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Alfred’s Essentials of Music Theory CD-ROM offers a concise lesson sequence, interactive exercises, ear training (with real acoustic instruments) and unit reviews for complete learning comprehension. A complete Glossary of all the terms and symbols is included, with spoken pronunciations and visual and aural examples. Minimum Requirements: Windows 95B/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Pentium processor or equivalent 32 MB RAM 22 MB of hard disk space Soundcard 640 X 480 display, 16-bit (Hi Color) 4x CD-ROM Drive Mappable Network Volume (NETWORK version only) PowerPC processor Mac OS 8.x 32 MB RAM 22 MB of hard disk space 640 X 480 display, thousands of colors 4x CD-ROM drive (for EDU and STUDENT versions) Mappable Network Volume (NETWORK version only)

Alfred’s Essentials of Music Theory 2.0: Lessons-Ear Training-Assessment: Complete

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Happy Traum continues his hands-on exploration of basic music theory, providing essential knowledge that every guitarist needs to become a more skillful, fully-rounded player. This DVD is packed with invaluable information. You ll learn moveable three- and four-string chord shapes that can be played anywhere, in any key, up and down the fretboard, along with the basic chord progressions that bring these shapes into practical application. By understanding the degrees of the scale and where the notes of each chord can be found, you can use them to build arrangements and improvisations for any song. In addition, you ll learn scales and chords in major and minor keys; transposing from one key to another; using harmonized scales; building chord progressions; and learning other skills based on your new understanding of how the guitar works. As you work through this course you ll gain new insights into your guitar and how the strings, frets, scales and chords all fit together in a logical, easy-to-grasp system.

The Happy Traum Guitar Method #2-Basic Theory That Every Guitarist Should Know

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There’s not a great deal of theory connected with blues guitar but there certainly is a lot of discussion and a great deal of misunderstanding. Let’s start with taking a look at blues in the key of E. Some guitarists assume that the basic scale for playing blues music in this key would be the E minor pentatonic with flattened fifth. Your chords would be E, A and B or I IV and V. The fact is that most blues guitar players use a mixture of scales when they play solos. The Mixolydian scale is similar to the major scale but unlike the major scale, it has a flattened seventh. The thing to remember with the Mixolydian is that the root note is the fifth note of the key you are playing in. So if you are playing in the key of E the Mixolydian scale starts at B. You can get some understanding of how to use the Mixolydian scale in blues improvisation by playing the major scale a perfect fifth below the chord you are playing. So to use the Mixolydian over an A chord you play the D major scale, but beginning with the note A. It’s really better to approach the blues through playing rather than theorizing. Once you are able to play basic twelve bar blues using the minor pentatonic scale, you should learn some turnarounds. The turnaround is the bit at the end of the twelve bars that sets you up for the next verse. Start by trying to imitate what you hear on records. Even if you think your solos don’t sound very good, you will be amazed at how much better they sound once you have mastered a few turnarounds. Another thing you need to learn the blues is to listen. Not just in the way we usually listen to music, but as a part of your guitar practice. Half an hour or so of listening to the great blues guitarists will soon make itself felt in your playing. When you are learning the art of improvisation you can play single notes on a guitar or you can play chords. For a solo guitar player there’s a choice between playing an improvised solo over a chord progression or you can play single note melody accompanied by base notes on open bass strings. Playing a single note tune accompanied by bass notes on one or two open strings helps train your ear and, with regular practice, gives you the knack of letting the notes follow each other under your guidance. The intensity of performing with other musicians in front of an audience often kills the most valuable quality an improvising guitarist can develop – the ability to listen to and respond to the music that the singer, bass player, drummer and rhythm guitarist are making.

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This pack gives essential instruction on open chords, barre chords, power chords, strumming; scales, rhythm playing, the blues, and moveable chord shapes. It includes inversions, ‘color’ chords, practice tips, chord charts, songs, and progressions.

Guitar Basics: Essential Chords, Scales, Rhythms and Theory

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After decades of dedicated music study… 17 years of teaching music… over a dozen best selling music books and DVDs, expert musician and educator Mark John Sternal has created a guitar theory method that simplifies the foundations and structure for playing, writing and understanding music for the guitarist. Easy Guitar Theory DVD contains all you need to know about music theory on the guitar. It is presented in a progressive, easy to follow format that will be cherished by complete beginners to dedicated professionals.

A must for every guitarist!

PLAYING LEVEL: All (even if you can only play 1 note)

STRUCTURE:
Notation
Intervals
Melody
Harmony
Triads

BONUS FEATURES:
Ear training and sight reading exercises for melody, harmony and triads.
Key Changes
Chord Extensions
Circle of Fifths

EASY GUITAR THEORY DVD – Play, Write and Understand Music Theory for Guitar

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This book contains concepts of music theory presented in such a way as to be easily understood by guitarists. All of the concepts are presented sequentially in an easy-to-follow formant using the guitar fingerboard as the visual tool. Contents include: scales, key signatures, intervals, chord construction and voicing, harmonizing melodies, chord embellishment and substitution, modes, cadences, augmented sixth chords, quartal harmony, and more. Using this book, guitarists will be able to unravel the mysteries of music theory and realize that the concepts are not so mysterious after all.

Mel Bay Fingerboard Theory for Guitar A Music Theory Text for Guitarists

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This book is designed to help guide a beginning music theory dialogue between instructor and student in private one-on-one lessons. Six areas of beginning music theory are covered. The major scale, the natural minor scale, intervals, triads, seventh chords and harmonized major and minor scales. Fingerings, intervallic structures and note names are also diagrammed in each chapter. It is highly recommended that this book is used in the course of study with a professional bass instructor, though many players have found the book to be useful in self-study. A good bass teacher will help explain and demonstrate theory concepts in a live setting and also shed additional light in terms of alternate fingerings, ear training and gaining full technical mastery of theory concepts across the entire fingerboard

Mel Bay presents Essential Music Theory for Electric Bass

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(Plenty in stock! Ignore the “1 used & new.”) For intermediate to advanced guitar players. Download a FREE 25 page preview at http://Guitar-Music-Theory.com (copy and past this URL into your browser’s address bar). Fretboard Theory by Desi Serna covers music theory from a guitarist’s perspective including scales, chords, progressions, modes and more. Hands-on approach to theory gives you total command of the fretboard and music’s most critical elements by visualizing shapes, patterns and how they connect. Content includes: How to learn and practice Pentatonic and Major scale patterns. Guitar CAGED chord inversions and arpeggio patterns. Chord progressions and playing by numbers (Nashville Number System). Roots, keys and applying scales. Understanding music modes and modal scales such as Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian. Playing and using intervals including thirds, fifths and sixths. Adding extensions such as “add 9,” “suspended 4,” and “major 7.” Not only does Fretboard Theory teach music theory in a refreshing new manner, but it takes things a step farther by associating everything to your favorite songs. This is the ONLY GUITAR THEORY RESOURCE that includes important details to hundreds of popular songs. Pop, rock, acoustic, blues, metal and more! This new generation of guitar instruction is perfect whether you want to jam, compose or just understand the music you play better. For acoustic and electric guitar players. At 9×12 and 150 pages, Fretboard Theory includes twice the content of ordinary books. Taught by guitar theory teacher Desi Serna who has other guitar books and DVD programs available at Amazon.

Fretboard Theory – Learn Guitar Theory, Scales, Chords, Progressions, Modes, Song Details and More. Music Theory Lessons For Acoustic and Electric Guitar.

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• Pentatonic Patterns
• Pentatonic Technique
• Pentatonic Songs
• Pentatonic Theory
• Pentatonic Improvisation

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Plenty in stock! Ignore the “1 used & new.” This video program is intended for beginner to intermediate students. You can download a free preview at http://Guitar-Music-Theory.com (copy and past this URL into your browser’s address bar). The Pentatonic Scale is one of the most common scales in all of popular music. It’s used to play melodies, riffs, lead guitar solos and bass lines. Learn the five pentatonic patterns plus technique such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, bends and alternate picking. Other topics covered include covering the whole fretboard, major and minor tonalities, application, improvisation, theory and popular songs. Getting Started with the Pentatonic Scale DVD is taught by veteran teacher and internet publisher Desi Serna, of Toledo, Ohio, who is the author of Fretboard Theory, How to Make Money Teaching Guitar and CAGED Template Chord System DVD. Desi is also owner and manager of both DesiSerna.com and Guitar-Music-Theory.com (where you can download free e-books and video previews).

Getting Started with the Pentatonic Scale Guitar DVD. Learn Patterns, Technique, Songs, Application and Theory.

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Guitarists of all levels will find a wealth of practical music knowledge in this special book and CD package. Veteran guitarist and author Tom Kolb dispels the mysteries of music theory using plain and simple terms and diagrams. The accompanying CD provides 94 tracks of music examples, scales, modes, chords, ear training, and much more!

Music Theory for Guitarists: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

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