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Kristofer Dahl12th October 2014scales tap a lot but I do not know how to use it when I play music .vay fade from the beginning to tap .Now used to do
Hi Xitrium,
Do I understand correctly that you are having problems using scales to make music?
If so - my best advice it to start with the pentatonic scale (you will find countless of classic rock licks in this scale so it should be a good starting point). And then gradually add notes to the pentatonic scale.
If you add the F# note to A minor pentatonic scale you get the dorian sound, if you add the F note instead you get the Aeolian sound etc. So it's a fairly simple approach to getting new tonalities.
These scales can be used both for soloing and writing songs, it just depends on where you play them on the guitar neck. Play the high notes and you will be soloing, play the low notes and you will be riffing!Nice lesson Kris, Killer vocals man, kind of old school metal! Loved it! If I was living around your town we could do a Judas Priest Tribute!
Let's do it anyway, I will soon start a song collab in the forum. Hope you'll join it!
Xitrum11th October 2014scales tap a lot but I do not know how to use it when I play music .vay fade from the beginning to tap .Now used to do
Thiago Trinsi11th October 2014Nice lesson Kris, Killer vocals man, kind of old school metal! Loved it! If I was living around your town we could do a Judas Priest Tribute!
- Kristofer Dahl8th October 2014
Awesome to hear you like it!
- bingefeller8th October 2014
haha, fantastic!
- Kristofer Dahl19th September 2014
Thanks guys, I hope we'll see some GMC students rocking the big arenas in the future!
Guido Bungenstock18th September 2014Yeah, You rocked the GMC arena here! Really cool, Kris!
wollace0318th September 2014great lesson and great song!
Hajduk18th September 2014
Awesome Kris. Great to see another lesson Kris
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ARE YOU READY TO ROCK THE BIG ARENAS?
Shredders seldom rock the big arenas. If that's something you want to do - you will need get acquainted with chord progressions and songwriting.
When I started out - I was clueless about this stuff. I had no desire to play rhythm guitar or learn about chords. So I just didn’t bother. In retrospect I think that strategy (or lack of) was ok, since I prioritised what was inspiring to me at the time: lead guitar. I spent many late nights learning scales, licks and solo techniques.
However, eventually I did realise I had nowhere to put my fancy lead lines - and slowly a broader interest for music started growing in me.
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Learn this lesson as a whole and get a feel for how the different parts are connected with each other, and how I have used contrasts between the riffs as a songwriting tool.
Alternatively, I encourage you to approach this lesson just for fun - maybe just learn the intro chords and jam with them.
Tonality, Chord Progression & Scales:
This mini-tune starts off in Ab minor, and ends in E phrygian dominant. The bridge section has an atonal sound with brief allusions to Ab harmonic minor.
Tempo: This tune has several tempo changes: 00:00 / 100 bpm, 00:21 / 115 bpm, 00:47 / 100 bpm, 01:05 / 127 bpm
Tuning: standard
Guitar: Gibson LPJ with Burstbuckers Pro pickups,
Amp: Kemper Profiling Amp (KPA), Marshall TSL 100 with a TS9 tube screamer (profile name: LW TSL 100 LEAD TS LP). No other effects used.
Fun fact: A neighbour started drilling into my wall when I recorded the spoken video ;)
Scrubbing / forward / rewind: arrow right, arrow left keys
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
