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    Guitar Mathematics
    Guitar Mathematics
    Guitar Mathematics
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    Guitar Mathematics

    By Steven M. Price

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    Guitar Mathematics is a compendium of ‘things’ that make understanding the guitar easier for beginners, casual players, or pros. Guitar Mathematics is deliberately written to uncover the patterns and relationships that are used to create scales and chords, and the relationships between and within scales and chords. Guitar Mathematics is really a teacher’s notebook replete with scribbling in the margins and highlighted passages for easy reference.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSteven M. Price
    Release dateMay 17, 2018
    ISBN9780463320556
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      Guitar Mathematics - Steven M. Price

      Detailed Table of Contents

      INTRODUCTION

      1 THE MATHEMATICS OF SCALES AND CHORDS

      UNDERSTANDING PITCH AND NOTES

      INTERVALS

      INTERVALS AND DOUBLE STOPS

      THE SCALE DEGREE

      An Overview of Scales and Modes

      THE SCALE TO CHORD CONNECTION

      BUILDING CHORD STRUCTURES WITH TRIADS

      THE CHORD TO TRIAD CONNECTION

      The Chord Families

      Chord Inversions

      Extended Chords

      Altered Chords

      THE CHORD TO CHORD CONNECTION

      Relative Majors and Minors

      Keys and the Circle of Fifths

      AN OVERVIEW OF PRACTICAL CHORDS

      2 THE MAJOR NOTESCAPE

      THE MAJOR SCALE

      The Modes of the Major Scale

      The Major Pentatonic Scale

      The Major Bebop Scale

      MAJOR TRIADS AND THEIR INVERSIONS

      Slash Chords

      Chords with No 3rd

      Chords with No 5th

      MAJOR 6TH CHORDS

      MAJOR 6/9 CHORDS

      MAJOR 7TH CHORDS

      Drop 2 Chord Voicings

      Major 7th b5 Chord

      Major 7th #5 Chord

      Major 7th #11 Chord

      MAJOR 9TH CHORDS

      MAJOR 11TH CHORDS

      MAJOR 13TH CHORDS

      MAJOR NOTESCAPE IDEAS

      C Chord Shape Notescapes

      A Chord Shape Notescapes

      G Chord Shape Notescapes

      E Chord Shape Notescapes

      D Chord Shape Notescapes

      Arpeggios

      Some Other Major Ideas

      3 THE MINOR NOTESCAPE

      THE NATURAL MINOR SCALE AND MODES

      Modes of the Natural Minor Scale

      THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND MODES

      Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale

      THE HARMONIC MINOR SCALE AND MODES

      Modes of the Harmonic Minor Scale

      THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE

      THE BLUES SCALE

      MINOR TRIADS AND THEIR INVERSIONS

      MINOR 6TH CHORDS

      MINOR 7TH CHORDS

      THE MINOR/MAJOR 7TH CHORD

      MINOR 9TH CHORDS

      THE MINOR/MAJOR 9TH CHORD

      MINOR 11TH CHORDS

      MINOR 13TH CHORDS

      MINOR NOTESCAPE IDEAS

      Arpeggios

      Some Other Minor Ideas

      4 THE DOMINANT NOTESCAPE

      DOMINANT 7TH CHORDS

      Dominant 7th b5 Chords

      Dominant 7th #5 Chords

      Dominant 7th b9 Chords

      Dominant 7th #9 Chords

      DOMINANT 9TH CHORDS

      Dominant 9th b13

      DOMINANT 11TH CHORDS

      DOMINANT 13TH CHORDS

      DOMINANT NOTESCAPE IDEAS

      Arpeggios

      The Whole Tone Scale

      Some Other Dominant Ideas

      5 THE DIMINISHED NOTESCAPE

      DIMINISHED TRIADS AND THEIR INVERSIONS

      THE FULL DIMINISHED (W-H) SCALE

      HALF DIMINISHED CHORDS

      THE DOMINANT DIMINISHED (H-W) SCALE

      FULL DIMINISHED (DOMINANT) CHORDS

      DIMINISHED NOTESCAPE IDEAS

      Arpeggios

      Some Other Diminished Ideas

      6 THE AUGMENTED NOTESCAPE

      THE AUGMENTED SCALE

      AUGMENTED TRIADS AND THEIR INVERSIONS

      THE AUGMENTED 7TH CHORDS

      AUGMENTED NOTESCAPE IDEAS

      Arpeggios

      Some Other Augmented Ideas

      7 THE SUSPENDED NOTESCAPE

      SUSPENDED 2 TRIADS AND THEIR INVERSIONS

      Basic 2 Open Chords

      SUSPENDED 4 TRIADS AND THEIR INVERSIONS

      THE 7 SUS 4 CHORD

      THE 9 SUS 4 CHORD

      SUSPENDED NOTESCAPE IDEAS

      8 CHORD PROGRESSIONS AND IDEAS

      CHORD PROGRESSIONS ON THE ROOT

      THE 2-5 AND 2-5-1 PROGRESSION

      THE 3-6-2-5 PROGRESSION

      CHORD PROGRESSIONS ON THE 4TH

      CHORD PROGRESSIONS ON THE 6TH

      RHYTHM CHANGES

      MEMORABLE CHORD PROGRESSIONS

      CHORD SUBSTITUTIONS

      VOICE LEADING AND PEDAL TONES

      9 GUITAR PERFORMANCE

      THE NASHVILLE NUMBERING SYSTEM

      Understanding Tablature

      HARMONICS

      Natural Harmonics

      Pinch Harmonics

      Harp Harmonics

      CHANGING HOW THE GUITAR SOUNDS

      String Techniques

      Capo Placement

      Different Tunings

      CLOSING REMARKS

      Introduction

      Many people want to play a musical instrument but find the learning process to be too difficult. For those who do pursue music, several aspects of music theory stand in the way. The issue seems to be the need for the balance between the pure enjoyment of playing an instrument versus understanding what is behind the music being played.

      The guitar has been around for quite some time. The guitar that we see today has an unknown history much before the Renaissance. The question as to whether the European guitar was introduced to medieval Europe from the Middle East, or if it was indigenous to Europe.

      Whatever the natural evolution had been, the contemporary guitar remains a great stringed instrument enjoyed throughout the world today. This leads nicely into the need to understand how the guitar produces music.

      There are several aspects of the guitar worth noting. First, the overall anatomy of the guitar helps to explain the production and projection of sound from the instrument. Second, the fretboard is the surface upon which all music is produced by changing the length of the strings with hand contact.

      Collectively all the parts of the guitar, especially the fretboard, are the heart of guitar music. Much of Guitar Mathematics focuses upon what happens on the fretboard. Why? Because the fretboard is where the patterns and sounds are created.

      The idea for Guitar Mathematics came from necessity. If one were to buy multiple music theory books or sit in boring lectures on music theory, the outcome would probably be the same. Why do I need to know this and how will it help my musicianship?

      Likewise, there are so many things to learn when one choses an instrument. Whether it is piano, tuba, or guitar, all musicians face challenges with mastering their instrument and its nuances in the world of music. The dilemma is relatively common.

      Guitar Mathematics is a compendium of ‘things’ that make understanding the guitar easier for beginners, casual players, or pros. As most great guitar players will tell you, I’m just a student of guitar - there is always something to learn and perfection is elusive so just try to stay in the groove. Guitar Mathematics is really a teacher’s notebook replete with scribblings in

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