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Guitar Theory

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Related: Guitar Learning Plan for structured practice, Music Rhythm for rhythm theory

Strings on Guitar

In guitar we have 6 scales, usually we can rhymes it with this, it go from the thinniest (bottom/1st) to the thicker (top/6th)

e ddie
B ye
G ood
D ynamite
A te
E ddie

Music Notes

Music uses 12 notes, often we have higher than the base, we called it crash (#) or lower than the base, we called it . So A# would be equal to B.

  • 1 Fret in guitar would increase 1 semitones (A → A#)
  • B and E doesn’t have # version!!!
A - A# - B - C - C# - D - D# - E - F - F# - G - G# - A (Higher octave)

In piano, this is the major scale formula, in piano, half step = play the next key (white or black)

Whole - Whole - Half - Whole - Whole - Whole - Half

Building Blocks

Scales

Ordered set of notes. Starts from the Character up to 7

  • C Major = C D E F G A B
  • A Major = A B C D E F G

Chords

Group of notes (often uses 3+ from a scale) played together

Major Chords

Often Use 1st + 3rd + 5th notes of the scale

  • C major Scale
    • C (1) + E (3) + G(5)

Minor Chords

Often Use 1st + flat 3rd + 5th

  • A minor Scale
    • A(1) + C(flat) + E(5)

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