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"Fingerboard Awareness": Suppose we take three or more notes and strum them all at once. What do you think we have just created? Music? Right! That is exactly how a chord is formed as well. What if we play the notes that form a chord one after the other? Good job! "Arpeggios" is the right answer. Three types of chords exist. Open chords, without any doubt, lead the pack. In the following pages, you will be given a roster of the most common types of chords. In case you wonder what major and minor mean, keep in mind that a major sound refers to a happy sound (e.g. Old Mc Donald Had A Farm), whereas a minor sound refers to a sad, dark, depressing musical mood (e.g. Yesterday). Chords are great workouts for your fingers. Practicing chords on a day-to-day basis will develop and improve your finger dexterity ("chops" as it is often called in the industry jargon.) TABLE OF CONTENTS --------------------------- FOREWORD ----------------------------- CHAPTER ONE THE MODERN GUITAR ----------------------------- PICKUPS SINGLE-COIL DOUBLE-COIL (HUMBUCKER) WHAT'S INSIDE A PICKUP? TIPS AND GUIDELINES ACTIVE PICKUPS INACTIVE PICKUPS STACK PICKUPS ADJUSTING THE PICKUP DISTANCE FINGERBOARD THE WOOD SCALLOPED FINGERBOARDS FRETWIRE BODY AND NECK BOLT-ON GLUED-IN NECK-THRU NECK ANGLE ADJUSTMENT VIBRATO BAR (WHAMMY) FLOYD ROSE AND KAHLER TRANSTREM TUNING PEGS STRINGS DEAD STRINGS NOTES ON THE FINGERBOARD PART I NAMES OF THE STRINGS ACCESSORIES String Winder: String Damper: Capo: PICKS (PLECTRUMS) TONE ------------------- CHAPTER TWO THE RIG ------------------- AMPLIFIERS TUBE AND SOLID-STATE AMPLIFIERS PREAMP PREAMP-OUT JACK EFFECTS LOOP EQUILAZER THE POWER AMP HOT RODDING THE AMP HEADPHONE AMPS SPEAKERS SPEAKER CABINETS OUTBOARD GEAR DISTORTION DELAY CHORUS FLANGER PHASE SHIFTER EQUALIZER WAH-WAH PEDALS NOISE GATE NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEMS COMPRESSOR / LIMITER OVERALL BUILT- IN ON THE BODY BUILT- IN ON THE AMPLIFIER FOOTPEDALS AND RACK UNITS TIPS ------------------------------------- CHAPTER THREE FINGERBOARD AWARENESS ------------------------------------ ZONES NAMING FINGERS OF NOTES AND STRINGS TUNING CHORDS POWER CHORDS BARRE CHORDS ROOT NOTES E FORM BARRE CHORDS A FORM BARRE CHORDS D FORM BARRE CHORDS TIPS CHORD CHARTS C MAJOR & C MINOR CHORDS C MAJOR 7, C MINOR 7, C DOMINANT 7 & C NINTH CHORDS D MAJOR & D MINOR CHORDS D MAJOR 7, D MINOR 7, D DOMINANT 7 & D NINTH CHORDS E MAJOR & E MINOR CHORDS E MAJOR 7, E MINOR 7, E DOMINANT 7 & E NINTH CHORDS F MAJOR & F MINOR CHORDS F MAJOR 7, F MINOR 7, F DOMINANT 7 & F NINTH CHORDS G MAJOR & G MINOR CHORDS G MAJOR 7, G MINOR 7, G DOMINANT 7 & G NINTH CHORDS A MAJOR & A MINOR CHORDS A MAJOR 7, A MINOR 7, A DOMINANT 7 & A NINTH CHORDS B MAJOR & B MINOR CHORDS B MAJOR 7, B MINOR 7, B DOMINANT 7 & B NINTH CHORDS E FORM BARRE CHORDS A FORM BARRE CHORDS NOTES ON THE FINGERBOARD PART II FIRST STRING E FOURTH STRING D THIRD STRING G SECOND STRING B THE "TREE OF NOTES" RELATIONSHIP ON THE FINGERBOARD NOTES ON THE 4TH, 3RD AND 2ND STRINGS ----------------------------- CHAPTER FOUR SINGLE NOTE PLAYING ----------------------------- WARMING UP CHROMATIC WARM-UP PLAYING TECHNIQUES HAMMER-ON PULL-OFF THRILL VIBRATO STRING BENDING ASCENDING 3-FINGER BEND DESCENDING 3-FINGER BEND SLIDE TABLATURE ---------------------------- CHAPTER FIVE BASIC MUSIC THEORY ---------------------------- KEY SHARPS AND FLATS INTERVALS THE MAJOR SCALE THE MINOR SCALE THE RELATIVE MINOR MORE ON INTERVALS MODES & SCALES ----------------------------- CHAPTER SIX FRETTING THE SCALES ----------------------------- E IONIAN/MAJOR SCALE E DORIAN SCALE E PHYRGIAN SCALE E LYDIAN SCALE E MIXOLYDIAN SCALE E AEOLIAN SCALE E LOCRIAN SCALE E HARMONIC MINOR SCALE E MELODIC MINOR SCALE E WHOLE TONE SCALE E MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE E MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE E BLUES SCALE E DIMINISHED SCALE ----------------------------------------- CHAPTER SEVEN PLAYING LEAD, PLAYING LICKS ----------------------------------------- CHORD PROGRESSIONS
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| About the Author | |
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Savasan Yurtsever is a class of '86 graduate of the prestigious Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, California. He has authored more than a hundred songs to date. His songs have been featured in several compilation CDs manufactured by various US record companies. He has been featured on UK's best selling guitar magazine "The Guitarist" in 1994. He has US publishing and management. |