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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 ? Major scales : All major scales contain the intervals of the major pentatonic which are : 1 2 3 5 6 Now you just need to add 2 more notes which define which mode you are playing. On the tabs those notes are displayed in green. The red notes are the root notes ( 1 ) Ionian Mode additional notes : 4 7 Lydian Mode additional notes : #4 7 Mixolydian Mode additional notes : 4 b7 Minor scales : All minor scales contain the intervals of the minor pentatonic which are : 1 b3 4 5 b7 Now you just need to add 2 more notes which define which mode you are playing. On the tabs those notes are displayed in green. The red notes are the root notes ( 1 ) Aeolian Mode additional notes : 2 b6 Lydian Mode additional notes : 2 6 Mixolydian Mode additional notes : b2 b6 This file is associated to this tutorial : If you want to move on to move mode patterns you find the 2 main and basic patterns here : Submitter admin Submitted 01/23/2024 Category Theory & Exercises  

Here I teach you the theory of the " secondary dominants " in major and minor chord progressions. If you are into jazz guitar this tutorial is a " Must Have " even it might seem to be hard to understand at the start. Once you got the trick is really easy - like riding a bike. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

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 nearest available dominant mode is mixolydian V7 / VI in major : The original mode is phyrgian. The nearest available dominant mode is phyrgian nat. 3 Submitter admin Submitted 12/12/2023 Category Theory & Exercises  

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 learn and understand it. You need to manage the 7 basic modes - ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian and locrian completely in order to really start working with it in your creative playing. If you have any questions about this topic and the related working sheet please ask them here in this topic below or book a private online lesson. Submitter admin Submitted 06/13/2022 Category Theory & Exercises

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 minor chords. Only the G-typ chord does not work so well on the minor chord. You can see the examples in the tabs you can download here. Submitter admin Submitted 01/23/2022 Category Theory & Exercises  

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 admin Submitted 12/06/2021 Category Theory & Exercises  

Basic Jazz Guitar - Intervals If you want to become a jazz guitar player you can not skip this tutorial here. You need to go into music theory and understand what intervals are and how you find them on the fretboard. Here I give you all the instructions you need to know to understand intervals.

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  

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 that once you can play the minor pentatonic patterns you can switch to the major pentatonic patterns just by replacing the root note. Submitter admin Submitted 10/24/2021 Category HPCrazy Guitar Academy  

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. Submitter admin Submitted 09/03/2021 Category HPCrazy Guitar Academy  

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

Guitar Secrets - Sound Great On Cheap Guitar Equipment Learning scales and modes on the guitar is always a big challenge. Changing keys on the guitar is not such a big brainer you can just move patterns you have learnt up and down the fretboard. But when it comes to playing free of patterns on the guitar fretboard the guitar shows it’s limitations because you hardly find any visual hook which you can connect to scales and modes you have learned. The solution for this problem is to work with intervals and to learn them by heart. The guitar is a pentatonic instrument and most of you learned the minor pentatonic as a first scale on the guitar. So the trick is to learn the intervals of the minor pentatonic and to move everything within the positions and the relations between the scales and positions. In this tutorial I'm showing you the root position of the minor and major pentatonic displayed as intervals and how you can add additional notes to create the main minor and major modes which are : 1:21 Minor Pentatonic 1 2 b3 4 5 b7 7:10 Aeolian 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 9:02 Dorian 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 10:40 Phyrgian 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 12:55 Major Pentatonic 1 2 3 4 6 14:58 Ionian 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 15:57 Mixolydian 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 16:32 Lydian 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 In the list above I've displayed the scales I'm talking about with the time index and the intervals which are the defining them. If you're able to play the pentatonic in all positions on the guitar fretboard you can adapt those positions to any of those modes and scales by just adding the additional notes which I'm talking about in this tutorial. This method is a bit more of a brainer at the beginning but at the end once the coin has dropped you are able to play freely on the fretboard which is the goal of any guitar player on the planet. To complete your theoretical music education you find more documents about the topic. When you follow the link displayed here. Easy Guitar Scales Understanding.gp Easy Guitar Scales Understanding.pdf Additional : https://www.hpcrazy.com/pdf/diatonic chord progressions and modes.pdf https://www.hpcrazy.com/pdf/the pentatonics.pdf

The classical cadence is the most important subject to understand music and how chords move or just how music works in general. There are several expression for the classical cadence. Some call it the I IV V progression, some the L Form and some Tonica, Subdominat and Dominat. But the main thing is that it represents a principle which you find in mostly all music genres which have the focus on musical expression. And the principle is that a chord progression starts with a Resting Point ( Tonica, I, Root ) then Build up Tension ( Sub Dominat, IV ) goes to a Maximum Tension ( Dominant, V ) to get back to the Resting Point. This works in all major and all minor keys the same. Below you find all chapters of this tutorial. 0:00 Introduction 1:17 The L-Form 2:04 Major 4:39 Minor 7:30 Inversions Classical Cadenza.gp Classical Cadenza.pdf