Theory - Guitar Lesson World https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/tag/theory/ Play better with free online guitar lessons. Sat, 29 May 2021 10:31:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-guitarlessonworldlogo-whitebackground-1-32x32.jpg Theory - Guitar Lesson World https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/tag/theory/ 32 32 AP-007 Why are chords major or minor? https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/blog/askpatmac/why-are-chords-major-or-minor/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/blog/askpatmac/why-are-chords-major-or-minor/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2016 04:01:40 +0000 https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/?p=1725 Question Why are chords called major chords or minor chords? ~Tony Answer Major and minor chords have a difference in one particular note, the third.  Let’s look at how it gets that name through a [...]

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]]> https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/blog/askpatmac/why-are-chords-major-or-minor/feed/ 2 Chord Construction https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/chord-construction/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/chord-construction/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:45:29 +0000 http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/2016/?p=153 This is a complete guide to chord contruction with simple rules that broke me out of my playing rut.  You’ll learn how to construct chords using two methods, how to name chords, how chords relate [...]

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]]> https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/chord-construction/feed/ 48 Modes https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/modes/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/modes/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2016 01:16:54 +0000 http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/2016/?p=151 Learn how and why to use the modes in this lesson.  They’re as easy to play as the major scale, but you need to know how they work to play them correctly.  This lesson will [...]

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]]> https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/modes/feed/ 48 Song Construction https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/song-construction/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/song-construction/#respond Fri, 01 Jan 2016 14:31:39 +0000 http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/2016/?p=198 In this lesson, you’ll learn how to construct the song, Romance Anonimo.  It is a beginner fingerstyle song that is great for demonstrating how you can construct a fingerstyle song from a simple melody into a harmonized [...]

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]]> https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/song-construction/feed/ 0 Arpeggios https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/arpeggios/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/arpeggios/#respond Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:38:00 +0000 http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/2016/?p=214 An arpeggio is a succession of chord tones. When you play a solo, you try to focus on the chord tones of the progression that you are playing over. Sometimes you might stray away from [...]

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]]> https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/arpeggios/feed/ 0 Harmonics https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/harmonics/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/harmonics/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:37:15 +0000 http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/2016/?p=212 Harmonics are played every time you pluck a note. Most of the time, however, you do not hear them. What you hear is the fundamental (sometimes called the first harmonic). The fundamental is the loudest [...]

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]]> https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/harmonics/feed/ 4 Determining the Key https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/determining-the-key/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/determining-the-key/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:35:25 +0000 http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/2016/?p=206 I am going to show you how to find the key when you have just a written piece of music in standard notation and also when you just know the chord progression. Determining the Key [...]

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