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- Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:33 am
- Forum: Techniques, Playing Styles and Music Theory
- Topic: Lydian progression
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7998
Watermelon in Easter Hay by Zappa has some great, classic lydian sounds in it. The #4 on the opening chord is the most prominant, leading note of the melody. If you're thinking of it as a modal tune, it's moving I(#4) to V. Because of the forceful presentation of the #4, it has a modal sound to me. ...
- Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:10 pm
- Forum: Techniques, Playing Styles and Music Theory
- Topic: Bite the Theory Bullet
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3308
- Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:49 am
- Forum: Techniques, Playing Styles and Music Theory
- Topic: Let's talk a bout "Junkie" of "Flex-able"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3240
- Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:28 am
- Forum: Techniques, Playing Styles and Music Theory
- Topic: Interval Recognition
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3651
Root- Flat Fifth (Rush's YYZ or Hendrix Purple Haze) Root- Sharpened Fifth (Love Story) Root- Sixth (Tony MacAlpine's Sacred Wonder) Root- Minor Seventh (just has that funky sound) Root- Major Seventh (just has a distinct sound) Keep playing them a lot over different chords with different functional...
- Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:51 am
- Forum: Techniques, Playing Styles and Music Theory
- Topic: Vai has no feel
- Replies: 394
- Views: 160803
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:30 pm
- Forum: General Music Discussion
- Topic: Planet X and Allan Holdsworth
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1830
should be interesting to hear with the real allan in there, rather than tmac doing his best AH impersonation... :? seriously, i admire tmac tremendously, and he his keyboard solo was probably my favorite moment on the latest vai tour, but in his more recent fusion stuff, he sounds like an AH clone t...
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:27 pm
- Forum: General Music Discussion
- Topic: Best Rhythm Guitarists in Rock
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4515
- Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:34 am
- Forum: Techniques, Playing Styles and Music Theory
- Topic: When you use scales, do you:
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3237
- Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:49 am
- Forum: Techniques, Playing Styles and Music Theory
- Topic: Am I to old?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3610
- Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:43 am
- Forum: Techniques, Playing Styles and Music Theory
- Topic: The chord at the end of Eugene's Trick Bag
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3432
- Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:50 am
- Forum: Techniques, Playing Styles and Music Theory
- Topic: Top 10 Favorite Guitarists
- Replies: 78
- Views: 11203
- Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:25 am
- Forum: General Music Discussion
- Topic: guitarist bpm list
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5315
- Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:23 am
- Forum: General Music Discussion
- Topic: Least Favorite Guitarist
- Replies: 124
- Views: 14867
My least favorite is probably Chris Impelleterri, but I think he's off the radar nowadays. PS: To those of you saying you hate Clapton, Angus Young, Hendrix, etc., I will say that your taste will probably change after you have been playing for several years. I used to dislike many of those players a...
- Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:47 pm
- Forum: Techniques, Playing Styles and Music Theory
- Topic: Picking technique
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1274
- Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:43 pm
- Forum: Techniques, Playing Styles and Music Theory
- Topic: :earning every Minor/Major scale in every key
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2434
There's no easy way to understand and play in all keys. The process of learning how to play in all keys on your instrument is a lifelong process. The best you can hope for is to enjoy that process. Here are some steps to help you get started: 1. learn some scale notes up and down one string at a tim...