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		<title>&#8220;Roadtrip&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
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				</script>Roadtrip from Adam Long on Vimeo. Just having a little fun with Travis Picking. I think I&#8217;m going to do a little tutorial on how to play this tune too.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Jazzy Jam&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 03:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was my entry in a David Walliman contest for a jazzy backing track. I didn&#8217;t win. lol. Could be better for sure but I&#8217;m not too disappointed in it.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;All is Calm&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 03:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this tune for a church Christmas production in 2010. I was asked to write &#8220;something pensive and sweet but slightly melancholy too.&#8221; I&#8217;m not sure if I nailed it but this is what I came up with.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Day with You&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 03:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So this tune is in DADGAD tuning. I wrote this for my wife a while ago.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Lord&#8217;s Prayer&#8221; &#8211; cover by Adam Long</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So this is my take on Doyle Dykes&#8217; GENIUS arrangement of The Lord&#8217;s Prayer. It&#8217;s absolutely an amazing song that he arranges and a joy to play. Those harmonics kill me.]]></description>
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		<title>Song Structure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Song structure does not have to be set in stone. But it helps to have a format to follow to your idea. At any rate, you should never feel restricted by a particular structure. It should be there to help not hinder. SOME SAMPLE SONG STRUCTURES (WITH OR WITHOUT LYRICS) ABABAB ABCABC AABBAA ABBA ABCDE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriting for Guitar: Example Composition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[song intro: the meeting and new excitement part 1: the fun they started having together and learning who the other person was part 2:new love part 3:the decision to get married part 4:the excitement leading up to the wedding part 1: flash back part 5 (climax and resolution):the wedding Part 4: the excitement leading up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriting for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[song intro: the meeting and new excitement part 1: the fun they started having together and learning who the other person was part 2:new love part 3:the decision part 4:the excitement leading up to the wedding part 1: flash back part 5 (climax and resolution):the wedding Part 2: new love In this section I deliberately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriting for Guitar by Topic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Songwriting by topic: The song idea Before writing this song I knew what I wanted to be my motivation for it. The wedding of my friend, Kevin, to his wife, Kathy. So the first thing I did was try to remember what it was like to feel all the emotions swirling right before the wedding. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dynamics in Music for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WAYS TO CREATE DYNAMICS WITH TECHNIQUE A good songwriter creates movement when they write songs. Some ways to create movement in your music are through techniques that make your playing dynamic. These techniques are commonly notated. But here I&#8217;ll give you their names and a description of each. Many of them are based on Italian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contrast in Music for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another way to incorporate some variation in your songwriting is to add contrast. 3 types of musical contrast Rhythmic contrast: changing the rhythm to add to or take away energy from the same melody Melodic contrast: making a statement then answering that phrase with another Harmonic contrast: playing the same melody but then repeating it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repetition in Music for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Repetition breeds stability and comfort for the listener. It can help you establish a relationship with the listener. But it can also breed boredom, monotony, and disinterest. So as a musician you want to avoid the latter and encourage building that relationship.&#8221; How to use repetition when writing songs repeat&#8230;but vary think in terms of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polyphonic Texture in Music for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3 MAIN TYPES OF TEXTURE Monophonic Homophonic Polyphonic &#8220;This is the big one. This is the most complex of all of the textures that we are looking at. If you ever heard of a man named Bach, then you&#8217;ve heard of one of the masters at polyphonic music. For guitarists Bach offers a huge amount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homophonic Texture in Music for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monophonic Homophonic Polyphonic What is homophonic texture? In the most basic terms, homophonic texture is a melody played with chords. Homophonic texture is the next step in complexity in writing your songs. It is here that we add another voice beyond a simple one note drone we saw in monophonic texture. Examples of homophonic texture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monophonic Texture in Music for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3 MAIN TYPES OF TEXTURE Monophonic Homophonic Polyphonic MONOPHONIC TEXTURE A characteristic of music that has only one voice, many voices in unison, or in octaves playing one single melody line. Monophonic texture, many times having only one voice, can be considered a thin texture. It&#8217;s not very common to find in popular songwriting. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harmony in Music for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Harmony is the resulting mixture of tones played simultaneously. If melody gives you the idea of the song, then harmony deepens the feel of the song. It breathes life into a song. It colors the song.&#8221; ~Adam Long Basics of harmony Harmony is the simultaneous ringing of multiple notes played together in music: a melody [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Melody in Music for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.&#8221; ~ Joshua Logan What is a melody The melody is the soul of the song. The reason for writing the song. Technically it&#8217;s the sum of all of the motives and phrases. When you add all the other elements of music to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musical Phrases for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A musical phrase is not the same thing as phrasing. Phrasing is the flavor you bring to the music. It&#8217;s your style. It&#8217;s the way you put your notes and chords together. A phrase is something different. Both are important.&#8221; What is a musical phrase? A phrase in music is simply a combination of motifs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motifs in Music for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a motif? A motive is basically the smallest element of a song, after the single note itself, that there is. It is the idea that sparks a song when you are songwriting. It is normally a collection of 3 or 4 notes. The most famous motif is probably from Beethoven&#8217;s 5th symphony. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Chords on Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to play and use the major chord By far, the major chord or major triad is the most used type of chords in popular music. They carry an upbeat, hopeful, full sound. They lack any hint of mystery, sadness, fear, funkiness or anything of the like. Here&#8217;s a secret. By learning major triads on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minor Chords on Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playing and using minor chords Minor chords can be used for a variety of reasons. But for the most part, they express a feeling more intimate sounding than the major chords. I tend to gravitate towards the use of minor chords. Some of the feelings I try to get across though this type of chord [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moveable Chords on Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go to CAGED for more explanation (may load slow lots of pix) Types of moveable chords Check out the printable, downloadable system for learning every moveable major chord possible in the Major Chord Mastery eBook. Root 6 Moveable chords Root 6 chords have their root or tonic, you guessed it, on the 6th string. Below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAGED Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remembering Chords based on CAGED and modal positions If we look at the modal positions we can see that we can figure out different chord positions as well. Basically this process is based on what is called the CAGED system. All it is really is a different way of looking at what you&#8217;ve already learned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diminished Chords on Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a diminished chord Diminished chords are unstable chords, they are very dissonant. They seem like they lack something, they need something. And usually that something ends up being the major chord a half step up from that diminished chord. Diminished chords are usually written like &#8220;o&#8221; or &#8220;-&#8221; or &#8220;dim&#8221;. And they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Augmented Chords on Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is an augmented chord? Augmented chords are unstable, or tense sounding chords. They are typically written as &#8220;+&#8221; or &#8220;aug&#8221;. They are usually used as a passing chord between to other chords because of the tension in their sound. They also tend to be led by that sharp 5th to the next half step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Chords for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a 6 chord? Sixth chords are peculiar sounding chords. It can be major or minor, augmented or diminished. The 6th chord (major) can probably be best described as whimsical. It&#8217;s the kind of chord you&#8217;d think a harp would play. Try out some of the chord formations and see if they can fit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Chord for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a 7 chord? Seventh chords are very common chords. Much of jazz is based upon 7th progressions. The seventh note is one of the notes that really defines the sound of the chord. It&#8217;s one of the strongest notes. A seventh chord can be major, minor, augmented or diminished. Remember that the 3rd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 Chord on Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a 9 chord? 9 chords are exactly like the 7 chords but we add a 9th to it. A 9th is an octave higher than the tonic and then add a second (2 frets up) The 9th chord formula is: 1-3-5-b7-9 The major 7th minor 9th chord formula is: 1-3-5-7-9 The minor 7th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Intervals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is an interval? An interval is simply the distance between 2 notes. The root note (note 1 of a scale) is the note you start on &#8230;for example in the key of A it would be the A note on the 6th string/5th fret. There are 7 general intervals: 2nd 3rd 4th tritone 5th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Intervals Tab</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Use the tabs below to help you learn how each interval feels and sounds on the guitar fretboard. Check out our interval worksheet or go on to guitar scales. Check out Learn and Master Guitar]]></description>
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		<title>Pentatonic Scales for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pentatonic Tried and true, this is the scale we all love to use. Guitar legends have been made from this scale. The good news is that it&#8217;s one of the easiest scales to remember and it fits in just about everyone&#8217;s style in some way or another. It&#8217;s commonly used in country, jazz, rock, metal, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Scale for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major Scale Theory So here it is in text&#8230; the basics of the major scale. We&#8217;ll get the theory out of the way so we can get into some phrasing exercises and some reflections on how to use this thing we call the major scale. Above you can see every major scale note on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Scale for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major Scale Exercise 1 Click here: 100+ PDF pages, MP3s, and screencast package with over a month&#8217;s worth of daily practice exercises so you can master the major scale. &#124;---------------------------4-5-4--------------------------------------------&#124; &#124;-----------------------5-7-------7-5----------------------------------------&#124; &#124;-----------------4-6-7---------------7-6-4----------------------------------&#124; &#124;-----------4-6-7---------------------------7-6-4-----------------------6-7-9&#124; &#124;-----4-5-7---------------------------------------7-5-4---------4-5-7S9------&#124; &#124;-5-7---------------------------------------------------7-5-5-7--------------&#124; &#124;----------------------------------------------------------------------------&#124; &#124;----------9-10-9------------------------------------------------------------&#124; &#124;-6-7-9S11--------11-9S7-6-------------------------------1-2-1---------------&#124; &#124;--------------------------9-7-8---------------------2-4-------4-2-----------&#124; &#124;-------------------------------9-7S5-4-------2-4-5----------------5-4-2-----&#124; &#124;----------------------------------------7-5-5---------------------------5---&#124; Major Scale Exercise 2 &#124;-----------------------------5--------------------------------&#124; &#124;-------------------------7-9---9-7----------------------------&#124; &#124;-------------------6-7-9-----------9-7-6----------------------&#124; &#124;-------------6-7-9-----------------------9-7-6----------------&#124; &#124;-------5-7-9-----------------------------------9-7-5----------&#124; &#124;-5-7-9-----------------------------------------------9-7-5----&#124; Major Scale Exercise 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minor Scale for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3 types of minor scales : the natural or relative minor the harmonic minor the melodic minor Natural Minor / Relative Minor Scale the Natural minor scale The aeolian mode, the 6th position of the major scale is the natural minor.So basically you&#8217;d play the aeolian mode pattern to play the natural minor scale And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minor Scale Exercises</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re not sure what the relative minor scale is&#8230; check out the relative minor scale page. Minor Scale in the key of A &#124;-----------------------------5--------------------------------&#124; &#124;-----------------------5-6-8---8-6-5--------------------------&#124; &#124;-----------------4-5-7---------------7-5-4--------------------&#124; &#124;-------------5-7---------------------------7-5----------------&#124; &#124;-------5-7-8-----------------------------------8-7-5----------&#124; &#124;-5-7-8-----------------------------------------------8-7-5----&#124; Minor Scale Triplets &#124;---------------------------------------------------5---7-5----&#124; &#124;---------------------------------------5---6-5-8-6---8--------&#124; &#124;---------------------------4---5-4-7-5---7--------------------&#124; &#124;-------------------5---7-5---7--------------------------------&#124; &#124;-------5---7-5-8-7---8----------------------------------------&#124; &#124;-5-8-7---8----------------------------------------------------&#124; &#124;-7---5---------------------------------------------------------&#124; &#124;---8---6-8-5-6---5---------------------------------------------&#124; &#124;---------------7---5-7-4-5---4---------------------------------&#124; &#124;---------------------------7---5-7---5-------------------------&#124; &#124;-----------------------------------8---7-8-5-7---5-------------&#124; &#124;-----------------------------------------------8---7-8-5-7-3-5-&#124; If you want some tips for practicing scales, check out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Modes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a guitar mode or a scale mode? Essentially a scale mode is a scale played with a different interval structure. With modal positions and scales, all you do is move up the fretboard. For example if you are playing in the key of A major and you are playing the A major scale, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Mode Charts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[C major scale Mode Notes Ionian mode: C D E F G A B Dorian mode: D E F G A B C Phrygian mode: E F G A B C D Lydian mode: F G A B C D E Mixolydian mode: G A B C D E F Aeolian (minor) mode: A B [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chord Progressions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE MAJOR SCALE AND PROGRESSION THEORY GET THE GUITAR PROGRESSION CHORD CHARTS (sorry they&#8217;re too big for HTML so I put them in PDF) 420k but it&#8217;s worth the download!!!! There are so many chords and chord progressions, the combinations of them are virtually unending. So we&#8217;ll start with the old standby, the MAJOR SCALE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cadences</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, now that you know a little bit more about chords and scales and how they fit together, lets look at some progressions. Now as you can see from the major chord progressions and the minor chord progressions pages we looked at before, the possibilities are limitless essentially. We can combine any chord with any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chord Leading for Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is chord leading? It is the tendency for one chord to lead to the next chord. It is the feeling that it needs to move somewhere else. How does chord leading? Leading and resolution are directly tied to one another. As you know, the leading tone is the 7th tone of the scale, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Circle of 5ths</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using the Circle of 5ths To use the Circle of 5ths, you have to figure out what key you are playing in. If you know the key, at the very least, you know you know what chord to go back to. Then the hard part is knowing only what chords are in that key. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chord Substitution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ii &#8230; IV III, vi &#8230; I VIIo &#8230; V ii &#8230; IV III, vi &#8230; I VIIo &#8230; V GENERAL COMMENTS Chord substitution overview: Any chord in the dominant family can substitute for another dominant family chord Any chord in the major family can substitute for another major family chord Any minor can substitute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relaxing with the Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Physical relaxation Relaxing is probably one of the most important guitar techniques you can develop for playing guitar. But it is also one of the most difficult to master. It&#8217;s not normally a part of anyone&#8217;s guitar lessons either. But it is important. You only play guitar your best and are able to improve maximally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right Hand Attacks on Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The right hand is what brings life to your playing. It allows you to build, to soften, basically to add a lot of techniques that make your music more interesting.&#8221; Later on when we talk about dynamics (in the Songwriting section) we&#8217;ll take some of these attacks and apply them with variations to melodies to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travis Picking</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As always: thumb = t, index = i, middle = m, ring = a Bass picking: Click for bass picking example 1 music Click for bass picking example 2 music Click for bass picking example 3 music In bass picking, you use the same patterns as before but the bass line plays a more active [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fingerstyle Arpeggios: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.theguitarsuite.com/fingerstyle-arpeggios-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reverse Rolls These fingerpicking exercises are the exact opposite of the rolls. Your fingers should move in the same manner as if they were tapping the table, rolling up the strings. Click for fingerpicking example 1 music Click for fingerpicking example 2 music As always: thumb = p, index = i, middle = m, ring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arpeggios: fingerstyle</title>
		<link>http://www.theguitarsuite.com/arpeggios-fingerstyle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is here that we begin to train our fingers to move independently of each other. Arpeggios finger patterns are limitless and should be a part of every guitarists&#8217; arsenal of techniques.&#8221; Fingerpicking and arpeggio tips Remember to keep your right hand in correct position when fingerpicking. Don&#8217;t reach to do an arpeggio, move your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right Hand Guitar Position</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enhancing guitar technique with right hand position Everyone tends to focus on the left hand when they talk about guitar technique. But in reality, the right hand is just as important. This page is dedicated to teaching you the correct right hand guitar technique when it comes to position. It&#8217;s not just the right hand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fretboard Stretching Exercises: Tab</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stretching is very important if you want to increase fluidity in your movement. This in turn will increase your speed. Make sure that you warm up thoroughly before doing these. And as always, if it hurts, stop. You should stretch, not damage your tendons and muscles. Guitar fretboard stretching exercise 1 For this exercise the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DCG Chords and Slurs Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guitar Technique]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this study we&#8217;re going to change the old standby, DCG, to not sound so much like what you hear on songs all day long on the radio. We&#8217;ll use hammer ons and pull offs to do this. Now this exercises is only a few measures long, but practice it and expand upon it. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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