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Music Patterns (no rules)
with links to songs

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If you want to play the guitar or the piano, you do NOT try to learn the mathematical rules of music. It would be too confusing. You learn patterns, even though you might not be aware of them. The most basic pattern for Western music is the major scale (Do-Re-Mi ...). The most iconic visual representation of this being the black (F# pentatonic) and white (C major) keys on piano keyboards. For chords the most basic pattern is the Circle of Fifths.

Circle of Fifths
 
F
 		 C G D
 
Bb
 		  
 
Key		 A
 
Eb
 		 of X
 
 		 E
 
Ab / G#
 		 C# F# B

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Mandolin melody chords tab
tuning [1] [2] strings [1] [2] [3] Moonshiner => [A] [D] [D]

Frets and Fractions:
Chords and Major Scales

open2nd4th5th 7th9th11th12th
18/94/53/4 2/33/58/151/2
I
(low)		iiiiiIV
major		 V
major		vi I
(high) ...
((1))sus 2
add 9		((3))sus 4 ((5))6maj 7((1)) ...

Note: Fret bar on the right edge of each box
(Fingers press to the left of the bar)

Playing a major scale
on one string

Fingering Pattern (using 1 finger)
1356 8101213 ...
Broken Down into 3 Parts (using 4 fingers)
13 124 134 ...

Guitar Chords

Which of these (open) guitar chords can you play?



The Enhanced Circle of Fifths

Index to songs
Angie ... C
Cherry ... C
Cowgirl in the Sand ... C
 
Crossroads ... A
City of New Orleans ... G
The Cup Song ... C
 
A
 
A
  		Holding Out for a Hero ... C
 
House of the Rising Sun ... C
Iiwake ... C
Jambalaya ... G
Love ~ 4-letter Word ... G
Me and Julio ... A
 
H
 
H
  		The Rose ... A, C
 
Scotland ... A
7 Bridges Road ... G
Stand by Me ... A
Sweet Home Alabama ... G
Take Me Home ... A
 
Won't Get Fooled ... A
 
R
The Zoo ... G

Day of the month, chords, and song title:

Day Chords Title
1I, IV, V, I Amazing Grace [F#] [Db] [F#=>G] [Bb=>Eb=>Bb]
[Eb=>F=>G] [F=>G=>Eb] [Eb=>Ab=>Bb=>Eb]
2I, IV, V, I Johnny B. Goode in Bb [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
in the key of A [1] [2] [3] in C [1] [2] [3]
3I, IV, V, I Auld Lang Syne [G#] [G#] [G=>Bb] [Bb] [Bb=>C] [C] [Eb]
in the keys of D [1] [2] [3], F [1] [2] [3], and G [1] [2]
4I, IV, V, I In the Summertime [D] and in the keys of F [1] [2] [3]
and E [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [lesson 8] [lyrics 9]
5V, VII, IX Gimme Shelter (lessons) [1] [2] [3] [4]
6I, II, III, IV, V, X, I Orinoco Flow [A] [B] and in the key
of C [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
7I, II, IV, V, VIIb, I Me and Julio [Bb] [B] in the key of A:
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Lessons: [10] [11] [12]
8I, IV, V, I Fire and Rain [B] [C] [G#] [C]
9I, IV, V, I Tennessee Waltz [E] [F] and
in the key of G [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6],
key of A [1] [2] [3], and key of D [1] [2]
10I, V, I Jambalaya [C] [C] [D] [F#] [G#] [G=>A] and
in the keys of G: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] and A: [1] [2]
11I, IV, V, I Midnight Special [E] [F#] [G] [A] and
the key of D [1] [2] [3] [4] lessons: [5] [6]
12I, IV, V, I Early Morning Rain [A] [C] [C#]
and in the keys of Bb [1] [2] [3] [4]
Eb [1] [2], F [1] [2], and D [1] [2] [3]
13I, IV, V, I Obla-di, Obla-da [E] [F] [G] [G] [A] [A] [B] and in the keys
of Bb [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] and C [1] [2] [3]
14I, IV, I For What It's Worth [D] [Eb] [Eb]
and in the key of E [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Walk on the Wild Side [G] [Bb] lesson [C] and
in the keys of C [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] and D [1] [2] [3] [4]
15I, IV, V, I To Beat the Devil [Bb] lesson [Bb]
16I, IV, V, I Won't Get Fooled Again [G] [G#] and
in the Key of A: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [lesson 6]
17I, II, IV, V, I Honky Tonk Woman in the key of A: [1] [2] [3] [4]
[B] and the key of G: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
18I, IV, V, I The Gambler [F#=>G] [G=>A] [Bb=>B] lesson: [D]
and in the key of Eb=>E [1] [2] [3]
19I, IV, V, I Crossroads [D] and in the key of A: [1] [2]
[3] [4] lessons [5] [6] [7]
20I, IV, V, I Sweet Home Alabama [A] [A] [Bb] [x] and
in G [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
21I, IV, V, I Moon Shadow [C] in B [1] [2]
in the key of D [1] [2] [3] [4]
22I, IV, V, I Brown Eyed Girl [Bb] [F#] and
in the key of G: [1] lessons: [2] [3] [4]
23I, IV, V, I Dock of the Bay [F] in G [1] [2]
Lesson: [3]
24V, IV, I, V Sympathy for the Devil [A]
in E [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
25I, IV, V, I Blowing in the Wind [Eb] [E] [F] [F] [A] and
in the keys of G [1] [2] [3] and Bb [1] [2] [3]
26I, IV, V, I Mr. Tambourine Man [E] in D [1] [2] [3]
27I, II, IV, V, VI, I Baby Driver (for Bob) [E] in D [1] [2] [3]
in the key of Eb [1] [2] [3] [4]
28I, IV, V, I I Saw Her Standing There [F#]
in the key of E [1] [2] [3] [4] lesson [5]
29I, II, IV, V, I That'll Be the Day [F] [A]
30I, IV, V, I It's So Easy to Fall in Love [1] [Eb] [E]
Lyrics [2] Lessons [3] [4] [5]

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