Cant Learn Songs Anymore? |
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Sep 6 2007, 06:11 PM
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I try to learn new songs all the time, well that comes with playing covers, but there's two ways here.
First, learn in quick and simple and play the song using the techniques you already know. Meaning it gets close but not perfect and doesn't add to your knowledge of technique. Second and more interesting, analyse a song and learn to play it properly. Meaning you have to adopt the technique used in the original. This takes quite a few hours, days even to get it proper and this adds to your playing quite a bit in my opinion. I can understand if you learn it quick and dirty it's not really learning, it's a sloppy look alike version and may seem less meaningful. Pretty much what I do in the rock coverband. If you on the other hand try to learn it note for note that's something else, if you don't learn from that you're already a complete player 
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Sep 6 2007, 07:53 PM
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Dont forget that you might get some new ideas of how to make music while learning songs.
This post has been edited by Robin: Sep 6 2007, 08:06 PM |
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Sep 6 2007, 08:00 PM
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Learning music and tunes from other artist will spread your views,
upgrade your technique and theory knowledge. This all shall help you to make better music of your own 
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Sep 6 2007, 11:21 PM
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QUOTE (MickeM @ Sep 6 2007, 11:11 AM)  Second and more interesting, analyse a song and learn to play it properly. Meaning you have to adopt the technique used in the original. This takes quite a few hours, days even to get it proper and this adds to your playing quite a bit in my opinion. +1. To use Vai as an example (As lots of people like Vai) - he pretty much started his career transcribing, analysing and playing Zappa. Once you've learnt a song try transposing it to other keys try changing the time signature and so on; take riffs and ideas and analyse them to see what scales/modes, arps and so on are being used and possibly why; look at when and how legato etc are used: then decide how you can incorporate them into your playing and so make them useful to you. Cheers, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Sep 7 2007, 08:39 AM
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thnks guys for all your input.
Exactly what I needed to here. |
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Sep 8 2007, 02:02 AM
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Well the most important part about learning the guitar is to have fun so...if it is boring, don't do it and find something you enjoy practicing with.
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