27 Feb 2016, Matt F

Matt Lesson, 27 Feb 2016 Muse: metronome work on guitar part, intro half-time, double time, 4-note phrase by phrase Repertoire for Alternate picking John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti, trio: Al DiMeola, Paco de Lucia) Jazz-Rock (Fusion): Weather Report Return to Forever Herbie Hancock: Headhunters and Thrust albums are big influence on me. Diminished scale: 1/2,…

8 Feb 2016, Jackson

THIS WEEK AND NEXT 1. Improvising, making music up, playing melodies. 2. Continue perfecting the melodies from your book. 3. Memorize Lion Sleeps4. play the Spoonful (30 30 3…0) repeat riff 10x daily5. Musical Alphabet, memorize forward and backward on String-2 (the B-string). Listen to this video: Try to hear the Spoonful riff. Then play…

31 Jan 16, James

Make notes as you Complete Flash Tutorial

Notes

Properties

FPS 24
HD 1920 x 1080
stage: neutral (light purple)

Brush Tool > settings

thickness

2 Types of Flash Art
1. fill art
2. line art

Shape Tools
– circles, rectangles

Line Tools
– double-click line, change thickness using fill & stroke properties

25 Jan 16 Jackson

WHAT WE DID Sounded good today Jackson, once you got warmed up. Your playing has improved. Remember we worked on the Musical Alphabet and Lion Sleeps. This is what I’d like you to do this week but in a more organzed way. HOMEWORK Read through this lesson so you know what your homework is. Then…

23 Jan 16 Matt

Matt 23 Jan 16 Chords of C major C Dm Em F G7 Am Bdim/incomplete G7* * G7 = Bdim with G in the bass, so Bdim is an incomplete G7 chord. six usable chordsthree majors C F Gthree minors Dm Em Am Spice – blues spices– borrowing from related keys Understanding use of Bb…

21 Jan 16

How to Improvise on Chord Changes To understand how to improvise on chord changes, first we need to define scales, and then how to build chords, and then how to use that information to improvise melodically over chord changes. To first understand scales and then how chords are built we can look at: Minor Swing.…

16 Jan 2016

Riffs Project learn one riff a practice Metronome Work 1. Stairway to Heaven: learn to play the chords with a metronome 2. scales: learn to play G major two octaves ascending & descending 1/4 = 60 = whole 1/2 1/4 1/8, triplets Triplets were your threshold. 1/8 = 120 bpm is doable, but triplets are…