Lesson 8 of 13GuitarIntermediate

Exercises on four-note chords

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Frank Doll takes you through exercises on four-note chords (seventh chords) on the fretboard.

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13 lessons (1h 41m) · 1 free
    • 01. Seconds and fourths

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      16:40

    • 02. Harmonising with triads

      4:28

    • 03. Sixths

      7:36

    • 04. Major seventh arpeggios

      7:14

    • 05. Dominant seventh arpeggios

      9:24

    • 06. Minor seventh arpeggios

      4:43

    • 07. Minor7b5 arpeggios

      3:54

    • 08. Exercises on four-note chords

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      4:16

    • 09. Drop3 Voicings

      7:27

    • 10. Exercises on Drop 3 voicings

      11:45

    • 11. Drop 2 Voicings

      8:45

    • 12. Exercises on Drop 2 voicings

      9:32

    • 13. Diminished seventh chords

      5:47

Lesson transcript

Music Lesson

Objective: Understanding the structure of musical pieces and practicing scales.


Review of Previous Concepts

  • Erstenstufe: Returning to Zurich to begin anew.
  • Acht, ein E Sieben: Accurately played notes in relation to a dominant in the Estunue.

Key Signatures

  • Das R: The resolution point.
  • Isaite das D: Smooth transition to D.
  • E: Continuing with E.

Exercises

  1. Zete das Z
  2. Zite does ha
  3. R. Zite: Ending with a clear E.
  4. D. Zaite: You can incorporate natural elements while practicing.

Techniques

  • Durkang: Utilizing arpeggios from Grunton in octaves.

Scale Practice

  • D Major
  • C Major
  • Fismo: Transitioning through different scales.
  • Horseb: Integrating emotional dynamics.
  • Dominant A: The dominant chord analysis.

Conclusion:
Continue to practice the transitions and integration of arpeggios within your pieces. This will enhance your overall playing proficiency and understanding of musical structure.

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Frank Doll

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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.

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