28/03/2013 17:09
Hello,
new version of Czech Mastermind is out. There is one fix - now it's possible to choose even 5, 6 or 7 colors... (thx to Jeff Cline)
Happy playing :)
27/02/2013 09:49
New version is here! Now you can learn intervals very fast!!
16/01/2013 10:25
In the last lesson we will talk about scales. Knowledge of scales is very important for improvising. Again they are any-fret, so the root note (root tone) determines the right name of the scale (e.g. pentatonic scale E played from root note G is G scale).
Pentatonic scales are the second...
15/01/2013 10:06
Arpeggios are actually seventh chords but are played tone by tone according to chord intervals (e.g. 1-3-5-7-1-3-… for maj7 arpeggio). Thanks to that, you can play more tones on each string. Look at them in the application or below in the tables and take a notice of its intervals. Again they...
14/01/2013 10:19
We talked about possibility of using only two any-fret chords (one major variant and one minor variant) for almost every song. It is possible, but not comfortable. Because when you want to play G chord and than D chord with variant E, you have to jump from 3rd to 10th fret. It's not possible to do...
11/01/2013 11:36
We talked a lot about chords in last chapters. Now we look at interconnectivity of chords in songs. Trust me or not, but most of songs consist of up to six chords. Of course I do not mean specific chords (absolute) as for example G7, but relative chord, for example tonic or subdomimant. Maybe you...
11/01/2013 11:00
These chords have great benefit, but sometimes it is hard to play them. It requires a little practice. But you will be greatly rewarded!
When you use these chords, you don't play any open strings. When you learn one chord variant you will be able to play all chords of this type. For...
10/01/2013 15:28
Sometimes basic major and minor chords may sound a little bit empty to you. In this case you can add b7 or 7 for fuller sound.
When is a seventh chord in any song, but you don't know it or have problem to grasp it, you can play it as simple major/minor chord. E.g. if in a song are chords...
09/01/2013 10:50
In the last chapter you learnt a lot of informations about intervals and tone names. So now we can look at chords. Classic basic chord consist of 1-3-5 (major) or 1-b3-5 (minor). Now we take a closer look at it:
1 (root note / root tone)
This is the root note which determines whole chord...
08/01/2013 15:14
At last we talk about semitones and intervals. One important thing, you should remember, is that movement one fret up/down means movement one semitone up/down.
When you press every fret on the low E and play the string, you will hear this...