Guitar Fretboard maps of Raaga Kharaharapriya To the right is C Dorian scale played starting from the 5th fret of the 3rd string. The next image shows the same C Dorian scale in terms of South Indian Carnatic classical notation or Sa Ri Ga Ma. C Dorian shares the same notes as the Raga Kharaharapriya, Read the full article…

Any note position on the first four frets of the guitar can be found using the flats and sharps relationships on the C major scale fingering position. Confusion arises when trying to find out the notes : Eb (near the first two strings), Bb, Gb, Db, Ab, Eb (near the 6th string). These are the Read the full article…

Tension on the wrist and hand General awareness of fingers Be aware of the tensions in your fingers. Your fingers should make a natural movement and press the notes on the fretboard. Any unnatural positions of the fingers have to be noted. Keep the fingers close to the fretboard, ready to use. Do not move Read the full article…

Click on the play button (top left) to listen to the phrase. Raaga Hamsadhwani Phrase Example |G , , , G , , R | SRG , , , , R| NRNR G , , R| NRNP Each alphabet and comma is of a sixteenth note duration. Let us find out the chords for D Read the full article…

Above are the notes and tab for the beginning of the Carnatic geetham Sreegananaatha / Lambodara. Starting from 3rd string open G as Sa, the melody is played within the first four frets of the guitar. Try playing it – use first, third and fourth fingers for 1st,3rd and 4th frets respectively. The geetham is Read the full article…

When taking classes for beginners, after showing them how to hold the guitar, we directly get to play the C Major scale and then a simple melody. Here i have included the C major scale and a melody. The C Major scale Download C major scale and simple melody (Janaganamana) in a zip file The Read the full article…

The Raga on Guitar App shows you the scale positions to play Indian Ragas on the guitar fretboard. How to start finding raga note positions on the guitar You choose : the root ('Root' to the right of 'preset patterns') the string where the root should be played on ('Start @' below 'intelli patterns') and Read the full article…

The following progression is based on C as the root, C major chord used as the root chord. The other chords are found from the C major scale (except for A major), and are chords which you will usually find together in many song situations. Basic chord progression on guitar Progression 1 : |C|Am|Em|G| Progression Read the full article…

9th, 11th, 13th notes 9th = seven + 2 = 2nd note 11th = seven +4 = 4th note 13th = seven + 6 = 6th note These notes are usually played one octave higher than the root. This way the root note comes in the bass section while the added 9ths 11ths or 13ths Read the full article…

The 'spelling' of a 7th chord is : root – third – fifth – seventh That is, when we add a seventh note to the basic triad (root – third – fifth), we get one of the seventh chords. How many sevenths – note options Root and fifth – there are only one note each. Read the full article…