Wednesday, April 6, 2011

today's guitar lesson

We didn't go over a specific song today -- he didn't bring one in! Instead we talked a little more about theory. We also reviewed 9th chords - one form with the root note and the other without. We also looked at a chord substitution chart for I IV V. He explained what a "dominant" chord is and how in blues it's a little different than in classical theory. We looked at 11th and 13th chords, on a chart, but didn't practice any. Our playing was focused on 9th chords, and the talking ranged around those areas in theory i mentioned above.

1 comment:

Quixote said...

Interesting. I'm curious to know what the difference regarding the use of the term 'dominant' in blues as opposed to classical theory. Is there more to it than just flatting the major seventh?