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Andy French's Musical Explorations

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Category: Music Theory

Triads across the fretboard

In Guitar, Music TheoryTags Guitar Chords, Music Theory, Triads5th September 2021 Andy French

In this post I want to expand on my previous posts regarding triad shapes. The original posts tended to work through string sets (e.g. stings 1 to 3, or 2 …

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Harmonic minor modes – Phrygian Dominant

In Guitar, Harmonic Minor, Music TheoryTags Guitar, Harmonic Minor, Music Theory, Scales28th July 2021 Andy French

The fifth mode of the Harmonic Minor scale is Phrygian Dominant. A pretty evocative sounding mode that reminds you strongly of Spanish gypsy music. Use of the term “dominant” should …

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Harmonic function in minor keys – the tonic

In Jazz Theory, Music TheoryTags Harmonic Functions, Jazz, Melodic Minor, Minor Keys, Music Theory15th July 2019 Andy French

At long last I’m going to continue my exploration of minor keys. In the first post in this series I observed that attempting harmonic analysis of music written in minor …

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Triad chord library (Part 3)

In Guitar, Music TheoryTags Triads9th July 2019 Andy French

Following on from other posts in this series here is part 3, covering strings 3 to 5. A quick reminder about triad construction. A triad contains 3 notes – obviously …

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Bdim7 chord

Diminished theory

In Guitar, Jazz Theory, Music TheoryTags Guitar Chords, Jazz, Music Theory22nd April 2019 Andy French

The diminished seventh chord (o7) is one of the most exotic and beautiful harmonies that equal temperament has to offer. This chord type has a completely symmetrical structure. It is …

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Creating jazzy blues progressions

In Jazz Theory, Music TheoryTags Blues, Jazz, Music Theory, Secondary Dominants10th March 2019 Andy French

The basic blues format In general the blues is a combination of minor pentatonic melody played over a harmonic progression emphasising the tonic, sub-dominant and dominant chords. It’s also common …

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Andy French was the lead guitarist and vocalist of the now defunct British alternative metal band The Hollowkind.

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Andy French was the lead guitarist and vocalist with the British alternative metal band The Hollowkind. The band is no defunct but their tunes are available on Spotify or SoundCloud.

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