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Guitar Theory Practice and Exercises
Watch my Music Theory guitar lesson video.
This lesson shows basic guitar music theory concepts in relation to playing in key using the Circle of 5ths and getting out of playing in the "box" structure. Major, Minor and Pentatonic scale construction will be discussed in various positions on the neck. We'll look at classifying, and composing music and the elements of guitar music in terms of writing your own songs. Basically, we'll discuss the study of guitar music, how it's played and how everything fits together.
Basic Theory is Necessary
Have you ever learned something new on the guitar but had no idea what to do with it? Many guitarists suffer from this ailment and most instructional materials do little to remedy the problem. You can buy a chord or scale book at your local music store and learn some new shapes and patterns, but rarely do these books explain what these components actually do or how they ought to be applied. Without knowledge of how something functions it's pretty much useless. This is why theory is necessary.
Scales, Chords, Progressions and More
Music can be approached and studied from many different angels. You can study notation, technique, rhythms, scales, chord construction and so on. While all musical topics are interesting and have their benefits, scales, chords and progressions top the list of must-knows. All guitarists, beginner through advanced, strum chords, follow progressions, and play melodies, riffs, solos and bass lines with scales.
Chord Theory
Chord theory consists of how chords are built. We'll use the major and minor keys of the Circle of 5ths using a I-ii-iii-IV-V-vi-dim7 chord structure system. Chords are built from scales. Scale degrees and major and minor third intervals, are combined to make major and minor chords. The notes of these chords are scattered throughout a pattern that covers the whole fretboard. Break this pattern up into five pieces and something familiar emerges.
These are some of the ideas and topics we can discuss in regards to your guitar playing development.
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