9:30 - 10:30 Digby Hardy - Basic music theory for guitarists.
This seminar will cover rudimentary music theory from the point of view of the steel
guitar - musical scales, major and minor intervals, the relative title of each note
in a scale, musical notes and why the same note can have 2 different names - for
example C# or Db. Circle of 5ths, circle of 4ths and reading key signatures. Chords
- their structure, their names and their relationships to one another. Why a 6th
chord is important in lap steel guitar tunings and a 9th chord is important in psg
tunings. Examples and analysis of chord sequences in most popular songs.