The Diminished 7th Chord and How To Use It.
Diminished 7th Chords. You Know This Sound You’ve all heard this chord sound before. It is the chord the piano player in silent movies ALWAYS plays when something terrible, frightening, or dramatic is about to happen. The piano player then typically plays the dim7 chord moving up in minor 3rd intervals to build to a … The Diminished 7th Chord and How To Use It.
Modal Interchange Chords in Major
Beef Up Your Chord Progressions With Modal Interchange Chords “Modal Interchange” is a harmonic technique in which you borrow chords from parallel scales. This allows you to add new harmonic colors in addition to the 7 chords of the key you are writing in. Parallel scales are scales that start on the same root. Examples: … Modal Interchange Chords in Major
Fun With Secondary Dominants
The Theory of Secondary Dominants The 5th chord in a scale always wants to resolve to the first chord in a scale. For example: ||: C | Am | Dm | G7 :|| C || 7th chords (as in: “G7) are also called “dominant chords”. V7 in the scale is called “the dominant chord) because … Fun With Secondary Dominants
My Top 10 Favorite Guitar Rock Solos Of All Time
The Best Guitar Solos Ever These are the 10 guitar solos I have listened to a billion times and that I have never gotten tired of. Under A Glass Moon (Dream Theater) Venus Isle (Eric Johnson) Comfortably Numb (David Gilmour, Pink Floyd) Another Brick In The Wall (David Gilmour, Pink Floyd) Sometimes I Feel Like … My Top 10 Favorite Guitar Rock Solos Of All Time
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Writing Songs IS Easy!
Writing Songs IS Easy! There is this really cool scene in the movie “Sound City”, where Dave Grohl and Paul McCartney are writing a song together. At some point, during the writing session, Dave blurts out: “Man… I wish it was always that easy!” Paul looks at him, and responds:”… but it always is!” Paul’s … Writing Songs IS Easy!
