21 Cool 3 Notes-Per-String Exercises to Rock On! Photo by Jsome1 Playing 3 notes per string exercises is something I do on a regular basis. I use them to warm up, to become a faster guitar player and to spice up my improvisation. 3 notes per string licks and scales are generally used for speed picking. Whenever you hear a guitar player playing these really fast terrifying licks, it’s probably a 3 notes per string lick. Paul Gilbert of Mr.Big is one of many great experts in this field. If you practice these exercises properly and often enough you will increase your speed.
The 3 notes per string exercises are played using the alternate picking technique. Once you get the hang of it, it can become quite addictive, but be careful though. The one and only reason why these monster guitar players become so incredibly fast is that they practice long hours for days, weeks, months and years. Riffs. 7 Steps to Setting Up Your Guitar. In this tutorial I will explain step-by-step how to set up your guitar to get perfect intonation. Having your guitar "in tune" is a perfect goal for any luthier or the guitarist himself. Poor intonation can be heard whenever we play a chord or play solo on high frets. But you can tune your guitar to achieve a more powerful sound than ever. Step 1: The Tools Prepare the tools you'll need to follow this tutorial: screwdrivers, Allen keys, and a chromatic tuner. You can use the chromatic tuner from a stompbox effects or digital effects, or even this audio file: Important: Use a good quality chromatic tuner.
Be sure you buy the best tools that you can afford. Step 2: Make Sure Your Guitar Neck Is Dead Straight If the neck is dead straight, and you have no buzzing, and you like the way it feels, it's pretty safe to assume that your truss rod is adjusted just right. If it does buzz when plugged in, it doesn't necessarily mean that the truss rod requires adjustment. Step 3: Adjust The Truss Rod. 10 Essentials On Guitar Improvisation. Photo by Simone13 AKA John Pastorello Besides writing and playing songs I just love improvising. When I practice improvising I always first pour myself a cup of green tea, I put on some folk music (e.g. Ray La Montagne, Damien Rice, Stephen Fretwell, Glen Hansard, Sheryl Crow, etc.) on Last.fm or Spotify.com and then I start to improvise over these songs. I get totally caught up in the moment and let my fingers carry me away.
Other times I practice melodic patterns, triads, arpeggios, licks, everything that will spice up my improvisation skills. You can never stop growing. Improvising is one of the most fun and fulfilling aspects of guitar playing, but also something that requires a lot of hard work and dedication. Here are 10 basic essentials that will help you become a better improviser. 1 – Pentatonics / blues Learn to play the pentatonic/blues scale all over the neck in all five shapes. 2 – Major Scale Next to the pentatonic scale, the major scale is the most important scale to learn.
Math and Music. If all art aspires to the condition of music, all the sciences aspire to the condition of mathematics. - George Santanaya Music is the pleasure of the human soul experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting. - Gottfried Leibniz Mathematics and music have a strange connection.
Music is the only art form, where the form and the medium are the same. Mathematics is the only science where the methods and the subject are the same. Mathematics is the study of mathematics using mathematics. Back when I was teaching High School Algebra, I had a student who was gifted in music, but not so gifted with mathematics. "Give me an A" = 440hz Some basics: Music is made up of sound. There are two constant values in music. Here is a complete list of 8 octaves in the audible range and their corresponding frequencies.
Pythagoras One bit of evidence of underlying rational numbers was in Greek music. Many of the ancient Greek harps (kitharas) had six strings corresponding to these notes. The Labrinth of Genre. ScaleFinder | Visual guide to scales and modes for guitar. Speed exercises for. I've used these myself, and have found them to be quite amazing, both in strengthening your fingers and in training your mind. If you look at the patterns, they represent the three patterns that most scales are composed of: Half step -whole step, whole step - half step, whole step - whole step. If you get fast enough at playing it, people will worship you. If male, your penis will be enlarged, if female, your breasts will grow a size. Speed is everything in guitar. Okay, enough with the testosterone rant.
Oh yes, play them using alternate picking style for maximum benefit.
Favorites <3. 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. Gooload find MP3 files with intitle index of and parent directory.
Think you know Music ? See how much there is you didnt know! Musicovery. Interactive Guitar Lessons at ActiveGuitar.com. Vision Music's "Basic Blues Chords" Piano Chord Dictionary Online Piano Chords. Guitar Jam Session @ Chordbook.Com.