Want to transpose your chord progression into another key? Then here is a little tool that should help. This tool can be used to learn key signatures, modes, chords within key and relative minor. Other uses could be when transposing chords using a capo. Again I’ll write some more about using this tool for other […]
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The Key Of C Major – The Basics
The Key Of C Major – The Basics The key of C major is the easiest key to get to know. This article deals with it’s principles, key signature, chords, relative minor and modes. It also contains links to related articles on this site. First the key signature. This bit is the easiest bit. When […]
Minor Scale Construction
Before you begin take a look at how a major scale is constructed Look at the C-major scale C D E F G A B C Find the sixth note. (The submediant). That note is ‘A’. Now write a scale, starting on the ‘A‘,and proceed upwards for one octave. A B C D E F […]
Major Scale Construction
The major scale is constructed like this: TONE, TONE, SEMITONE, TONE, TONE, TONE, SEMITONE So if we use Cmajor as an example, C D E F G A B C C – D TONE D – E TONE E – F SEMITONE F – G TONE G – A TONE A – B TONE B […]
Working with Intervals (part 3) Major 3rd
Continued form part 2… In the previous article we looked at the Major 2nd. In the following article we’re going to concentrate on the Major 2nd and touch on the Minor 2nd. As with the previous article screen shots will be used to explain how to play each interval and then at the end I’ll […]