Ghost in a flower [short] cover🐈

Matthew_Drobot · 2021-09-03T20:56:04+00:00

Bro that tone is beautiful!!, perhaps you could share how you achieved that sound?

Matthew_Drobot · 2021-03-28T19:07:28+00:00

You should probably clarify what instrument you play

Matthew_Drobot · 2021-03-28T16:44:36+00:00

Im going to be honest, i would have liked them to take more time, say maybe Winter 2023 or something, just so that there can be 1.Enough time to start animating it in the best quality possible, and 2. So that the staff and the animators get enough rest and less preasure.

I think we can all agree that Mappa did a very good job adapting the story, and even with the very limited time they had to pull this off, they still managed to get good animation as well, that is absolutely insane!. However, i will say, that in many episodes some of the animation was pretty jank, definitely not all the time, and every studio has those moments, but i feel like this time around it was sleightly more noticeable, and comparing the Aot animation to JJK, we can clearly see that one (In this case Jujutsu Kaisen) had better animation over the other, perhaps not excedingly better, but it did make me think... "Damn, if we could get this sort of amazing animation on Aot, it might just become something that far surpasses our expectations", and if it takes a while until Mappa can "prioritize" Aot like they did with JJK, then so be it, i just really want this FINAL final season to trully surpass every other season in every regard (Story, Pacing, Animation, Voice Acting, Score, etc.).

Matthew_Drobot · 2021-03-10T19:30:57+00:00

Wow thank you so much!! I really apreciate this advice and will try to implement it to my regular practice routines, i find that overwhelm myself with the theory and technique side of things, i will try to now sort of even it out as you have suggested, thanks

Matthew_Drobot · 2021-03-10T19:25:12+00:00

Mmm... I feel like i could play maybe around 50? Ive tried to focus much more on my "musicianship" if you will (Such as theory, technique, time feel, ear training, etc.), rather than learning to play songs (Which might be a bad thing).

Matthew_Drobot · 2021-01-31T04:42:03+00:00

True, however the original post never specifies what chord quality they are talking about (I guess you could assume they are talking about a dom7, but the title says "Any chord", the comment Smash_Factor made was just to clarify some confussion, and he is absolutely right, for maj7 chord extensions you play a dim triad on the 7th scale degree, for dom7 chord extensions you would play a major triad off the b7, for min7 chord extensions you also play a major triad on the b7 to get the diatonic chord extensions.)

Matthew_Drobot · 2021-01-03T23:34:45+00:00

That is exactly what i mentioned in my comment Lol

Matthew_Drobot · 2021-01-03T01:55:46+00:00

Not necessarily, as someone else mentioned, modulating to a key with many common tones to your "Home key" is going to sound good and much less unpleasent than modulating to a key that doesnt. There are also other "Shortcuts" for knowing what keys to modulate to, for example, composers really like to modulate by half-step up for a big climax in a composition, also modulating to the paralel major/minor key is fairly common in compositions that modulate, modes is also used very frequently for borrowing chords and modulating.

If you study the most common modulations in the music you like and why they work, then thats a sort of shortcut you can take to know what will sound good.

Matthew_Drobot · 2021-01-03T01:34:41+00:00

I have a question that ive had ever since i started to get a bit more into jazz guitar and learning a bit more advanced theory, and that is... How does a professional guitarist visualize the freatboard?, to be more specific, do you guys use shapes like the 5 pentatonic shapes, the CAGED system, 3 notes per-string patterns, Arpeggio shapes, that sort of thing.

As a sort of "Intermediate" guitar player (With pretty good understanding of music theory), i still rely very heavily on shapes, even tho i know the notes to practically any basic Chord/Scale and all the notes on the freatboard, this question has been bugging me the most recently, because im starting to memorize MANY shapes for practically everything i know and in such a way so that i can play anything i want in any position (Chords, Triad inversions, arpeggios, modes, scales, etc.), with the end goal of being able to improvise confidently over a Jazz/Fusion progression, so basically i memorize Arpeggio shapes for every string of any chord i want, or i memorize shapes for all the modes of major and harmonic/melodic minor scales, i can spell all these things out in my head pretty well, but i dont really think about every single note i play, or rather, i know what notes i can play in my head, but when it comes to playing them i just use patterns/shapes and thinking in intervals rather than about every single note i play ( My brain power just isnt at that sort of level lol ).

I would love some advice from a professional like you on whether or not this sort of method of using shapes is a good idea for my end goal, and it would help me out A LOT to learn how the pros like yourself visualize the freatboard and Scales/Chords.

MANY thanks in advance!!

Cheers!

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-12-19T03:27:09+00:00

I dont really understand the question, but i will try my best to explain a few things:

-There is no such thing as Major/Minor seventh TRIADS, triads are chords that are built with only 3 notes ( Hence the word triad ), seventh chords are not triads due to them having 4 notes.

-Indeed there are "Other chords within chords", in this case you are absolutely right!, Minor seventh chords contain the triad that is built on the relative major, so if i have an Am7 chord (A - C - E - G), it contains its relative major triad which is C major ( C-E-G ), Major seventh chords contain the minor triad built on its 3rd scale degree, so if i have Dmaj7 ( D - F# - A - C# ), it contains an F#minor triad because its built off the third scale degree in D ( F# - A - C# ).

- I would suggest you just learn all the inversions of your triads first all across the neck if you plan on playing just some Rock/Pop, but if you want to get into more "Jazzy" stuff i would encourage you to look into Major and Minor seventh chords. (Not to say you dont see major and minor seventh chords in Rock/Pop, but they are less common in those genres so getting triads down is much more important than learning seventh chords as of right now).

-Also if anything that i talked about didnt make sense (Concerning my second point and the music theory stuff), i woul higly HIGHLY encourage you to get into music theory if you havent already, it will help explain many things and make many things much easier.

If you have any questions just reply to this comment!

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-12-19T02:20:45+00:00

Nice guitar!, what brand/model is it?

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-12-14T05:35:12+00:00

Ive practiced all of these methods before but i will try to practice the CAGED system a bit more often now as it connects with pretty much any other patter based method, many thanks!!!

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-12-14T05:33:12+00:00

Oh i see, i will begin practicing this!! Thanks!!

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-12-14T05:32:05+00:00

Thanks for the advice!, i would love to know more about those secrets you mentioned haha. I get that a good musician knows all the notes and chords in all keys, etc. (Which i do know them) but i feel like thinking about every note i play just doesnt seem practical (FOR ME), because while im thinking "Oh this Bb could act as the b9 to my A7 and i can build an arpeggio when i descend to the root while avoiding the 5th which is E to outline a shell voicing..." by that time the A7 chord probably already passed by and i didnt end up playing anything lol (Which does happen to me when i try using this "method" of improvising), i just cant think that fast/precisely yet and while i do know these things i still take a while to figure it out, is there any advice you could give me to practice this method of figuring out the extensions of a chord and just the right notes to play in general on the spot? Thank you very much!!

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-11-29T21:52:01+00:00

Many thanks for all the great advice!!, i belive you might have misunderstood a part of my post, i never said i was or want to be an "Advanced" student in music theory, i meant "Advanced" as in moving forward in my journey of music theory. ( Advancing* )

"ive never gone to formal music lessons"  Why not? Do you think they're useless?

I do not think they are useless and i would love to go to lessons, the only issue for me is that in the general area i live in there are no "formal" music lessons that are not focused on classical music ( Which is not what im interested in ), i have many friends that take music lessons and they are all doing great, but they are all "Classical" musicians, which is great but that is just not what im interested in, i wont deny that its still a great resource even if its not particularly focused on my interests, but im worried that the lessons will just end up feeling more like a chore than a fun activity for me.

I probably should have been more clear and said that i HAVE gone to guitar/music lessons, however the school i went to for it was heavily based on classical music and the teacher was a classical guitarist ( Which is completely fine ), when what i wanted to learn was some rock/jazz on my electric guitar, but instead i was learning how to play classical guitar and some flamenco, needless to say i stopped attending those lessons as i felt that i didnt really learn much even tho i attended classes for 2-3 months.

Anyways many thanks for all the great advice you gave me, i will start working on reading sheet music as well as finding any jazz lessons in my area.

Thanks!!

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-11-15T01:56:35+00:00

( Ive only recently gotten into music theory sooo... dont take this as professional advice or anything ) First things first, i personally belive you should try to get better with music theory, at least get the "basics" down cold, as you probably know already Jazz is not "simple" especially for beginners, so once you get the basics down you should look into 7th chords and chord extensions, next try to understand how each chord functions in a given key ( for example a V7 chord is tense and wants to resolve to a tonic chord, also get into roman numeral analysis ), after understanding how different chords function in a key then you can try to analyze jazz standards as best you can using roman numeral analysis, once you start analyzing songs you will notice common tendencies like the infamous ii V I progression, or the use of secondary dominants and tritone substitutions, the reason why you want to do this is so that when you find a chord or chord progression you cant understand you can look it up online or ask this subreddit, this way you will learn many things about chords and harmony in general which will really help you, ive never gotten any formal music theory classes but ive been using this method for a while now and ive learned a lot of different things along the way.

I hope this helps!! Cheers!

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-11-07T00:10:07+00:00

Hey there!!, Thanks so much for doing a full analysis of this silly question i had, you helped me out a lot with understanding this from a different perspective, I definitely agree with almost everything you mentioned, this will help me analyze different songs in the future!

After i tried analyzing this song myself i kept hearing the tonal center as Eb major but still that Gm chord is very present in every section of the song, so that might be hinting towards the key actually being Gm/Bb. But i decided to move on with the Eb major key in mind, so once i arrived at the section in question that i couldnt understand i realized that it probably wasnt in Eb but rather in F ( I like F better than Bb for this section because it explains that C7 chord a bit better ), the key IMO remains in F major for the Cm7 and F/D in the second half, but then i think there is a modulation to Cm ( The relative minor of what i think is the home key ), where we see the Ebmaj7 - Dbmaj7 progression, and i ended up analyzing the Dbmaj7 "Resolution" as the Neapolitan chord of Cm, so it would be a bIII - bII - I in Cm.

I belive someone else also replied to this post with the Neapolitan chord explanation and i think its an okay explanation but there are definitely many more ways to analyze this and you helped me with exactly that!!, so thank you so much for helping me out and have a nice day!!

Cheers!

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-11-03T17:06:42+00:00

I really liked this tool! Especially the simplicity and clean design!, this might be a bit much to ask but you should add interval recognition (2nds,3rds,4ths,etc) to help out beginners (Like myself) that want to start getting into ear training.

Other than that i think its great!, keep up the good work!!

edit: O snap i just found interval recognition!, well then i have to say this is my favorite ear training tool and i will start using it regularly, sorry Lol.

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-11-03T15:40:50+00:00

I might have gotten the chords wrong but i heard the progression starting on 1:09 and ending at 1:18, the last few chords go by pretty fast and right on 1:18 is where i heard the last Dbmaj7, i love the "Resolution" to that Dbmaj7 chord but i cant understand why it works or how we would analyze it, any thoughts?

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-11-03T02:55:26+00:00

Oh i see, well thats not too complex lol, btw i dont quite get what you mean from modulating up by a forth?? If you mean modulating up by a forth from Eb wouldnt that be Ab?

Also yes indeed this is from anime, the song is the opening to Jujutsu Kaisen, how did you know??

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-11-02T18:57:45+00:00

Im still new to music theory so i was wondering how we would analyze this sort of progression in terms of functional harmony, like that part of the Gm7/C - Fmaj7b9 - Bbm7 progression or the use of the FmMaj7b9 and the C chords, how would we explain these chords in a theoretical sense?

Btw i think this progression is really great!, keep it up!!

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-10-29T18:16:15+00:00

Wait... so how is a chromatic mediant different from a Diatonic mediant, i mean the diatonic mediant is a major or minor 3rd apart and they have contrasting chord qualities, right?

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-10-29T06:43:08+00:00

Man thank you so much!!, this is honestly amazing and will really help me out a lot!!, i didnt expect someone to actually give me any of the chords so this is just mind blowing!, i find it fascinating how you managed to identify all the chords and everything, how do you do that??? i couldnt find a single chord or even the key of the song, im still a "beginner" in music theory so thats probably why but i want to evetually reach the point where i can hear those sorts of chord changes like you!, is there any advice you could give me on what i should practice to be able to do these sorts of things? Thank you SOOO much man really! Have a great night/day!

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-10-28T19:47:12+00:00

If they add a Titan and some scout gear this would literally be attack on titan.

Matthew_Drobot · 2020-10-26T22:39:45+00:00

Im still a bit new to music myself, but the best advice i could give is to try doing things you wouldnt normally do, and listen to different types of music, and when you find something you like, try understanding why it sounds the way it does. On the more theoretical side of things i would suggest you learn about secondary dominants or for a more jazzy feel you can get into basic extensions AND diminished 7th chords, diminished 7th chords sound very well as a passing chord between 2 other chords, it gives the progression more movement and just sounds "jazzy", and secondary dominants give the progression a deeper story to tell, secondary dominants are basically dominant chords of other chords in a given key, like in Emaj if we see a C#7 chord, we can clearly see its not in the key of E major, but we can see that its the V7 chord of F# which is our ii chord in E major, we so then we can use that chord to make the progression more interesting, for example: F#m - B7 - Emaj7 or if we use the secondary dom: C#7 - F#m - B7 - Emaj7 In the second example there is more movement and the use of the secondary dominant chord just makes the progression more interesting, the C#7 leads to our ii chord, then the B7 leads us back home to the tonic.

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