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  • THE BASICS OF MUSIC
    • Tuning the Guitar
    • Pitch
    • The Chromatic Scale
    • Reading Music
    • Guitar Tablature
    • Melody and Harmony
  • MELODY
    • Melody
    • The Major Scale
    • Fingering The Major Scale
    • Fingering The Major Scale (Moveable)
    • The Minor Scales – Natural Minor Scale
    • Applications of Major Scales
    • The Minor Scales – Melodic Minor Scale
    • The Minor Scales – Harmonic Minor Scale
    • Applications of Minor Scales
    • Other Scales – The Pentatonic Scale
    • Applications of Pentatonic Scales
    • Other Scales – The Whole Tone Scale
    • Other Scales – The Diminished Scale
    • Modes
    • Fingering The Modes
    • Applications of Modes and Scales
    • Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, Slides and Bends
    • Key Signatures
  • HARMONY
    • Harmony
    • Intervals
    • Intervals (continued)
    • Fifth Chords
    • Major Triads
    • Major Chords
    • Moveable Major Chord Shapes
    • Minor Triads
    • Minor Chords
    • Moveable Minor Chord Shapes
    • Tonality
    • Triad Inversions
    • Polychords
    • Seventh Chords
    • Diminished Chords
    • Min/Maj 7 Chords
    • Suspended Chords
    • Sixth Chords
    • Extended Chords
    • Altered Chords
    • Harmonising the Major Scale
    • Harmonising the Minor Scale
    • Four Part Harmonies
    • Chord Progressions
    • Chord Progressions (continued)
    • Modal Interchange
    • 12 Key Chord Exercise
    • Chord Substitutions
    • Tritone Substitution
    • Passing Chords
    • Chord Relatives
    • Arpeggios
    • Harmonics
    • Combining Melody and Harmony
  • FINGER EXERCISES
    • Right Hand Finger Exercises 1
    • Right Hand Finger Exercises 2
    • Left Hand Finger Exercises
  • PERFORMANCE PIECES
    • Fishing Blues
    • Speak Softly Love
    • Moonlight Shadow
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Tuning the Guitar
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
Pitch
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
The Chromatic Scale
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
Reading Music
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
Guitar Tablature
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
Melody and Harmony
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
Melody
MELODY
The Major Scale
MELODY
Fingering The Major Scale
MELODY
Fingering The Major Scale (Moveable)
MELODY

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The Guitar Sourcebook

by Steve Marcus

steve@theguitarsource.co.uk

bend harmonics sixth chords moveable major chord shapes diminished chords A chromatic scale chords of the major scale diminished scale pentatonic scale imperfect consonances I-VI-II-V-I chord progressions the dominant fifth pull-off II-V-I chord progressions extended chords guitar tuning chord progressions using secondary dominants natural minor scale octave rest values altered chords dominant seventh chords godfather theme major scale intervals sharps major 7th chords sub-dominant direction II chord substitutions pentatonic major scale harmonising the minor scale major chords III chord substitutions 9th chords minor triads written music for guitar applications of modes and scales IV chord substitutions reading music octaves parallel major scale blues modes parallel minor scale seventh chords minor scales tuning the guitar paul mccartney note values pitch melody and harmony scales left hand finger exercise modal interchange dominant 7#5b9 chords ninth chords root note chord relatives major seventh chords diminished sydney carter tone chords of the minor scale barre chords chord progressions major triad tonality chromatic scale V chord substitutions tritone substitution harmonic minor scale chords lydian mode minor seventh chords guitar tablature ledger lines locrian mode right hand finger exercises yesterday second inversion I-IV-V progressions 5th chords sixths one fret = one semitone natural harmonics 12 key chord exercise applications of major scales harmonising the major scale ionian mode seconds dominant 13b9 chords 12 bar blues phrygian mode dominant direction natural minor 7th chords first inversion common time moveable minor chord shapes fingering the modes I-VI-IV-V progressions dominant 11#9 chords passing chords moveable major chords inverting intervals treble clef the diminished scale hammer-on four note minor chords dominant 13b5b9 chords pentatonic minor scale chord substitutions 11th chords quarter note eleventh chords aeolian mode dorian mode minor chords power chords sevenths combining melody and harmony time signature harmonic minor scale minor chord shapes fourths relative minors mixolydian mode dominant 7b5 chords triads 6th chords using major chords from the parallel minor hey joe four note major chords artificial harmonics key signatures suspended chords step pattern harmony the major scale sharp dissonances note names minor scale tritone mike oldfield fifth chords min/maj 7th chords john lennon secondary dominants fishing blues using minor chords from the parallel minor slide thirds fingerstyle the chromatic scale soft dissonances applications of pentatonic scales fifths lord of the dance moonlight shadow major triads triad inversions four part harmonies jimi hendrix stave chords perfect interval scale theory polychords minor scale chords I chord substitutions circle of fifths tablature chord shapes melodic minor scale the sub-dominant A major scale moveable major scale melody line with chords fingering the major scale major scale chords flats applications of minor scales dominant 7th chords perfect consonances arpeggios thirteenth chords augmented speak softly love 13th chords bar chords min/maj seventh chords whole tone scale dominant 7#5 chords melody

© 2026 The Guitar Source by Steve Marcus

  • HOME
  • THE BASICS OF MUSIC
    • Tuning the Guitar
    • Pitch
    • The Chromatic Scale
    • Reading Music
    • Guitar Tablature
    • Melody and Harmony
  • MELODY
    • Melody
    • The Major Scale
    • Fingering The Major Scale
    • Fingering The Major Scale (Moveable)
    • The Minor Scales – Natural Minor Scale
    • Applications of Major Scales
    • The Minor Scales – Melodic Minor Scale
    • The Minor Scales – Harmonic Minor Scale
    • Applications of Minor Scales
    • Other Scales – The Pentatonic Scale
    • Applications of Pentatonic Scales
    • Other Scales – The Whole Tone Scale
    • Other Scales – The Diminished Scale
    • Modes
    • Fingering The Modes
    • Applications of Modes and Scales
    • Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, Slides and Bends
    • Key Signatures
  • HARMONY
    • Harmony
    • Intervals
    • Intervals (continued)
    • Fifth Chords
    • Major Triads
    • Major Chords
    • Moveable Major Chord Shapes
    • Minor Triads
    • Minor Chords
    • Moveable Minor Chord Shapes
    • Tonality
    • Triad Inversions
    • Polychords
    • Seventh Chords
    • Diminished Chords
    • Min/Maj 7 Chords
    • Suspended Chords
    • Sixth Chords
    • Extended Chords
    • Altered Chords
    • Harmonising the Major Scale
    • Harmonising the Minor Scale
    • Four Part Harmonies
    • Chord Progressions
    • Chord Progressions (continued)
    • Modal Interchange
    • 12 Key Chord Exercise
    • Chord Substitutions
    • Tritone Substitution
    • Passing Chords
    • Chord Relatives
    • Arpeggios
    • Harmonics
    • Combining Melody and Harmony
  • FINGER EXERCISES
    • Right Hand Finger Exercises 1
    • Right Hand Finger Exercises 2
    • Left Hand Finger Exercises
  • PERFORMANCE PIECES
    • Fishing Blues
    • Speak Softly Love
    • Moonlight Shadow
  • Download Now

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