Identify three-note fretboard patterns as chord names. Each pattern is part of a larger 4-, 5-, or 6- string chord. The qualities choices are lead-sheet style. (Here "o7" is for all types of diminished 7th chords)
Click in the order: chord letter name, chromatic sign for the letter (if necessary), and chord quality.
For chromatic dyads, continue to select notes from lowest to highest.
Always click the chromatic sign after clicking the correct note name. For example:
For triads, select each correct note name in the exact order: 1) lowest note, 2) middle note, and 3) highest note.
For chromatic triads, continue selecting correct notes in the exact order: 1) lowest note, 2) middle note, and 3) highest note. Always click any chromatic sign after clicking the correct note name. For example:
Swing rhythm occurs when eighth notes are interpreted unevenly as a pattern of long-short durations (subdividing the quarter note into 3's). Learn by practicing the count as:
Listen to the opening measures of G Minor Blues first played with straight eighths (counted: 1- &, 2- &, 3- &, 4- &) and then swing eighths (counted 1- &- a, 2- &- a, 3- &- a, 4- &- a):
Straight eighths
Swing eighths
