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Altered States: Guitar Fretboard Logic Part VII
Hi Campers. Welcome to the final installment of my series on guitar fretboard logic. Last post, I talked about eleventh and thirteenth chords. At this point, if we extend the major scale any further, we would just be repeating notes.…
Tagged with: altered chords, altered dominant chords, Guitar Fretboard, Music Theory
Posted in Guitar Logic, Music Theory
Posted in Guitar Logic, Music Theory
“To Infinity And Beyond”. . .: Guitar Fretboard Logic Part VI
In my previous post, I began to talk about chords with extended harmony. Extended harmony could be defined as intervals greater than an octave. Last post we talked about ninth chords. With this post we will discuss eleventh and thirteenth…
Tagged with: eleventh chords, Guitar Fretboard, major chord, minor chord, Music Theory, ninth chords, seventh chords, thirteenth chords
Posted in Guitar Logic, Music Theory
Posted in Guitar Logic, Music Theory
“If Two Were Nine . . .”: Guitar Fretboard Logic Part V
Thank you to all those who have stuck through my series of posts explaining my take of guitar fretboard logic. We started with using octave shapes to help in quickly identify the note at any point on the fretboard. We…
Tagged with: Guitar Fretboard, major chord, minor chord, Music Theory, ninth chords, seventh chords
Posted in Guitar Logic, Music Theory
Posted in Guitar Logic, Music Theory
Three Will Get You Four: Guitar Fretboard Logic Part IV
We are continuing our discussion of guitar fretboard harmony. In previous posts, I outlined how you can play a given major chord anywhere along the guitar neck. We then saw how you can convert the major chord into a minor…
Tagged with: Guitar Fretboard, major chord, minor chord, Music Theory, seventh chords
Posted in Guitar Logic, Music Theory
Posted in Guitar Logic, Music Theory
Major To Minor: Guitar Fretboard Logic Part III
In my previous post, I discussed how one can use five interlocking chord shapes to play a given major chord along the entire guitar neck. While currently being referred to as the CAGED system (because the shapes correspond to the…
Tagged with: Guitar Fretboard, major chord, minor chord, Music Theory
Posted in Guitar Logic, Music Theory
Posted in Guitar Logic, Music Theory
“If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home By Now”: Guitar Fretboard Logic Part II
In my previous post, I discussed how one could use octave shapes to learn the notes on the guitar fretboard. I would like to continue by talking about chord shapes. The layout of the fretboard allows you to play a…
Tagged with: chord shapes, Guitar Fretboard, Music Theory
Posted in Guitar Logic, Improvisation, Music Theory
Posted in Guitar Logic, Improvisation, Music Theory
“Where The Heck Are We?”: Guitar Fretboard Logic Part I
There’s nothing like trying to explain basic concepts of the guitar to a beginner to help you clarify your own musical thought processes. This is the case as I try to show my nephew some stuff on guitar. I’ve been…
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