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Saying tone 'is in the fingers' is simply a rather ill-informed, general way of talking about phrasing, intonation, dynamics etc etc Tried to explain that much earlier. Unfortunately it is your use of the phrase "ill-informed general way..." that is coming across very condescending to everyone, whe...

OK, we can just add some new terms to my original point. A metronome with a flash (no sound) could be put on at 60bpm, and students could be told to play a 4 beat note 'mezzo-forte', with the sound recorded at the same volume, with the same setup, same room temperature/humidity, same distance from ...

Get a drum machine, and program some cool grooves to jam on. Make up some cool rhythmic vamp, no more than two chords, and practice keeping rhythm and soloing by trading off with your vamp (maybe 8 or 16 bars each, whatever you want). Try to keep it easy at first, just a simple mode or scale, but ma...

I stand by my original post on the subject, but regarding the meaning of "fingers" regarding tone, that whole issue of musical interpretation (phrasing, dynamics, etc) is what is meant by "its in the fingers" This is therefore a false and misleading interpretation that will cause problems when disc...

I stand by my original post on the subject, but regarding the meaning of "fingers" regarding tone, that whole issue of musical interpretation (phrasing, dynamics, etc) is what is meant by "its in the fingers", verses the other aspects tone could be about, such as equipment (guitars, picks, strings, ...

A lot of it IS the fingers, but there are other factors. It is not only one thing. Strings, pickups, instrument, the pick gage, amps, PA, obviously any effects or signal processing, etc. It is a chain, and ultimately you change any of them and you can end up with a different result. Since you can't ...

One thing is to do a basic rhythm pattern, like just up beats or certain accent, constant instead of "comping". The other is to just hold chords and let them ring when there are changes. And the best thing is to share duty, let the piano comp for the sax, and YOU comp for the trumpet, etc. That is u...

All music theory can be whittled down to the CIRCLE OF FITHS diagram, once it is memorized and UNDERSTOOD. I shows how all keys, and therefore chords and scales, relate. You learn which chords use what key signature and you have the scales, or the melodies that can work with them. The modes are all ...

Ekim wrote:Crap like this is why I'm glad I can play drums. Virtually no thought needed whatsoever.

But drums can be out of tune too. They sound way better when they are tuned to some pitch and complement each other. I prefer to play with drummers who have an ear for melody too.

Modes are really just a state of mind. RE learning the modes - record one note (no harmony at all; let the note ring for about 10 minutes or so) and practise each mode over the note. As you are staying in the same key, you will hear the sound of each mode better. The worst thing to do is to play C ...

Hello fellow musicians, Vai fanatics and other virtuostic artists, I am a young composer in the process of making a very abstract piece. Once this piece is finished, I would love to know if there would be places I could submit the sheetmusic too. Is there anyone that could help me? How young do you...

...it has been almost a year since I started this research...now I damn the day I started to learn this crap and you may ask why? First I learned the sad fact that nothing is truly in tune but that wasn`t such a big deal, problem was with my ears. They got so much better since I started to pay a lo...

Might want to investigate some things about fingering of chords. I find that doing a certain fingering for the same chord actually is a big part of a different musical genre involving the guitar. I call certain chordal fingering styles "grips". So more than just the voicing of chords, the actual way...

Lower case roman numeral is minor chord or chord with minor third at least. Major chord is capital letters, so you are right about that. Not necessary to use a "b" next to the roman numeral. But it ties into naming scales by intervals 1234567. That would be the major or natural scale. Harmonic minor...

Also you can use "mode 4 of A melodic" instead of "D lydian dominant", for example. You can use the number of the mode for any and it is real clear. Also some other names I have heard for: Lydian dominant: Overtone scale or lydian b7 Locrian natural 2 is more commonly Aeolian b5. Altered is often ca...