Musician alonso dos santos gillis
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alonso dos santos gillis posted an update 5 weeks ago
figuering out the intervals lessons! just getting started but….. the thirds: what is it based on? I mean is there a scale behind it? What is the root note of these intervals? It’s not really claer.. thanks!!
Edd Bateman2 Comments-
@als.gillis123 In much of Western music theory things are explained in relation to the major scale. For example C major scale is C D E F G A B and these 7 notes can be exchanged for the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.
The basic structure of common chords are triads with 3 notes which are called the 1st, 3rd and 5th. If you take note numbers 1 3 and 5… Read more
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So I learned the positions of the thirds in the style of Niwel Tsumbu (vertical on the neck and not horizontal) and it’s great!!! It sounds super African, I found a new style in my playing, I put it everywhere it’s addictive ;). So, you learn the positions in C, and you just have to transpose them in the key of your choice. Try it on a cadence…
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