Hi FD, Chrissy ...
I must learn more about music theory, I must admit...
Here's what appears to be a good site (in French) :
http://www.theoriedelamusique.com/mu...rincipale.html
Chrissy, The "altérations" section illustrates the flat/sharp showing a piano keyboard. It may be easier to see what FD is trying to explain
FD, I am afraid I can only guess the II-V-I progression.
I "feel" its I for the tone, playing second (II), the fifth (V), and ... straight to I (the tone) ?
That doesn't "sound" right as I type it ... hopefully, you will give me more information about this ...
If a soloist gives me the the key and tonality (?), (7th minor, 9th, ...) I'll will go along usually quite fine. As I play Blues, Jazz, and Jazz rock, a musical "mistake" may come out as a subtle (but unexpected) "Blue Note" !
Let's say I have been lucky ...
Now, to describe a guitar/bass guitar neck.
We work on semi-tones as our necks are fretted (frets : the metal bars on the neck) every semi-tone (occidental music only !):
This my lowest string :
E|_|_|_|_| (Well Okay, not very impressive ...)
Play it open (no fingers on the neck), it will give you the E
First fret (first _ with the left hand) will give an F (check this out Chrissy, it can be seen on the web site URL I send and illustrate FD's explanation)
second one will give F#
third one will give a G
(and so on)
G#,A,A#,B,C,C#,etc
I was first taught pentatonic scales (?) as it is well known in blues music (
et donc many well known tunes) and have built my knowledge from that, discovering alterations and modes to vary my bass lines with personal experiments....
It is enough to jam ... well for me anyway.
Now, as I said, I still have a lot to learn. I feel music more than I can explain it ... this is probably where the muse comes in ...
So long ...
Droops
P.S. : Sorry if I make any mistakes when using musical terms... I know I am in the best place to be corrected.