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There are thousands of combinations of guitar chords and learning them all would take years. Get started with a few strange and detailed chords in this free video series as an experienced musician explains every note.
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There are hundreds of different ways to form crazy and unique guitar chords. Find out what makes these chords different from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
Power chords are some of the most popular chords to use in any genre. Begin forming and playing these chords with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
An add two chord is just like adding the second note in the scale to the existing chord. Form add two chords easily with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
An add four chord is just like adding the second note in the scale to the existing chord. Form add four chords easily with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
An add six chord is just like adding the second note in the scale to the existing chord. Form add six chords easily with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
A six chord has no fifth in the chord because it is raised to the 6th whereas an add six chord does have the 5th. Form add six chords easily with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
Playing close interval chords on guitar is more difficult than on piano because you can only play one note per string. Find ways around this issue with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
Harmonics are a great part of the versatility of what a guitar can do creatively. Add harmonics into chords with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
Sometimes it is easier to play a guitar chord that spans the width of the neck by using the fret-hand thumb to play the lower note. see some examples of this with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
The first inversion of any chord takes the third in the chord and puts it on top while the root moves to the bottom. Invert any chord with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
The second inversion of any chord takes the fifth in the chord and puts it on top while the third moves to the bottom. Invert any chord with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
The third inversion of any chord takes the seventh in the chord and puts it on top while the fifth moves to the bottom. Invert any chord with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
Playing a six-nine chord means simply adding a six and a nine into an existing chord. Add these notes to any chord with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
Playing a minor six chord is as simple as playing a six chord (one, three, six) and making it minor with a dropped third. Form this type of chord easily with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
A polychord consists of two or more chords played on top of each other at the same time. Form this type of chord easily with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
Playing close interval chords on guitar is more difficult than on piano because you can only play one note per string. See how easy they are to play on piano with tips from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
Some call it an art and others a science, but most agree that music is an organized set of sounds and rests between sounds. No one knows how long it has existed but the earliest record of written music dates back four thousand years. However, in Iran, there are five thousand year-old figurines holding musical instruments. Given that humans have so much experience with music, there exists a considerable amount of musical theory analyzing the different characteristics of music. Learn music theory from music instructor Thomas Marchevsky as he teaches basic essentials of music theory for beginners in this free video series. Marchevsky covers minor, major, suspended and dominant chords as well as so much in between. He'll speak about half-notes and whole-notes, counting beats, rests, intervals and counting intervals, half-steps, guitar half steps, characteristics of Western Music, octaves, accidentals, chromatic scale, and enharmonics.
Thomas Marchevsky Thomas Marchevsky is a professional guitarist/composer and college professor. He has an M.M. in guitar from the New England Conservatory in Boston. He teaches private lessons at his music studio and also provides custom lessons by mail. He performs regularly in the CT, MA, and NY. Currently he is involved in various musical projects including writing music for an upcoming recording.dkdk
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