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Why should we bother to learn music theory? Can't we just play "from the heart" like our heroes? No. Because however much we might enjoy the romantic notion of the rock star melting hearts and minds with a battered Les Paul being played through a blazing Marshall, there are certain building blocks needed in order to make sense of the music.
The piano keyboard, how we name notes, and the major scale in Western music.
Accidental notes, the sharps and flats...
The importance of practice, and how to do it.
Google Search: The Pomodoro technique - Effective practice for musicians
Intervals are the musical spaces or steps between two tones. Understanding and recognising intervals in the major scale are a real help in constructing chords, scales, or anything else in our strange little guitar world.
(note: I'm still not sure why I thought the Carpenters example would work)
Constructing the major scale and using it to move around the neck.
Coming soon...
"Positions" on the board. First position, third position, etc.
Scale exercises. Not as dull as it sounds.
Mapping the fingerboard - Octave shapes, fourth, fith, and the B string problem.
What is a chord?
Constructing chords from the major scale.
The third interval - moving from Major to Minor.
The Minor scale. Time to get Bluesy for Greeny.
Pentatonica. Eight minus three = five (seven minus two = five*). The true foundation of Rock (inc. the Blue Note).
* Why did I say this? Because the Major scale is really seven notes plus the octave (8ve).
The concept of CAGED using the pentatonic scale.
Extending CAGED with the Major scale, the Minor scale, and Triads.
Relative Major and Minor chords and scales.
Extending the boxes laterally.
Why the Blues matters, and practicing with the greats.
Chord inversions.
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