Guitar Lessons - Introduction to Music Theory
What are all those notes about, anyway?
Ok, so I'll hand over to Pete who has put together a quick spiel to introduce the very basics of music theory...
"In my life as a professional musician I’ve had many opportunities open up to me thanks to my understanding of music theory. Even though I get paid to get on stage and play rock guitar tunes, I’ve always been appreciative to my parents for putting me through guitar lessons that helped to provide me with the background knowledge to get to the top of the music industry. Hopefully I can help lay down a solid foundation for you to build a lifetime of musical mastery and enjoyment. I know theory doesn’t sound like the most exciting topic, and you may be sitting there thinking you can skip this stuff and jump right in. But hang in there – I’ll make this quick and easy, get some important basic music theory concepts under your belt, and let you get into the fun stuff as soon as possible. The more music knowledge you gain, the easier it will be to rock out on the guitar. A greater musical understanding also helps you learn faster, as you’ll pick up on your own mistakes.
In some of the Guitar Lessons I have provided advanced tips and theory information in special breakout sections, which allows you to choose your study path depending on what you want to focus on - for example, you can select from rock guitar lessons, some guitar theory, or guitar tips on tablature - there's a stack of options.
Here's some of the music theory basics...
MUSICAL ALPHABET
The musical alphabet ranges from A through to G.
A B C D E F G
Each of these letters corresponds to a note.
Every note has what is called a ‘sharp’ (#), except B and E:
A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#
These are the 12 notes that are used in Western music. If you start on the A string and play a note on each and every fret up to the 12 th fret, you’re playing what is known as a ‘Chromatic Scale’. To make a note sharp, simply move your finger one fret right towards the body of the guitar. Every sharp note has a ‘flat’ (b) name. They are the same notes but named differently due to the different keys in music. To make a note flat, move it one fret left away from the body of the guitar."
Stay tuned for more basic music theory from Pete, or check out theseguitar lessons to get the complete 200 lesson course, packed with audio samples, tablature and easy to read images and diagrams.
Ok, so I'll hand over to Pete who has put together a quick spiel to introduce the very basics of music theory...
"In my life as a professional musician I’ve had many opportunities open up to me thanks to my understanding of music theory. Even though I get paid to get on stage and play rock guitar tunes, I’ve always been appreciative to my parents for putting me through guitar lessons that helped to provide me with the background knowledge to get to the top of the music industry. Hopefully I can help lay down a solid foundation for you to build a lifetime of musical mastery and enjoyment. I know theory doesn’t sound like the most exciting topic, and you may be sitting there thinking you can skip this stuff and jump right in. But hang in there – I’ll make this quick and easy, get some important basic music theory concepts under your belt, and let you get into the fun stuff as soon as possible. The more music knowledge you gain, the easier it will be to rock out on the guitar. A greater musical understanding also helps you learn faster, as you’ll pick up on your own mistakes.
In some of the Guitar Lessons I have provided advanced tips and theory information in special breakout sections, which allows you to choose your study path depending on what you want to focus on - for example, you can select from rock guitar lessons, some guitar theory, or guitar tips on tablature - there's a stack of options.
Here's some of the music theory basics...
MUSICAL ALPHABET
The musical alphabet ranges from A through to G.
A B C D E F G
Each of these letters corresponds to a note.
Every note has what is called a ‘sharp’ (#), except B and E:
A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#
These are the 12 notes that are used in Western music. If you start on the A string and play a note on each and every fret up to the 12 th fret, you’re playing what is known as a ‘Chromatic Scale’. To make a note sharp, simply move your finger one fret right towards the body of the guitar. Every sharp note has a ‘flat’ (b) name. They are the same notes but named differently due to the different keys in music. To make a note flat, move it one fret left away from the body of the guitar."
Stay tuned for more basic music theory from Pete, or check out theseguitar lessons to get the complete 200 lesson course, packed with audio samples, tablature and easy to read images and diagrams.
posted by Guitar Lessons Guru at 2:36 PM
12 Comments:
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Good explanation of the basics, and you're absolutely right that knowing theory gives you an edge and an added skill set. Check out my thoughts on the subject.
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