Tagged with 'melody'
An Easy System To Memorize The Key Signatures For All Modes
An Easy System To Memorize The Key Signatures For All Modes There are 2 approaches to figuring out all modes in all 12 keys. 1) Thinking relative scales: This is the system taught in music schools. When you use this approach, you count back a number of scale degree steps to the relative major scale. … An Easy System To Memorize The Key Signatures For All Modes
Musical Storytelling In Improvisation
Playing A Guitar Solo is Like “Talking With Your Guitar”. In the beginning stages, students of improvisation tend to solo like they are trying to constantly reinvent the wheel. They constantly try to keep coming up with ever new phrases and new melodic ideas, which makes the solo sound like it’s “meandering about” without ever … Musical Storytelling In Improvisation
Music Theory: The Difference Between “Key” and “Scale”
“Scale” and “Key” are not the same thing. The terms “key” and “scale” are usually interchanged and confused. Very few musicians realize there is a difference. For example: You could be in the key of C but in the scale of Ab Lydian. Later on: I will explain how this is possible. Scale: series of … Music Theory: The Difference Between “Key” and “Scale”
The Art of Writing Great Melodies
The Art of Writing Great Melodies This blog is a continuation from previously published blogs on songwriting which you can read when you click on the titles How To Write Chords To Your Melody Lines, Some Scale And Chord Theory and Understanding How Chord Progressions Work. I wanted to dedicate this new blog to the … The Art of Writing Great Melodies
Songwriting Part 3: Some Scale And Chord Theory
The Major Scale If you want to read the preceding 2 songwriting lessons, you can do so here when you click on following titles: How To Write Chords To Your Melodies and Fretboard Mastery for Better Songwriting. Some important theory to memorize. The most commonly used scale in our music is called the major scale. … Songwriting Part 3: Some Scale And Chord Theory
