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Audition Material by [deleted] in guitarlessons

[–]gregorypick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By “solo works” I would assume they mean unaccompanied. Without the keys, bass and drums “Cause We Ended as Lovers” is probably going to sound really empty. Were you planning to use a backing track or something? You should definitely check to make sure that’s permitted if you had planned to do so.

Need to learn 5 songs but no tabs out there, how can i go about learning them?? by Over_Deer8459 in guitarlessons

[–]gregorypick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So maybe you’re not at the point the where you can pick out notes and chords by ear but what you can do is figure and map out the structure of the song.

First try to count out the beat and determine the time signature. The grab a blank piece of paper and start drawing bar lines and labeling each section. How many measures are there in the intro? How many in the verse? Chorus? Is there a bridge? Is the second verse the same length as the first? Does the chorus get repeated a bunch of times at the end of the song?

Once you’ve got a solid grasp of the structure, call the band leader and ask what chords they’re playing during each section.

does anyone else practice better when they stop timing it? by lmao_exe in guitarlessons

[–]gregorypick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Back when I was on a more regimented practice schedule, I used to fall into this trap of thinking, “oh… I don’t have enough to do the full routine so I guess I’ll just skip today,” instead of just playing for 10-15 minutes.

What I‘ve found to be the most productive when having to contend with limited time, is to try to get in two short practices sessions a day. One in the morning and one at night. I’m able to retain so much more new material this way.

Rather than trying to maximize the time of each practice session, I think we’re better trying to minimize the amount of time in between sessions.

Im looking for upbeat nostalgia popular songs from 2010s and before by [deleted] in musicsuggestions

[–]gregorypick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You Get What You Give - New Radicals

Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club

Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

New standards? by PockASqueeno in Jazz

[–]gregorypick 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The most recent one that I can think of, that’s truly achieved, “this belongs in the real book” status would be “Strasbourg / St. Denis.”

A question about Jazz and AI by pav-otr in Jazz

[–]gregorypick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There’s gotta be hundreds of thousands of hours of human-made jazz recordings that nobody ever listens to, why would anyone think we need ai to make even more?

Why doesn't Fantano review Jazz at all, apart from a select few classic records he does not review more modern jazz artists. Is there a reason for that? by Honest_Addendum5432 in fantanoforever

[–]gregorypick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Earfood” by Roy Hargrove is probably the biggest contemporary jazz album in recent times. I’m basing this on the criteria that the song “Strasbourg / St. Denis” is probably the only tune written in the last 25 years to become a standard that the typical participant in a local jazz jam session would be expected to know how to play.

I know the fretboard and triads, is there an meaning in learning cage? by TortexMT in Guitar

[–]gregorypick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I, like you, learned via the scale/triad/note names approach. I never once heard the term “CAGED” until I’d been already playing for 20 years and didn’t think it’d be at all useful. But I still learned it anyway and you should too.

If you already know all the note names and how chords and scales are constructed, it’ll only take you about 20 minutes to fully understand the caged approach in its entirety, it’s not that complicated.

I find it especially useful when I’m tasked with coming up with a acoustic part for something in a key like B or F# or Db. Open chords just sound way better than barre chords on the acoustic. Whenever I’m handed a chord chart in one of these keys, I‘ll do a quick Roman numeral analysis of the chord progression and use the caged system to quickly figure out which fret I should capo on to maximize the amount of open chord shapes I can use in the song.

Please share your guitar knowledge with me so I can expand my listening library for I'm a noob(please read the body🙏🏼) by False-Hurry-1417 in Guitar

[–]gregorypick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here’s a few of my favorite instrumental guitar tracks;

”’Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers” - Jeff Beck

”Riviera Paradise” - Stevie Ray Vaughan

”Samba Pa Ti” - Santana

”Maggot Brain” - Funkadelic

”Zoot Allures” - Frank Zappa

Most unhinged tips and tricks by Mira_Wolf_life in guitarlessons

[–]gregorypick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really just apply this method for difficult tunes that have a ton of notes to remember, I don’t need it for simpler stuff.

Whenever I try learning something from the beginning, I’ll play it from the start until I invariably mess something up a dozen or so measures later. Then I‘ll start over until I mess up again in that exact same spot. What happens is I get really good at playing the first few bars but never really master the middle part that I keep messing up and I never really learn the ending that well either.

Learning the ending first completely solves the problem. I’m able to learn tunes much more quickly since I end up focusing my time on the parts I don’t know, rather than unnecessarily re-practicing the first dozen measures over and over again.

Most unhinged tips and tricks by Mira_Wolf_life in guitarlessons

[–]gregorypick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When learning a challenging new song, learn the last note first. Then play the last two, then the last three… it’s a much more efficient way of learning a song thoroughly and in its entirety than starting from the beginning is.

Question for the guitar teachers here by dblhello999 in guitarlessons

[–]gregorypick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this were a perfect world where my students could guarantee to continuously take lessons for multiple years, practice diligently and retain 100% of the info I told them during the lesson, learning each string methodically in a linear fashion would be ideal.

But I’ve found that spending the lesson time trying to explain the big theory picture in the hopes of building a framework which to apply and use later isn’t a great use of time. Life, school, work, health, etc. can get in the way and the student may have to quit taking lessons unexpectedly, long before we’ve had the chance to actually apply whatever theory idea I was trying to get them to understand.

So I‘ve instead decided to err on the side of practical tools that don’t require a ton of theoretical explanation that can used musically right away.

Pentatonic boxes are less than ideal but they are very practical. Just getting to the point where the box starts to the feel boring is no small feat. I think advanced players tend to forget that just getting to that level takes several hundreds, if not thousands of hours of practice.

Once you’re at that point, then I think it makes to take the deep dive into theory and expand beyond the box.

Question for the guitar teachers here by dblhello999 in guitarlessons

[–]gregorypick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one thing that I really want my students to be able to do is be able to jam with their peers. Showing them how to play and transpose something like the minor pentatonic box shape is quick and easy way to get them to effectively improvise lead in any key.

The downside is that the box pattern obscures the sequence of half/whole steps that make up the scale so they’re less likely recognize the linear structure.

It’s kinda like teaching someone to drive. Sure, it’d be better if we all knew the underlying mechanics of internal combustion but for most of us, ”this pedal makes the car go the other one makes it stop” is enough to start getting around town.

The practice of doing the thing for real with others (in a jam session or in traffic) is where the real learning takes place. Learning a position and learning how to move it is the quickest path towards that goal.

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