Chord du Jour: Lesson #41: Varied F# Chords (Guitar, Intermediate)

Compare and contrast the F# major, F#add9, and F#add6add9 chords:

Skill Key

Beginner = Basic Chords and Simple Scale Patterns
Intermediate = Scales, Modes, Complex Chords, and Alternate Tunings, with Music Theory
Recording = Interesting Gear, Recording Equipment, and Production Tips

Chords = Strum, pick, and riff with these
Scales = Run, wail, and sweep with these
Modes = Different ways of approaching a given scale

Major = Happy
Minor = Sad
Power Chord = Rock 'n Roll!

Essential Pro Tools add-ons and plug-ins = Turn Pro Tools (M / LE / HD) into Photoshop for the ears!

By Instrument:
Guitar = usually a six string axe
Keyboard = usually piano and key-based synths
Vocal = the original human instrument

Blues & Mixolydian "Cheat Shirts"

Cheat Sheet Design (Right-handed)
1. Wear a shirt, sweater, apron, or button with the "inverted" cheat sheet.
2. Strap on a guitar.
3. Look down at the design on the shirt/sweater/apron/button.
4. Get some instant lead guitar inspiration - the blues scale, the Mixolydian mode, the minor pentatonic scale (within the blues scale), and the major pentatonic scale (within the Mixolydian mode).
5. Multiple styles and colors!
6. Also available in "right side up" cheat sheet form - stickers, posters, etc. - for convenient reference.

Cheat Sheet Design (Left-handed)
...because lefties need instant lead guitar inspiration, too!
1. No more mirrors! (Give your superior brains a little ease.)
2. Blues scale/minor pentatonic scale and Mixolydian mode/major pentatonic scale!
3. Multiple styles and colors!
4. Same price as right-handed merchandise!

Guitar Basics

Low E string = thickest string, 6th string
A string = 5th string
D string = 4th string
G string = 3rd string
B string = 2nd string
High E string = thinnest string, 1st string

Standard tuning is (low to high):
E A D G B E.

Frets are the metal bars running perpendicular to the strings, below them. You place your fingers just behind a fret to change the note on a string.

Chord Charts:
1 = Index finger
2 = Middle finger
3 = Ring finger
4 = Pinky finger
T = Thumb
x = Do not play this string.
0 = Do not fret, but let the open string ring.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Lesson #41: Varied F# Chords (Guitar, Intermediate)

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