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 22 2016, 10:48 PM |
Hello Gab
I have many ideas but when I start playing I go back to the things my fingers know well I meant that I kept the same idea for the three example -------------------- 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 24 2016, 10:15 AM |
I actually can relate to this issue of playing out of habit. I'm currently trying to improve my solos and rhythm chord choices right now, which is a bit of an overhaul. The solo thing is kind of unnatural for me, I ignored it for so long that coming back and fixing it is a bit of a pain, but the rhythm issue is more related to learning new chords and expanding my choice of direction with them. Ultimately, the hardest thing is getting into new lick ideas for solos...for some reason I get a bit stuck or come up empty handed when it comes to blending solidly set licks. Maybe studying established solos and lick ideas would help? It's a pain for me, but I think that'd be the way to go. Find a good video of a simple solo and learn it, then jam around with some backing tracks or something like that. Kind of like what we're doing in this thread. I think my ultimate goal is to be as solid as I can with Stoner/Doom/Retro-Rock solos. So old-school licks are where I need to be digging. The band Mastodon provides EPIC inspiration in this field, The Sword as well. Great advice, thank you -------------------- 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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