Finding chords in a key
Suzanne,
How about starting us off at the beginning. A couple of us know a lot, a few more know some and most of us know nothing. You giving us a starting point to work on and just as importantly, why that is the starting point, will get us all going.
How about starting us off at the beginning. A couple of us know a lot, a few more know some and most of us know nothing. You giving us a starting point to work on and just as importantly, why that is the starting point, will get us all going.
Suzanne, I could use a very basic explanation of where to start with learning music theory. The reason I have been progressing with TG is because I didn't have to know the type of information you are asking. I would like to know it but I would need to see how it all ties in to playing songs on the guitar and improving from where I am using the TG format or maybe a seperate forum that takes us through some basics so we can follow along. Gary
tgsuzanne wrote:
Great. Now I feel like an ass for posting on your scales thread. Should have read your profile before opening mouth (slaps himself in the face).Thanks.....I know all this, I'm fishing to see where people need help.
tgsuzanne wrote:
Well there's 15 minutes of my life that I'm not getting back.
Can I point out that if you ask a question worded in this way you'll only get replies from people who can answer it, even if (in my case)they can't express it very well. :huh:
r
Thanks.....I know all this, I'm fishing to see where people need help.
Well there's 15 minutes of my life that I'm not getting back.
Can I point out that if you ask a question worded in this way you'll only get replies from people who can answer it, even if (in my case)they can't express it very well. :huh:
r
goldleaf wrote:
Hey Gary- good questions all. You have to know what key you are in if you ever want to improvise or play lead guitar. If you are just playing chords in a song you don't need to know the key but if you want progress past basic chords or want to add or change chords or even transpose, either manually or with a capo, you need to know.
Also, knowing the key is almost mandatory if you ever jam with other players.
If I can suggest a "training aid" learning the Circle of Fifths is a relatively easy way to learn where chords come from in a key plus a bunch of other good info. Here is a pretty good explanation although it is more technical than it needs to be:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_fifths
Scroll down to "In Lay Terms" for a non-Greek explanation!!
Cheers! :cheer:
Suzanne how do you determine what "key" you are in and what influence does a chord have if it is major or minor or diminished?? I'm sorry but you asked and if you are offering to explain I would be interested in knowing how your question applies to learning songs like I am on TG. Is it mainly for reading music. I hate to show my ignorance -- well maybe not-- but I would like to understand the importance of the type of question you have asked. I know it is important because everyone who is knowledgable in music says it is but I couldn't explain why to anybody else. Could you explain it to me so I could understand well enough to explain to another person?? Thank you very much and I am probably a good example of why the knowledge you bring to TG is important. Gary
Hey Gary- good questions all. You have to know what key you are in if you ever want to improvise or play lead guitar. If you are just playing chords in a song you don't need to know the key but if you want progress past basic chords or want to add or change chords or even transpose, either manually or with a capo, you need to know.
Also, knowing the key is almost mandatory if you ever jam with other players.
If I can suggest a "training aid" learning the Circle of Fifths is a relatively easy way to learn where chords come from in a key plus a bunch of other good info. Here is a pretty good explanation although it is more technical than it needs to be:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_fifths
Scroll down to "In Lay Terms" for a non-Greek explanation!!
Cheers! :cheer:
Bear, thanks for the explanation and the other info. I will follow up with what you sent me. I read the whole post and was feeling less disappointed, then I saw it was not from Suzanne, I sincerely appreciate the info from you but I kinda hoped I would have not been ignored by Suzanne. I have to assume she did not feel my questions were good ones! Your friend, Gary