Getting Practice But No Experience, need help with learning rather than practicing |
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Sep 10 2010, 03:46 AM
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I'll give that a try next time im in session
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Sep 10 2010, 05:59 AM
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Mmm, it seems to me that this kind of thing can only become successful with some amount --even a small amount-- of music theory under your belt. How else can you reliably apply what you already know to what someone else is playing? Sometimes you'll get lucky, sure, like stumbling on a pentatonic superimposition over some power chords that another guy is playing, but that's not going to get you very far or last very long because that type of lucky coincidence is simply outside of your control unless you know what you're doing.
The whole point behind theory is to describe music as a language, and the whole point of language is communication. It's best to have fun and I understand that a lot of folks mistakenly (my own opinion, I know) view learning as "not fun" but you're also trying to do something that has certain requirements. You're wanting to enjoy music with another person and that requires at least some level of communication. If you think it will be fun to jam with others, then you might have to bow to the inevitable investment in a beginners' level of music theory. Otherwise you're just shredding in your bedroom on youtube. -------------------- ::jafomatic
 http://jafomatic.net/tunes/ <-- Here lies the master collection of my collaboration and other improvisation recordings. |
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Sep 10 2010, 03:17 PM
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Generally I would suggest taking the every lesson to full learning potential. That means in practice if its a Pentatonic Solo lesson - go through the lesson material and learn the solo. Think about which notes/scales you were using. Identify cool sounding phrases. Your next task is when you learn the lesson is to try to improvise your own version to the same backing track! That is where you apply what you have learned.
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Sep 10 2010, 09:00 PM
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You have to re-learn it in the context of the given song, or harmony progression. Only then it will remain in your memory forever!
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Sep 14 2010, 05:22 PM
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I would say: Get a DAW, open one track (then more) start the metronome and start throwing ideas to it...your own!
by creating your style will have to start to come out Warning: Art is a love/hate relationship, sometimes you may feel like everything is right, others like you are stuck! -------------------- Visit my:
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Sep 17 2010, 09:57 PM
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QUOTE (emirb @ Sep 16 2010, 02:02 PM)  I have a fast&neat solution for you. If you feel that it's a pain in the a** to create your own backings for jamming, go to jamstudio.com and register. it's free, it gives you incredibly easy tool for creating (rather simple) backing tracks, you can choose harmony, progressions, instruments, tempo. And then play the licks you've just learned over THAT track. THEN it will stay in your memory just as Vasilije said (and other). Try it now, thank me later really, I use it all the time, for me it helps also just to memorize the lesson even before I know how to play completely. Great stuff. Cheers! This reminded me of a software called Band In A Box - its a very good tool for improvisation practice as you can program your backing track/progression easily and have it in different styles. Then you can practice the scale you are learning or favorite licks. -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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