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Permalink Reply by Patrick Curley on April 3, 2014 at 3:20pm

Cool. None of that's been covered here and I wondered if that's what you're after.

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Permalink Reply by Scruggy on April 3, 2014 at 3:46pm

yes as most sites use guitar tabs instead of chords! if i was familiar with guitar playing it would be easier but to be honest CBG is my very first intrument! but so far im loving it! getting to know the notes and chords, i already can play Wild Thing, Smoke On The Water. i know easy stuff but for me i think achievement! ment to tel you im already in your course, you replied to a question on it my name is Enda Mchugh! Scruggy is my dogs name! lol

had a few issues with my cbg that needed fixing thats why i havent started with the course, but thats fixed now so guna go full steam ahead with your course prob monday i think!

ps will get beatles done by tomorrow!

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Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on April 3, 2014 at 5:54pm

You're going to learn everything by the Beatles by tomorrow?

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on April 3, 2014 at 6:39pm

Next up: The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare

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Permalink Reply by Scruggy on April 4, 2014 at 2:14am

no just Come Together! want to get the ball rolling first on a few rock tunes first before i finish of thier whole catalog! lol

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Permalink Reply by Scruggy on April 6, 2014 at 3:50am

internet down all weekend :-( just back now! so late in getting the Come Together tab done! hopefully done soon! anyone else try any other new songs since?

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on April 6, 2014 at 4:01am

you,re gonna be busy Scruggy,but you can skip roll over beethoven and a couple of others

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Curley on April 3, 2014 at 8:14pm

Scruggy is your dogs name. That is hilarious.

Take it easy on the Beatles tune if you're just starting, one thing at a time.

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Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on April 3, 2014 at 8:10pm

...set to the complete works of Mozart.

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Permalink Reply by Scruggy on April 6, 2014 at 1:53pm

another quick question for everyone i learned how to find the key of a song but ive read conflicting things about the root, can you clarify which is right?

the root is the note of a chord on the lowest string?

another said on cbg the root is the same as the key?

ive seen chord charts for cbg where the root was the middle string!

also is the root only in individual chords of a song and not like for example the key of g for the whole song?

appreciate any feedback thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Curley on April 6, 2014 at 3:02pm

The root note is the note that all of the other notes refer to (hence the name root). For this reason it's good to have it in the bass but you won't always so that's not a reliable way to find it.

The root note of the tonic chord is the same as the key but that key will have other chords, each with it's own root note, so you need to know exactly what you're looking for.

Sometimes 3 string chord charts do have the root on the middle, even the top string, that's just a fact of life given the limitations of the 3 string, it's another reason why I keep banging on about not using a 3 string for chords, but I digress.

Then you need to look at how the key or scale has a root note but so do the individual chords in that key. For example a 3 chord song with G, C and D is in the key of G so the root note of the G chord (also called the tonic chord or simply the I) is a G. The root of the C however is C (called the subdominant or the IV) and the root of the D chord is a D (dominant or V chord)

I've got a series of videos on youtube that will cover all of this more fully but you should give yourself some time to digest it properly

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy_Iln9n-YVMjt5fahMsEvuKZBOx...

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Permalink Reply by Scruggy on April 7, 2014 at 4:41am

thanks Patrick great videos really detailed! defo rewatch till it fully sinks in!

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