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  • #22
    You can try to focus on visualizing the fretboard in your head and music theory. Another thing is tapping your foot to the best of any song or music you know and try to sing along to it(it sounds weird but trying to sing along to songs can really improve your ear for melodies)
     

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    The 5th string is a B in open tuning because effectively it makes open chords possible so it makes live a lot easier. All the open strings played together makes an Em11. So it really is just convenience that’s also why there exist so many different tunings. You can kinda tune it however you like it to be tuned. At least that’s what I always thought.
    Yes the singing thing works without any voice training. Simply try to record yourself singing along and then listen whether you sound in tune. That’s also a little bit of ear training for you. At least I feel like my ear has gotten better since I started singing more. The trickiest part is to control your breathing. I’m a very firm believer that everyone can sing, it just tends to be in different keys for different persons.
    Great that you’re counting!
     

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    B is the fifth of E and the major third of G, it’s also the 9th of A, the 4th of F#, minor third of G#, minor seventh of C#, major seventh of C and the 6th of D. So there are a lot of open chords you can play with the open B which is pretty convenient. If you would make the open B a C(so everything works in 4ths again). The C is the 5th of F, minor third of A, the 4th of G, major third of G#, the 6th of D#, the 9th of Bb, the minor seventh of B, major seventh of Db. So, when it’s tuned as a B you have more options for open chords than when it’s tuned in C for example.
     

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    Yes for E A is the fourth And B is fifth. They are called perfect because it is the same for both major and minor. For all the others a minor interval is simply a halve step lower compared to the major interval(minor third is 3 frets, major third is 4 frets)
     

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