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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:40 am
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I have little music theory behind me. In fact, lately I've been studying the Phrygian Dominant scale to try something other than major and minor pentatonic. There's an article that goes with it, but I understand little of what it's trying to tell me so I'm using the pictures. :oops:


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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:12 am
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Music Theory:

If it feels good, and sounds good....play it.
Unless you get a request to play “Far, Far Away”. :lol:
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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:23 am
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I bought one of these handy gizmos from Amazon in 2013 for $13.43. It was definitely worth it for me. Plus, the guitar looks just like one of mine. :)

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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 12:42 pm
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I bought one of these handy gizmos from Amazon in 2013 for $13.43. It was definitely worth it for me. Plus, the guitar looks just like one of mine. :)
Shazam! Maybe, that’s why I have a problem of learning music. I bought the wrong wheel. :roll: Mine is all about choosing and drinking wine, and it works so good I don’t need it anymore. :lol:
Yours is pretty inventive and cool though, Marky.

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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 2:25 pm
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>> I bought one of these handy gizmos...

Kind of cool and looks like it has it all... but honestly, I think I probably did better starting with the Circle of Fifths and figuring out how that works, then adding the shapes of the pentatonic scales on the guitar... understanding how the two went together... IE. and that's probably part of why I put my page on it together!

I think I wasted some time on FSB's wheel when I was young... and it definitely held me back! hahaha! :)

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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 3:23 pm
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Shazam! Maybe, that’s why I have a problem of learning music. I bought the wrong wheel. :roll: Mine is all about choosing and drinking wine, and it works so good I don’t need it anymore. :lol:
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:lol: You and me both, brother. :lol:

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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 12:09 am
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Thanks for the article. 8) Music theory has been sort of a half arsed thing that I've learned over the years. I can hack my way through a few things like reading music, and know a lot about the relative major minor thing, but by no means a technical expert.


Somehow when I was young and forced to take piano lessons, I learned to read music, but it gave me no intuition of how things went together in the simplest ways, so when I picked up guitar and just focused on simple chords and scales, it became a lot more fun for me! :)


I wish I was forced to take piano lessons! That's one instrument I do have the desire to learn how to play, or at least some form of keyboards. The real reason I even know a lot of the theory I do is because my ear wasn't that great when I started out and it was the best way to learn my way on the fretboard on the bass. The two things that helped me were the movable major and minor scales, which can cover pretty much everything with guitar chords, as far as major and minor chords go. Of course, then you get into 7ths and those freaky jazz chords. :P


I just bought a nice Yamaha P-115B electric piano on a killer two day sale at GC. Don't remember anything from the few lessons I took other than where middle-C is, but I'm giving it a go... kind of like the movable shapes route and not the music reading way! Cool thing about the Yamaha is it will transpose keys!!! Haha! Only need to learn chords and scales in one key then transpose to get the others for free!!!

Before you say that's cheating, it's exactly what Irving Berlin did! Couldn't read a lick of music or play anything but the key of F-sharp major and transposed to everything else! (I thought this was cool when I read about it!)

https://www.straightdope.com/columns/re ... e-compose/

And thanks guys for the appreciation!

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Sounds good. 8) Speaking of transposing, I've used a capo when I play guitar, so I can use open chord shapes for different keys. I have large hands, so it's difficult for me to play chords using four fingers cleanly, or even move around with them, so I've had to do that, or partial chord shapes. It's the main reason I've just stuck with playing the bass. I'm thinking a piano would be a lot easier for me to play, if I can learn it, since you don't have to cramp up your hand on a neck.

You probably already know this, Paul but Warmoth makes nice superwide necks, if you still want to give the 6-string a try. :) http://www.warmoth.com/Guitar/Necks/Sup ... thPro.aspx


That's pretty cool they have those. There was a company out there that also made guitars that had wide necks. They have Strat, Tele, and Les Paul copies, and the necks, themselves. http://www.biglouguitar.com/products.htm

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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 1:45 am
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I think I wasted some time on FSB's wheel when I was young... and it definitely held me back! hahaha! :)
:lol: It tried to do the same to me . . . so I tossed it like a frisbee, and made my own wheel. Works a whole lot better. :P
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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 11:38 am
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If anyone is looking for a cheap keyboard, my gf bought the amazon exclusive P71 which is really pretty nice for a standard price of only $399... you do give up the lineout and the specs are all a little lower, but after playing both, other than the lineout, which makes my recording job a lot more in line with my established workflow, the P71 would be great to start with at a nice price! The P71 has a USB plug so you can record onto a computer...
Rock on! :)

Good tip, Mark. Thanks!

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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 6:51 pm
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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:17 pm
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Can't open the photo, Blue Notes.

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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:39 pm
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Marky Forrest wrote:
Can't open the photo, Blue Notes.
Me neither, Blue Notes.

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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:08 am
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Sorry about that guys. Trying to figure out how to post pics from google, and flickr. If anyone can guide me on how to do so I’d appreciate it, thanks.


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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:03 pm
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I borrowed this from Jmattis since he did such a great job. It should get you in the right area. Good luck!

jmattis wrote:
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First you need to upload your pics to the internet.
Use a pic hosting site (imgur, imgbb, flickr or such - avoid photobucket)
or some common web framework like e.g. facebook, googlephotos - whatever you're familiar with.
The important thing is that the web site provides you with a pic address - that's the one starting with 'http' and ending in '.jpg'.
Copy the pic address, and use the IMG-command (visible when you write a message) on the forum.
Preview your post so everything is OK.

If you still have trouble - do a quote of another’s post with a picture and have a look at what the quote looks like. Pay attention to where that photo is and how it is wrapped, and follow jmattis’ instructions. That should do it. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: A piece on music theory
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:10 pm
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Thanks FSB, I’ll check it out.


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