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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12759 Location: Boise, Idaho | I was brought up with too many rules. Music lessons were something we had to take and practice was mandatory. A song was something that was memorized and practiced on an instrument until it was note for note perfect. Singing, however, was something we did for fun. So college starts and I gave up on band, but signed up for an easy credit in a big choir. I never really learned to read bass clef, but had enough background and a good ear to manage. I taught myself guitar because everyone was playing guitar then and I could sing along with it. I still felt compelled to memorize songs, though. If I liked a song done by a female, I'd sing it in the same register. Structure over feel. That's probably why I can't do jazz. I figured out that I am running out of time to learn all the right notes to all the songs I like, so maybe some lessons would help me figure it out faster. Now that I'm taking lessons, I can ask why certain notes sound good with a backing track in the key of A when they don't seem to fit in the key of A. I still don't understand the answer, but I think "because it sound good" is the best explanation. I don't think Bob plays much of anything the "right" way, but it sounds good. | ||
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 2120 Location: Chicago | That's a great review of a musical journey, Mark. I know lotsa rules, but don't necessarily follow them. In fact, I was just looking down at my fingers a few minutes ago and realized that, for the longest time, I've been playing this one (basic) minor seventh chord with a totally sick "wrong" note in it (a flat sixth, if you must know). Anyway, the ninth on the first string has something to do with the sweet sound, but there it is: totally wrong, yet fantastic. | ||
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Joined: November 2011 Posts: 741 Location: Fort Worth, TX | "Oh - and add me to the list of folks who would LOVE to hear a Bob Glisson CD..." ME TOO !!! | ||
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Joined: September 2005 Posts: 3619 Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | It kinda' sucks that I've had to wait until I'm old and crotchety to be able to work on guitar lessons. I still have a hard time FINDING time. When I finally retire, THEN I'm gonna' learn to play the guitar better. | ||
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 10583 Location: NJ | aha moment for me you are a half step from a good note at any point in the fingerboard | ||
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 2120 Location: Chicago | Similar to Al's insight: you don't need to always reach for five- or six-note chords. A few choice notes (two or three) will often sound good as a "chord", especially if they are tasty tones over a good bass note. | ||
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Joined: May 2012 Posts: 17 | CanterburyStrings - 2012-08-15 10:53 AM Couldnt agree more,recently 2 friends of mine quit playing after several years and both of them were obsessed with playing as good as a pro,which is something that is nigh on impossible for any working family man,me?I play badly but with a silly grin on my face...I think my best "lesson" was the day I realized that rather than being the serious, important, creative thing I THOUGHT my music was, I discovered that I play because of the "Whee!" factor. In other words, my fingers are having fun and I am having fun, and music is nothing more than the same kind of fun I had when I went sledding as a kid. When that happened, my music improved tremendously. When I let go of my ego, the music itself was able to shine through. I'll never take myself seriously again! | ||
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