Learning Intervals And Harmony
lcsdds
Sep 18 2009, 03:08 AM
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Pedja.....how would you reccomend I go about memorizing harmony, intervals etc. I want to be able to just spout stuff off without having to think to much about it. I just want to KNOW IT!!!

You said something in a post the other day that struck home to me. You said....."you need to memorize theory so you can forget about it and just be creative".....or something to that effect. I probably have the equivalent of 2 hours everyday at work......in between patients and at lunch that I can devote to just studying/memorizing theory. The problem is that I feel there is so much info that I need a plan. My goal for this last year was to really work on my technique and I feel I have made some good progress. Next year my goal is to really focus on composing and I feel that to do this I really need to be able to know my theory without having to think about it. I can figure stuff out but it is too cumbersome and it kills the creative process when I have to sit and think too much.....not to mention it hurts my head...... laugh.gif laugh.gif

I'll do whatever you tell me too if you could lay out a little plan for me to conquer this beast over the next year or so..... smile.gif

Thanks Pedja..... smile.gif \m/\m/

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lcsdds
Sep 18 2009, 08:32 PM
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Great response as always Pedja......Thanks.


I have started so far by going to Andy's MusicLearningTools.net sit and just drilling the keys, intervals and scale formulas and I am still studying your cadences post. These have helped.

I am going to add in an "interval shapes" section into my practice routine. I am also really trying to get down all my 7th arpeggio shapes so I can easily switch between then in any key.

Yesterday I learned an interesting thing when I was tabbing out some tapping arpeggios. I learned that if I am in say "A Ionian" and I want to know which 7th chords in that scale contain "A" that all I have to do is go up one degree in the scale.....to B in this case......spell out the 7th chord from this degree.......Bm7 (B-D-F#-A) and that tells me the four roots in the Scale of A Ionian that contain A. So in this case it would be Bm7, Dmaj7, F#m7 and Amaj7. It also tells me which inversions I can use. Starting from B you just count backwards. So Bm7 (3rd inversion), Dmaj7 (2nd inversion), F#min7 (1st inversion) and Amaj7 (Root).

So if I am on the low E string with my index finger on the fifth fret.......A........then I have 4 different arpeggios I can play that contain A.....

I know you know this but it is new to me and every little trick helps.... smile.gif

Thanks for the help Pedja and I'll be checking back with more questions and updates.


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- lcsdds   Learning Intervals And Harmony   Sep 18 2009, 03:08 AM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   Just want to make couple of suggestions, before Pe...   Sep 18 2009, 09:22 AM
- - Frederik   I want to do the exact same thing, its just a lot ...   Sep 18 2009, 09:32 AM
- - Pedja Simovic   QUOTE (lcsdds @ Sep 18 2009, 04:08 AM) Pe...   Sep 18 2009, 08:09 PM
|- - Pedja Simovic   QUOTE (lcsdds @ Sep 18 2009, 09:32 PM) Gr...   Sep 18 2009, 08:38 PM
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- - lcsdds   Thanks Pedja. I have an immediate goal right now ...   Sep 18 2009, 09:09 PM
|- - Pedja Simovic   QUOTE (lcsdds @ Sep 18 2009, 10:09 PM) Th...   Sep 18 2009, 09:48 PM
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- - lcsdds   Video would be great Pedja. Right now I am just u...   Sep 18 2009, 09:59 PM
|- - Pedja Simovic   QUOTE (lcsdds @ Sep 18 2009, 10:59 PM) Vi...   Sep 18 2009, 10:08 PM
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- - lcsdds   Gotcha Pedja!!! Thanks and this will ...   Sep 18 2009, 10:26 PM
|- - Pedja Simovic   QUOTE (lcsdds @ Sep 18 2009, 11:26 PM) Go...   Sep 18 2009, 10:33 PM
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- - Neurologi   QUOTE (lcsdds @ Sep 18 2009, 11:09 PM) I ...   Sep 21 2009, 08:22 PM
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|- - Neurologi   QUOTE (lcsdds @ Sep 21 2009, 10:30 PM) Ha...   Sep 21 2009, 08:53 PM
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- - Neurologi   If your video is anything to judge by, I sure like...   Sep 21 2009, 09:07 PM
- - Pedja Simovic   Great of you to share these arpeggios and inversio...   Sep 22 2009, 10:22 AM
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