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Rhythm
Rhythm is the duration of time that the note is sounded or a variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or other events. Standard music notation contains rhythmic information and is adapted specifically for drums and percussion instruments. The drums are generally used to keep other instruments in ‘time’. They do…
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The C Major seventh Chord in Open Position
C Major seventh (formally C major/major seventh, also know as Cmaj7, CM7): Formula: root, major third, perfect fifth, major seventh
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Down On The Corner by CCR
Difficulty: Easy This one is not too hard to play, just pay attention to rests.
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My Generation by The Who
My Generation is played in 4/4 time at fast 189 bps (beats per second). Below is the guitar parts and John Entwistle’s bass parts to the intro, verse and chorus.
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Greed by Godsmack
Difficulty: Intermediate This tune uses drop D tuning. In the recording all six strings are tuned down a further full step: C,G,C,F,A,D. So if you want to play along with the original recording, first tune down a full step and then drop you Low E string down another full step. I imagine they use a…
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“Barracuda” by Heart
Difficulty: Intermediate
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A6 Barred
A 6th chord is a chord where a major triad and the additional sixth interval is major (major sixth chord). For example, a major sixth chord built on C (denoted by C6, or CM6) consists of the notes C, E, G, and the added major sixth A . These are the same notes as those…
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Needle And The Damage Done by Neil Young
Composer – Neil Young Where to find this song – Harvest track # 9 Release Date – February 1972 The Bio: After Neil Young left the folk-rock band Buffalo Springfield in 1968, he slowly established himself as one of the most influential singer/songwriters of his generation. Young’s body of work is much like Bob Dylan’s…
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Moving Scale Shapes
There is a big difference between a scale pattern and the actual scale. The actual scale is only 5 notes. When we are learning scale patterns we are learning the location of the notes from the scale as they appear on the fretboard. The same 5 notes repeat themselves over and over on the guitar’s fretboard. What we need…
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The Five Basic Chord Shapes
The five basic chord shapes are open C, A, G, E, and D chords. Together they spell the word CAGED which helps us remember them. What To Do This is your very first step! If you do not know how to play these 5 basic chords then you should learn and memorize each chord pattern.…