i couldn't tell you offhand though exactly which notes are in a given chord without thinking about it for a minute. the way it ends up in my songwriting is when I'm trying to do something weird, like more from one chord to another clashing chord, then trying to make a melody that fits over them to make the structure "work" for my ears.
i've got a ton of respect for the jazz approach. kind of incredible what they do.
― AaronK (AaronK), Saturday, 26 November 2005 14:18 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm very biased since I can barely play the keyboard with both hands at the same time, but I've always thought that intervals and chord structures were easier to visualize on a guitar. There's no equivalent of the black keys, so no matter where you move a shape on the guitar, you've always got the same relationship between chords except for the open strings...
― martin m. (mushrush), Saturday, 26 November 2005 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 26 November 2005 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Sunday, 27 November 2005 01:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― nabiscothingy, Sunday, 27 November 2005 04:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Whenever I try to write or figure something out it's a lot of trial and error on the keyboard. My shit's basic, and there's a lot of stuff that I should know but don't.
― Jordan (Jordan), Sunday, 27 November 2005 06:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― darin (darin), Monday, 28 November 2005 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 28 November 2005 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
"There is no theory, you only have to listen."-Claude Debussy
― steve ketchup, Thursday, 1 December 2005 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Friday, 2 December 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
Any texts you could recommend?
also, Hurting: I think it's a bit easier to undervalue theory once you've already learned it. Like, "you can't break the rules until you know them." Etc.
― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 22:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Confounded (Confounded), Monday, 9 January 2006 22:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Confounded (Confounded), Monday, 9 January 2006 22:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pablo (Pablo A), Monday, 9 January 2006 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 00:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 02:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Confounded (Confounded), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/063400638X/qid=1136927760/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-0254997-0415904?n=507846&s=books&v=glance
― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 22:42 (eighteen years ago) link
I think George Van Eps (jazz guy) has a good book on harmonic motion on the guitar. I don't know what it's called but a teacher used to xerox stuff for me. Helps you break out of that "move the chord shape from here to there" box.
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 01:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pablo (Pablo A), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 02:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― martin m. (mushrush), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 02:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 20 January 2006 03:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Saturday, 21 January 2006 01:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― ***, Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― pablo (Pablo A), Friday, 28 April 2006 03:48 (eighteen years ago) link
sometimes i download modal scales off the internet just to break my fingers out of old habits...but i'm terrible w/theory.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 28 April 2006 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link