New Music Theory/Guitar Instruction Blog

Blitzstar

Hello Everyone,

I’m new to The Fretboard and just wanted to let everyone know that I recently published a blog of music theory as it relates to guitar playing (appropriately called “music theory and the guitar”) and thought some of you might find it useful.

The goal of the blog is to provide a frame of reference that will allow students to see the big picture of music so that they can more easily understand where the individual pieces fit.

If anyone is interested, it can be accessed at https://blitzstarguitar.com/blog/ .

Please let me know if you find it helpful.  And if you have any questions or anything you want to discuss, I’m here.

Frank

Tannin

Nice work, @Blitzstar! It looks very well organised and logically thought out. 

As an aside, a small discovery it prompted just now - new to me but old news to many (of course). It has never particularly occurred to me to finger a 6th chord the way you illustrate but the diagram immediately leapt out as familiar. For me it provided the clearest illustration yet of the very close relationship between a major 6th and the relative minor 7th - the exact same chord, in fact, just a matter of which note we decide to think of as the root. 

So there is a nice little gem of learning for me. I will look forward to exploring elsewhere on your site. 

Revolutions

This is great. Clearly written, well structured & easy to follow. Some great reminders of simple rules that I’d forgotten. Thanks for sharing

guitarjack66

I had never heard of the cycle of dominants,only the cycle/circle of 4ths and 5ths which also feature there. I will go back to that later. Nice one.

joeW

Tannin said:

Very close relationship between a major 6th and the relative minor 7th - the exact same chord, in fact, just a matter of which note we decide to think of as the root. 

Also a minor 6th with the 6 in the bass is minor seven flat five. 

@Blitzstar ;This is a very helpful blog - often see folks looking for info to improve their theory base.  

viz

guitarjack66 said:

I had never heard of the cycle of dominants,only the cycle/circle of 4ths and 5ths which also feature there. I will go back to that later. Nice one.

It’s the same thing. 

Great blog, very concise. 

Supportact

Thanks @Blitzstar I will definitely have a read of this.

finest1

bookmarked!

Blitzstar

Thank you all for taking the time to read  some of the blog and for your comments.  Yes, a minor seventh chord is the enharmonic equivalent of a major sixth and a minor seventh, flat five chord is the enharmonic equivalent of a minor sixth chord.

What you call the chord depends on the key you are in and the chord's function in the progression. 

SixStringSage

Tannin said:

Nice work, @Blitzstar! It looks very well organised and logically thought out. 

As an aside, a small discovery it prompted just now - new to me but old news to many (of course). It has never particularly occurred to me to finger a 6th chord the way you illustrate but the diagram immediately leapt out as familiar. For me it provided the clearest illustration yet of the very close relationship between a major 6th and the relative minor 7th - the exact same chord, in fact, just a matter of which note we decide to think of as the root. 

So there is a nice little gem of learning for me. I will look forward to exploring elsewhere on your site. 

I'm curious to see this, which part of the blog did you see the diagram?