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Topic: Best Method For Learning The Neck |
Jon Miller
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N.FT.Myers,Fl,USA
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Posted 6 Jun 2004 5:36 pm |
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I've heard it said by the best "Your dead in the water if you don't know the neck of the guitar". I understand inversions up and down the neck, but if someone were to ask me to play in E flat, I'm lost. I know little about theory and have been an ear player on all the other instruments I have played for the better part of my life. Can anyone give suggestions or tell me where I can find good material to learn from on this subject? I also find it difficult to understand "playing in pockets" I have several of Newmans videos and it helps but I seem to hit this wall. I'd appreciate the insight....Jon
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 6 Jun 2004 6:04 pm
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| Jon, I don't want to sound smart-alecky (for a change), but can you play in E? Cuz Eb is just playing everything down one fret from E (unless you're using open strings which you can usually avoid doing). The same fingerings and patterns you play in E will work at any fret and be in a different key... |
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Al Marcus
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Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Jun 2004 6:38 pm
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Jon -If you have played guitar. Your first string is E same as the 4th string on E9. So Eb is the 11th fret, Ab is the 4th fret and Bb is the 6th fret. That is your basic three chords in the key of Eb. If you work on that without even using the pedals it is a start.
So in the key of C you are on the 8th fret and F is on the first Fret and G is on the 3rd fret.So that is the three basic chords in the Key of C....al 
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2004 8:55 am
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Memorizing the names of the notes in 7 major chords will give you an entry point: C E G
D F# A
E G# B
F A C
G B D
A C# E
Bb D F From there you can mentally extrapolate the other chords. Make it a point when you learn a chord inversion, to know which string is the root. Then, for example, if you're on an F chord position and someone says "play an A note", you can easily find it as the next chord note above the F root.
Music is full of repeating patterns. The names of the notes depend on the key you're in, but the patterns remain the same. It takes a while to coordinate the two, but if you start with simple chords and scales it will gradually become second nature. (First nature is the sound itself, without a name. That's the most important thing.)
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 7 Jun 2004 12:02 pm
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Jon, get on internet explorer and do a search on the "Nashville number system"
there are several good charts that show you each major chord, and the chords that go with that particular major. it also shows your minor chords that go with a particular major. acros the top it will have the number system. for instance-
I IV V
C F G
Terry
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