8 Reasons Why Your Guitar Improvisation Does Not Sound Like Music | Guitar Columns. You have practiced countless hours, you know your scale positions and fingerings like the back of your hand, you can play faster than all your friends. Yet, all the solos you improvise (or write) sound kind of stale, and not like real music. Why? Years ago when I was a beginner this problem was driving me crazy. How comes that some people can play just three notes and make them sound like music, while other simply can't, no matter how much or how little they play? 1. The first reason is probably the most common among guitarists (and drummers). 2. Now that you have your foot firmly on the brake and not overplaying, you will start to notice that slow notes may not actually sound that good by themselves. 3.
Of course, even if HOW you play it is very important, WHAT you play still retains a certain importance (random notes are not everyone's favorite melody). Of course, this is just a very short introduction and a complete explanation of this topic would be quite lengthy. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Guitar Chords - Diagrams | Scales | Keys | Lookup Charts. USEFUL FREE MUSIC APPLICATIONS ONLINE. Music Theory. Teoría - Music Theory Web. Scales and emotions. See also a post about making chords from scales. So maybe you want to write a song or an instrumental in a particular mood or style, and you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the scales. Here’s a handy guide to the commonly used scales in Western pop, rock, jazz, blues and so on. Click each image to play the scale right in your browser with the aQWERTYon.
These scales have a major third (E in the key of C), which makes them feel happy or bright. Major scale Happy; can be majestic or sentimental when slow. Mixolydian mode Bluesy, rock; can also be exotic/modal. Lydian mode Ethereal, dreamy, futuristic. Lydian dominant mode Also known as the overtone scale or acoustic scale, because it is close to the first seven pitches in the natural overtone series. Phrygian dominant mode Exotic, Middle Eastern, Jewish. Harmonic major scale Majestic, mysterious. These scales have a flat third (E-flat in the key of C), which gives them a darker and more tragic feel. Natural minor scale (Aeolian mode) Dorian mode. Guitar - DADGAD - A] List of chord progressions.