Guitar Mastery Simplified: How Anyone Can Quickly Become a Strumming, Chords, and Lead Guitar Ninja by Erich Andreas Page B
Authors: Erich Andreas
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chord. Now use any of the major
scale formulas that I have provided to determine which scale step each of the
notes of the G major chord represents. Basically, we are looking for the
scale degree number, not the letter name of the notes. For instance,
slowly strum or Arpeggiate the G major chord from the 6th string to the 1st
string. Now play a G major scale. The 1st or lowest note of the G
major chord is obviously the 1st note of the G major scale, so this note would
be a “one”, or the “one” of the chord. Play the next note which should be
a “B” on the 5th string. Now play through your G major scale saying out
loud each number of the scale as you play it and stop at that B note. The
number that you are saying when you land on the “B” should be “3”, making that
note the “3” of the chord. Get it? Now continue on with this same
technique to determine the scale step of every note in the G chord. You
will need to use your ear to compare and contrast notes as the scale form may
not always exactly match where the notes of your chord fall. For instance, the
5th scale step of the G major (form 1) scale is a “D”,
which will be played by the pinky on the 5th fret of the 5th string.
However, we are looking to identify the open 4th string (D string).
If your guitar is tuned correctly, the D on the 5th fret of the A string
should sound identical to the open 4th string. If you have not used this
technique before, you really need to get familiar with it as it is used very
frequently in the discovery of notes on your fret board.
At first this can be tricky, but don’t give up! The
payoff is huge in regards to mastering your fret board. Once you
have all the scale steps identified in the G chord, start moving on to your
other open chords. Remember that you must use the associated major scale
with the chord that you are analyzing. For instance, if you are analyzing
a C major chord, you must use a C major scale. If you are analyzing an A
minor chord, you must use an A major scale. Don’t forget that the major
scale is our cornerstone for all analysis when it comes to music. We
refer to it frequently, so it’s extremely important that you know it inside and
out. Once you master this technique you are going to start looking at chords
in a totally different way and it will truly empower your playing abilities.
Now go rock some new chords!
Click here to receive free
videos on right and left hand techniques and exercises that will quickly boost
your guitar playing ability.
Building
Seventh Chords
There is an expression that says, “Give a man a fish and he
eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.” That
is to say , if I show you a chord and show you where to put your fingers on
what frets, you could memorize the chord easily. But if I show you how to
assemble chords from scratch, then I enable you for years to come. There
are literally thousands of chords. So it’s your choice: memorize each
chord or learn a method of assembling them and save yourself hundreds of hours.
How cool would it be if I could show you how to
make a seventh chord out of every chord that you already know instead of having
to memorize hundreds of chords, effectively doubling or tripling your chord
vocabulary in one night? If your answer was anything close to “Super- uber -mega-cool !!!, ” then HANG ON,
because we are getting ready to rock!
As a rule, shortcuts typically “cut” some stuff out and
often times “short” you of the full picture. But you know that already,
and that’s why you are studying so diligently. So digesting this
information, understanding the concept and putting it into practice may take
extra time up front (the long way), but I promise you it won’t take you nearly
the amount of time it would take you to memorize a few hundred new chords (the
“shortcut”).
The definition of a seventh chord is a chord
consisting of
scale formulas that I have provided to determine which scale step each of the
notes of the G major chord represents. Basically, we are looking for the
scale degree number, not the letter name of the notes. For instance,
slowly strum or Arpeggiate the G major chord from the 6th string to the 1st
string. Now play a G major scale. The 1st or lowest note of the G
major chord is obviously the 1st note of the G major scale, so this note would
be a “one”, or the “one” of the chord. Play the next note which should be
a “B” on the 5th string. Now play through your G major scale saying out
loud each number of the scale as you play it and stop at that B note. The
number that you are saying when you land on the “B” should be “3”, making that
note the “3” of the chord. Get it? Now continue on with this same
technique to determine the scale step of every note in the G chord. You
will need to use your ear to compare and contrast notes as the scale form may
not always exactly match where the notes of your chord fall. For instance, the
5th scale step of the G major (form 1) scale is a “D”,
which will be played by the pinky on the 5th fret of the 5th string.
However, we are looking to identify the open 4th string (D string).
If your guitar is tuned correctly, the D on the 5th fret of the A string
should sound identical to the open 4th string. If you have not used this
technique before, you really need to get familiar with it as it is used very
frequently in the discovery of notes on your fret board.
At first this can be tricky, but don’t give up! The
payoff is huge in regards to mastering your fret board. Once you
have all the scale steps identified in the G chord, start moving on to your
other open chords. Remember that you must use the associated major scale
with the chord that you are analyzing. For instance, if you are analyzing
a C major chord, you must use a C major scale. If you are analyzing an A
minor chord, you must use an A major scale. Don’t forget that the major
scale is our cornerstone for all analysis when it comes to music. We
refer to it frequently, so it’s extremely important that you know it inside and
out. Once you master this technique you are going to start looking at chords
in a totally different way and it will truly empower your playing abilities.
Now go rock some new chords!
Click here to receive free
videos on right and left hand techniques and exercises that will quickly boost
your guitar playing ability.
Building
Seventh Chords
There is an expression that says, “Give a man a fish and he
eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.” That
is to say , if I show you a chord and show you where to put your fingers on
what frets, you could memorize the chord easily. But if I show you how to
assemble chords from scratch, then I enable you for years to come. There
are literally thousands of chords. So it’s your choice: memorize each
chord or learn a method of assembling them and save yourself hundreds of hours.
How cool would it be if I could show you how to
make a seventh chord out of every chord that you already know instead of having
to memorize hundreds of chords, effectively doubling or tripling your chord
vocabulary in one night? If your answer was anything close to “Super- uber -mega-cool !!!, ” then HANG ON,
because we are getting ready to rock!
As a rule, shortcuts typically “cut” some stuff out and
often times “short” you of the full picture. But you know that already,
and that’s why you are studying so diligently. So digesting this
information, understanding the concept and putting it into practice may take
extra time up front (the long way), but I promise you it won’t take you nearly
the amount of time it would take you to memorize a few hundred new chords (the
“shortcut”).
The definition of a seventh chord is a chord
consisting of
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