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Guitar theory for dummies, by Desi Serna

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Guitar theory for dummies

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by Desi Serna

For dummies

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Getting Started With Guitar Theory -- ch. 1 Guitar Theory in a Nutshell -- Why Learn Guitar Theory? -- Navigating the Fretboard -- Seeing the fretboard as a grid -- Viewing neck diagrams -- Reading guitar tablature -- Playing Scales -- Pentatonic scale -- Major scale -- Modes -- Harmonic minor scale -- Working with Chords -- CAGED chord system -- Adding chord tones and extensions -- Passing chords -- Charting chord progressions -- Testing Your Guitar Theory Knowledge -- ch. 2 Navigating the Fretboard Like a Pro -- Tracing Everything Back to Strings 6 and 5 -- Moving between pitches with whole steps and half steps -- Naming the pitches between natural notes: Sharps and flats -- Grouping notes -- Tracking Notes and Playing Songs with Octaves -- Shaping octaves with your 1st finger on strings 6 and 5 -- Shaping octaves with your 1st finger on strings 4 and 3 -- Shaping octaves that are three strings apart -- Repeating octaves beyond the 12th fret -- Measuring the Space between Pitches with Intervals -- Playing intervals 1 through 7 -- Filling in the gaps with flats and sharps -- pt. II Working With Chords from the Ground Up -- ch. 3 Harmonizing the Major Scale to Form Triads and Chords -- Building Triads and Chords -- Major triad: Building from the 1st scale degree of the major scale -- Minor triad: Building from the 2nd scale degree of the major scale -- Playing through the Seven Triads of the Major Scale -- Playing the Chord Sequence of the Major Scale -- ch. 4 Forming Chord Shapes with the CAGED System -- Making Chord Inversions and Chord Voicings -- Using the C Form -- Using the C form as a moveable barre chord -- Playing a C form arpeggio pattern -- Playing C form chord voicings -- Using the A Form -- Using the G Form -- Using the E Form -- Using the D Form -- Connecting the Five CAGED Forms -- Starting on C -- Starting on A -- Starting on G -- Starting on E -- Starting on D -- Sample CAGED Chord Changes -- Playing Minor CAGED Forms -- Playing the C minor form -- Playing the A minor form -- Playing the G minor form -- Playing the E minor form -- Playing the D minor form -- Connecting the Five Minor CAGED Forms -- Minor CAGED Chord Changes -- ch. 5 Adding Chord Tones and Extensions to Chords -- About Chord Tones and Extensions -- Adding 7ths to the Major Scale Chords i -- Playing major and minor 7th chords -- Playing dominant 7th chords -- Playing minor 7th flat 5 chords -- Working with 2nds and 9ths -- Sus2 chords -- Add9 chords -- Minor chords with 2nds and 9ths -- 9th chords -- Working with 4ths and 11ths -- Sus4 chords -- Add4 chords -- Playing 6th Chords and Blues Shuffles -- Adding Harmony with Pedal Point -- Playing Pedal Tones with Two Guitars -- pt. III Getting to Know Keys, Modes, and Chord Progressions -- ch. 6 Playing Chord Progressions by Numbers -- Drawing Chord Progressions from the Major Scale -- Using Roman Numerals to Represent Chords -- Visualizing Numbers on the Fretboard -- Transposing to New Keys -- Playing Common Chord Progressions -- Playing I-IV-V chord progressions -- Playing major chord progressions -- Adding minor chords ii, iii, and vi -- Playing minor chord progressions -- Starting Numbers on the 5th String -- Playing Chord Progressions with Open Chords -- ch. 7 Knowing Music Inside Out: Identifying Tonics, Keys, and Modes -- Understanding the Relationship between Major and Minor Scales -- Numbering the Relative Minor -- Accounting for any interval changes -- Looking at a few minor key song examples -- Identifying the Modes of the Major Scale -- Ionian (I) -- Dorian (ii) -- Phrygian (iii) -- Lydian (IV) -- Mixolydian (V) -- Aeolian (vi) -- Locrian (vii5) -- Key Signatures and Common Discrepancies -- Looking past the key signature to figure out a song's mode -- Considering some common discrepancies in music notation -- Comparing Scale Formulas and Structures -- ch. 8 Following Key Changes -- Getting to Know Key Changes by Switching Tonics within a Scale -

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