No musician knows every scale and song. That’s why keyboard and chord charts were developed. They are tools that provide musicians of all skill levels an easy reference to expand their knowledge. They have similarities and cross-over points as well. Keyboard charts will show you how to play a variety of scales and chords. They [...]
A music scale usually refers to a progression of single notes upwards or downwards in steps. The word scale comes from the Latin word la scala which means ladder, or stairway. A musical scale is a ladder of notes that runs from the root note to the octave note (octave means eight, as in octopus, [...]
The dictionary defines a chord as; A combination of usually three or more musical tones sounded simultaneously. On a guitar the most commonly used chords are probably power chords, a chord simply consisting of the root note and the fifth. They sound great with loads of gain, and most modern rock songs are build around [...]
To a beginner the world of music theory can seem a daunting one. There are a lot of terms, phrases and ideas that can seem so foreign that they may as well be a different language. Understandably this puts a lot of new players off from starting to learn music theory and apply it to [...]
