3 String Theory Charts and Tab Sheets

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Permalink Reply by lal germain on June 14, 2012 at 12:19pm

looks great can it be adapted to gdg tuning

Permalink Reply by Swamp Dawg Primal Music on June 14, 2012 at 7:05pm

sure, there's even a page for custom tuning to fill out yourself. I print them up at half size on A4 paper, giving me 4 pages (2 front, 2 back) on a single sheet of paper. Also, if you do lots of different tunings, you can print more copies of the page for custom tunings.

Enjoy and have fun!

Permalink Reply by Swamp Dawg Primal Music on January 20, 2013 at 2:19pm

It is written for I-V-I tuning and V-I-III tuning, and I use GDG and ADF#. You need to have Kenni Lee's lessons for it to make sense.

Permalink Reply by Patrick Curley on January 5, 2013 at 5:43am

Good job. I don't mean to be picky but you did ask for constructive criticism and being a high school teacher I can't help myself.

Your use of Roman numerals is good although minor and diminished chords are usually written in lower case.

You should also watch your enharmonic naming. In the key of C# for example the major third should be called an E#, even though it sounds the same as F. Strictly speaking the third note is an E something (C# D# E#) while the F is the flat 4 (C# D# E# F#).

I didn't check the whole thing but you certainly appear to have nailed all of your scales and chord theory, and laid it out really well.

Permalink Reply by cynthia dinan on January 6, 2013 at 3:31am

This booklet reflects a great deal of work.  I want you to know how much we appreciate you sharing it with us.  Thank you!

Permalink Reply by Swamp Dawg Primal Music on January 6, 2013 at 12:30pm

Thanks, it's nice to be appreciated. Also, thanks for the criticism- I've caught other mistakes and will correct them. This site and it's members help me enjoy music, so I'm proud to be able to contribute and help the next person. Keep an eye out for tabs that I'm writing for my new songbook "Back Porch Jamboree" for 3 string CBG and harmonica! Enjoy!

Permalink Reply by Paul Lasicki on January 20, 2013 at 10:58am

Hi, can you add a little something explaining the charts. Sorry, zero music theory.

Permalink Reply by Swamp Dawg Primal Music on January 20, 2013 at 2:22pm

Sure: buy Kenni Lee's video lessons. These are to accompany his 3 string lessons. The lessons on his CD's contain all the theory to explain these charts. With no base to work with, these charts are pointless, they are simply a reference to help with Kenni Lee's lessons.

Permalink Reply by Swamp Dawg Primal Music on January 20, 2013 at 5:12pm

Sorry if I seem a bit terse in some answering questions, but as I stated in the original post, this is what I use to accompany Keni Lee's lessons- if you don't understand what these charts are, then you need to get Keni's video CD4, and then maybe CD5 and CD7. If you don't understand music theory, Keni's got a simple, no BS way of making it understandable even to neanderthals like me. I'm not a teacher, but a student sharing my notes.

If you're new to playing, check out my blog, I have a post that explains a good path to learning to play, starting with free lessons from great players like Knot Lenny and Shane Speal available here and progressing to intermediate and advanced stuff from Keni Lee.

Permalink Reply by mordacai bondurant on March 22, 2013 at 1:19am

Good stuff, pardner....thank ya for postin' it.

And I really enjoyed the stuff on your blog = ww.swampdawgmusic.blogspot.it

 

mordacai