Major or minor keys that share the same key signature are called relative keys. For example, in the key of G-Major, which has one sharp, the...
Major Chords A major chord is a chord containing a chord root, a note a major-third above the root, and a note a perfect-fifth above the roo...
The chords every piano and keyboard player should know are the basic Major, minor, Augmented, and diminished chords, and seventh chords. The...
The easiest chords to play on the guitar are the Major, Minor and Seventh chords in open voicings. These chords use open strings and no more...
(You may want to review intervals, chord symbols and chord roots before reading this page or watching the video.)The video demonstrates some...
Chords are notes played simultaneously. The most commonly used chords are constructed from stacked thirds. Chords can also be constructed fr...
A Mode is a type of scale created by establishing a new tonic within a preexisting scale.Example:The C Major scale has these notes: C, D, E,...
Key Signatures tell us what notes are sharp or flat in a scale. When we say we are in the Key of F Major we are saying that we are using the...
Pentatonic Scales are scales that have five notes. There are many possible Pentatonic scales but the most common ones are the "Major...
A Major Scale is a scale that has the following pattern of whole-steps (W) and half-steps (H):W-W-H-W-W-W-HHere is a Major scale starting on...
Scales are collections of notes arranged in patterns of half-steps, whole-steps, or other intervals. Composers and improvisers use scales as...
Intervals are the distances between any two notes. Each interval will have a number - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. These numbers are the distance...