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Sam Briger started the topic Harmonic question in the forum Questions & Advice

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Hi –
I’m reading this book where it says that in a G-E7-Am-D7, the E7 is the dominant 7th of the Am so over the E7 you should play the A harmonic minor. Is this something you all do? I understand that if it was a minor ii-V then the A harmonic minor makes sense, but in this 1-6-2-5, isn’t the E7 just a dominant substitute for the diatonic Em?…Read More

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Tim Lerch
2 weeks, 5 days ago

That’s one way to think about it, let’s say you might play an Eminor chord in the key of G major a G major scale would provide you with an acceptable sound because Eminor in this case is born from the G major scale. So what if the chord is E7 that would require a G# note to connect sonically with the chord. If you were to Play all the notes of a G…Read More
- Sam Briger
  2 weeks, 4 days ago
  
  Thanks! I didn’t realize that just adding the major third made that an A harmonic minor scale. I tend to think of the chords themselves so I’m not used to applying scales starting on other notes over them.

András Nagy started the topic Hello, I'm András. Hungarian guy living in Germany in the forum Introduce Yourself

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Hi,
I’m András Nagy, a Hungarian guy living in Weimar, Germany.
I’m 35 years old, and play the guitar as hobby since I’m 16.
After the beginning learning impulse, I spent a lot of time on the same “level” and amused myself and my friends with kind of improvised solo guitar music, where finger picked chords were flowing around.

Now I’ve begun to…Read More

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András Nagy started the topic Band Sound in the forum Questions & Advice

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Hi TGW community,

I want to share an experience of mine, wondering if somebody have had some similar situation, and looking forward to hear your own reflections.

I play mostly rhythm guitar in a small swing band; we are all hobbiest musicians, and have 2-3 opportunities to put songs and rehears together before we gig.
Most of the time I…Read More

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Alexey Dyatchkov
3 weeks ago

We all struggle with performance anxiety… There is a lot said about it, f.e. on the YouTube, but the bottom line would be: 1. Be extremely prepared, 2. Perform more, much more. And then there are all kinds of tricks and advices, but if 1 and 2 are not in place – those tricks are useless.
For example, I recently went to an open mic after a break…Read More
- András Nagy
  2 weeks, 6 days ago
  
  Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

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