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Action
Action is the strings’ playablility along the neck. Action is affected by the strings’ distance from the neck, the neck straightness, and string gauge.
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Tempo
The tempo is how fast or slow the song is. It is measured by beats per minute (bpm). 60 bpm is a slow tempo. 130 bpm is moderately fast. 160 bpm is fast.
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Open C Major 7th Chord
Where major and minor triads have 3 different notes, 7th chords have 4. The major seventh chord refers to where the “seventh” note is a major seventh above the root . This is also known as the major/major seventh chord, and it can be written as maj7, M7.
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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…