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@William Nelson You’re welcome, William. I confess that this was as esoteric to me as imaginary numbers until I needed it in my theory class. Our homework was to write some progressions in major and minor keys to practice the various cadences. I would draft them out first in pencil, then enter them in Finale, and hit playback. Eewww, what’s wrong, I thought, it sounds flat in places. An hour later, lightbulb: pigeonhead, you forgot to use harmonic minor. So I’d go back and sharpen all the sevenths — can’t do it in the key signature -- that’s how it works. After that, I’d write “HM: #7” in the

When composing in a minor key, the natural minor creates both harmonic and melodic problems. In the Common Practice Period, composers solved these by altering the scale. The natural minor of C is Am, and this leads to a whole step interval between the seventh and tonic (namely, G to A), which means no tension in the leading tone. They addressed this by raising the seventh by a half step (now G# to A), creating the harmonic minor scale and a dominant V. Thus A harmonic minor is A B C D E F G# A, and the chords built upon this are i ii(o) III+ iv V VI vii(o) i. But this created a new proble

@Elizabeth S. Hi, Elizabeth, and welcome to the Guitar Gathering family! If you would like to know what to expect at this year's gathering, this thread about 2019 should give you a good idea, along with the itinerary (attached below). One difference in the schedule is that with NAMM on Saturday morning this year, the Student Showcase will probably be Friday afternoon. And because Trevecca won't be offering lunch service in the student center, we'll be on our own unless Steve works out a catering arrangement. Guitar Gathering 2019 Itinerary 5-27.pdf

I deleted another spam post from the thread on "Creating a Practice Space..." that was posing as troubleshooting advice. It was unrelated to the topic, contained a link to a commercial site, and was the first post from the user (March 17), who was issued a warning.

Watch Live Lessons on the Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE. 7:00 pm Central Time US 2021 LIVE LESSON DATES JANUARY 5th – The Top Guitar Chords in Any Key 6th – Travis Picking Boot Camp (workout) FEBRUARY 2nd – Seventh Chords and the Blues 16th – Multiply Your Soling Options MARCH 2nd – Ask a Pro: Q & A with Steve 3rd – Travis Picking Boot Camp, continued: Learning Freight Train (workout) 10th – Travis Picking Boot Camp, continued: Learning Freight Train (workout) 16th – Learning Irish Tunes 17th – Learning Irish Tunes,

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