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Music Fusion

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  • Birthday 11/30/1999

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  1. Well folks, it has been a long time since I have been here, so I wanted to let you know that i am still alive and practicing all that I have learned here. In fact, my band played a dinner dance on Valentimnes and we were a big hit. I play rhythm guitar in the band am also the lead singer. There is part of our show where I introduce the band and ask each member of the band to do a little solo. Then, at the very end, the female singer introduces me. In the past, there is no way i could have done a solo. But with what i have leanred here, I am able to solo and did so when it was my turn in the introductions. I am still learning, but now it is more about playing with feeling than worry about the shapes and modes. Since I have leanred those, i have tried very hard to park them in the back of my mind so that i am using them, but not being enslaved by them. It's all working out. Still very thankful for all those on this forum who did not give up on me and answered my sometimes odd questions about lead guitar.
  2. I think that being somewhat mindless about playing, and letting what you feel guide what you play, is a good way to unearth your feelings and convey them. I know I am bouncing all around but I've also been devoting some time replicating some great guitar solos. I know replication is not original, but I think there is something to be said in trying to play what great players have, and getting a sense for why it sounds so good. My latest attempt was the solo on Crazy Little Thing Called Love. I've pasted a clip below. The sound perhaps is a bit too distorted, but I wasn't focussing on getting the right preset. I was just learning the actual lick. The cool thing, I recorded this using an IRIG HD2 and my iPhone, using Amplitude as the software. I am amazed on how these little apps that sit on a phone can replicate and sound like and sometimes even better than the huge amps of past. I can carry both the I[phone and the Irig in my pocket. That's how compact this technology is. Here is the clip (very short) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ai8IyQ3m9e92IaJVG6ZRYvPznIE5ie34/view? usp=sharing
  3. True. Yesterday i began playing across the neck on a single string and then on two strings. i was playing to a country backing track. This exercize did a few things for me: It made me take note of the interval distance between notes using a single string. I was playing the pentatonic scale, so it was handy to see where the notes are horizontally as it makes it easier to travel across the neck. I also made note of how different and perhaps more interesting solos become when you are able to slide into notes. It will be a good technique to put into the mix.
  4. Thanks for all the encouragement guys. I really appreciate it. I found a video I would like to share with you. I am not a fan of jazz, but in my quest to learn as much as can about guitar, and from many different perspectives, I looked into a few jazz videos. The lesson in this video, I think applies to any type of improvisation. I also like the way he expresses the issue. I think it is exactly what i want to try to tackle next. Have a look:
  5. I'm wondering out loud if I should now try to look at the neck horizontally rather than vertically and try to find my way horizontally, as opposed to a vertical orientation. Or, whether I should scrap that and just play anywhere and see what happens.
  6. Hi folks Just checking in. I hope everyone is well and had a good Easter. I'm still plugging away at the guitar. Basically, getting my speed up by doing some metronome stuff. I can race through the major scale on all parts of the neck at 160 BPM. I know it's not about speed, but this exercise is helping me get better at up and down picking. I need to get back to the Japanese scales. They are interesting. I think my next big challenge is to put everything I've learned in the back of my mind. What i mean by that is that I now know the pentatonic scale and the major scale throughout the entire neck quite fluidly. I also have become pretty good at deploying the modes and am know familiar with which mode to use when in terms of the feeling they bring to a piece. All this took a great deal of time and a lot of support from you folks, but I'm there and thankful for the help! But now, I want to try to play with my soul. Knowing the scales and modes is great and I will always use them, but now I have to learn to play less systemically and more fluidly. All the stuff I learned will always be deployed because it works, and it will always be so. But I want to be able to call upon it in moments of need, rather than as a strategy. This next challenge will be huge, but I think worth it. I'm sure Craig and D may have something to say about that ;-)
  7. When I was young, I thought the only music was Led Zeppelin. I loved that band and still do, but it was Zep only. As I matured, my musical tastes continued to grow. I will listen to any music and I like all music. I can even stomach rap from time to time, although i can't see myself ever buying a rap song. I think listening to other cultures can only expand ones musical abilities and appreciation. Indian scales will be on my list, but I feel myself accelerating too quickly again. I'm gonna have to master the Japenses stuff before i move on, otherwise I'll forget what I've learned. But the best part is the appetite to learn. Once you have that, the rest will happen.
  8. Hi d When I was learning some of the Japanese scales (which I am still learning as there are a few of them), I went on youtube and googled scales backing tracks. I found many that were Japanese sounding. The one site that listed the scales suggested that the scale can be played over any chord with the same name. I think the site was guitarlessons365.com So, I made a very quick backing track using Band in the Box and by accident, I used a heavy metal style. This, of course, sounding very metal. I was surprised on how well the scale fit over it. The scales that I am looking at are the Japanese, Hirajoshi, Kumoi, Kokin Joshi and Iwato. Most of which can be played over a chord of the same name. So basically, start on the E,, if you are using an E power chord, for example. I am also fascinated with Phrygian, which I found very useful over flamenco and arabic , eastern, and gypsy music. Adds a very mysterious colour, which is what you gentlemen, I think , we encouraging me to do. Find out what sounds the modes make over what type of harmonial context. Which is what I'm doing and is being quite an adventure.
  9. I think you would be much better off collaborating with a guitar player. I am sure there are many people who would donate their time and talents to a worthy project. I's much rather hear a real guitar player on a track.
  10. Thanks Craig. I will read that d..of course I am not surprised that a Japanese scale over a Japanese backing track, sounds Japanese. What I was surprised to learn was its applicability to metal. Part of the never ending learning journey
  11. Here's an example of a Japanese scale i am playing with, Played over a Japanese backing track, it sounds very Japanese. But played over a heavy metal track (such as this one), it sounds intriguing. (I made a few minor mistakes, but the idea is there. Also, I could not figure out how to record my guitar with effects on Band in aBox, so it sounds pretty bare). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NY-06ZM15F79pVxPyUahvyFW9E0ImDK8/view?usp=sharing
  12. This is becoming more interesting as I go. I am now trying to match modes to "feelings" or colours. So I have been playing Phrygian over Arabic music. Very neat. Now I have stumbled across some Japanese scales which i am immersed in. I'm really liking there exotic scales. They bring a whole different approach to things.
  13. Thank-you. I'm no star, but I have come a long way since I first posted on this thread- thanks to you folks.
  14. By the way, I was into playing, that at the end, I didn't realize that the music ran out lol
  15. Although I don't claim to be a pro, I think I am now more comfortable with modes. I am also able to play in any mode, up and down the neck, simply by have the light click on with something that Craig had said- so thanks for that. I am back to practicing the pentatonic so that I don't forget that. Below is a track that I solo ed to using the pentatonic scale. It's a bit sloppy at times, but it was 100% pure feel, so i'm very happy with some of the licks as they just came out- they weren't contrived- nor did I do any retakes. d- you'd be proud ;-) You may want to listen to this while doing other stuff, as it is lengthy but some of the stuff may be worth hearing.Again, i could not have done any of this without your help here,,,,so thanks again! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B3agSr-U6isdwcjJDUHd6VaVBZQSEao-/view?usp=sharing
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