Category: Guitar Lessons
Super Mediocre Guitar Lessons
Alternate Tunings
December 17, 2024
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A Standard A D G C E A A# A# D# G# C# F A# A#maj7 A# F A# D A D Admiral C G D G B C Asus2
C Major Chord
December 2, 2024
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Below is the chord diagram for the C Major chord in the 1st position. The 1st position is a location on the neck where you will play many common chords
Intro to Chords
December 2, 2024
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A chord is just three or more notes played together. The most common chords are made of three notes and are called triads. Chords are the backbone of songs, setting
G Major Modes
December 1, 2024
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Modes on All 6 StringsAeolianE--------------------------------2-3-5--B--------------------------1-3-5--------G--------------------0-2-4--------------D--------------0-2-4--------------------A--------0-2-3--------------------------E--0-2-3--------------------------------LocrianE--------------------------------3-5-7--B--------------------------3-5-7--------G--------------------2-4-5--------------D--------------2-4-5--------------------A--------2-3-5--------------------------E--2-3-5--------------------------------IonianE--------------------------------5-7-8--B--------------------------5-7-8--------G--------------------4-5-7--------------D--------------4-5-7--------------------A--------3-5-7--------------------------E--3-5-7--------------------------------DorianE---------------------------------7-8-10--B--------------------------7-8-10---------G--------------------5-7-9----------------D--------------5-7-9----------------------A--------5-7-9----------------------------E--5-7-8----------------------------------Phrygian E--------------------------------------8-10-12--B------------------------------8-10-12----------G-----------------------7-9-11------------------D----------------7-9-10-------------------------A---------7-9-10--------------------------------E--7-8-10---------------------------------------LydianE-------------------------------------------10-12-14--B----------------------------------10-12-13-----------G--------------------------9-11-12--------------------D------------------9-10-12----------------------------A----------9-10-12------------------------------------E--8-10-12--------------------------------------------MixolydianE-----------------------------------------------12-14-15--B--------------------------------------12-13-15-----------G-----------------------------11-13-14--------------------D--------------------10-12-14-----------------------------A-----------10-12-14--------------------------------------E--10-12-14-----------------------------------------------Modes on Bottom 3 StringsAeolianE--------------2-3-5--B--------1-3-5--------G--0-2-4--------------D---------------------A---------------------E---------------------LocrianE--------------3-5-7--B--------3-5-7--------G--2-4-5--------------D---------------------A---------------------E---------------------IonianE--------------5-7-8--B--------5-7-8--------G--4-5-7--------------D---------------------A---------------------E---------------------DorianE---------------7-8-10--B--------7-8-10---------G--5-7-9----------------D-----------------------A-----------------------E-----------------------Phrygian E-----------------8-10-12--B---------8-10-12----------G--7-9-11------------------D--------------------------A--------------------------E--------------------------LydianE-------------------10-12-14--B----------10-12-13-----------G--9-11-12--------------------D-----------------------------A-----------------------------E-----------------------------MixolydianE--------------------12-14-15--B-----------12-13-15-----------G--11-13-14--------------------D------------------------------A------------------------------E------------------------------Modes on Top 3 StringsAeolianE-------------------B-------------------G-------------------D--------------0----A--------0-2-3------E--0-2-3------------ w h w w h wLocrianE-----------------B-----------------G-----------------D--------------2--A--------2-3-5----E--2-3-5---------- h w w h w wIonianE-------------------B-------------------G-------------------D--------------4----A--------3-5-7------E--3-5-7------------ w w h
Country Scale
December 1, 2024
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Position 1E------------------------------------------4-5-7-8--B------------------------------------5-7-8----------G--------------------------4-5-6-7-8----------------D------------------4-5-6-7--------------------------A----------4-5-6-7----------------------------------E--4-5-7-8------------------------------------------E--8-7-5-4------------------------------------------B----------8-7-5------------------------------------G----------------8-7-6-5-4--------------------------D--------------------------7-6-5-4------------------A----------------------------------7-6-5-4----------E------------------------------------------8-7-5-4--Position 2E-----------------------------------------------7-8-9-10--B--------------------------------------7-8-9-10-----------G------------------------------6-7-8-9--------------------D---------------------6-7-9-10----------------------------A--------------7-9-10-------------------------------------E--7-8-9-10-11--------------------------------------------E--10-9-8-7-----------------------------------------------B-----------10-9-8-7--------------------------------------G--------------------9-8-7-6------------------------------D----------------------------10-9-7-6---------------------A-------------------------------------10-9-7--------------E--------------------------------------------11-10-9-8-7--Position 3E-----------------------------------------------7-8-9-10-11--B--------------------------------------7-8-9-10--------------G------------------------------6-7-8-9-----------------------D---------------------6-7-9-10-------------------------------A--------------7-9-10----------------------------------------E--7-8-9-10-11-----------------------------------------------E--11-10-9-8-7-----------------------------------------------B--------------10-9-8-7--------------------------------------G-----------------------9-8-7-6------------------------------D-------------------------------10-9-7-6---------------------A----------------------------------------10-9-7--------------E-----------------------------------------------11-10-9-8-7--Position 4E--------------------------------------------------------------12-14-15--B-----------------------------------------------12-13-14-15-16-----------G-----------------------------------11-12-13-14--------------------------D-----------------------11-12-13-14--------------------------------------A-----------11-12-14-15--------------------------------------------------E--12-14-15--------------------------------------------------------------E--15-14-12--------------------------------------------------------------B-----------16-15-14-13-12-----------------------------------------------G--------------------------14-13-12-11-----------------------------------D--------------------------------------14-13-12-11-----------------------A--------------------------------------------------15-14-12-11-----------E--------------------------------------------------------------15-14-12--Position 5E------------------------------------------2-3-4-5--B----------------------------------2-3-4-5----------G----------------------------2-4-5------------------D--------------------2-4-5-6------------------------A----------2-3-4-5-6--------------------------------E--2-3-4-5------------------------------------------E--5-4-3-2------------------------------------------B----------5-4-3-2----------------------------------G------------------5-4-2----------------------------D------------------------6-5-4-2--------------------A--------------------------------6-5-4-3-2----------E------------------------------------------5-4-3-2--
Bluegrass Scale
December 1, 2024
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AE------------------------------------B------------------------------------G--------------1-2--2-1--------------D--------0-2-4----------4-2-0--------A--0-2-4----------------------4-2-0--E------------------------------------BE------------------------------------B------------------------------------G------------1-3-4--4-3-1------------D------1-2-4--------------4-2-1------A--2-4--------------------------4-2--E------------------------------------CE------------------------------------B--------------0-1--1-0--------------G----------0-2----------2-0----------D----0-2-3------------------3-2-0----A--3------------------------------3--E------------------------------------DE------------------------------------B--------------2-3--3-2--------------G--------0-2-4----------4-2-0--------D--0-2-4----------------------4-2-0--A------------------------------------E------------------------------------EE----------------0--0----------------B----------0-2-4------4-2-0----------G------1-2------------------2-1------D--2-4--------------------------4-2--A------------------------------------E------------------------------------FE--------------0-1--1-0--------------B----------1-3----------3-1----------G----0-2-3------------------3-2-0----D--3------------------------------3--A------------------------------------E------------------------------------GE------------------------------------B------------------------------------G----------------0--0----------------D----------0-2-4------4-2-0----------A----0-2-3------------------3-2-0----E--3------------------------------3--
All Major Triads – 4th String Set
December 1, 2024
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All Major Triads 4th String SetA MajorE--0--5--9---12--B--2--5--10--14--G--2--6--9---14--D----------------A----------------E----------------B MajorE--2--7--11--14--B--4--7--12--12--G--4--8--11--12--D----------------A----------------E----------------C MajorE--0--3--8--12--B--1--5--8--13--G--0--5--9--12--D---------------A---------------E---------------D MajorE--2--5--10--14--B--2--7--10--15--G--2--7--11--14--D----------------A----------------E----------------E MajorE--0--4--7--12--B--0--5--9--12--G--1--4--9--13--D---------------A---------------E---------------F MajorE--1--5--8---13--B--1--6--10--13--G--2--5--10--14--D----------------A----------------E----------------G MajorE--3--7--10--15--B--3--8--12--15--G--4--7--12--16--D----------------A----------------E----------------
Major Scale Triads
December 1, 2024
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A Major Scale Triads 1st Inversion 4th String SetE--5--7--9--10--12--14--16--B--5--7--9--10--12--14--15--G--6--7--9--11--13--14--16--D---------------------------A---------------------------E---------------------------A Major Scale Triads 2nd Inversion 4th String SetE--9---10--12--2--4--6--7--B--10--12--14--3--5--7--9--G--9---11--13--2--4--5--7--D--------------------------A--------------------------E--------------------------A Major Scale Triads Root Inversion 4th String SetE--0--2--4--5--7--9---10--B--2--3--5--7--9--10--12--G--2--4--6--7--9--11--13--D-------------------------A-------------------------E-------------------------A Major Triads All StringsE--0--5--9---B--2--5--10--G--2--6--9---D------------A------------E------------E------------B--2--5--10--G--2--6--9---D--2--7--11--A------------E------------E------------B------------G--2--6--9---D--2--7--11--A--4--7--12--E------------E------------B------------G------------D--2--7--11--A--4--7--12--E--5--9--12-- B
Six Types of Triads on Different String Sets
December 1, 2024
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Six Types of Triads on Different String Sets4th String SetE--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--B--4-----3-----3-----2-----3-----3-----3--G--4-----4-----3-----3-----2-----5-----4--D-----------------------------------------A-----------------------------------------E----------------------------------------- Gaug G Gm Gdim Gsus2 Gsus4 G3rd String SetE-----------------------------------------B--4-----3-----3-----2-----3-----3-----3--G--4-----4-----3-----3-----2-----5-----4--D--5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--A-----------------------------------------E----------------------------------------- Gaug G Gm Gdim Gsus2 Gsus4 G2nd String SetE-----------------------------------------B-----------------------------------------G--4-----4-----3-----3-----2-----5-----4--D--5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--A--6-----5-----5-----4-----5-----5-----5--E----------------------------------------- Gaug G
Triads – Minor Inversions
December 1, 2024
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The following example uses Minor Triads in Am.Root inversion - root is on the lowest noteE--------0--B-----1-----G--2--------D-----------A-----------E----------- A C E R 3 5First inversion - root is on highest noteE--------5--B-----5-----G--5--------D-----------A-----------E----------- C
Triads – Major Inversions
December 1, 2024
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The following example uses Major Triads in C.Root inversion - root is on the lowest noteE---------B---------G------0--D----2----A--3------E--------- C E G R 3 5First inversion - root is on highest noteE---------B------1--G----0----D--2------A---------E--------- E
Music Terms
November 30, 2024
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List of music terms: Arpeggio: Playing notes of a chord one at a time. Attack: The initial sound of a note. Barre or Bar Chord: A chord where one finger
Common Chord Progressions
November 30, 2024
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Below are some common chord progressions. This is not a complete list. i bVI iv ivI bVI V Vi bVII bVI VI bVII IVI I bVII IVI I IV VI
Relative Minor
November 30, 2024
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To find the relative minor chord of any major key you just count down three half steps. The two keys share the same notes. Using relative minor chords is a
Dominant Chords
November 30, 2024
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A Dominant chord is the 5th chord of the scale. For instance, G7 would be the dominant chord in the scale of C. A dominant 7 chord is root, 3rd,
Circle of Fifths
November 30, 2024
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The Circle of Fifths can be used for: The outer circle represents major keys, inner circle represents the minor keys. If you go clockwise, you have the circle of fifths.