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We didn't do any of that stuff either. I remember one Christmas when I was really really young (maybe 4yo) that inlcuded a gift from "Santa" but I never remember believing in him. We didn't do Easter Bunny stuff, tooth fairy or anything else that I can remember.
For my own kids, I did have them hide their teeth under their pillow, and wrote them a cute poem from "the tooth fairy", but we all knew it was a game.
For my own kids, I did have them hide their teeth under their pillow, and wrote them a cute poem from "the tooth fairy", but we all knew it was a game.
My teacher taught me scales/chord progressions like this....
E.g. The common Western Major scale
1 2 34 5 6 78
In the key of C that would be
C D EF G A BC
Between C and D is a whole step as you're jumping the #/b
Between E and F is a half step as they are right beside each other
So you can start on whatever note on the fretboard and go from that note whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step...
I.e. if you wanted an A Major Scale, you would start on the A and go
A B C#D E F# G#
[I am sure you are familiar with the 12 notes on the fretboard?]
So the notes of the Major Scale is then where you get your chords from if you [but you can introduce chords from other keys as well].
Within the Major scale you will always have a Major, minor, minor, Major, Major, minor, diminished
So in C Major Scale
C Major
D minor
E minor
F major
G major
A minor
B diminished
A Major scale
A Major
B minor
C# minor
D major
E major
F# minor
G# dimished
So if you then rename these with numbers 1-7
C D EF G A BC
1 2 34 5 6 78
You then get your chord formulas...
Triad chords (using 3 notes)
Major chord, you take 1 3 5
Minor chord you take 1 b3 5
So C Major chord, take the 1 3 5
C E G
D Major 1 b3 5
D F A
Then you just use only those notes down the fretboard to form the chord.. you can form it anywhere on the fretboard using those notes and you can improvise your leads to the chords based upon the 7 notes in these scales.
Then you can practice chord progressions, for example a common one would be 1, 4, 5 chord progression
So you would go C, F, G
or A, D, E
you can then automatically transpose these chord progressions to any key when you know the scales and improvise lead with them. Hope that makes sense haha.
E.g. The common Western Major scale
1 2 34 5 6 78
In the key of C that would be
C D EF G A BC
Between C and D is a whole step as you're jumping the #/b
Between E and F is a half step as they are right beside each other
So you can start on whatever note on the fretboard and go from that note whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step...
I.e. if you wanted an A Major Scale, you would start on the A and go
A B C#D E F# G#
[I am sure you are familiar with the 12 notes on the fretboard?]
So the notes of the Major Scale is then where you get your chords from if you [but you can introduce chords from other keys as well].
Within the Major scale you will always have a Major, minor, minor, Major, Major, minor, diminished
So in C Major Scale
C Major
D minor
E minor
F major
G major
A minor
B diminished
A Major scale
A Major
B minor
C# minor
D major
E major
F# minor
G# dimished
So if you then rename these with numbers 1-7
C D EF G A BC
1 2 34 5 6 78
You then get your chord formulas...
Triad chords (using 3 notes)
Major chord, you take 1 3 5
Minor chord you take 1 b3 5
So C Major chord, take the 1 3 5
C E G
D Major 1 b3 5
D F A
Then you just use only those notes down the fretboard to form the chord.. you can form it anywhere on the fretboard using those notes and you can improvise your leads to the chords based upon the 7 notes in these scales.
Then you can practice chord progressions, for example a common one would be 1, 4, 5 chord progression
So you would go C, F, G
or A, D, E
you can then automatically transpose these chord progressions to any key when you know the scales and improvise lead with them. Hope that makes sense haha.
I hate when I go shopping, and I just stand there for forever trying to decide if I really want that item. I'll stand there and stare at it, hold it, maybe walk around the store with it while looking for other things, and then putting it back.
Well, except tonight I actually bought it. Such inner turmoil over the dumbest stuff.
Well, except tonight I actually bought it. Such inner turmoil over the dumbest stuff.
