You don't really mean G# do you, Scrybe? :shock: You can't! There's no key signature for G# - It contains 8 sharps including a double sharp. That's w...
It's a KEY SIGNATURE (or part of one). It refers to all notes on whichever line or space it's on PLUS all octaves of that note above or below.For exam...
This idea that the modes are "modes of the major scale" is a modern re-interpretation of the modes that, modally speaking, completely misses the point...
The Modes were around well before scales were, so they could maybe be called the pre-cursor's to scales. I guess your girlfriend's father hasn't kept...
A huge section of what he was telling me about was Bach's 48 scales and his composition for each of the 48 scales. Trying to point out to me that B# a...
Just pointing out a mistake - In the second last bar, the second "1" should be a "2". (on string 3)
Scrybe's right (as usual :D ) - Some of those are just embellishments of the A7 chord. He's adding non-chord tones and using them as passing chords b...
So why :G chord family is : G, Am, C, D Why don't we take Bm, Em ....? But we DO.When someone told you that the "G family" consists of G, Am, C &...
I'm with Alan on this one. I think most beginners would give up if they had to learn barre chords from the start. IMO, the advantages of seeing how th...
There's only a problem with the sus label if you try to explain it in terms of the classical suspension. It has as little connection with a classical...
And you're right, Chambers doesn't define Power Chord either; but then it doesn't need to because there are so many other ways of describing what's go...
Britannica also makes no mention of a suspended chord. I'm not surprised. I've never thought of 'suspended chord' (unlike suspension) as an 'officia'l...
Open A flat tuning - Ab C Eb Ab C Eb
One thing i don't get, if you are going from C Ionian to F Lydian; who is to say the tonal center hasn't changed, they both share the same key right? ...
In about 20 years of serious piano study, I was never required to learn fingerings for modes. I've never taken guitar lessons, so I don't know where ...