Who is the most shining city in Austria? The answer is that simple. No doubt, it is Vienna. It is the capital and the largest city in Austria with a population of around 1.68 million. It is also the cultural and economic centre of the country. In the year of 2005, Vienna was also ranked the first in terms of the quality of life among the other 126 cities in the world. Vienna is a name which is always related to artists, musicians such as Mozart,...more
In the beginning of the 21st century, not many imagined it would be a century of modernization. The last ten years have seen a number of innovations, which have changed the way we live, eat, sleep, and even dream. One such product that revolutionized the music world was the Apple iPod. It changed the way we enjoyed music and became a third ear to many. The Apple iPod shuffle MP3 player is another great addition to the ever-evolving series of...more
Recently, I heard someone ask how to transpose from the key of C to the key of Em. This is a problem. One does not transpose music from a major to a minor key. Transposition of keys are done major to major, or minor to minor. Major to minor relationships are a separate thing altogether.The question now becomes one of trying to figure out which problem this person was trying to solve. What this person meant to ask was how to transpose from Am to Em and not C to Em.The reality is that minor keys actually come from major keys -- just from a different starting point.First,you need to understand the keys that you are dealing with in their natural state. Let's start with the key of C. I'm just going to sketch these examples out for now as key theory is a big subject.Here is the the C major scale where the key of C starts from:C D E F G A B CThe natural chords in this key are:C Dm Em F G AmThe A note is the 6th tone of the C major scale, and Am is the vi (6) chord is the key of C. This 6th (or 6) is called the relative minor. So Am, is the relative minor of C in the key of C.You can also say the reverse is true. The C chord is the relative major of Am in the key of C.Further, you can find...more
There are a lot of different techniques involved in lead guitar playing. One of these techniques is the ability to play different types of scales.To be good at lead playing, you have to fill up your "crayon box" of lead techniques with as many "colors" as possible. These colors include the ability to play:1. Scales ( major, minor, pentatonic,...more
The whole idea of a moveable scale is no big deal if you have an understanding of one particular scale in the first place -- the Chromatic Scale. As it turns out all scales are moveable by the Chromatic Scale.Here's a review of that scale:A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A etc...This is also known as a 1/2 step scale because the numeric...more
There are different types of minor scales. A natural minor scale is "natural" to a specific major scale and will have the same number of sharps or flats (or none) as that scale. In fact, a natural minor scale can be thought of as a major scale starting from a different note.To understand this scale, let's look first at a major scale, in this case C:C D E F G A B CA natural minor scale starts from the 6th tone of any major scale. The 6th tone from C is A, so here is the A natural minor scale:A B C D E F G ALet's try another example using A major as the starting point:A B C# D E F# G# AThe 6th tone of this scale is F# which is the starting point for the minor:F# G# A B C# D E F#Note that both the number and the letter names of the sharps remain the same.You should take all of the major scales that you know and find all of the natural minors and memorize them.As far as the guitar is concerned, all that you have to do is look at your major scale forms:Here's one of the G major forms. The major roots (G) are (M), and the beginning of the natural minor (E - 6th tone) is...more
Do you know all or most of your basic open position chords? Stop thinking of them as mere chords. Start thinking of them as movable chord forms -- Movable by the Chromatic Scale.There are a whole bunch of open position chords, but let's talk about...more
Music therapy is now greatly popular in present day treatment procedures. Music session has been implemented on a lot of critically suffering people and it has been effective. It is carefully used as a therapeutic solution to the sufferers suffering...more
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The most basic minor scale there is is the natural minor scale. But there are others. Two of them are called the harmonic and melodic minor.Harmonic and melodic minor scales actually come from the natural minor scale. They provide more color to your...more
While people are busy taking the path of learning how to play guitar, they didn't realize that they also develop some bad habits that are interrupting their practice. These habits doesn't sound good and inappropriate to people. However, these habits...more