Triple-o
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Every once in awhile someone asks about modes. Last night while reading I came across this statement. “When you have a minor progression that has a major or dominant IV chord you’ll want to use the Dorian mode to solo over it. This is one of the most common uses of the Dorian Mode”.Also, it said that Carlos Santana was the master of using this mode. So, I guess I will be looking for some Santana music to see what he does.
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I recently bought an 8 year old guitar. They had some photos and said it looked great, which is what I would expect someone to say. Boy, was I surprised, sounds great looks brand new.
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10 hours ago, Eracer_Team-DougH said:
Would have never thought that, usually see a wavey line indicating that.
Then again that's probably a guitar thing , "classical " types notate everything
What’s interesting to me is that the music was written for acoustic guitar and you would think the common “vibrato” symbol would have been better. Oh well, Potayto,potahto
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I was looking at the sheet music for El Paso at “musicnotes” and under a half note there are three slash marks on the stem. The same marks are also below the tab numbers. Any idea what they mean?
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On 11/2/2019 at 1:35 AM, Nutty 1 said:
Wow! I just looked it up. They decorated the Christmas Tree with Harmonicas! Hey you could do that, perhaps not with 50 but with one of each in a different key and a few in minor keys and harmonic minors. Then after Christmas you could use them, it would save on Christmas Decoration storage space.😁
Good choice on the Lee Oskar, they are my favourites! A is a great one to have as you can do blues in E. As for bending I can do hole 1 but am still pretty unpredictable on the rest. I have some courses on Udemy, by Ben Hewlett, which are really good. If you want any of his courses wait until they have a sale on, they usually go down to about £12. I admit that I don't practice enough. Yes music theory helps a lot. Enjoy!
I looked at the Hewlett lessons and they were on sale ,so I picked up the basic beginner and blues licks. I was a little leery, because the basic price was $199.00 per lesson marked down to $12.95. That’s quite the reduction.
When I looked at a harmonica chart and seen all the notes below, it was confusing.Now, I see they are the notes you can bend to. I found a free app on line that listens to the notes, so that I can see the notes as I blow or draw and also tell if I am bending correctly. The app lets me pick the Key. Bending does seem difficult even on the first hole.
Thanks again.
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7 hours ago, K9kaos said:
This is what it looks like.... the far side is a mirror image. I doubt that it's really playable even though it does sound different notes. Might just be a 'cool to keep' thing. But I do have an inexpensive Hohner Bluesband in C. I think I'll check out some of those lessons!
I think Hohner still makes that double sided model of harmonica.
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1 hour ago, NeilES335 said:
@Triple-o Since you've played a bit...maybe you could advise me.... I bought a new Honer "Blues Harp" harmonica in A a while back. I found that the "draw" took quite a bit of effort; much more than I remember than the harmonicas I played campfire songs on in Boy Scouts as a kid. Is there some way of adjusting these to play easier? ( I havent really played it much at all as a result)
I have a Lee Oskar in A and it draws real easy.I am new at this, but I know the reeds can go bad. Some are replaceable, but at what cost I am not sure. When I was reading about harmonica keys, some folks said the G harmonica was hard to draw.Oh yea, I did read something about a gap that can be adjusted to make it easier, but at this point I couldn’t tell you much about that.
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18 hours ago, K9kaos said:
I've always wanted to learn how to play harmonica. I have very vague memories of my grandpa playing harmonica, and I have the ones he played.
One is very interesting because it is double sided... still trying to figure it out. One side is marked as G, the other as C. I wonder sometimes if it would even be in tune anymore.... ? Do they get too old to play?
Now I will need to search this out as my curiosity often gets the best of me (keeping me up till the wee hours investigating random things on the internet, lol)!
I think that the reeds go bad after awhile of playing.
I signed up for some lessons that nutty 1 recommended and the teacher demonstrated about 10 different types, But none were double sided.
I have come to the conclusion that a diatonic Harmonica is the most common.I mentioned earlier, playing the guitar sure makes understanding the theory of the harmonica easy. The learning curve seems to be at about the same pace as a guitar, I started out with Red River valley and it sounded about what it sounded like on the guitar when I first started.
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Am pentatonic over the A7 chord. Since there is no C in the A7 you might try sliding up to the C# and see if you like the difference.
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10 hours ago, Nutty 1 said:
Wow! I just looked it up. They decorated the Christmas Tree with Harmonicas! Hey you could do that, perhaps not with 50 but with one of each in a different key and a few in minor keys and harmonic minors. Then after Christmas you could use them, it would save on Christmas Decoration storage space.😁
Good choice on the Lee Oskar, they are my favourites! A is a great one to have as you can do blues in E. As for bending I can do hole 1 but am still pretty unpredictable on the rest. I have some courses on Udemy, by Ben Hewlett, which are really good. If you want any of his courses wait until they have a sale on, they usually go down to about £12. I admit that I don't practice enough. Yes music theory helps a lot. Enjoy!
Thanks I probably will be looking for lessons pretty soon.
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7 hours ago, Nutty 1 said:
A lot of the learning materials for harmonica are in the key of C so most people start with a C. Enjoy!😎
Thanks, I went to guitar center to buy a Lee Oskar C harmonica and they didn’t have a C. So I bought a A. The first thing I learned when I got home was that playing guitar really helps to understand the way the harmonica works.I would have really been frustrated, if I didn’t know the major scales,Blues scales.Dorian and mixolydian scales minor 3rds chords etc. Without guitar theory I would have traded it for tuna salad sandwich.
It still seem impossible to blow or draw on only one of those small holes. And I don’t see how anyone “bends” those holes with breaking the thing.😃
One trivia question for you before I close. What did they decorate the White House Christmas Tree with in 1925?
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I have been trying to learn Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon” but I got side tracked with his harmonica solo. He plays it on a G harmonica. My question for you harmonica players is should I go out and buy a G harmonica or should I start to learn with a C or A. What do you think?
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9 hours ago, Texaspackerfan said:
Hey @Triple-o
I use my pinky finger it lets me free up my other fingers to still make chords. I would try what feels more comfortable for you.
good luck
Danny
Thanks, I have 3 slides of different design that fit my second, ring and pinky fingers.That should help me decide on which finger and what type of slide.
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“cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, pumped a lot of pane down in New Orleans”
“Proud Mary”, by Creedence Clearwater Revi....The intro rhythm at 120 bpm is quite the challenge. I really enjoy working on it. Keep it in mind for session 16 on advanced strumming.
”no it’s not pain or tane it’s PANE, Some folks think they hear tane and it’s short for “octane” as in pumping gas in New Orleans which seems logical based on the previous line.The lyrics show pane, which is slang for LSD.
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Anyone just learning slide guitar?
Today was my first day. I picked up 3 slides, books and DVDs awhile back, but, I just never made the time. Deep down, I thought it would be to difficult. Now, I think I am ready to get serious. I even have a dedicated guitar. Today I played around with open G, open E, drop D and standard tuning and worked on muting strings I am still not sure which finger I will end up using for the slide, but I am guessing there’s really only three choices.Bonnie Raitt uses her second, Duane Allman used his ring, but most Like Rick Vito seem to favor their pinky.This is something I have wanted to try since seeing Bonnie Raitt play a few years ago.
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When you look at some older used acoustic guitars most seem to have humps behind the bridge and corresponding dips in front. When you lay a straight edge on the guitar top the hump becomes obvious. I was wondering if these humps and dips were telltale signs of a guitar that was on the verge of being unplayable or is a little hump a normal reaction to string tension and age.
Does anyone have an older guitar, five to ten years or older, that was expensive, two or three thousand dollars or more new, does it have a hump? Just curious if expensive guitar have the same problem or if they have better bracing.
I guess this is why some guitars have a tail piece.to counter the string tension.
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I’ve been working on the rhythm for this song as part of new material I added to the Blues Course. It got me thinking about the song and it’s lyrics. There seems to be a lot of questions about the song and it’s lyrics. It seems that Port Chicago in California might be the Chicago referenced in the lyrics and not the Windy City.
The book I added to session 1 is Hal Leonard’s “Blues Guitar.”
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On 10/23/2019 at 8:56 AM, ChrisJ032 said:
As I am proceeding through LMG journey, I wanted to ask if the following starting frets are correct (first finger) when playing “around the pentatonic world”, on page 66:
C minor - 8th fret
D minor - 10th fret
E minor - 12th fret
F minor - 1st fret
G minor - 3rd fret
A minor - 5th fret
Bb minor - 6th fret
B minor - 7th fret
Thanks for any comments 🎼🎸🎼
That depends. The key word in this exercise is “solo.” You could in fact start with your ring finger on the 10 fret C then Play the 8th fret Eb with your first finger then maybe your pinky on the 11th fret Bb and then back to C.Depending on the type of notes you choose, whole, half etc. you could play those notes in 1 measure or 2.
Also, when you look at this exercise you might notice that it’s not just one solo, but 8.
You might also consider getting a free trial of a program like “Guitar Pro 7” so you can write your solos out It nice to do this in a format that gives you both standard and tablature arrangement.
P.S. I took the medium Latin to mean “moderate Latin - blues at 108 bpm.
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On 8/27/2018 at 3:13 PM, Magnit said:
Modes. I can't recall if Steve mentions this in the LMG course that I finished years ago. For instance A dorian contains the same notes as G major, but with A as the root. How do I make it, not sound G major? Starting and ending on A isn't enough.
It’s not the Dorian scale notes that make a difference it’s the chords you play them over. Play A Dorian over a Am chord and it will sound Dorian. Playing A Dorian over a G mayor chord will sound exactly t like playing G major scale.
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I was looking at some sheet music and there was an asterisk by the chord symbol above the music. Below the tab the asterisk indicated that the “chord symbols reflect the implied harmony.” What are they telling me? I can see that most of the melody notes are chord tones of the chord shown.
After hours of searching, the only thing I have found is that the chord symbol is providing addition information, for example the song is in the key of E, but the implied harmony of the song is “Actually related to the chord E7”. That is why the the melody notes align with the “implied harmony” than the key, for example the the key of E doesn’t have Db. The Db comes from the E7 chord and the melody notes contain the flatted D.
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Thanks for the lesson. It cleared up a question I had about note selection. I was under the impression that you shouldn’t repeat notes.
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On 10/17/2019 at 8:04 PM, costancr said:
Hi all, I started session 5 a week and a half ago and the exercises are progressing moderately well, but the songs in this session are throwing me for a loop for some reason. Quick question, I know not to pinch the guitar neck with my thumb, and I don't do it during the exercises, but when I get to the songs after the first 2 lines or so I notice myself doing it. I know that will come back to bite me, especially in barre chords, if I get in the habit but I wasn't sure if it was a matter of finger strength and time or if anyone else experienced a similar thing and found another cause?
I also remember seeing a thread awhile about not being able to hit G with fingers 234 (I can play the 123 version fine) does anyone know what happened to it? Wanted to read through it as I'm having trouble with the same thing, and I did see the comments above, was just looking for more info...
I remember one post where he/she could play the G with fingers123 but not with 234 without muting the A string (B note) with the 3rd finger. My response to that problem would be don’t worry about muting the B, because you also have the open B string in the chord shape.Having said that I would also say keep practicing and try lowering your wrist and making sure your fingers are on their “tippy toes”
One hand exercise you might try is to finger the G Chord with just your 3rd and 4th fingers and then play the related notes A (with second finger,) C (with first finger)and F# (with second finger) , play these notes individually while Keeping fingers 3.and 4 in place.
You should be capable of fingering the G chord and then removing your thumb from the neck while strumming.I also find that the 4 finger method of playing the G chord is my favorite. The G barre chord is the easiest.
You can use the site search tool, but limit your search to the letter “G and fingering” to narrow the search.
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That’s a good one.Have you watched justin’s “Day Tripper lesson”? Lesson SB-225
Minor Tonalities
in Music Theory
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I guess that’s one way to look at it. I just start on the parallel mode.E minor to E Dorian or A minor to A Dorian etc or E minor to E Mixolydian etc.