A beautiful mess

I remember when I first started out on guitar, the idea of figuring out the chords to a song myself seemed impossible; so much so that I didn’t ever bother trying.
Until I heard this song.
It’s a newer Mraz tune but I still remember being blown away by an early bootleg of it. Because it was [...]

I, V, VI, IV

I’ve been playing guitar this week trying to look as chords as numbers – something I’ve always been told but is only sinking in now.
I stumbled across the fact that two distinctly sounding Mraz tunes actually use the same structure.
“0% Interest” and current radio hit, “I’m Yours” – both of the major scale – use [...]

“Absolutely” deconstructed

Continuing with our look at Jason Mraz, I will delve further into his songs. In class this week, we checked out “Absolutely Zero”. I’m not sure if I fully understand the concept of it but will provide my layman interpretation here.
The song is in F major and relies heavily on a II minor, V major, [...]