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Cover Introduction...........................................................    Music theory made simple...................................    Playing by ear.....................................................    Prerequisite......................................................... 1 Basic Building Blocks.......................................... 2 The Major Scale................................................ . 3 Major and Minor Chords.................................... 4 Three Chord Theory........................................... 5 The Minor Scales...............................................    Aeolian Minor Scale...........................................    Harmonic Minor Scale........................................    Melodic Minor Scale.......................................... 6 Seventh Chords.................................................. 7 Circle of 4ths (and 5ths)...................................... 8 Six Chord Theory............................................... 9 Diminished, Augmented and Suspended Chord.... 10 Modulation....................................................... 11 Barr Chords..................................................... 12 More on Chords...............................................     The difference between a chord with a letter.......     Chord Embellishments........................................     Sixth Chords......................................................     Ninth Chords.....................................................     Add Nine (also called Two)...............................     Six Nine............................................................     Eleventh Chord..................................................     Thirteenth Chords..............................................     Flat 5 chords.....................................................      Sharp Nine........................................................     Combination Cords........................................... 13 Modes.............................................................     Mixolydian Major Scale.................................... 14 Other Scales....................................................     Pentatonic scale................................................     Minor Pentatonic..............................................     Blues Scale.......................................................     Learnign to Play the Blues................................. 15 Chord Substitutions.......................................... 16 Conclusion....................................................... Appendix Test Answers.......................................................

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