The Eye-opening Gmc Collab, You too can write amazing melodies |
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Mar 18 2015, 09:09 AM
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The eye-opening GMC collab You too can write amazing melodies "To play amazing melodies you need a God given natural talent and... yellow slippers." If you believe in this stuff you might want to get outta here  Because in this collab we’ll explore how it’s done, and no talent is needed at all! You do need time and devotion though.In this collab we’ll use an amazing backing track by our own Javier Aviles to build our melodies. This collab is a perfect opportunity for you to understand how you can follow - or ‘outline’ - the chords to create amazing melodies. You can either compose a solo/melody and use the short backing track: In this case you should strive for something melodic and minimise fast runs. I recommend you to record around 40 seconds solo. My feedback here will focus on technical, structural and musical improvements. OR you can record an improvised take over the long backing track. My feedback will then be related to the overall flow of the improvisation and I will suggest any tricks I can think of to help you improve. BASIC APPROACH You can play the C minor pentatonic scale over the whole backing track and it will sound good. For more colors, play the C aeolian scale (my personal favorite!). With this basic approach, you won’t consciously be hitting the perfect notes over the chord changes all the time, but there is a big chance you will do it accidentally.   FOLLOW THE CHORDS! A more advanced way to solo over this backing track, is to not only play scales, but also to follow the chords. When you hear a note choice or melody that sounds too good to be true, then the guitarist is usually following the chords the way I describe below. If we look at the two chords of this backing, we get: Cm: contains the notes C, Eb and G Fm: contains the notes F, Ab and C We have two changes, let’s see exactly what you should do over these, to write super strong sounding melodies: When the backing changes from Cm to Fm the interesting opportunities lie in: Bend the Eb note to F. If you nail this over the chord change, people will think you’re God. Bend the G note to Ab. Again, hallelujah! When the backing changes from Fm to Cm: Bend the F note to G. Bend the C note to Eb. These are the most obvious ones, but with some creativity there are plenty of other ways to go from chord note to chord note. Bare in mind that as long as you bend into a strong note ( = chord note) you can actually do it from any note, even one that sounds horrible. It is a safe way to write strong material, and works for any genre in the world. If you are not comfortable bending, you can play the notes regularly with your pick, or slide into them (etc etc) To determine when the chord changes are happening, you should start counting the beats from the beginning of the backing track. The first change to Fm happens after aprox 6 seconds, when you have counted to 4, two times. See the tab/pdf in the lesson for more details. ----- DOWNLOAD THE BACKING TRACKS: 
eye_opener_collab.mp3 ( 2.26MB )
Number of downloads: 759
eye_opener_JAM.mp3 ( 10.15MB )
Number of downloads: 625* Tempo is 78 bpm * Deadline is April 8, 2015 * Although this is an audio collab, feel free to video record yourself as this will help you get better feedback. * When you want to submit your final take, upload files in this topic (mp3 with at least 128 kbps quality, 16 bit wav files are welcome though). We need two files: 1. Your solo without the backing track 2. Your solo mixed with the backing track for reference. Here you can see me jamming over the backing track: ------ RESLULT >>>>> FINAL MIX <<<<<< Participants: Bas Cuthach, Sensible Jones, Procyon, AKRich, Todd Simpson, GeneT95, Kristofer Dahl, Monica Gheorghevici, Bleez, MisterM, Phil66 and Pzalfa. Participants: Bas Cutach + Sensible Jones: Creating the atmosphere Procyon: Solo over the created atmosphere AK Rich Solo over GeneT95 and Bas Cuthach arrangements. Todd Simpson Solo while GeneT95 continues adding rhythm. Kristofer Dahl Solo, Gene continues rocking. Monica solo over Kris’s rhythm delay auto pan arrangement and also some Massive synth addition. Bas Cuthach joins in the second half. Bleez and MisterM guitar solos interact perfectly over the backing destroyed with industrial effect. Phil66 and Pzalfa solos go nicely together while backing fade down and Bas Cuthach once again with his delay based rhythm. |
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If you like my lines, why not let them re-appear in your take? 
You know, I think it's a good backing to use your idea of shred with swing (skipping one note in a 16th note triplet pattern). If I will keep a right picking (down, up, up and pull-of, hammer-on) I guess/hope nothing will sound bad |
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Mar 18 2015, 12:01 PM
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As Bogdan advice me, i'll do a try with this.
Without any waranty..... Laurent --------------------    |
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Mar 18 2015, 12:14 PM
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I'll get involved in this one, too.
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Mar 18 2015, 03:28 PM
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Excellent Laurent and Adam. Can't wait to hear what you come up with! =)
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Mar 18 2015, 03:41 PM
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Who could say no? It's my fave scale!!
 Count me in as well! |
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Mar 18 2015, 04:05 PM
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QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Mar 18 2015, 03:41 PM)  Who could say no? It's my fave scale!! Count me in as well!Excellent Todd, looking forward to your take! 
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Mar 21 2015, 06:32 PM
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I'm in. This will be interesting, I keep thinking of the original exorcist film sound track (Tubular Bells) so I don't know what I'll come up with
 I don't know if I'll be able to follow the chords but I'll have a go. 
This post has been edited by Phil66: Mar 21 2015, 06:42 PM -------------------- 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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