Site map for Howard Wright's web pages

Index pages

• Site map (this page)
• Howard's home page
• Music and Guitars main page

Music theory, chord formation, keys, scales

• FAQ on chord theory and chord formation (text) - understand how chords and triads are constructed
• FAQ on chord theory and chord formation (HTML)
• Key signatures, triads and scales - reference page that lists all key signatures, scales, major and minor triads
  
  • Portugese version: "Teoria Musical: Claves e escalas"
• Quick chord reference - reference table listing all basic chord types with chord spellings.

Guitar related

• Guitar tab - list of all my guitar tab and chord transcriptions (see also separate page with Steely Dan guitar tabs)
• FAQs for the guitars - main FAQ page. Individual pages listed below:
  
  • Guitar tablature FAQ (text) - how to read and write guitar tab
  • Guitar tablature FAQ (HTML)
  • Guitar tab FAQ in Italian: "Una guida ai simboli delle tablature" (HTML)
  • Guitar tab FAQ in German: "Wie man Tabs liest und schreibt" (rich text)
  • Guitar tab FAQ in Czech: "Jak cist a psat tabulatury" (text)
  • Guitar tab FAQ in Dutch: "Hoe tab te lezen en te schrijven" (text)
  • Guitar tab FAQ in Dutch: "Hoe tab te lezen en te schrijven" (HTML)
  • Guitar tablature for keyboard players FAQ (HTML) - how to convert guitar tablature and chord diagrams to keyboard-friendly notation
• Guitar chord dictionary - free resource that lists over 42,000 guitar chord shapes
  
  • Help page for the guitar chord dictionary
• Guitar playing techniques - description of basic guitar techniques such as bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs
  
  • Portugese version: "Técnicas básicas de violão / guitarra"

Piano related

• Piano music - some transcriptions of piano music that I have done, so far only two Joni Mitchell piano songs.

Steely Dan

• Steely Dan index page - main Steely Dan page
• Steely Dan guitar tabs and chords - all my Steely Dan guitar tab and chord transcriptions
• Mu major chord - explanation of the Steely Dan mu major chord
  
  • Mu major chord - part 1
  • Mu major chord - part 2
  • Mu major chord - part 3
• Steely Dan songbooks - reviews and information about Steely Dan songbooks

Joni Mitchell

• List of my Joni Mitchell guitar transcriptions - part of the main JMDL guitar section
• Joni Mitchell guitar tunings notation - explanation of Joni's tuning notation system
  
  • Joni Mitchell guitar tunings notation (text)
• Joni Mitchell tiger tunings - list of guitar tunings used on Joni's album "Taming the Tiger"

Acoustics research and work-related

• PhD thesis on the classical guitar
• List of my scientific publications
• Musical acoustics research
• Phonetic audio mining software - overview of audio mining software/technology.
• Speech analytics software - overview of speech analytics software/technology.

Miscellaneous

• Music favourites - information on some of my favourite artists and groups
• Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - information on general search engine optimisation and Google optimisation
• Search engine basics - brief overview of how search engines work, including special search operators (cache, site, link) and their use in SEO
• Food - information on local food
• Rants - my chance to let off some steam on issues that concern me
  
  • Dr Gillian McKeith - my thoughts on some of "Dr" McKeith's dubious advice
  • Gillian McKeith quotes - some classic Gillian McKeith quotes
  • Sprout nutrition and vitamins - a look at the claims relating to sprout nutrition and vitamin content
• Howard's links - links to various pages that I have found useful or entertaining
• The meaning of life