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Basic Music Theory
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:40 am
by Chops Malone
Here is some music theory. It's pretty basic, but it really helped me once I memorized this stuff.
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Chromatic Notes
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A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab
Major Scale formula
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Whole Whole Half Whole Whole Whole Half
Minor Scale formula
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Whole Half Whole Whole Half Whole Whole
Notes
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key I ii iii IV V vi vii
A A B C# D E F# G#
B B C# D# E F# G# A#
C C D E F G A B
D D E F# G A B C#
E E F# G# A B C# D#
F F G A Bb C D E
G G A B C D E F#
Major Triads
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Key 1st 3rd 5th
A A C# E
B B D# F#
C C E G
D D F# A
E E G# B
F F A C
G G B D
I-IV-V Progressions
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Key I IV V
A A D E
B B E F#
C C F G
D D G A
E E A B
F F Bb C
G G C D
Re: Basic Music Theory
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:15 pm
by Chops Malone
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Interval Names
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P1 Perfect Unison
m2 Minor Second
M2 Major Second
m3 Minor Third
M3 Major Third
P4 Perfect Fourth
P5 Perfect Fifth
m6 Minor Sixth
M6 Major Sixth
m7 Minor Seventh
M7 Major Seventh
P8 Perfect Octave
Scale Degrees
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1st I Tonic
2nd ii Supertonic
3rd iii Mediant
4th IV Subdominant
5th V Dominant
6th vi Submediant
7th vii Leadimg
8th I Tonic (octave higher)
Chord Construction
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Major I III V
Major 7 I III V VII
Augmented I III #V
Minor I bIII V
Minor 7 I bIII V bVII
Diminished I bIII bV
Key Signatures (sharps)
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key quantity I ii iii IV V vi vii
C 0 sharps C D E F G A B
G 1 sharp G A B C D E F#
D 2 sharps D E F# G A B C#
A 3 sharps A B C# D E F# G#
E 4 sharps E F# G# A B C# D#
B 5 sharps B C# D# E F# G# A#
F# 6 sharps F# G# A# B C# D# E#
C# 7 sharps C# D# E# F# G# A# B#
Key Signatures (flats)
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key quantity I ii iii IV V vi vii
C 0 flats C D E F G A B
F 1 flat F G A Bb C D E
Bb 2 flats Bb C D Eb F G A
Eb 3 flats Eb F G Ab Bb C D
Ab 4 flats Ab Bb C Db Eb F G
Db 5 flats Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C
Gb 6 flats Gb Ab Bb Cb Db E Fb
Cb 7 flats Cb Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bb
Re: Basic Music Theory
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:18 pm
by Chops Malone
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Guitar Fretboard Notes
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
E || F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E |
B || C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B |
G || G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G |
D || D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D |
A || A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A |
E || F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E |
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E |
B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B |
G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G |
D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D |
A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A |
E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E |
Re: Basic Music Theory
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:31 am
by Chops Malone
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A minor Pentatonic
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Fretboard
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Re: Basic Music Theory
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:31 am
by Chops Malone
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Movable chord shapes
(also called Barre chords)
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Key:
1 - first finger
2 - second finger
3 - third finger
4 - fourth finger
This means lay your first finger down across all of the frets:
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
This means do not play (mute) the strings with the X:
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X
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6TH STRING ROOT SHAPES
(root note is under the first finger on the 6th string)
Major
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | 2 | | |
| 1 | | 4 | |
| 1 | | 3 | |
| 1 | | | |
minor
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | 4 | |
| 1 | | 3 | |
| 1 | | | |
7
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | |(4)|
| 1 | 2 | | |
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | 3 | |
| 1 | | | |
Major 7
X | | | |
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X | | | |
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minor 7
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| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | 3 | |
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5TH STRING ROOT SHAPES
(root note is under the first finger on the 5th string)
note: do not play the 6th string (low E)
Major
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | 3 | |
| 1 | | 3 | |
| 1 | | 3 | |
| 1 | | | |
X | | | |
minor
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | 2 | | |
| 1 | | 4 | |
| 1 | | 3 | |
| 1 | | | |
X | | | |
7
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| 1 | | 4 | |
| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | 3 | |
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X | | | |
Major 7
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| 1 | | 4 | |
| 1 | 2 | | |
| 1 | | 3 | |
| 1 | | | |
X | | | |
minor 7
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| 1 | | | |
| 1 | | 3 | |
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