Guitar Chord

Hi,

Today I like to explain a little bit about the major Scale relatively to the minor scale.

Dont you guys know that there are 2 scales thats the same? I mean one major scale that similar to one minor scale. It has guys. believe. For instants let me tell you that G major scale is similar to E minor scale. and also D major and B minor. F major and D minor, C major and A minor

But how this things happens?

As a principal there are 7 notes in natural major scale. For easy reference lets use the scale of C. THe notes contain in the scale of C are:

C D E F G A Aand B

and the scale of A minor is: A B C D E F and G. if you can see the 2 scales has the same note, so it is similar. The only different is the starting note C and A both for C scale and A minor scale respectively.

I give you some other scales that similar:
C# and B flat minor scale.
D and B minor scale.
D# and C minor scale
E and C# minor scale.
F and D minor scale.
F# and D# minor scale.
G and E minor scale.
G# and F minor scale.
A and F# minor scale.
B flat and G minor scale.
B and G# minor scale.

So for me it this thing help us to remember either the major or minor chords. Its similar.

Have fun.

Hi,

Actually there 3 types of minor scale, namely:
1. natural minor
2. Harmonic minor; and
3. Melodic.

As a good guitarist we need to know three of them. Because the more song we want to play the more scales we need to know. Better we start to learn the Natural minor. May be you read my previous post that each scale has 7 notes. same goes to this Natural minor scale has 7 notes.

The question begins. What are the notes we need to use. Let see the pattern of natural minor:
1. W - H - W - W - H - W - W; or
2. 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 2;
3. T - S - T - T - S - T - T

Let us take a note to start constructing the scale using the above mentioned pattern. The note B might be a good example: it will be: B - C# - D - E - F# - G - A. Or what we can say:

B is the 1st note
C# is the 2nd note
D is the 3rd note
E is the 4th note
F# is the 5th note
G is the 6th note.
A is the 7th note.

Maybe you can study the pattern and construct the natural minor scale starts from the other note. We learnt the B natural minor scale. Just and idea given try to construct the C natural minor, then raise it a half tone to C# natural minor, then raise it another half tone.. and so on. you will get it, familiarise it.

But dont forget to do it using the alternate picking.

Thank you

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Focus on the music.

Beginning guitar students tend to watch their hands instead of the music. This usually happens when theyre close to having a piece of music memorized. As their confidence in the song grows, they tend to watch their fingers, look up to see where they are, and then get lost.

Dont practice mistakes.

Listen to yourself perform the song and watch for trouble spots. While I dont advocate watching your hands, I also dont advocate never looking at them. If youve made a mistake, stop, look at your hands and reposition your fingers. Narrow down the trouble area, and slowly and deliberately play through the passage several times. Dont try to speed up until you can play that section perfectly.

Dont go too long without listening to the song.

With You Tube, DVDs, CDs and iTunes available, theres no reason to not have a recording of the song youre trying to play. Listen and/or watch so youre sure you understand what the song is supposed to sound like. Its best to do that when youre not trying to play along. Youll be surprised at what repeated listening can do for you. It helps develop your ear and lots of times youll hear things you missed when you listened earlier.

Play the song for you guitar teacher so you can gauge your progress.

I have students question why I make them play what theyre working on, and the answer is quite simple. We want to correct mistakes, check fingering, and hear how things are progressing. When I took up banjo playing after years of concentrating on guitar, I made the mistake of trying to learn a song I didnt have a recording for. I practiced it for months, then when I tried to play it with others it turned out that I was adding extra notes. I actually quit playing the song for several months and concentrated on listening to the recording when I wasnt trying to practice the banjo. Only after I could visualize how the song went did I go back and re-learn it.

Diagram:

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Hi,

I still want to write more about the major scale. Hence, today I am very happy coz my friend namely Ponco Satrio. A very good guitarist originally from Indonesia willing to share his video regarding the E major scale classical style.



Look how firm his picking and fingering. Maybe some of you feel this video quite fast. Then you should try to play it slowly.

Anyway. Thanks to my friend Ponch(Ponco Satrio)

The melodic minor scale usually being and use for the genre like jazz and funk. Its really cool if we can apply it and making very beautiful sound.

THe melodic minor also has seven notes if we compare it to the natural and harmonic minor. The different between the Natural and Melodic minor scale is the 6th and 7th note is raised by half tone. Lets take the G minor melodic scale for example.

1st note: G
2nd Note: A
3rd Note: Bflat
4th Note: C
5th Note: D
6th Note: E(In natural minor scale it is Dsharp)
7th note: Fsharp(In natural minor scale is F)

THis will make the tabulation like this:
E - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -
B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
D - - - - - - - - - 2-4-5- -
A - - - - -3-5-6- - - - - -
E -3-5-6- - - - - - - - - -

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The circle of fifths. What is it, why would I use it.

As you travel on your musical journey youll certainly read or hear about the circle of fifths. Its a learning tool that helps you remember several important concepts. There are many examples on the internet, just Google circle of fifths. The circle teaches you key signatures, how many sharps or flats are in each key, which chords go together, and the relative minor chords. Going clockwise around the circle you learn the sharp  # keys,  going counterclockwise you learn the flat b keys. This helps you learn how to play in different scales. The letters around the top can also help you remember what the 3 main chords are in each scale. Pick a letter, then go clockwise 1 and counterclockwise 1 to get the 3 chords that are most common.

Relative Minors.

No, theyre not your young children. Every scale has 2 letters that use the name number of sharps or flats. So C Major and A Minor have the same number, in this case zero, of sharps or flats. To play either one you just start on the first letter and then go through the 7 letters we use in music until it comes back around. For example: C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C is the C Major Scale while A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A is the relative minor.

How is this useful?

By knowing which chords go with which scales you can learn songs more quickly. The other advantage is that it will help you follow along when practicing or jamming with other musicians. This is just a brief explanation, so if youd like to explore the circle further, do some research or have your guitar teacher go over it with you. It can definitely make figuring songs out a lot easier.