One of the easiest and best sounding ways to harmonize any melody is through the use of sixths. Sixths are an interval of two notes that land pretty comfortably on guitar and give the player an easy way to spice up his sound. Whether you are playing Fingerstyle or trying get an unmistakably Caribbean sound, sixths are a great way to make music.
This lesson covers…
• What is a Sixth in Music?
• Playing Scales in Sixths
• Using Sixths to Harmonize Melodies
• Putting Sixths to Work in a Fingerstyle Song
Grab your guitar and let’s learn a fun interval you can immediately use in your Fingerstyle playing! - Steve Krenz
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Steve plays a
J-200 in this lesson.
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Steve Krenz
As an instructor, Steve is best known for the top-selling guitar instruction course, Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar. He has helped thousands of students in over 95 countries across the globe to learn, improve, and master the guitar.
Steve's performing experience covers a large gamut, from playing guitar with the symphony orchestra, to jazz big bands, to performing with Grammy-winning artists like Donna Summer, Michael W. Smith, The Fifth Dimension, Israel Houghton, and Tommy Sims (producer, renowned bass player for Bruce Springsteen and co-writer of Eric Clapton's Grammy-winning song "Change the World").
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This Skills House Lesson was brought to you by the makers of Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar with Steve Krenz. Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar, the world's most in-depth home study course for guitar. Developed in partnership with Legacy Learning Systems, this 20-DVD course takes beginning players from the ultra-basics of guitar all the way through advanced skills training. It is truly years' worth of training in a single box, all presented in a simple step-by-step progression that anyone can follow on their path toward mastering the guitar. The Learn & Master Guitar course received the 2011 Acoustic Guitar Magazine Player’s Choice GOLD Award for outstanding guitar instructional materials. Steve is also the author of the Learn & Master Blues Guitar DVD course with Legacy Learning Systems. For more information, go here!
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