Part 1 Verse Good morning! So, if you’ve been following our theory bites, you should now know the chords in the key of G Knowing the chords, and the triads and their spelling and all of those things, will make this much easier to follow. Analysis tries to figure out what is going on with a song, and highlight things like cool changes that work, song construction, and cadences. Verse G - Em - D - C back to G This is a I vi V IV to I. In Nashville terms its 1 6m 5 4 1 Today we will do this in Nashville Numbering System (NNS) but commonly, analysis is done with Roman Numerals. G goes to the relative minor Em then as you recall a 5 wants to pull to the 1 and in this case, with D it does not go straight to the 1 but takes a path towards the 1 by first going to the 4 which is C, then to the 1, our G. This is VERY common in music, and still gives a nice resolution. This is solid but effective songwriting. By the way, a 4-1 by itself is an effective cadence, called a Plagal cadence. It’s very common, and does not require a 5 for it to feel resolved. Its not as powerful, but its still in a solid 2nd place as runner up,for how well it works. So how does this analysis help us? Well it teaches us very common ways that a song can be built and most especially demonstrates ways that it can resolve back, and feel “home” again! Tomorrow we will look at the chorus!

Had a great time hanging with @Sean Christiansen and @Elliott H

I’ll start things off! I’m Sean, a guitar instructor from Texas, I have been teaching since the mid 90s. I’ve had a brick and mortar Guitar Academy since 2004. I’ve been teaching online since 2009. Tell me about you! I’d love to hear your story! Doesn’t have to be elaborate, just what you play how long, any favorite guitars or bands or passions, and anything else you’d like to share! I was a fixture in the Musicians Talk Forum on Ultimate Guitar, which many of you have probably heard of. This was where we all talked music theory and helped other guitarists. I’ve made many great friendship over the years from people there! Currently, I am one of the leaders in the Facebook community “Guitar and Music Theory” which has over 100k members. Beyond all of that, helping others is a passion of mine, and I have been fortunate to have picked up some very unique insights about music and making it easy for others to do the same. I really just want to grow a really tight knit community of like minded players, and hang out, help one another, so if you’d like to join in, welcome aboard, and I hope to be a positive influence in your own guitar journey. One thing that I hope we can do are those virtual meetups, where we just hang out and talk about whatever. and I’m excited to see where that goes. Below is a picture of my studio, where I’ve been teaching out of since 2016. Look forward to getting to know everyone and making new friends!

Had an awesome first class with @Sean Christiansen Never thought I could play guitar but I'm learning allot. He's an awesome teacher

Had a great time hanging out with @Sean Christiansen and @Elliott H Can't wait to begin classes this week!