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This is Paradise I (Chapter I) of
‘David Slingshots Guitar Theories: Knocking
Giant Confusions & Beyond’
Here is the LEGEND of the characters you’ll meet
inside. Good luck and have fun!
GUITAR
VISUAL AIDE
IMPORTANT
DEFINITION
DID YOU KNOW?
MEMORY
CUE
POWER TIP
CHECK POINT
?
TRICK ICON
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PARADISE I:
BASICS THAT MATTER
TO easily understand how the BACKBONE of western music works -
starting with the major tones - IT’S THAT IMPORTANT!
A. MUSIC DEFINED
B. MUSIC’S BIG THREE
C. 12 INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS of WESTERN MUSIC & INTERVALS
D. 7/12 - THE SEVEN MAJOR TONES
E. THE MUSICAL ALPHABET
F. ACCIDENTALS
G. HARD CODING THE MAJOR SCALE FORMULA
H. POWER TIP! - CHEATING INTERVAL LOCATION
How to hard code & decipher the formula of the 7 Major Tones
the kindergarten way (Major Scale).
PARADISE POWER TIP :
How to easily land on the right note, even if you don’t know
any scale.
THE IDEA:
WITHIN THIS CHAPTER, WE HAVE A GOAL OF UNCOVERING:
PARADISE SECRET :
PARADISE POWER TIP :

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A. MUSIC DEFINED - Introduction
From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Music
Pronunciation: myü-zik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English musik, from Anglo-French musike, from Latin musica, from Greek
mousikē any art presided over by the Muses, especially music, from feminine of
mousikos of the Muses, from Mousa Muse
Date: 13th century
1 a: the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in
temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity
b: vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony
2 a: an agreeable sound : e.g. Her voice was music to my ears.
Paradise I:
BASICS THAT MATTER
Music Defined in This Book
Music is an auditory science and art which
1) uses well ordered sounds and their combination that moves through time and;
2) synergizes with the beauty of form and feeling of emotional intensity that tells of
every human existence, experience and society.
What really is music?
Music for me is a gift from heaven, whether on the creator’s side or the listener’s side, which relates to something that is to be
expressed and cultivated from our feelings within and exchanged outside with artistic approach along natural scientific clues. It
is a phenomenon so vast& expressive, too noble and elusive that I must ask forgiveness for I can’t find words to fully describe it
with just bearing & confinement; but a language that is very forgiving and universal that transcends race, vocabulary, age and
philosophy- which makes it the mostbeautiful language there is. Whether my definition be right or wrong, I don’t know…
What is music? I still don’t knowbut let us still explore.
- Paul Trajano

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B. MUSIC’S BIG THREE - Elements
Music, in its totality, has three main elements. Anytime you play something on your guitar, or listen
to a song, you will surely always encounter one or more of these elements.
RHYTHM
Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent.
Simply, rhythm is timing of the notes that you are playing - the
tick and the tock, the 1-2-3-CLAP-1-2-3-CLAP… etc.
HARMONY
In music, harmony manifests itself as a
pleasing sensation in the listener as the
ear discerns more than one distinct source
of sound.
The basic guitar chords that we play are
composed of notes that are ‘in harmony.’
A guitar solo playing over some bass lines
that blend beautifully is ‘in harmony.’
You could add as many instruments as you
like and if they sound pleasing to the ears
together, then they’re in harmony.
MELODY
A melody is a rhythmical succession of single
tones, with the most parts belonging to a given
key, that are so related together as to form a
musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear.
Try this. Hum the first song that comes into
your mind. That is melody.
Is that all brah?

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C. 12 INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS of WESTERN MUSIC & INTERVALS
Music is translated thru our ears, that is, in the simplest idea, we can’t see it.
But for the purpose of easier instruction, let us imagine that music is made up of 12 equally divided
blocks, each block representing a musical tone.
INTERVAL - distance between two tones ( 1 block = 1 tone)
a. half step interval (a.k.a semitone)
 small interval from one note to the next closest note, higher or lower
 (the interval between a particular block and the block beside it)
b. whole step interval (a.k.a tone)
 a musical interval of two half-step intervals
The pitch of a note is how high or low it sounds.
Musicians often find it useful to talk about how much higher or lower one note is than another
e.g. ‘a note half step above; or a note a whole step below’
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
HALF STEP HALF STEP + HALF STEP
= WHOLE STEP
On the guitar, the half step & whole step intervals would look like this:
1
2
3
4
6
5
WHOLE STEP
From an open string to
the 1st fret is HALF STEP
1 fret to the next fret is
also a HALF STEP
Open String - a string not being pressed by a fretting hand
DID YOU KNOW?
If you use half step intervals all through out the 12 notes, a scale called chromatic scale is born.
If you use whole step intervals all through out the 12 notes, a scale called whole step scale is born.

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Seven out of the 12 tones have been given major significance.
They are the 7 Major Tones, which collectively acts as the backbone from
which almost everything that has to do with melody & harmony in music ex-
pands from.
HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS?
Grasping this thoroughly is the secret to understanding the mysteries of
chord formation, chord progression, scale derivation, modes and a lot more
very easily.
1
8
2
9 10-11-12 and so on...
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
These numbered blocks will represent the 7 Major Tones.
12 blocks
12 blocks repeats ...
DID YOU KNOW?
The “do-re-mi” we’ve been singing since childhood are actually the 7 Major Tones.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
(do—re—mi—fa—so—la—ti—do)
A: Blocks 8 and 9 will show us the ‘octave’ relationship, which simply means that blocks 1 & 8
are technically just the same notes, only that 8 is a higher pitch version of 1.
That is why when singing “do-re-mi” you end with another ‘do’, but this time a “higher do”
Octave – two pitches with the same name, located 12 half steps apart.
“8” is an octave higher from “1” - “1” is an octave lower from “8”
The same applies to: 2 & 9 | 3 & 10 | 5 & 11 | And so on...
Q : If there are only 7major tones, then what are the blocks 8, 9 and so on for?
First, let us locate which of the 12 tones consist the major 7.

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1
2
3
4
6
5 91 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
On the guitar, the 7 major tones in the key of ’C’ would look like this:
Tone Solfeggio Name Degree Name
First (root) Do Tonic
Second Re Supertonic
Third Mi Mediant
Fourth Fa Subdominant
Five So (Sol) Dominant
Sixth La Submediant
Seventh Ti Leading Note
Eight (octave) Do Tonic
Numeric
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
DID YOU KNOW?
As you may have noticed, we used
numbers to name the
7 Major Tones.
Here are some other terms used to
name the tones we use in western
music. The numeric, tone and de-
gree name use are notlimited to
the major scale onlybut to others
scales as well.
IMPORTANT
The 7 major tones were not just randomly picked out of thin air.
Their positions are actually derived from half steps & whole steps combination in a
specific formula: W - W - H - W - W - W - H
IMPORTANT TRUTH
The 7 major tones in this formula is actually the Major Scale. Understand how the major scale works
(in & out) and tasks like analyzing songs and licks becomes a piece of cake.
GOLDEN RULE
You can’t dive into deeper theory without first laying a very thorough knowledge of the Major
Scale.
And the first step is hard coding the formula into our mind.
Two more basic lessons, the musical alphabet & accidentals, and the fun part of hard coding is next!

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 The musical alphabet goes from “A to G”, then back to “A” again.
 As you continue up the musical alphabet, the pitches of the notes get higher
(when you go past G up to A again)
 Only notes “B & C” and “E & F” are separated by a half step interval. The
rest of the notes are separated by whole step intervals.
To easily memorize the letters that are separated by
a half step, simply remember the phrase:
“Big Cat Eats Fish”
No matter what happens, BC & EF will always stay
beside each other.
C D E F G A B C DA B
and so on...
C D E F G A BBO-A C D
The musical alphabetwould look like this on the 5th string:
12th
E.THE MUSICAL ALPHABET
1. Important things to remember about the musical alphabet

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E.THE MUSICAL ALPHABET
1
2
3
4
6
5
string #
Open string AlphabetName
E
B
G
D
A
E
Every
Boy
Goes
Down
After
Eating
thinnest
thickest
Notes of the entire fret board
Start from the
open string
name and sing
the ABC!
E
B
G
D
A
E
 The note name on the 12th fret of anystring is
always the same as the open string.
 “As above, so below” - Notes on the 6th
string are exactly the same on the 1st
string”
12th
C D E F G A B
A B C D E F G
E F G A B C D
F G A B C D E
B C D E F G A
F G A B C D E
And so on...
CHECK POINT
Memorize the open string
names and the note locations of
BC & EF on starting from the 6th
string followed by the other
strings.
DEFINITION
Open String
- a string not being
pressed by a fretting
hand
POWER TIPS!

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F.ACCIDENTALS - for the empty blocks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
These “empty blocks” can be named using ACCIDENTALS - Flat (b) and Sharp (#) to be specific.
Flat (b) means “a tone below” || Sharp (#) means “a tone above”
This symbol is also called “natural”, also an accidental. Its use is to “return a note” to its original state, that
is without sharps or flats. You’ll find this symbol often used on pieces written in standard notation.
JUST REMEMBER: Flat tire and thumb tack on the floor
A FLAT tire goes down A SHARP thumb tack points up
1
2
3
4
6
5 DC D E F G A B C
When going upward, we
use sharp “#” C# D# F# G# A#
BbAbGbEbDb
When going downward, we use flat“b”
Q: Does that mean that “C#” and “Db” (along with D# & Eb and so on…) are the same
sounds?
A: Yes. The term for that is “Enharmonic”, meaning different notations with the same
sound.

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G. HARD CODING THE MAJOR SCALE FORMULA
Father is a BIG
man so he will
represent a
whole step.
Mother is a BIG
person so she
will represent a
whole step.
Baby is SMALL
so he will repre-
sent a half
step.
Mountain is BIG so
each line will repre-
sent a whole step.
(3 lines = 3 whole
steps).
Small hut will
represent a
half step.
TRICK ICON!
‘The Family Story’
Once upon a time...
There lived a father, a mother & a baby who cross a
big mountain to get to their small hut.
And they lived happily ever after.
The end.
On the guitar, the Family Story would look like this:
1
2
3
4
6
5 91 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
W W
H W W W H
And like the 7 Major Tones,
The Family Story repeats itself too.
CONGRATULATIONS!
CHECK POINT
Get your guitar & recite the story
while picking the strings. Use varia-
tions like starting on a different
part of the story (e.g start at the
baby), using different strings, recit-
ing forward and backwards & start-
ing on any note on the fret board.

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H. POWER TIP! - CHEATING INTERVAL LOCATION
POWER TIP:
How to easily land on the right notes of the major scale
using the half step intervals of a scale as a guide.
TRICK ICON!
1
2
3
4
6
5 91 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
REMEMBER: There are only 2 half step intervals in
a major scale (and it’s derivatives) ANYWHERE and
on WHICHEVER STRING on the guitar.
There will always be
2 whole steps before ...
And after the half step
interval of a major scale.
POWER TIP!
The trick is to
1) visually mark where the half step intervals are placed over the fret board
2) instantly visualize 2 notes that are whole step intervals apart from both sides of your marks
This trick can always be used with Major and minor scales and their modes (more on modes on up-
coming chapters).
Practice on a single key first, with one string, subsequently adding more strings until you cover the 6
strings.
THIS IS A VERY CONVENIENT WAY TO VISUALIZE & MEMORIZE THE MAJOR
SCALE OVER THE FRET BOARD.
*Try this with tapping technique and enjoy! (check out tons of video on tapping from youtube.com)
I’ll be sending examples of tapping exercise and video to Guitar Hero Limit Zero Newslet-
ter subscribers soon.
2h2

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APPLICATION
2h2
ADDITIONAL EXPLORATION:
Play ‘freestyle’ using the tricks
we’ve just discussed. Experiment
with the rhythm & melody you
would be creating.
2 Hand Tapping - Single String Exercise - Key of C
PICKING
HAND
FRETTING
HAND
THUMB T
INDEX I 1
MIDDLE M 2
RING R 3
PINKY O 4
FINGER LEGEND
Single String Exercise - Key of C

PARADISE 1 FLASH BACK
CHECK POINTS!
 Memorize the open string
names and the note locations
of BC & EF on starting from
the 6th string followed by the
other strings.
 Memorize Family Story by
heart
If you have 2 tones that are a half step apart
ANYWHERE on the guitar, on WHICHEVER
STRING… There will always be 2 whole
steps before and after them .
 The note name on the 12th fret of any
string is always the same as the open
string.
 “As above, so below” - Notes on the 6th
string are exactly the same on the 1st
string”
2h2
We have uncovered:
 Music
 Elements of Music
 Half Step Interval
 Whole Step Interval
 The Seven Major Tones
 Accidentals
 Musical Alphabet
We defined the words:
 Open string
 Pitch
 Interval
 Enharmonic
 Octave
 Chromatic Scale
 Whole-step Scale
E
B
G
D
A
E
Every
Boy
Goes
Down
After
Eating

IS SELLING YOUR SOUL FOR ROCK & ROLL A FAIR EXCHANGE?
Dear Friend,
Some things may seem useless for us at first, until the day we discover that our
life would actually depend on that seemingly useless thing.
World renowned guru, Deepak Chopra, said this about the Law of Giving &
Receiving: there is a thing in our life called circulation of wealth...
where we receive gifts from others & keep the wealth circulating by giving back,
so that you could receive again… and so on.
I have just the perfect & widely known story to show you what I mean.
It is a story worth sharing over & over again. Here goes:
One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way
through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.
He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his
nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he
asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a
large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked,
“How much do I owe you?” “You don’t owe me anything,” she replied.
“Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said…..
“Then I thank you from my heart.”
As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his
faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.
——————————————————————————————————
Year’s later that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were
baffled.
They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study
her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he
heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.
Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to room. Dressed
in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He
went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life.
From that day he gave special attention to the case. After a long struggle, the
battle was won.
Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval.
He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her
room.
She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay
for it all.
Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill.
She read these words…..
“Paid in full with one glass of milk”
(Dr. Kelly is a founding doctor of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.)
——————————————————————————————————--
A LETTER FOR YOU

You may never know that the person you will be giving something to now may the
person that will be a significant part of you life in the future… the band buddy you
have been waiting for, or the manager of the recording company you have been
dreaming of having a contract with, or even a future famous, musician that has been,
in one way or another, been inspired by your gesture of giving, I could go on forever
but I guess you get the idea, right?
The silent-but-deadly tool: Be a part of this ‘Circulation of Wealth.’
Just share what you have. The discoveries and wisdom you gain. The techniques
you mastered. The skill of poetry or lyrics writing. The song you made. The guitar
playing skill you gained. Share it. You may give for free, but asking for something
FAIR in exchange is NOT bad either- it’s how all business works, and the whole
world is a business, whether you accept it or not, & besides, you have to give some-
thing for yourself too, right?
WHY IS ASKING FAIR? To give yourself a favor of receiving. It’s how things should
circulate. If you don’t receive, you will have nothing to give, and when you have nothing
to give, others will have nothing to receive.
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