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Chord Finder C Db D Eb E F F# Gb G Ab A Bb B Major Minor Sus4 b5 Diminished Augmented Major6 Minor6 7 7sus4 Minor7 Minor7(9) Minor7(9,11) Major7 Major7(9) Major7(#11) Major7(13) Major7(9,13) Major7#5 Major7#5(9) MinMaj7 MinMaj7(9) 7b5 Minor7b5 Aug7 Dim7 Add9 MinorAdd9 Major6(9) Minor6(9) 7(9) 7(b9) 7(#9) 7(13) 7(b13) 7(9,13) 7(b9,13) 7(#9,13) 7(b9,b13) 7(#9,b13) 7(9,#11) 7(9,#11,13)

Name That Note Get familiar with note names on the fingerboard with these interactive flash cards!

Scale Finder C Db D Eb E F F# Gb G Ab A Bb B Blues Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian Diminished (H-W) Diminished (W-H) Whole Tone Melodic Minor Dorian b2 Lydian Aug Lydian b7 Mixolydian b6 Locrian 2 Altered Harmonic Minor Locrian 6 Ionian Aug Dorian #4 Phrygian Major Lydian #9 Altered bb7 Pentatonic Major Pentatonic Minor Augmented Arabian Balinese Byzantine Chinese Chinese Mongolian Double Harmonic Egyptian Eight Tone Spanish Enigmatic Hindu Hirajoshi Hungarian Major Hungarian Minor Hungarian Gypsy Ichikosucho Kumoi Leading Whole Tone Lydian Diminished Lydian Minor Mohammedan Neopolitan Neopolitan Major Neopolitan Minor Overtone Pelog Persian Prometheus Prometheus Neopolitan Purvi Theta Six Tone Symmetrical Todi Theta

Name That Interval Get familiar with intervals on the fretboard with these interactive flash cards!

Arpeggio Finder C Db D Eb E F F# Gb G Ab A Bb B Major Minor Sus4 b5 Diminished Augmented Major6 Minor6 7 7sus4 Minor7 Major7 Major7#5 MinMaj7 7b5 Minor7b5 Aug7 Dim7

Beginner Guitar Lessons

• Tuning Your Guitar • Why I Started to Play Guitar • Basic Major Chords (C,A,G,E,D) • Other Major Chords in Barre Form • Basic Minor Chords (Am,Em,Dm) • Other Minor Chords in Barre Form

• Strumming Technique • Adding Hammer-Ons to Your Strumming • The C Major Scale • The A Minor Scale • Hammer-On and Pull-Off Technique • Introduction to Slides

Music Theory Tables & Charts

• How Chords Are Constructed • How Scales Are Constructed • How Arpeggios Are Constructed

• Chord/Scale Relationships • Fingerboard Diagram • Circle of 5ths

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