</code></div></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;"><h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A Pull Off</h3><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A pull off is the opposite of a hammer on, so the first note is played again then the fretting hand pulls the finger off and lets the one fretted behind it play.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; display: block; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />e----------------------7p5----<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />B------------------7p5--------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />G--------------7p5------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />D----------7p5----------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />A------7p5--------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />E--7p5------------------------</code></div></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;"><h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A Bend</h3><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A bend is represented by the symbol ‘b’, this is where the fretting hand actually bends the string to give a wobbly effect.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; display: block; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />e-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />B-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />G--7b----7b-------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />D--------------7b----7b-------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />A-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />E-----------------------------</code></div></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;" valign="top"><h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A Release Bend</h3><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A release bend is represented by the symbol ‘r’, this is just like a bend, but it tells you when to release the bend and go to the next note.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; display: block; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />e-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />B-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />G--7r5---7r5------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />D--------------7r5---7r5------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />A-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />E-----------------------------</code></div></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;" valign="top"><h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A Slide-Up</h3><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A slide up is represented by the symbol ‘/’. You would play the first note on 7 then slide the finger that is holding that note up to 9.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; display: block; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />e-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />B-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />G--7/9---7/9------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />D--------------7/9---7/9------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />A-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />E-----------------------------</code></div></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;" valign="top"><h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">A Slide-Down</h3><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Opposite of a Slide Up, slide down is represented by the symbol ‘\’. You would play the first note on 7 then slide the finger that is holding that note down to 5.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; display: block; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />e-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />B-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />G--7/5---7/5------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />D--------------7/5---7/5------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />A-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />E-----------------------------</code></div></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;" valign="top"><h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Vibrato</h3><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Vibrato is like a constant rhythmic bending of the string. You do a bend up and bend down quickly to create a moving sound. It is usually represented by ‘v’ or ‘~’.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; display: block; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />e-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />B-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />G--7v-------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />D--------------------7~~~-----<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />A-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />E-----------------------------</code></div></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left;" valign="top"><h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Tapping</h3><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Tapping is much like a hammer-on but you don’t strum any notes. Just tap the notes on the fret board with your fretting hand.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><code style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; display: block; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />e-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />B-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />G--7t---7t---7t---------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />D-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />A-----------------------------<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />E-----------------------------</code></div></td></tr>
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