How to approach scales
by Amber | Oct 25, 2016 | Music Theory | 1 comment
Hi Mike, When I improvise, or play with others in a band setting and im asked to solo / jam or come up with a melody to something I always start with finding the key , and then playing the respective pentatonic scale over it. What I then do is listen to the music and...Composing Chord Progressions
by Mike | Oct 8, 2016 | Music Theory | 0 comments
Hi Guitarists Forming Chord progressions is an easy process when generating progressions in the same key. All you need to know is which chords belong to which key and combine them together in any order and voila! You have a chord progression. To find this information...Sore fingers playing guitar
by Jessica | Sep 11, 2016 | General Queries | 1 comment
Hi Mike, I have an acoustic guitar and am a beginner. I find it painful using my left hand fingers to hold down the strings. Any tips on how I can overcome this? Thanks JessMinor Scale Chords
by Mike | Aug 19, 2016 | Music Theory | 0 comments
Hi Guitarists After posting about how Major chords are formed from the Major scales I’ve received requests to do the same thing for Minor scale chords. Natural Minor Let’s us the A Minor (natural) key as an example: The scale of A Minor is A B C D E F G...