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Sound & Strings

Why it works, and five safe notes.

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Unit 21

Sound Itself

Waves, voices, and friction.
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21.1
Same note, different voice
Why piano and marimba disagree about C. Watch the wave.
CC3
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21.2
Rough or smooth
Consonance, dissonance, and the beating you can hear.
CC♯G
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Unit 22

The Pentatonic Scale

The five-note shortcut to sounding good.
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22.1
Five safe notes
Drop the two clash-makers and nothing can go wrong.
CDG
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22.2
The guitar's home scale
A minor pentatonic and the box every guitarist learns first.
ACE
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22.3
Add the blue note
One extra note turns the pentatonic into the blues.
AE♭
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