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Lesson 1

Musical

Example

Lesson 1

Secret

Score

Lesson 1

Score/

Music

Example 2

Let’s listen to another musical example:

While this piece has more parts than our previous example, it still uses only the notes and chords found in the a natural minor scale.

Analyzing the Chords

Throughout the score, the chord names can be determined by looking at the bass and acoustic guitar parts. The bass provides the root note of the each chord while the acoustic guitar plays the individual notes of each chord.

Let's take a look at just the chords we've used in this piece:

About the guitar and bass notation for this lesson

If you were to check each chord, you would see that every chord can be found in our chart Chords Built from the A Natural Minor Scale: