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Time Signatures (Music Theory For The Guitarist)
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Note Values
In music notation, a note value indicates the relative duration of a note, using the color or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence or absence of flags/beams/hooks. A rest indicates a silence of an equivalent duration. Discover how to read them in music notation in this lesson.
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Diminished 7th Chords
In most sheet music books, Cdim or C° denotes a diminished seventh chord with root C. Some modern jazz books and some music theory literature use Cdim or C° to denotes diminished chord, while Cdim7 or C°7 denotes a diminished seventh chord. A diminished 7th chord is comprised of a diminished triad ( is a…
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Basic Intervals: Half and Whole Steps
Basic Intervals: Half and Whole Steps – The distance between two tones is termed an interval. The smallest intervals are those of half and whole steps. These occur between adjacent letter names on the staff. On the white keys of the piano, there is a half step between E-F and B-C. Between all of the other letters, there…