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Harmony is the study of links
between chords and scales. Understanding harmony is essential to improvising and
mature songwriting. It is something you can't just read about to understand —
you have to actually hear it.
Pascal has created two series of classes on harmony for the guitar:
Each class is jam-packed with one full hour of instruction, quizzes, and
applications. A complete set of complementary handouts comes with each class.
Together, the class instruction and handouts form the musician's ultimate tool
for unlocking the secrets of harmony. Each class will provide a lifetime of
musical dividends.
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The Harmony Series provides the
indispensable fundamentals all musicians must master in order to become melodic,
consistent, and in control of their playing. This series covers (in alphabetical order):
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- advanced songwriting
- advanced techniques for rapid key identification
- chord contents
- chord families
- chord shapes and scale shapes on the fingerboard
- composing in one key
- direct modulations
- easy modulations
- five-note and seven-note scales
- grades of transposition
- harmony applied to songwriting
- the Circle of Fifths
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- how scales relate to chord families
- intervals
- key centers
- key identification
- key signatures and accidentals
- major/minor relatives
- modulations with pivot chords
- more advanced chords
- scale contents
- secrets of quick visualization
- "surprise" chords modulations
- the correct way to write chord charts ...
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I can now see how understanding harmony is essential. Once you know the
formula, you can improvise much better and the playing can become much
more creative. The classes really help facilitate progress between guitar
lessons. They are a good complement to the lessons.
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— F, Renton
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As I discover the fretboard more and more, my playing improves. The
ability to truly understand chord construction, families, progressions and
scales is vital.
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— T, Renton
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The Chords & Applied Harmony
Series is the ultimate in hands-on instruction. This series of classes takes you beyond
theory and fundamentals and transports you from the world of possibilities to
the world of reality. Your hands will never leave the fingerboard. You will
master the secrets of instantly knowing the best voicings for any chord progression.
The individual topics are too numerous to list, but rest assured—this series
will unlock the fingerboard for you forever.
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Your lessons have opened many doors for me, and the harmony classes
have probably been my favorite part. I have always wanted to be able
to craft songs of my own, and having an understanding of harmony has
made it possible. As for improvising, when I am playing along to a CD
or with a friend, I can move around the neck easier and get to the right
notes sooner, so the jam is more fun. Knowing what I now know about theory
and harmony has made it easier for me to find the direction that I want to
go and even gives me more options for taking my riff in other
directions.
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— C, Seattle
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Your technical knowledge is multiplied by your sincerity and enthusiasm.
Your ability to articulate the principles of harmony as applied to practical
guitar playing is at a very high level. You truly have made a science of
what you do.
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— D, Seattle
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