Guitar chord forum - chordie — Welcome to the Theory Forum

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (melaniamosss) — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 20:14:45 +0000

It seems to me that the theoretical forum ceases to be such. Can we ask questions and answer them?

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (idigitalacademy) — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:26:59 +0000

I Have a Guitar with me but still, I could not make it useful for me as I haven't learned it till now. Hope this forum and the information would inspire me and I could Learn as soon as possible.

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (Bax-Baxter-Vance) — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 01:00:59 +0000

Thanks Dino, I'm go'na start a new thread because I like this topic and think it may benefit someone whos in a slump and wanting to start regular practice sessions but not knowing where to begin. Let's call it...
"Fingering Exercises for Guitar" (and Key-Bd)

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (dino48) — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 00:39:35 +0000

This post is really old and I do not see Jerome on here these days.He is on other posts.

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (Bax-Baxter-Vance) — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 03:13:49 +0000

Ok, it looks like a new slate, four years later. I was introduced to music as a young child. They taught us Twinkle Little Star and Happy Birthday. Recorder and Autoharp. Notes, tablature and composition. It began a life long pathe. One day when someone said, "You have the gift". I figured, I'd learn all that I could and you know what? Much of the music we play today is found in old classical compositions from long ago. Just a different spin, different instruments.
I found Basic Chords were easy to sing with and play 3 note phrase scales.
I guess before I go wild with this, not yet knowing whats where at Chordie...
Maybe someone comes here and wants to practice fingering exercises. Those can lead to an understanding of music theory and all else follows.

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (Bax-Baxter-Vance) — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 02:03:12 +0000

Hi Jerome,
Mostly wondering if #20 posting is as far as this forum has progressed.
I'm go'na enter this and see what happens... We have a world of topics to visit here and theory shouldn't appear as some mystical realm that we'll never know.
To simplify the connection from brain to braun, I'll begin this way.
Um... First of all, if one wants to play guitar or key-board better. Don't look at your fingers. Learn to feel your way. This is My Theory, this is how theory should be interpreted. Not over there but as mine. When it comes to rules, mostly they go-out the window but progressions and patterns can quickly be learned. So, here's where the "withs" and "what-fors" come into what you're doing. Bax

This is My Theory.

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (jerome.oneil) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:01:31 +0000

Well, Chordie is a search engine that transforms songs found elsewhere on the net, so they aren't "submitted" per se. They are just found and digested. The tranposing tools you mentioned aren't that smart about key, which leads to the problem you note. It just counts half tones and not much else.

Thanks for the input.

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (gharris008) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:10:34 +0000

I am writing to suggest that song submitters try to be more careful of the chording they use when submitting songs. I am not sure if this is really
a problem of the submitters or the transpose option,but when a song is written in the key of E Maj. or is transposed to the key of E Maj. and there
is a VIm chord in the progression it should be written as C#m and not Dbm. Even though the pitch is the same, it does make a difference how it is
written. Thanks

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (drhatchettman) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:47:41 +0000

Here's a little memory tool you can use for a major scale. There are 8 notes in a major scale, do=1, re=2, mi=3, fa=4, sol=5, la=6, ti=7, do=8. There are half steps between 3 and 4 and 7 and 8, all the rest are whole steps. A whole step is two frets on the guitar and two keys on the keyboard. Once you have learned the fingering for one key (on guitar not so for the keyboards), you can use the same fingering for all 12 major keys.

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (drhatchettman) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:09:17 +0000

I have to say that most of the charts I’ve looked at on Chordie are not correct. Every thing from the wrong keys, wrong chords, wrong voicing, and lyrics. From what I gather, most people that post charts on Chordie are guitar players. Most of the guitar players I've worked with never learn anything about theory. They feel they don't have to. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Music theory is the nuts and bolts, the building blocks, and the foundation of all things music. The best thing anybody could do is to take music theory courses at your local community college, instrumentalist or vocalist alike. It's cheep and you can learn everything you every wanted to know about theory. If you can't do that at least learn some basic keyboards.

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (gitaardocphil) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:35:12 +0000

100% correct. How many of us, chordians, did STUDY MUSIC THEORY?
I play sins 30 years and still I can't read notes, even tabs.

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (ziggystardust) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:45:37 +0000

Hey Jerome - you will make a great administator - All the best -

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null@example.com (tonydr) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:51:23 +0000

A good bottom up description of theory.

From a top-down point of view, any related collection of ideas and facts when considered together can define a theory. As such, I always like to think of music theory as a set of ideas about playing that can be used as the basis for creativity.

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (jerome.oneil) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:59:17 +0000

That about sums it up.

The nice thing about it is once you get it, it's immediately apparent how useful it is.

Re: Welcome to the Theory Forum

null@example.com (Montana W.) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:29:15 +0000

hey its Montana W. the one who asked about music theory. yeah that was a good explanation, so theory is just like instead of playing a random buch of notes and chords on teh guitar u play in the same key so u get a tune isatead of just a buch of noise. like in the keyof g u just play all the chords and notes in that key to make it sound like a song or to make a solo. like rules that u go buy like on a game. is that it or is that like really wrong?