In the late sixties or early seventies I was reading or scanning a magazine and saw the ad "Play Guitar in 7 Days". I sent for it and even though I didn't play guitar in seven days (nor did I ever expect too) I did learn some things. One of the lessons I learn was when playing in a major key you as a rule followed the I IV V pattern and the V was a 7th chord. And if I recalled correctly the same applied to minor keys i.e. if you played in A Minor the progression was Am, Dm, and E7.
Recently, I have gone on a project of putting together a guitar chord booklet for a 20 something year old kid. In doing so I have been double checking my information via the internet. In doing this I haven't found anything to back up my assumption concerning minor key progressions.
Did this old guitar book really teach this method? Or is my memory faulty? And is my belief incorrect? I do not want to give this really nice kid bad information. Does anyone out there still have this book?
By the way, I also had a Mel Bay guitar song book at this time and I think it taught the thing.
Lafayette
Recently, I have gone on a project of putting together a guitar chord booklet for a 20 something year old kid. In doing so I have been double checking my information via the internet. In doing this I haven't found anything to back up my assumption concerning minor key progressions.
Did this old guitar book really teach this method? Or is my memory faulty? And is my belief incorrect? I do not want to give this really nice kid bad information. Does anyone out there still have this book?
By the way, I also had a Mel Bay guitar song book at this time and I think it taught the thing.
Lafayette