Subject: Examples of Omit 5 Chords
Examples of Omit 5 Chords
November 30th, 2016 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, Whew! Last day of November! Hard to believe 2016 is almost history. Yesterday, we talked a little about guitar chords that are missing a note that is normally a given - the 5 note. 5 notes are a main component of triads, and all the prima ...
Omitting Notes From Chords
November 29th, 2016 at 8:28 am EDTHey Friend, As I was digging out of the accumulation of email from the weekend, I came across Brad's email with an interesting question about omitting notes from a chord, specifically the fifth note. He says: Got a question for you - how often do you ...
Looking to the Key of A Major
November 28th, 2016 at 10:59 am EDTHey Friend, We flew back home yesterday and for the most part, our trip gave us some nice down time with family. It was good to get away from everything and just veg out - no real schedule or agenda to follow. Even our time in the airports and on the ...
D to C# Diminished Chord Changes
November 27th, 2016 at 8:30 am EDTHey Friend, I think this is my favorite chord training day - chord changes. I love hearing how the two chords (the root or I chord and the chord of the day) interact with each other. The exercises have five systems with different neck locations to pl ...
C# Diminished Barre Chords
November 26th, 2016 at 8:30 am EDTHey Friend, How'd you survive Black Friday? Hopefully unscathed, and maybe a little wiser? I'll keep it brief today, since it's Saturday on a holiday weekend. I know you've got better things to day that pour over email! I put together an exercise fo ...
C# Diminished Positions
November 25th, 2016 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, It's Black Friday - do you have your shopping lists ready? We're completely boycotting shopping this day. Since we're traveling, we'll spend the time with family and friends, rather than get out amongst the craziness. Nope, no lines at 3A ...
Happy Thanksgiving 2016
November 24th, 2016 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, When you get this, I'll likely be in the air, flying back to Ohio for the Thanksgiving holiday. I'm writing to you on Wednesday (speaking to you from the past), since my physical particles won't be in front of a computer tomorrow. Fortun ...
C# Diminished Intro
November 23rd, 2016 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, Well it's a good thing we have a long weekend coming up. When I got home last night, my computer greeted me with a lovely little message telling me my hard drive is failing. DANGER! DANGER, Will Robinson! We're coming up to the end of th ...
B Minor Barres and Chord Changes
November 22nd, 2016 at 8:29 am EDTHey Friend, Today, you can review the B minor barre chord exercises. Like all of the minor barre chords we've looked at so far, you use an open E minor shape for your root 6 barre chords, and you use an A minor shape for the root 5 minor barre chords ...
B Minor in the Key of D Review
November 21st, 2016 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, This is a short work week for many folks here in the States, so the timing is perfect for a review of the mighty B minor chord. We saw it first as the IIIm chord of the key of G major, and here we are again in the key of D with the chord ...