Hello,
Really like the lesson. As I become a (marginally) better guitar player I am finding the theory side of things more and more interesting as the muscle memory side of things begins to happen intuitively.
Anyway, I have a question about the theory side of the and especially the initial section, as Kirk writes:
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The whole thing starts on a strummed I chord, which is a good way of establishing to the ear the key center. From there it moves up semitones in 'tenths'.
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So we are in the Key of E which consists of the notes from the E Major Scale:
E F# G# A B C# D# E
and we start with the strummed E, which (having read
planetalk!) I know consists of the E (I), G# (III) and B (V) of the E Major Scale. All good.
But then we move up semitones in tenths:
The first semitone move (the F# - second fret on low E String - and the A - the second fret of G String) makes sense. Both notes are in the E Major Scale and counting along I can see that A is ten steps from the F#.
The next semitone move though seems to take us out of the E Major Scale (the G - third fret on low E String - and the A# - the third fret of G String) . Neither G or A# are in the E Major scale, although I can see that they are 'tenths' apart.
The last semitone move fits within the E Major Scale (G# and B).
So my question is - how come this second semitone move sounds ok. How do you decide when and if to move outside of notes in a key?
Cheers
Mat