Barre Chords!!
Hey! I’ve been wanting to put out a better barre chord chart for years. Here it is. Barre Chords get used a lot – especially in Rock and Roll. I’ll put out a video to go with this soon…Please share. Enjoy!
The Notes on the 5 String Bass!!
Here you go! All the notes on the 5 string bass!!! Want to see some super useful 5-string bass scales, too??! Enjoy!!
Hey, I play a free live gig every Sunday 8pm Central on twitch.tv/bradleyfishmusic and facebook.com/bradleyfishmusic – check it out!
G Major Scale & E Minor Scale for Guitar – The Whole Neck!
Here’s all the patterns of the G Major Scale. Yup, its also the E Minor Scale (and 5 other ‘modes’, too). I’m constantly showing this to students — its massively useful for jamming in virtually all genres. You can play these same patterns in any key by sliding them up and down the neck. You can also divvy these patterns up in different ways – just trying to keep it simple. Pick, say, a pattern a month (or 3) and learn it well. Jam on songs in G major or E Minor. Start with the open and 12th position. (Notice its the same pattern). Have Fun!!!!
“Raised 2 – 7th Chords” on Guitar
Hey Guys,
I just posted a video showing how to jam some blues w/these chords.
For now, instead of teaching HOW to build them, which is actually pretty fascinating, let’s just ‘cheat’ and learn them visually 😉
The shapes are the same in all keys — so for E do everything 2 frets higher (or 10 frets lower ’cause it always adds up to 12; 2+10 =12).
Enjoy!
The Notes on the 4-string BASS + Worksheet!
Here’s a worksheet to practice the Notes on the Bass! Print it out and fill in each fret for practice!
The Notes on the 6-String Bass Guitar!
Hey! My buddy Pat bought a 6-string bass!!! — That crazy dude!!!!
Here’s a little worksheet to practice the notes on the 6-string bass. Print these both out…
To get the gist of the notes in general, check out this post:
https://bradleyfish.com/the-notes/
For the BASSISTS!!! The A Minor Pentatonic Scale – All positions
Hey! Here’s the A Minor Pentatonic Scale
This Video uses the 5th Position (Blue) Pattern!
Have Fun!
Here’s a new prettier version of the scale!!!
The Notes on The Ukulele
Here’s all the notes on a Uke!
To understand how the notes work in general, please check out my post: https://bradleyfish.com/the-notes/
Here’s a worksheet to help you memorize the notes!
Print it out and practice!!
Have Fun!
Bradley Fish
The Notes
There’s 12 notes in our Western System. Its the same on an Electric Guitar as it is on a Trombone or a Piano – or any instrument from the Western hemisphere.
And It almost makes sense, lol! 🙂
‘#’ means ‘sharp’. ‘b’ means ‘flat’. A# and Bb are ‘enharmonic equivalents’ — which is a fancy term that means they’re the same note.
To memorize the notes, just remember that there’s no sharp or flat between B and C — and also E and F.
Ok, let’s say you’re pressing the 3rd fret on the D string of your instrument. Count 3 up (clockwise) from D. 1st fret is D#/Eb, 2nd fret is E, 3rd fret F. So you’re playing an F!
So now you’re playing the 11th fret of the G string. You could count up 11 frets — but here’s the shortcut: The octave is at the 12th fret – so that’s a G. Count down 1 fret (counter-clockwise) – either way you figure it out, you get F#/Gb.
Now you can name EVERY note on your instrument, if we give you a sec to count. This will help you greatly communicating with other musicians (who can be hard to communicate with lol), and also learning theory…
Quiz Yourself to find random notes on your instrument – Have Fun!
Your ‘Rock’ Scale – the A Minor Pentatonic Scale!!!
Your ‘Rock’ Scale – the A Minor Pentatonic Scale!!!
Its also your ‘Country’ scale, the C Major Pentatonic Scale.
Save the image above print it, frame it, and stick on your wall!!!
This is just a 5 note scale: A C D E G — its the same in any pattern.
On all the patterns just play 2 notes per fret. (Notice the Low E string is thick in the drawing.) As you can see, they all overlap.
Start w/ the (blue) 5th position. That’s all you need to get started jamming.
It gives you 80% of the effect w/20% of the effort!!
When you’re ready to use more of the neck and really progress, try a new pattern per month or so. I’d do the (purple) open position and then the (red) 2nd position. Then fill in the rest. Notice the open and 12th (both purple) position patterns are really the same pattern, just an octave apart.
Jam w/ this stuff and have fun. Lay down a chord progression on a recording or a looper – or jam w/ a buddy – and jam over it w/ any of these patterns.
Try rock progressions in A or A Minor (i.e.) //: A / C / D / D ://
Try Folk/Country progressions in C major. (i.e.) //: C / F / G / G ://
This video walks you through the patterns. Have Fun!!!