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Jan 4 2010, 10:23 AM
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Hi Lester, do you agree about JN 6 as your REC take for this month?
Also, I wanna ask if you can record some backing track by yourself - even with just a rhythm guitar, no bass or drums are needed. If yes, we can work about improvisation using the modes you've learned on december. If you can't record a backing track by yourself I will provide some material, of course. -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Jan 4 2010, 03:24 PM
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QUOTE (Lester @ Jan 4 2010, 10:49 AM)  Hi Jerry, JN 6 is fine by me for this months REC, It's a challenge, but I think I can manage  I should be able to create my own backingtracks as well. I have Cubase and EZdrummer, so no problemo. Sounds great. Can you create a backing track with a groove of your choice (jazz, funk, rock or whatever you like) with a background G7M chord? If yes, your first assignment is to try to improvise using all the boxes you learned from JN 3. Remember that: - on JN 3 you have different boxes starting from the same note, C. - here you need to connect those boxes starting from a different note for each one. This means that you can improvise using all the boxes you have learned but... G Major/Ionian box starts from the 3rd fret, obviously. A dorian box starts from the 5th fret but you have all the notes to improvise over the G7M chord, yet. - be careful while using the 4th degree of a Major/Ionian scale, it can be sound a little dissonant over a 7M chord. In this case, try to use the C note as a passing tone only. This post has been edited by Jerry Arcidiacono: Jan 4 2010, 03:25 PM -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Jan 4 2010, 05:55 PM
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Ok, so G7M only, no modulations.
But can we use also the minor modes over a major chord? I think yes, but to make sure And what do you exactly mean with the C as a passing note? |
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Jan 4 2010, 06:22 PM
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QUOTE (Lester @ Jan 4 2010, 05:55 PM) Ok, so G7M only, no modulations. But can we use also the minor modes over a major chord? I think yes, but to make sure And what do you exactly mean with the C as a passing note? If you play all the boxes in the right positions you will play this SET of notes G-A-B-C-D-E-F#. G as root means G Major/Ionian, as you should know right now  Maybe to play an Am7 arpeggio/chord over a G7M chord is not the best choice... try to experiment. You can use a C note while improvising over a G7M chord, using the G Major/Ionian scale. It's not forbidden by any law! C as passing note means that you shouldn't play a C note as a quarter - or longer - note.. Usually a C note moves to the next B (major 3rd of G) or D (perfect 5th of G), very consonant notes with the G7M chord... Please spell the notes of G7M
This post has been edited by Jerry Arcidiacono: Jan 4 2010, 06:25 PM
Reason for edit: typo
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Jan 4 2010, 07:44 PM
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QUOTE (Lester @ Jan 4 2010, 07:27 PM) I'm thinking: I don't have to use the G7M all the time for the backing, right? For the first assignment try to improvise over a G7M only! You can use all the neck and this means a lot of work, already. You can upload a take of 30 - 40 seconds once you're satisfied. -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Jan 4 2010, 08:29 PM
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QUOTE (Lester @ Jan 4 2010, 07:57 PM) BTW. was the board happy with the first MTP month? I really am, I feel I learned a lot from it allready, the only issue was getting started woth recording and such, but it's fixed now I didn't received any feedback but I guess everything is ok. It's great to hear that you've learned a lot
-------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Jan 4 2010, 09:20 PM
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QUOTE (Lester @ Jan 4 2010, 09:04 PM) I quess no news is good news Anyways, I'll get working on the assignment, what is my deadline? Mmm... let's say January 9. If you can record a video it would be cool, so I can see how you play over different boxes. -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Jan 8 2010, 02:47 PM
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QUOTE (Lester @ Jan 8 2010, 11:30 AM) Hi Jerry, I was going through the theory of the jazz notes 6 lesson, but I don't fully understand this concept of II-V changes. Actually this part: I can see where we insert those changes, but why do we do this? and why specifically in these bars? (4th bar, 8th bar,9th & 10th bar, 12th bar) And also when when finish the progression to the final version: why that way? maybe I don't need to know why, I don't know...maybe just because it sounds good.... One last thing: in the last bars you say that we have a classical turnaround, but what is that? never heard of that before.  I don't understand what you're asking. THIS progression is based on "Bird's Blues"... Pleas READ carefully the text. I'm quoting here the first part, so you can understand the concept, starting from a simple Blues progression. In this lesson we are going to take the blues and jazzify it! The blues has a very well known chord progression in the 12 bar blues we all know and love - here we will be giving this a jazzy twist to end up with something that has roots in the blues but sounds a lot more like Jazz. There are many variations of the 12 bar blues form. Here we will be using a progression which is often called "Bird's Blues" because Charlie Parker - his nickname was "Bird" - used this progression over his "Blues for Alice" standard. So, let's see the differences. Here we have a standard 12 bar blues progression - it's in the key of F, using triads only. This is probably the simplest way to build something which sounds bluesy/rock'n'roll The chords, bar by bar are: F | % | % | % | Bb | % | F | % | C | Bb | F | % | We can jazz this up a little immedately by using dominant 7 chords in place of the major chords, and we get: F7 | (Bb7) | F7 | % | Bb7 | % | F7 | % | C7 | Bb7 | F7 | (C7) | The chords shown in the text in brackets are extra chords we slipped in to keep things moving a little more. Still not too jazzy, so lets add some extra changes in there, some II-V changes in fact. We then get: F7 | Bb7 | F7 | Cm F7 | Bb7 | Bb7 | F7 | Am D7 | Gm | C7 | F7 | Gm C7 | [...] QUOTE (Lester @ Jan 8 2010, 12:18 PM) And another thing!  Can I add some notes which I think sound good? I was using a passing notes in the Gmajor, 1 st position. I think it sounds good, but I don't know it theoraticly, is that ok? edit: this is about the improvising over the G7M chord, BTW. Also, it should be an improvisation, not writing some solo? Lik: it's something else everytime I play? or can I keep some ideas and licks? I wanna see you playing "inside", you have to learn all the boxes in the right way. There will be more chances to play "outside", don't worry. You can record everything you want apart of this take, obviously I can't really see if you're improvising or you have all things written down and maybe you're adding some mistakes here and there Please, improvise as much as you can while recording this take. You don't need to upload a "fake" improvisation. If you're honest with yourself, we can see really what's happening! -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Jan 8 2010, 03:31 PM
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QUOTE (Lester @ Jan 8 2010, 03:19 PM) Ok, I'll play iside the boxes then. What I meant with the rest of the questions i like a big "why?" Imagine: I'm starting a composition and try to jazzify the blues... so, what do I do? We know that Charlie Parker made the chords dominant 7ths first, I can actually understand that, 7th chord sound jazzy, ok. But then he uses some II-V changes. And that's why I ask "why?" I would never think of that, why does this sound jazzy? Maybe I'm trying to do too much, I don't know. F7 | Bb7 | F7 | Cm F7 | Bb7 | Bb7 | F7 | Am D7 | Gm | C7 | F7 | Gm C7 | 1st ii-V: Cm F7, it moves to Bb7 (already on the first blues progression). You can think about this like a ii-V in the key of Bb, but instead of B7M we have (find) Bb7, still a bluesy chord/sound. 2nd ii-V: Am D7, it moves to Gm. A simple blues does not have all these chords, so this is the reason about the jazzy sound. Hope things are more clear now
-------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Jan 8 2010, 04:29 PM
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yes, things are more clear now.
I'm sorry if I ask a lot of questions, I'm a bit slow to understand things. and I did read the text well
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Jan 8 2010, 06:28 PM
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QUOTE (Lester @ Jan 8 2010, 04:29 PM) yes, things are more clear now. I'm sorry if I ask a lot of questions, I'm a bit slow to understand things. and I did read the text well I'm glad if you read all the text(s) well I don't think you're a bit slow to understand things. Sometimes we need to read a text different times to get the whole concept. If you have the chance to ask the author of the text, it's always better - GMC rules  Texts on the JN series are basically written by me while Andrew helps fixing my grammar and language errors and adding some extra info, if he need it. So, it's always good for me to review all the concepts. But not too often
-------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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