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A scale is an ordered set of notes with a home note. Guitarists use scales for melody, improvisation, fingerboard knowledge and technique. The goal is not to play scales faster. The goal is to hear a note before you play …
read and commentA mode is a scale with a home note. The seven modes of the major scale use the same seven notes, but each starts on a different degree, so each has a different tonic, a different interval pattern and a different sound. G …
read and commentTablature is a picture of the fretboard. Six lines stand for the six strings, numbers stand for frets, and the reader moves from left to right. It is the fastest way to learn a guitar part, and it has one large blind spo …
read and commentThis guide assumes that you can name the notes of the treble staff, count quarter and eighth notes, and find the natural notes in open position. It moves from names to relationships: intervals, keys, chords, cadences, an …
read and commentComposition is not a single burst of inspiration. It is a series of small decisions: choose a seed, give it a shape, repeat it with variation, and stop when the idea is complete. This guide gives a working method for a s …
read and commentStandard notation is a two-dimensional map. The vertical axis is pitch and the horizontal axis is time. Guitarists often learn tablature first, and tablature is useful, but it cannot show rhythm exactly and it cannot sho …
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