Archive | April, 2010
The Augmented Scale
This is another symmetric scale, sometimes called the “Minor Third Minor Second” Scale, because of the interval between the tones in the scale. The scale is constructed by taking an Augmented triad, then giving each tone a leading note. This creates a 6 note scale with 3 notes having a root function and 3 having a [...]
Continue reading...Jamming through all 12 keys
25 April 2010
This mp3 backing track is a little more challenging than my previous posts. This time I’m cycling through all 12 keys, changing key every 2 bars, using the “Cycle of Fifths”. The chord sequence I’m using is… | Dm7 G7 Gm7 C7 Cm7 F7 Fm7 Bb7 Bbm7 Eb7 Ebm7 Ab7 [...]
Continue reading...Major 7th Arpeggios
25 April 2010
Lets look at the various possible guitar fingerings for the Major 7th Arpeggios. The Major 7th arpeggio contains the major 7th chord tones, which are… So lets start by applying these to various positions on the guitar neck over 1 octave. This gives us. Extending each of these shapes over the neck in each position, we have… I’ve grayed [...]
Continue reading...Augmented and Major 7th Augmented Chords
24 April 2010
I’ll review the basic Augmented triad, and the 7th variants in this post. Augmented Chords Augmented chords are based on a triad containing a root a major third and a sharp, or augmented 5th, hence the name. The Augmented triad is symmetric with a major third between the root, third, fifth and octave. This means that any of the [...]
Continue reading...Minor 7th Arpeggios
24 April 2010
The Minor 7th sound is very common in modern music, and having this set of arpeggios under your fingers is very useful indeed, irrespective of whether you play blues rock or jazz. Lets get started with the theory. The Minor 7th harmony is based on the Minor triad with an additional 7th tone added. Drawing out the [...]
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- Felipe: Very cool stuff man ! Would love to chat to you more about technique ! Have been incorporating many of the techniques you used for a while (still work...
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- zippy: Of course there is a Bb it is also A#...check fretboard knowledge to know all the notes...good luck!...
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