You're going to. Oh, Welcome to the guitar music theory

podcast. I'm Desi Cerna, author of Frontboard Theory, Guitar Picking Mechanics, Guitar Theory for Dummies, and more.

This podcast features free guitar lessons that focus on music theory for guitar, including guitar scales, chords,

progressions, modes, composition techniques,

improvisation, and more.

The lessons are geared toward intermediate level players on up.

You can follow along on either an acoustic or electric guitar.

Bass players can take away a lot from the lessons too. Today's podcast episode is a previous recording in which you learn about playing pedal points and pedal tones.

Pedal points can add and pedal tones.

Pedal points can add new chord tones to basic chord changes.

This technique can help make a harmonically richer sound and musical texture.

This lesson is based on my book

Front Board Theory volume 2 chapter 10. You're going to be. Hi, I'm Desi Cerna, author of fretboard theory and fretboard theory volume two. In this free

guitar lesson, I'm going to teach you about pedal point or pedal

tones. This will include a discussion on sustaining bass notes, sustaining notes throughout a series of chord changes,

and repeating a melodic figuration over a chord progression.

A pedal point in music is a sustained or repeated note sounded against chord progressions and melodies.

Pedal points are also called pedal tones or simply pedals.

The term originates from organ music where the player

sustains a low tonic or dominant pitch with the foot petals allowing them to

easily play chords and melodies above this note on the keyboards.

In its simplest form, a pedal tone is a sustained or repeated note in the bass register on the tonic or dominant pitch that supports a melodic

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