How Much Theory |
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How Much Theory |
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Feb 27 2015, 08:41 PM |
Hello everyone,
Been wondering how much theory people like Slash and Dime know. I remember reading articles in magazines about Dime saying things like, "He amazingly pulls notes from this mode and that mode and this exotic scale blah blah blah blah". What I want to know is, do people like Dime know they are doing that or do they know the basics, ie, major scale, minor scale, blues scale and pentatonic, and then just throw notes in "from the heart" or do they actually know the modes. Are the people at the magazines analising what is being done and writing about it theoretically to explain what is happening without the musician actually knowing? What made me think more was that I have been using a certain design for something at work that we came up with years ago (35+) and have developed it over the years. When a high profile engineer sent in a drawing with something very similar he said it was "continuous second order polynomial function" We didn't have a clue what it was and we hadn't looked in any books we just intuitively did and developed what we knew would work and we improved on it over the years having looked at components that had been used. Thoughts please lads and lasses. Phil This post has been edited by Phil66: Feb 27 2015, 08:48 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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Feb 28 2015, 07:31 AM |
Thanks everyone. All very interesting.
Slash has shown that you can do a lot with a little if you have the creativity and skill. I guess it's like someone who can really draw well can create a stunning picture with the primary colours can create a stunning picture but someone with a full pallette and all the brushes but little ability and/or creativity will produce a bland picture. Phil This post has been edited by Phil66: Feb 28 2015, 07:33 AM -------------------- 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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Feb 28 2015, 04:25 PM |
A lot of musicians in all styles don't necessarily know what something is traditionally/academically 'named' but they know the sound and most importantly - how to use it.
-------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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