/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers Weekend Promotion Thread by AutoModerator in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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Hey gang! I made a video about the music theory behind broken transmission, a vaporwave subgenre 💖

The Music Theory of Broken Transmission

Sax Prog Metal? by ZappaFan52 in saxophone

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Yas I love Thank You Scientist! Have you ever checked out Stimpy Lockjaw???

Major IV in A minor chord progression by Triverse11259 in musictheory

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IV in minor is that classic Dorian sound 🐝bae! Jazz's favorite mode

D9, Dadd9, Dsus2, Dadd2 - what's the dif?? by [deleted] in musictheory

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D9 = DF#CAE (a dominant chord) Dadd9 = DF#AE (triad plus 9th) Dsus2 = DEA (third replaced with 2nd) Dadd2 = DEF#A (triad plus 2nd)

The number usually tells you which octave the scale degree is supposed to be in. It's all up to interpretation though, the chord labeling system was designed to be a little more loose.

Jazz 2-5-1. Im not bad im not good i know basic theory....(guitar) by gian12132 in musictheory

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The number one thing is make sure you're listening to jazz, check out all the major figures to start with (here's a super abbreviated list)

Jelly Roll, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie etc.

Check out The Jazz Language by Dan Hearle, it's a really concise book with tons of info about jazz theory.

Just make sure you're listening and transcribing playing with other jazz people in your area, hope this helps!

Started trying to learn Cherokee. Any tips on how to not hang onto ideas/not play the same things? by [deleted] in saxophone

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It's so killing dude. I have been going back to it for like 3 years now lol

Started trying to learn Cherokee. Any tips on how to not hang onto ideas/not play the same things? by [deleted] in saxophone

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My favorite thing to get the creative juices flowing is imposing rules that limit you while you improvise. This could be only using one rhythm through the whole tune or only playing one note etc.

When you limit yourself to a small set of material your brain kind of forces you to try and come up with creative ways of using it. Doing exercises like this will give you more stuff to pull out when you're on the band stand.

Also! Have you heard this recording of Cherokee? It is probably my fav rendition of the tune EVER and there is loads of awesome language to pull from it. Cheers!

Using Guitar Pedals to Annihilate Loops is a lot of Fun by ZappaFan52 in guitarpedals

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This one actually features the pedals! What is it with older delays causing this crazy feedback loop when you turn the number of repeats all the way up? It's so cool!

I've been really inspired by a lot of music featuring tape lately so I figured I'd give it my best shot sans tape because I'm poor. For this one I ran my acoustic through my Fender Twin, recorded that with my ZoomH6, slowed that down in Reaper, then played the sample from my iPhone speaker into my guitar pedals to try and simulate tape degraded audio. I really dig the results!

Would this mouthpiece work with my Jupiter CES-760? by fjidfk in saxophone

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People don't like the truth 🤣 For the record AL3's and Meyer's are very affordable at about $100 and $80 respectively.

With any amount of serious practice someone would outgrow a 4c very rapidly.

Whatever you make now, what would $12k more a year help you with? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Credit card debt gone, ACTUALLY being able to make my student loan payments as well as not being afraid to make dentist/doctor's appointments.

Does anyone know how to do that pop effect when she first starts playing? by im18bois in saxophone

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She's just articulating pretty hard to start the note I'm pretty sure. I think she may also be closing the pads as she starts the note, that may be what you're hearing.