Learn Music Theory & Guitar Exercises
Here you can learn all about theory in music. You find files which are pure music theory. The next step is to put the theory on the fretboard of your guitar. There will be exercises added to practice theory on the guitar.
SEARCH TAGS
24 topics in this forum
-
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 33 views
View File Diatonic Chord Progressions and Patterns - Melodic Minor Here you find the diatonic chord progressions of melodic minor in the key of Cm and Gm. These 2 keys represent all patterns which start either on the E or A string. Melodic minor has a strange sound which one might get used to but is often used in classical music or in Jazz in " modal interchange " situations. There is a backing track added where you can practice to use the harmonic minor modes. You can use the C melodic minor patterns which you see in the exercises or you can also transpose the patterns with root note on the E-string as well. The backing track is…
Last reply by admin, -
- 3 followers
- 2 replies
- 83 views
View File From Pentatonics To Modes - Tabs Nearly 100% of the guitar players who are interested to start working with modes come from the pentatonic. Here you find an easy way to convert your pentatonic patterns into the mode of your selection. You need to know the minor and the major pentatonic and then you are ready to go. Here you can learn about intervals in specific : Once you know the intervals the trick is that you know your pentatonic patterns by heart and also the intervals which are played in the patterns. To move from the pentatonic patterns to modes you just need to add 2 more notes. Which are those notes ? …
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 26 views
View File Diatonic Chord Progressions and Patterns - Harmonic Minor Here you find the diatonic chord progressions of harmonic minor in the key of Cm and Gm. These 2 keys represent all patterns which start either on the E or A string. Even harmonic minor is mostly used in way of having the focus on the minor pattern of the key it really also makes sense to learn those patterns related to the diatonic chord progressions. To understand harmonic minor it's really important to understand it's historical importance. The origin of all chord progressions is the classical cadence : In any major key you have the classic cadence lea…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 73 views
View File Secondary Dominants Here you find the available secondary dominants in major and minor. What is a secondary dominant ? This is a dominant which you find on any levels of the diatonic chord progression either in major or minor which resolves on a level of the major or minor diatonic chord progression. That's the basic rule - if you have any other dominant chord somewhere which does not fullfil this rule it is treated differently. The available modes of any secondary dominant relays to the original mode of the level you find the secondary placed on. As an example : V7 / IV in major : The original mode is ionian. The nea…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 134 views
View File Modes - Intervals A lot of students have difficulties in understanding why intervals are so important to understand modes. Here are a few exercises where the modes are all played starting from the C on the 3rd fret on the A string. Here you can see the difference of the modes very well and you can understand how they are built. Once you can alter from one mode to another in just one position then you can start to do this everywhere on the fretboard. All you need to know are the intervals of each mode and where to find each interval in relation to the root note of the mode. This exercise seems to be small and easy but this is the m…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 307 views
View File Guitar Tapping - Basic Chord Rhythms ( Tabs & Audio ) Here you find a summary of exercises for the double handed guitar tapping ( touch technique ) where you can work out basic chord rhythms. These exercises are basic exercises taken from basic left - right hand independence exercises from piano playing. There are basically 2 types of exercises. You have those where you do ostinato figures with the left and right hand and make combinations and figures where you do independant figures of the left and the right hand. The selected chord progression is Am / Am / G / G . A very simple progression which includes both types of chords…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 331 views
View File Guitar Tapping - Basic Chords Here you find the basic exercises for chords if you want to enter the amazing world of the " Touch Technique ". This technique is basically adapted from piano playing and expands the possibilities of expression of the guitar dramatically. These basic tapping guitar exercises are quite easy and here you learn how to create either major or minor chords with the tapping technique and how to groove with this technique like a piano or percussion player. Submitter admin Submitted 09/01/2023 …
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 193 views
Rock Guitar Timing Bootcamp - Exercises & 3 Backing Tracks View File Here you find some basic exercises which you need to work out properly if you want to master rock guitar timing. These exercises seem to be easy but if you never done them before properly then you need to work them out. Also work them out in different tempo's. I added 3 backing tracks with 70, 90 and 110 bpm. These files are associated to this tutorial : Submitter admin Submitted 08/15/2023 Category Theory &…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 310 views
View File Arpeggio Bootcamp Here you find a whole series of arpeggio exercises which represent all you can do if you want to enter the world of arpeggio's used as a tool in your soloing. These exercises are extremely demanding so I strongly recommend that you plan a few months of practice work for them. Even they seem to be very hard I recommend these exercises also for intermediate players because with these exercises you also learn where the chord notes of a specific chord all are which helps you a lot in your slow hand solo where you want to figure out the target notes which in fact are the notes from the arpeggio's. …
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 268 views
View File Major Pentatonic & Scale Exercises Here you find exercises on the A major pentatonic and major scale which shall help you to completely master all situations where you need to work with the major pentatonic and scale over the whole fretboard. It is very important that you also learn the intervals 1 2 3 5 6 or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 by heart and where you find them on the fretboard. This in fact is the big work which makes these exercises a task which I strongly recommend that you master. These files are associated to this tutorial here : Coming Soon ! Submitter admin …
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 306 views
View File Basic Music Notation I know music notation is a topic which most students want to avoid and in many cases you can " survive " by only knowing how to read tabs and chord charts. But if you are serious about your studies on guitar and you really want to know music you can not avoid learning how to read and / or write music in normal music notation. If you are interested in jazz there is in fact no way to avoid this part of music theory because you will never understand the complexity of jazz if you don't know how to read or write music notation. These pages here are from my own studies back in the late 90's and they give you the fir…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 343 views
View File Guitar Bootcamp - Minor Pentatonic Here you find a selection of exercises to build your automatisms with all minor pentatonic patterns 1 - 5 in the A minor pentatonic. These exercises come along with this tutorial here : Submitter admin Submitted 04/17/2023 Category Theory & Exercises
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 288 views
View File Easy Scale Building Playing different scales, modes and the orientation on the fretboard is a major topic for all guitar players and from my point of view there are 2 ways to approach this problem. 1. You can learn hunderts of patterns which you find in many pattern books you find on the market. Here you find a good collection of different patterns : https://www.guitar.ch/en/guitars/scales/scales.html 2. You understand what is the essence of a scale, how it's built and how you derive from the basic pentatonic patterns to the major and minor scales and modes. The file which you can download here helps you to go the 2…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 459 views
View File Sweep Picking Exercises Sweep Picking Exercises Here you find 2 different sweep picking exercises following the normal diatonic major chords. The first exercise is easier than the 2nd one. If you are new to sweep picking, start with the first one and do it really slowly and pay close attention to the details of your picking hand because that's the hard part of these exercises. I have added an audio file with 70 bpm. I would take this as a first goal before you try to more to higher tempo's. In general sweep picking is a technique which in fact needs a lot of patience till you can start to use it in your regular playing. The be…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 750 views
View File Diatonic Chord Progressions, Modes, Intervals and Options To fully understand the derivation of modes, related chords and options it is a must that you start to see scales and modes as a summary of intervals which have to be learnt by heart. You can skip this part of music theory if you are only into blues and basic rock guitar but if you want to learn how to create chord progressions from the diatonic modes, how chords are built and how to add options ( ex. Cmaj9, Dm11, G7#9 ) then you need to understand this part of music theory. On this working sheet I have added the essential parts of the theory. Take your time on it to lea…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 719 views
View File Guitar Secrets - Lydian Mode Tabs & Exercise Backing Track Lydian Mode Tabs & Exercise Backing Track Here you find some exercises to understand and practice the lydian mode on guitar. The lydian mode in fact is the IV step in the diatonic chord progression and is a major mode. The difference between the normal major scale and the lydian mode is only one note. It's the #4 interval. So the lydian mode contains the following intervals : 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 . The files are showing the connection out of the chordprogession and also the upper structure triad relations. You can practice this with the attached backing track. This works…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 706 views
View File Basic Guitar Chords Types There are 5 types of chord shapes which you can play on the guitar when it comes to basic guitar chords. They are derived from the open string chords which are called E-type, A-type, C-type, G-type and D-type chords. Some called this the C-A-G-E-D System because it is easier to remember this word. But I prefer to call the system E-A-C-D-D chord types taken from the sequence of most common and most used chord types. The system is really simple: you take the basic open string chords from E, A, C, G and D and then you just move those chord shapes to the root note of your choice. It works on major and on mino…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 1.2k views
View File Rhythm Studies Basic - Intermediate Here you find 8 exercises which help you to learn rhythm, rhythm notation and to work it out into practical use. You can use these exercises along with your personal playing level. If you want to take an exam once you finished and practiced all attached exercises please book a private skype lesson. You master an exercise if you can play each through without any interruptions and with mistakes. If you are new to the topic please first study basic rhythm notation : For an exam please book a private skype lesson : Submitter ad…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 1.1k views
View File Music Theory - Intervals Here you can read and learn all you need to know about intervals. This goes along with the this tutorial here : Submitter admin Submitted 11/12/2021 Category Theory & Exercises
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 1.3k views
View File Minor & Major Pentatonic Patterns Here you find all patterns in minor and major pentatonics. The positions are marked with numbers which represent the intervals which are played. As a beginner only focus on learning the position of the 1 which represents the root note. In this case it's the A since the patterns are either in A minor or A major. It is also strongly recommended to learn the pentatonic only on one string. There please also use the 1 as an orientation point. When you compare the minor with the major pentatonic patterns you might notice that they are the same only the root note has changed. The good news is th…
Last reply by admin, -
- 2 followers
- 2 replies
- 1.5k views
View File Diatonic Chord Progressions and Modes To understand jazz guitar theory it is essential that you understand the diatonic chord progressions, the steps, the chordprogressions which come out of the diatonic chord progressions and where the " options " come from. This is a short but very comprehensive theory file which puts all knowledge together on 7 pages. You might not understand everything immediatly but this shall be your almanach to really go into real jazz theory which is in fact needed to understand jazz. Take your time on it and keep the file for any future reference which will come up for you when you study jazz guitar. …
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 3k views
View File Technical Exercises ( Chords, Modes & Patterns ) Minor Scales Here you find the diatonic chord progression in the key of C minor and G minor. This is a real working sheet for you to learn : The diatonic chord progressions ( minor scales ) The chords with root on the A and E string The attached modes The intervals of the modes Please take your time to learn all parts in this working sheet by heart. Learn the chords and the attached modes. The modes are 3 note per string patterns to make the whole thing easier to understand. It's not needed that you learn to play the scales fast, b…
Last reply by admin, -
- 0 replies
- 2.1k views
View File Technical Exercises ( Chords, Modes & Patterns ) Major Scales Here you find the diatonic chord progression in the key of C and G. This is a real working sheet for you to learn : The diatonic chord progressions ( major scales ) The chords with root on the A and E string The attached modes The intervals of the modes Please take your time to learn all parts in this working sheet by heart. Learn the chords and the attached modes. The modes are 3 note per string patterns to make the whole thing easier to understand. It's not needed that you learn to play the scales fast, but learn then with the interva…
Last reply by admin, -
- 1 follower
- 0 replies
- 848 views
View File Basic Rhythm Notation Here you can learn all you need to know about basic rhythm notation. The guitar is a rhythm instrument, so I strongly recommend that you learn the basics of rhythm notation since rhythm is 50% of the music. Submitter admin Submitted 06/20/2021 Category Theory & Exercises
Last reply by admin,
