[Music theory for songwriting lesson]

Found this on Reddit. It's about chord functions and understanding them, something that really interests me, once I knew what he meant by chord functions. I'm very much into my songwriting, and I thought you would appreciate this also. 

 

[Pedals, baby.]

On 1/8/2019 at 12:59 PM, Oldjock said:

I realized early on that learning to play a guitar and then playing a few songs come at a cost. The constant GAS to help improve your limited skills, making the sound much improved is always lurking. Left unchecked I'm sure that I could easily empty my bank account. So in the pursuit of a favorable sound at a reasonable cost, I have three pedals, a Boss RC-3 Loop Station, Boss CS-3 Compression/Sustainer and a Zoom  MS-50G Multi Effects (still learning).

These three pedals give me everything I could possibly need and like Six String it keeps my obsessions in check.

Henk

 

There does seem to be so many pedals you can buy, each of which would give you a little more expansion in the sounds you can get. It sounds like you're doing well in not obsessively spending on loads of pedals. 

I think you can get so much out of your limits. Setting limits helps me to find out what I can do with what I've got, and work around any obstacles with more of a creative mind, rather than buying more pedals to solve the issue. 

[Pedals, baby.]

On 1/7/2019 at 3:52 PM, Old Guy said:

Congrats, man!! Pedals are a super fun way to expand your musical palette.

So far, my favorite pedals are the Dunlop Classic Cry Baby Wah, The MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay and the Suhr Eclipse OD/Distortion pedal. I use the Suhr for more Texas Blues type stuff, and use the distortion in the Amp I have (Blackstar HT Club 40 MkII) for lead tones with the Delay. The Amp has two distortion voicings, one more for rhythm playing, and the other for lead tones.

I am waiting on a Compression pedal, though, and am very much looking forward to hearing how it smooths out my clean tones. It's called the Chellee Compy, and I bought it based on a demo by Pete Thorn on YouTube.

Cool pedals, brother! Enjoy!

Awesome! Have you got any music uploaded? I'd like to listen to some  

[Pedals, baby.]

I've just bought my first few pedals. They are;

Donner reverb pedal, 
Joyo D-Seed delay pedal
Standard volume pedal

Can't wait to break into them!

What pedals do you favour/ love using? 

 

[Exploring shell voicings]

On 11/9/2018 at 5:50 PM, Triple-o said:

I think they are real helpful. Steve introduced them indirectly by using chords without the 5th. He didn’t refer to them as “shell voicings” if I remember correctly, so when I discovered “shells” I thought they were something new.

Jens Larson also has a utube Jazz lesson using them.

I've not heard of them for very long. So simple yet so effective! 

Glad you guys enjoy! 

[Exploring shell voicings]

I watched Paul David's video on shell voicings (below) and I really like the sound. Its amazing to me, since I've been playing full bar chords, chords with mostly their notes on strings next to each other, and single notes. I've only played the major and minor triad shell voicings, though I'm excited to explore more. 

How have you got on with shell voicings? Anything you want to share about them? 

 

[Harmony explained in 5 levels of difficulty]

I've seen this, its a cool video Herbie seems like a cool dude

[What are the basic things to do to care for your acoustic guitar?]

This is not something I am too familiar with. I mean yeah, I change the strings every now and then, make sure its stored at room temprature, make sure I don't knock it about too much. Apart from that though I don't do much else, and I'm sure there are other things to keep it in tip top condition.

Things that will help its tuning and intonation stay at a healthy state for a longer period of time! Thats the main problem with my guitar. Its not very noticeable, however it is there I think. 

[Anyone here play a Ukelele? What songs do you know?]

On 10/27/2018 at 2:44 PM, Eracer_Team-DougH said:

When we were in NAMM in 2016 Nashville there was a OO-koo-LEH-leh dealer. And I tried a few.

hand made from Hawaii,  wife keeps saying "we should have bought it for you"

it was very nice,,   alas no OO-koo-LEH-leh in my stable 

I've not tried an authentic Hawaiian ukelele, I got one of the cheap ones and put decent strings on it. Makes it sound like a much more expensive uke! 

[Anyone here play a Ukelele? What songs do you know?]

On 10/27/2018 at 10:05 PM, NeilES335 said:

A guitar someone left out in the rain...  ?

Thats how the Ukelele was first discovered!

[Anyone here play a Ukelele? What songs do you know?]

On 10/27/2018 at 10:33 AM, CSN&Y said:

I have a Kala uke and so far it plays me more than I play it. The non-linear tuning is a little challenging for me. But I really admire the great uke players and some day maybe I can be one-tenth as good as them.

I take it you've seen the guy on YouTube who covers The Beatle's song on ukelele? Its incredible what you can do with practise. I look forward to hearing your music, it sounds like you're passionate about playing the Uke

[Anyone here play a Ukelele? What songs do you know?]

I know none tbh, though I have a bumper gold book of Ukelele songs. My favourites from there are "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash and "Wonderful World".