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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest Member No.: 10.636 ![]() |
Hey mate! Check it out - this is your thread in which we can discuss stuff on music and guitar playing
![]() Let me know what other guitar related aspects are interesting for ya and let's rock! Cosmin -------------------- |
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GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 19-June 11 From: austria/vienna Member No.: 13.145 ![]() |
Hey mate! Check it out - this is your thread in which we can discuss stuff on music and guitar playing ![]() Let me know what other guitar related aspects are interesting for ya and let's rock! Cosmin Hi Cosmin, thanx for your offered guidance, I really appreciate that! Maybe first a few words on myself: I've been playing guitar for several years now, and at least for the last two years I started playing on a regular basis (4-5 times a week, at minimum an hour/day). I tried some covers (the usual "suspects" like metalllica, megadeth, led zeppelin, pink floyd, the "easy" hendrix stuff, somne blues and so on ;-)...), but got to a point, where I was stuck - both mentally and technically. Concerning improvisation with other musicians I am not really "good" at, more the contrary. On the other side I've tried some jam-sessions with friends of mine, and its really fun! ... so, at least I know, that it's no easy way to work on improvisation, but I would really like to improve my skills. So - to come to the point - what I would like to do ![]()
So maybe, you could give me some hints where to beginn or suggest me some (at the beginning very basic!) GMC-lessons, where I could start!? thanx! Hear ya! anteater/wolf. |
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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest Member No.: 10.636 ![]() |
Hey man!
Thanks for choosing me ![]() The ears hear what's being played, the brain knows what to play and connects the hands to the instrument telling them what to do, when and where ![]() Simple, right? Well, to get to that point (I myself strive to reach that point) means to be able to control your instrument in real time, based on the context you are activating in. I suggest we divide the tasks into: Ear training - intervals, scales, chords Technique - articulation (bends, vibrato, slides) chords, riffing and what would your other favorites be? Theory - harmony, melody and combining them This is basically what it takes, but don't get scared, ok? Easy will do and we can get there together if you practice hard and in steps ![]() Can you please tell me what you know so far about the stuff above? Cosmin -------------------- |
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GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 19-June 11 From: austria/vienna Member No.: 13.145 ![]() |
Hey man! Thanks for choosing me ![]() The ears hear what's being played, the brain knows what to play and connects the hands to the instrument telling them what to do, when and where ![]() Simple, right? Well, to get to that point (I myself strive to reach that point) means to be able to control your instrument in real time, based on the context you are activating in. I suggest we divide the tasks into: Ear training - intervals, scales, chords Technique - articulation (bends, vibrato, slides) chords, riffing and what would your other favorites be? Theory - harmony, melody and combining them This is basically what it takes, but don't get scared, ok? Easy will do and we can get there together if you practice hard and in steps ![]() Can you please tell me what you know so far about the stuff above? Cosmin Hi Cosmin, sounds good - your suggestion: concerning the tasks mentioned above I have some basic/intermediate experience: Ear training: * Intervalls: means the distance between two notes, eg. C to C# would be 1 halftone, C to D 2 halftone or one fulltone, ... C to the octave of C 12 chromatic steps * Scales: means the sequence of halfsteps/fullsteps, there I do only know major, minor, pentatonic and blues scale, which I can (more or less) play on the guitar ... but I can't tell the count of b's or #'s of a scale by heart, I do always have to "calculate" ![]() * Chords: means tones ringing together (e.g. triads 1-3-5 or 1-b3-5, ...) --> thats my "knowledge" so far (I learned piano for some years, when I was a child ...). For me its very hard to tell intervalls between 2 notes by just listening (major scales are somehow "easier" than minor scales) as well as notes of a chord Technique: * I work on my articulation now, but sometimes I'm not sure, if e.g. my vibrato is done correctly * concerning chords I do have problems with quick changes (to sort my fingers ...) * (single- or double note) riffing is ok but could always be improved ![]() * technical things (I've never done so far) but would be interesting for me are several forms concerning picking (legato, tapping, swipe-technique, ...) * picking: I'm used to alternate picking and using a metronom ... Theory: * ... is not my best-loved field of work, on the other side I would like to know more on "practical" theory ![]() hear from you, anteater |
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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest Member No.: 10.636 ![]() |
Hey man!
I've read all the things you wrote and now I got a pretty clear picture of what we can do together ![]() 1) Theory and ear training: - a first exercise for recognizing intervals would be the following: - pick an interval, let's say a major third. - play it against a chosen tonic in as many places on the neck as you can - sing it against that tonic until it sticks to your memory like a fly on a flypaper ![]() - you can also associate each interval to a specific sound which you know very well (I usually think of the perfect fifth as being the trumpetting sound made at medieval castles whenever someone important arrived ![]() 2) Articulation - check out this little video I made ![]() ![]() 3) Chord shifting - there's this very good lesson on this aspect which we can start working on: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Acoustic-Arpeggios/ 4) Techniques - how are you faring with alternate picking man? I would recommend starting out with this very good lesson: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Picking-Hand-Basics/ I think these are just enough to get started with ![]() Cosmin -------------------- |
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GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 19-June 11 From: austria/vienna Member No.: 13.145 ![]() |
Hi Cosmin,
thanks man for your clear introduction, I'm really motivated to challenge me (and my guitar ![]() what have I done so far? 1) I'm working on my ear training, the trick with the association is a good assistance (but currently I find it easier to identify an intervall, when the low note is picked first...) 2) articulation: thanx for your video, I tried to emulate what you showed me. I think I improved my vibrato a bit, my wrist is more "relaxed" now. I also found some very good lessons for working on this https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/neocla..._for_beginners/ and: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Blues-...to-SRV-Style-1/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Blues-...SRV-Style-Solo/ its really fantastic, watching this guy making his bends / vibratos, and looks all so eeeeeeasy ![]() I'm sorry, I can't provide any video for you at the moment - have got to buy a webcam first, sorry. 3) Thanks also for the chord shifting-lesson: I've exercised this lesson a lot, its a very nice chord progression. Here I have a question: is the chords are: C - Em7 - Gm6 - A7 - Dm - F6 - G7 - C while the bass-notes are: C - B - A# - A - D - C - B - C the sound of this progression is very harmonic, so - finally my question: how are the chords and the bass-notes related? What I've learned so far in this lesson (beside using my fingers instead of a pick from time to time) is, that I've to watch myself to always have a "clean" grip with my fingers to prevent a deadening of open strings, eg. 4) the alternate picking lesson is a simple - but very good testpiece for the timing of the picking hand. I've done this lesson a lot of times (but have not reached the 120 bmp yet ![]() So - everything is cool for me at the moment! Hear from you, Anteater |
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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest Member No.: 10.636 ![]() |
Hey mate!
![]() ![]() To answer question number 3 ![]() B is the 5th for Em7 A# (Bb) is b3 the for Gm6 C is the 5th for F6 B is the major 3rd for G these are voicings of these chords and the succession of the bass notes provides the harmonic beauty along with the chords themselves ![]() Cosmin -------------------- |
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GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 19-June 11 From: austria/vienna Member No.: 13.145 ![]() |
Hey Cosmin, I think I'm gonna buy a webcam at least until end of next week, maybe sooner ...
Regarding the theory of voicing, I'm really blank, man. So - I know at least what is a b3 or a 5th, but the rest - I just have googled voicing - is blank land for me ![]() So maybe you could give me a short example with the C-Major scale and its voicings? |
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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest Member No.: 10.636 ![]() |
Why, of course man!
![]() if we have C major that means C D E F G A B C if we take the C major chord, we'll see that it's made up following the 1 3 5 formula - C E G thus, we can have two voicings E G C and G C E ![]() ![]() Cosmin -------------------- |
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GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 19-June 11 From: austria/vienna Member No.: 13.145 ![]() |
ok, so I think I've heard about triad (C-E-G) and its inversions (first E-G-C and second G-C-E), which means, that the intervalls between the first note and the other notes change, right? So I have an 1-3-5 intervall for C-E-G, an 1-b3-6 intervall for E-G-C and an 1-4-6 for G-C-E, correct?
I just tried them on the 3 upper strings for a C-major scale and every one sounds a bit different compared to the 2 others ... But what do I "do" with these voicings in a practical sense ![]() I think I've also heard about the harmonization of a scale, which means, that I build on each intervall of the scale a triad, which includes inly the notes of the scale, right? But again the same question as above ... can you tell me some simple samples, how I could start playing around with this two things (voicings and harmonization)? |
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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest Member No.: 10.636 ![]() |
Hey mate, if you know these you will have a tremendous grasp over the following things:
1) being able to play any triad, anywhere on the neck at any time in any voicing required 2) being able to play arpeggios, covering 1 or more octaves in all positions 3) using these in your harmonic melodic approaches Example: I will give you the following progression: Am7 Dm7 Em7 with the following tasks: 1) Play it in 5 different positions on the neck 2) Find 5 types of phrases based on arpeggios derived from each chord and make them fit the chord changes in the progression You are free to use any rhythmic subdivision you want and play the progression spanning each chord over as many bars as you want ![]() Can you see how many possibilities I have created? ![]() Imagine how many nice ideas you could come up with, just by having these things as guidelines ![]() Would you like to approach this? Cosmin -------------------- |
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