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| 6 Things Most Guitar Players Don't Understand About Music Theory, rating: 8.2 |
| Here are some of the major roadblocks that can delay or completely stop your understanding of music theory, together with some suggestion on how to get rid of them. POSTED: 05/13/2013 - 09:57 am |
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| Can Music Theory Improve Your Songwriting, rating: 10 |
| Music Theory can be a divisive topic for some guitar players. But in this article, I'll explore how applying music theory can successfully improve upon you initial ideas and enhance your creativity. POSTED: 05/07/2013 - 08:40 am |
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| Why Such Reliance on Stale Harmonic Sequences, rating: 10 |
| In this article, I will attempt to summarize a crisis in popular music at this time: the lack of advancement in harmony utilized within the music of every single current major genre. POSTED: 04/18/2013 - 08:49 am |
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| Writing Snare Drum Music, rating: 10 |
| How I write snare music. It can also fit with other instruments I suppose. POSTED: 03/14/2013 - 05:20 am |
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| Bridge Or Bridge Extension For Picking Hand Support, rating: 4 |
| An improvement to the picking hand support has been made. POSTED: 03/14/2013 - 05:12 am |
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| Are You Suppressing Your Inner Speed Demon, rating: 10 |
| Tap into your speed-ego and unleash the fury! POSTED: 02/26/2013 - 08:42 am |
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| The Talk Part 1 - Band Members, rating: 2.3 |
| Something I decided to do its like a talk show. POSTED: 01/18/2013 - 06:38 am |
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| What Voice Do You Use For Your Lyrics, rating: 8.2 |
| Advice on how to write your lyrics using different voices (or modes). POSTED: 01/04/2013 - 04:09 am |
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| Fretboard: Introduction, rating: 10 |
| I've been asked a few times to breakdown the fretboard for beginning guitar players. POSTED: 12/20/2012 - 07:22 am |
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| How To Enhance Your Musical Self-Expression Skills Using Music Theory, rating: 9.6 |
| Do you currently have the skills to express all of your thoughts and emotions clearly with your guitar playing and music? Can you make others feel what you feel when you play guitar? POSTED: 11/28/2012 - 08:43 am |
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| Modal Scale Interpretations Pt. 2, rating: 7 |
| This series of posts shows how the modal scales can be interpreted into different scales. They do not exist in theory but are good to use. POSTED: 11/01/2012 - 11:15 am |
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| Eight Ways To Compose Music More Effectively, rating: 10 |
| Suffering from writers block can be one of the most frustrating aspects of composing music, especially when you are working towards a deadline. This article contains a few suggestions on how to compose music more effectively. POSTED: 09/27/2012 - 11:13 am |
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| 432Hz: Crazy Theory Or Crazy Fact, rating: 6.2 |
| This article stems from a 3 month 'experiment' of a sort and a conclusion to a few drunken nights research into the subject: 432hz as a standard tuning reference, and is it actually better or worse than the standard 440hz. If I had some glasses, I'd called them the Speculation Spectacles and then start reading this. POSTED: 08/20/2012 - 10:09 am |
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| Songwriting - A Matter Of Perspective, rating: 8 |
| Today, we will be looking at some possible narrative modes, such as their up- und downsides. POSTED: 08/03/2012 - 08:57 am |
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| Crazy Stuff To Do With Pentatonic Scales, rating: 9.7 |
| For guitarists, the pentatonic scale is like a hammer. It's a simple, essential, and elegant tool with lots of common uses. POSTED: 07/27/2012 - 08:41 am |
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| What Scale Is This?, rating: 7.4 |
| I've written this article to address one of our our most common questions - "what scale is this?". POSTED: 07/23/2012 - 03:41 pm |
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| Modal Scale Interpretations Pt. 1, rating: 6 |
| Essentially some strange scales interpreted from the modal scales that could be used. POSTED: 07/19/2012 - 08:51 am |
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| The Modes Made Simple, rating: 3.8 |
| Are you confused about modes? So is everyone! There seems to be a whole industry built around mystifying even the most experienced guitar players. POSTED: 06/08/2012 - 07:53 am |
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| Understanding Harmony. Part 1, rating: 9.9 |
| Most people use their ear to find a harmony which is cool and all, but when you understand the theory it will open a bunch of new doors to possibility. POSTED: 05/15/2012 - 03:45 am |
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| The Importance Of Dissonance, rating: 7.3 |
| Expanded lesson from my guitar teacher with attempt to explain the basic necessity for dissonance and diversion from diatonics in modern music. POSTED: 05/04/2012 - 05:14 am |
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| Traids And Arpeggios Plain And Simple Written For Bass Can Be Applied To Guitar, rating: 1 |
| A brief explaination of triads and arpeggios, major and minor and a look at the most common major scale, and the most common minor. POSTED: 04/13/2012 - 03:18 am |
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| Knowing The Notes On The Guitar Fingerboard , rating: 8.2 |
| there are several ways to memorize notes on the guitar finger board. I've seen many students looking for a simpler and faster way to do so. I've discovered a simple formula which helps you to know all the notes on the guitar fret board in no time! POSTED: 04/02/2012 - 04:36 am |
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| Capo Conversion Made Easy, rating: 7 |
| Before you start reading this, I assume that you have little or absolutely zero knowledge about the topic. Well if you are not, you might want to stop right here because you probably have already learned it and perhaps you are very much better than me. POSTED: 01/17/2012 - 02:45 am |
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| 5 Tips For Using The Guitar Intervals In Your Advantage , rating: 0 |
| Although being a basic part of music, guitar intervals are very important when it comes to guitar playing because they are the basic measurement concerning any chord, scale and arpeggio. In this article I want to talk about a set of useful techniques that can make your guitar playing more creative and fun for both you and your audience. POSTED: 12/08/2011 - 02:35 am |
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| The Neapolitan Chord. Part 1, rating: 9.2 |
| Learn what a Neapolitan chord is and how it functions. POSTED: 12/05/2011 - 03:36 am |
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| 3 Ways To Use The Entire Pentatonic Scale Diagram Into Your Advantage, rating: 10 |
| Almost all guitarists usually start learning to play the acoustic or electric guitar after watching a great guitarist soloing. For that reason all of us want to begin composing awesome solos as we get passed the beginning level of studying. POSTED: 12/01/2011 - 03:35 am |
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| The Foundation Of Voice Leading 3rds 6ths, rating: 9.7 |
| Getting your foot in the door to seeing every triad on the fretboard, and how to move between them as efficiently and gracefully as possible. POSTED: 10/03/2011 - 03:49 am |
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| Pitch Axis Theory, rating: 9.3 |
| After a brief introduction to modes, I will explain The Pitch Axis Theory which isn't very well-known but quite fun to use. I came to it while learning to play some songs by my favourite guitarrist, Joe Satriani and if your level is intermediate-advanced, you might find it interesting. To end up the lesson, I'll show you an analysis of the song ''Not of this Earth'' from the same artist. POSTED: 09/01/2011 - 04:14 am |
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| Should I Learn Music Theory?, rating: 9.1 |
| A short article which discusses this topic without going into too much detail about the subject itself. Through use of analogies I have explained how I think of understanding music theory as it relates to any instrument. Hopefully this article will inspire student's to spend some time working on music theory to help them develop their voice on the instrument. POSTED: 07/22/2011 - 04:21 am |
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| Altered Chords: Progressively Altering The Dominant, rating: 10 |
| An in depth look at Altered Dominants and what to play over them. POSTED: 06/10/2011 - 03:44 am |
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