Harmonising with triads
Lesson time: (4min 28sec)
Frank Doll shows how to harmonise a melody with triads on the fretboard.
Course preview
This lesson is part of the course Fretboard Theory (Course 2)
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Lesson transcript:
The Sound of Silence - Music Lesson
Overview
In this lesson, we will explore the structure and elements of "The Sound of Silence" by Paul Simon.
Key Elements
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Einstein in the Melody
- Kraifnum vexland
- Sun G with top note dime
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Mid Melody
- Dande vexel Simha Dandy Zurich
- Tone C
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Melody Tone
- Gates Hochemlo
- Ditongitzi daswelvida
- Hold kvartenbiandel
- Hamte
Conclusion
These elements will help you understand and perform the melody more effectively.
About the instructor
Frank Doll, born in 1972, studied at the Music College Regensburg before reading musicology, German and linguistics at the University of Regensburg. Drawn back to the guitar, he went on to train at the Munich Guitar Institute (MGI). He has worked as an instrumental teacher since 1998, alongside countless performances at home and abroad across rock, pop, musical theatre and light music. He currently teaches in the music stream at the Edith-Stein-Realschule in Parsberg and has run the Musikwerkstatt Frauenberg since 2006. On MusicGurus his German-language Griffbrett Theorie courses map the guitar fretboard systematically - intervals, chord shapes, modal positions and applied theory - for players who want to understand the neck, not just memorise shapes. read more