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 18 2016, 05:58 PM |
Here a bit of practice. I tried to stay with the given notes of the scale provided but I found it hard to use a major pentatonic and not a 3 note per string pattern, especially with timing, repeating certain phrases unconsciously, and getting a faster phrase in timing. I left the warts and all in instead of trying to overdub them out. I fell off time at times and lost it here and there.
I also made a small edit to the backing track. I added four measures of the backing to the front end as a rhythm intro rather than trying to start immediately or starting a 4 measure section off and being somewhat out of sync with the drum loop as far as phrasing goes. https://soundcloud.com/shallowlines/amajor1 This post has been edited by GeneT95: Jan 19 2016, 01:47 AM |
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Jan 19 2016, 02:48 PM |
Here a bit of practice. I tried to stay with the given notes of the scale provided but I found it hard to use a major pentatonic and not a 3 note per string pattern, especially with timing, repeating certain phrases unconsciously, and getting a faster phrase in timing. I left the warts and all in instead of trying to overdub them out. I fell off time at times and lost it here and there. I also made a small edit to the backing track. I added four measures of the backing to the front end as a rhythm intro rather than trying to start immediately or starting a 4 measure section off and being somewhat out of sync with the drum loop as far as phrasing goes. https://soundcloud.com/shallowlines/amajor1 Good job Gene! This exercise is a very good training for your ear as well. It can be tricky to create interesting lines with a few notes and staying on the same part of the neck but it's an interesting exercise for our mind to try all the possible variations. There are some elements that you can try: - String skipping: Create phrases and melodies skipping strings. You'll get new ideas. - Practice sequences and then create phrases that combine them with other melodies. Be creative. Sequence examples: - Use arpeggio shapes to find to runs into the scale: Take 6. I was feeling happy and I think it comes through as good as it can with my current skill set. https://soundcloud.com/gmcphil-1/assignment-1-take-6 Well done Phil! This is much more musical and has more rhythm variation! You are definitely on the right track with your practice. Check out the ideas I've just shared over this post. -------------------- My lessons
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