Just as there are symbols to represent the duration of notes, there are also symbols to represent the duration of silence. We call them “rests” and they follow the same principles as the note values.
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Basic Chords
Basic Chords What are chords? A chord is a combination of at least three different notes. This doesn’t mean that any three notes combined create a chord, the notes that form each chord are specific notes to that chord. The basic chords on guitar At this point of our learning journey, we won´t deal with…… Continue reading Basic Chords
Reading Rhythm (part 3)
In this article we talk about the tie and the dotted notes. These two things are ways to increase the duration of the notes, and provide a lot of flexibility to write rhythm.
Reading rhythm (part 2)
In this article we will expand on time signatures and the way the different note values interact with them.
006 Reading Rhythm (part 1)
Reading rhythm (part 1) Hey there, in the previous article we talked about reading pitch, in this article we will begin the conversation around reading the duration of notes. A lot of the following things are going to make much more sense when we apply them to pieces or song that we are trying to…… Continue reading 006 Reading Rhythm (part 1)
005 Music notation and the fretboard
Music Notation (part 1) Music notation is a very broad topic. In this article we will focus on one aspect of it: writing and reading pitch (how low or high a note is), and we will of course apply it to the guitar. The staff The first thing we need is what we call “music…… Continue reading 005 Music notation and the fretboard
004 Fretboard Diagram
Fretboard Diagram A freeboard diagram is essentially a drawing of the fretboard. Six horizontal lines represent the six strings. And a number of vertical lines represent the frets. We will find it usually on a horizontal position where the first string is the upper line (as in tablature). The little number you see beneath…… Continue reading 004 Fretboard Diagram
003 Chord diagram
Chord diagrams The most usual way to represent chords in a visual manner is by what we call a chord diagram. Let’s explore the 6 different elements of a chord diagram: 1) First we need agraphic representation of the section of the fretboard that the chord goes in: 2) Indicator of what string to press:…… Continue reading 003 Chord diagram
002 Tablature
Reading and Writting Tablature The basics of tablature are very simple: A horizontal line per each of the strings on the guitar. Numbers on the lines represent the number of the frets. So, in guitar tablature we have six lines, because we the guitar has six strings. The top line represents string 1, and from…… Continue reading 002 Tablature
Guitar Anatomy
Guitar Anatomy The three biggest sections We can divide the guitar in three different general areas: 1) The headstock, 2) The Neck, and 3) The body. Within these sections we can locate smaller parts of the guitar. Front of the guitarSide and back of the guitarThe stringsFrets, fretboard and direction From all the parts of…… Continue reading Guitar Anatomy