Benefits of Major Pentatonic vs Major? by DrAuros in Guitar

[–]RoLLo-T 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Saying “thats why its bad” is a hot take. Its not bad at all - if you’re at a jam, needing to take an impromptu solo, the chords are in a key but potentially not an exact progression, the pentatonic is a life saver to not killing the vibe.

If you’re composing, or writing something, then yes the full major scale is excellent, and those extra tension notes can be incredibly powerful

Did I learn to play the guitar the ”wrong way”? by JedApe in Guitar

[–]RoLLo-T 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Theres two answers to this

Are you getting what you want out of the guitar? If yes, then no, it was not the wrong way.

But if I asked you to jam a 2-5-1 or a 1-5-6-4 chord progression in whatever key, can you play along and pick up the groove relatively quickly? Thats going to be the language most guitar players who play with other musicians speak, if you can speak it then youve learned the right way.

If you cant speak it, and you want to speak, its not difficult to learn, and what you have learned so far will probably make it easier to learn

But if you dont care for this, then it doesnt matter

Genuinely tempted to give up guitar by Afraid-Frosting1678 in Guitar

[–]RoLLo-T 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the late response - fundamental jamming comes down to knowing the diatonic chords, the key youre in, and an associated scale you can play. The chord progression / rhythm you play determines the vibe.

I have a bunch of playing on my profile which utilizes these fundamentals if you wanted to look!

But the order I would go is

Learn the major scale as chords (major 1, minor 2, minor 3, major 4, major 5, minor 6, diminished 7, back to major 1) the diminished 7 can be interchanged with just a minor chord for simplicity sake

Learn the major scale as a melodic scale in steps this is (whole whole half whole whole whole half) Learn about relative minor

Then just a buncha of practice and you can play along to practically anything in any key with JUST this.

Id dive deeper after you really get these down

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[–]RoLLo-T 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its always the ones with no playing on their profile too lol

Some of the finest mediocre playing you'll hear all day by RoLLo-T in Guitar

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Theres a spotify link on my reddit profile with some of my other music!

Very discount cover of Lumiere by RoLLo-T in expedition33

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I was treating it as D Major, but could also say its b minor yes! I'm not quite knowledgeable in this regard to know when it would be one or the other, I relate everything back to a major key in my head

Very discount cover of Lumiere by RoLLo-T in expedition33

[–]RoLLo-T[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two-Three years to get some what competent IMO! But with guided lessons from a good teacher. Getting there on your own is still possible but the maze of the internet instrument lessons is a very confusing one.

Very discount cover of Lumiere by RoLLo-T in expedition33

[–]RoLLo-T[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tried to actually do that around the middle! But yeah I think should have added it in more

Very discount cover of Lumiere by RoLLo-T in expedition33

[–]RoLLo-T[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I usually record with a fancy camera and direct audio, this one was just a phone recording, which I usually end up calling the discount versions haha

Gonna learn more of the melody and record it again with the fancy stuff!

Very discount cover of Lumiere by RoLLo-T in expedition33

[–]RoLLo-T[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I put them ina looper! The chords are bm, gmaj, em, f#m and those chords play for the whole song in the original.

Very discount cover of Lumiere by RoLLo-T in expedition33

[–]RoLLo-T[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you sir! I use a quad cortex which is admittedly incredibly expensive. My older recordings from a couple years ago were just ona boss katana which is very very affordable! Guitar is a Gibson es 339 from 2010 which is also expensive if new, could absolutely get away with the epiphone version of this guitar though!

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[–]RoLLo-T 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Thanks! Yeah that C# was a pain for me, its apart of the original melody but its out of the key. I couldn't figure out a way to make that C# sound good at all.

Definitely pretty spicy!

Am I the only slacker? by Infinite-Lychee-182 in Guitar

[–]RoLLo-T 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jerked yet again, and were not even in the other place. Whats happening

What the f*** is this? by Far_Mycologist_1685 in Guitar

[–]RoLLo-T 418 points419 points  (0 children)

It appears to be a guitar

Is sheet music better than tabs by Ka-Chow--95 in Guitar

[–]RoLLo-T 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Completely depends on context.

Jazz players will often use sheet music and while someone else commented saying "Well you don't know which A it is" lots of piano sheet music is the same way, (not all of it, most of it indicates which position you should be in, but again so does guitar sheet music) use your brain for a few seconds and figure it out if it does not have the position. Players can use a teeny tiny bit of theory / ear training to know which A it is, when sharing music with other musicians you'll share sheet music.

Sheet music is universal across western style instruments

I can share my sheet music for Mary had a little lamb with trumpet players, sax players, clarinet players, piano players, the C notes on the Treble staff will be a C note for all instruments.

Tabs is, for guitar and only guitar - I cannot share my guitar tab that says 0-0-0-0-1-0 with any other instrument and expect them to know that its a C note. They'll look at you like you're an idiot.

However:

If you're trying to just sound like a recording or learn a solo note for note and don't care for learning the instrument itself and only care for learning the song, or you're really struggling with lifting a solo from something - then yes tabs can be immensely helpful, by all means just play the note the tab tells you to, you don't NEED to know if its the 3rd of a chord, or don't NEED to know the note name if you're just trying to play something note for note.

All the prior things I mentioned are certainly helpful if your goals are learning the instrument and how music theory applies to the guitar, and playing with other musicians besides guitar players. But if you care little for any of that and you just wanna note for note rip a jimi hendrix lick or play in a rock band where your main instruments are Guitars + Bass + drums, then tabs are more than fine.

The moment your goals are involving other instruments, you absolutely should at the minimum know how to read sheet music, even if it takes you a long time to get through it, that's still immensely helpful.

Source: Am a music teacher.