Applied Music Theory Workout, for every level! |
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Applied Music Theory Workout, for every level! |
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Jan 6 2016, 04:13 PM |
Hello everybody! Welcome to this new thread in which we will work on applying music theory in real music situations. The assignments will be designed to let every guitarist at every level be able to make music over the backing tracks submitted.
Who can join? Every GMCer can join, from absolute beginner to advanced. You can make all the necessary questions to understand each detail behind the assignments. When? At every moment. If you are finding this thread and the course is advanced you can join right now, the assignments are always complete by themselves to make music over the backings. What to do? Check the instructions given at each assignment, download the backing track and start jamming. You will find a Jamtrack that is for your diary practice and there is a Backing Track that is the one you can use to record yourself and share your recording here to receive feedback. About deadlines and How to work on each task? I'll give long deadlines for this assignments because I want you to take all the time needed to experiment with each task and incorporate the concepts. Please don't work on the whole assignment by once. Dedicate time, hours, days to each task if the concepts are totally new for you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSIGNMENT I: Jamming over a backing track in A major key. - Backing Track and Progression: In this first assignment you'll find a backing track in A major with the following progression: | A | A | F#m | F#m | Download and listen to the backing: Backing_track_in_A_Major___70_bpm.mp3 ( 1.18MB ) Number of downloads: 255 Do you want to know how to play those chords? Check out this GP file: Backing_track_Progression.gp5 ( 2.01K ) Number of downloads: 196 TASK 1: A Major Chord: Now stop the backing track and learn this position of A major. Play it strumming all strings by once and then play each note of the chord separated as it's showed in the tab: - Once you've learn to play the chord and the isolated notes practice playing this over the backing track. - Play slowly, listen how each note sounds over the backing. - Play the notes in random order and try to create simple melodies. TASK 2: A Major Pentatonic Learn to play this scale: Play it up and down. Practice the scale over the backing track. Play random notes and then try to create simple melodies. TASK 3: Identifying and focusing on chord tones Play A Major Pentatonic again and identify the notes that are also part of A Major chord (Marked with a red dot) Practice creating melodies over the backing focusing on the notes from the chord and using the other notes from the scale as passing notes. Record yourself and share your recordings here. This is the jamtrack for home practice: Jamtrack_in_A_Major___70_bpm.mp3 ( 6.82MB ) Number of downloads: 282 Backing without rhythm guitar: Backing_in_A_major_without_guitars___70_bpm.mp3 ( 2.18MB ) Number of downloads: 209 DEADLINE: February 6th --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok friends! This is all by now. This is something completely new for GMC forum so we are also testing this ideas. Feel free to send me personal message with feedback and suggestions about how the keep on improving this kind of activities. Who is in? This post has been edited by Gabriel Leopardi: Jan 6 2016, 05:31 PM -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 7 2016, 10:48 PM |
Hi Gabriel and everyone
This a test track, after turning around with any idea for one hours, i have try this way to play on. it's a early draft, but before go further, am i in the right way with this style of music because it's new for me. i play with finger cause my wife whant to watch TV quietly... so to avoid too much noise i did like this, but this make me lost some notes. https://soundcloud.com/laurent-377054242/test-weird-track Laurent -------------------- |
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Jan 8 2016, 02:03 PM |
Hi Gabriel and everyone This a test track, after turning around with any idea for one hours, i have try this way to play on. it's a early draft, but before go further, am i in the right way with this style of music because it's new for me. i play with finger cause my wife whant to watch TV quietly... so to avoid too much noise i did like this, but this make me lost some notes. https://soundcloud.com/laurent-377054242/test-weird-track Laurent This sounds very good laurent! Your phrasing sounds tasty and connected with the music. I noticed that your melodies target on chord tones and that's why your melodies make sense with what's sounding in the backing. You are also using the call and response concept so You are on the right track, keep practicing. This is what rhythm guitar is playing in the backing for Phil that asked for it: Backing_track_rhythm_guitar.gp5 ( 3.21K ) Number of downloads: 127 -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 8 2016, 10:03 PM |
This is what rhythm guitar is playing in the backing for Phil that asked for it:
Backing_track_rhythm_guitar.gp5 ( 3.21K )
Number of downloads: 127 Thanks Gab, That has helped me a lot, I thought the chords were going to be the same as the ones as in the "Backing track progression GP5" file in assignment 1 So when I was trying I couldn't get it to sound right at all. Cheers -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Jan 8 2016, 11:49 PM |
Thanks Gab, That has helped me a lot, I thought the chords were going to be the same as the ones as in the "Backing track progression GP5" file in assignment 1 So when I was trying I couldn't get it to sound right at all. Cheers hehehe not exactly, those are the reference simplified chords for this stage of the workout and playing them over the backing will sound good. Once again, less info to keep things simple. -------------------- My lessons
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