Monday, February 2, 2009

Metal Monday

Every Monday participants pick a "Metal" song, and expound on it. Maybe post a vid for it, or some lyrics, or an opinion about it.

Then you simply fill in the box below with the "Direct Link" back to the page where your submission is posted, and there you have it!

Linking is for participants ONLY, all others will be deleted. You can feel free to grab the code, and post it yourself as well.

So here is ours:

Motley Crue

"Shout At The Devil (live 1989) @ The Whiskey"


Sunday, February 1, 2009

Practice day & EMT C#19

Still on the path to getting back to where I was. Spent this practice concentrating specifically on Lesson #12. I think I am going to do that all the way up to the next video, that way I can get myself back on track with the lessons themselves, and then switch back over to the entire practice regime as a whole.

Edly's Chapter 19: "Cadences"

Cadences occur at the end of a phrase, or at the end of part of a phrase. A cadence consists of two or more chords that interrupt the harmonic momentum. They can be temporary, or arrive at a conclusion. The example "Oh Susannah" was used again as a reference.

There are different cadences:

  • full cadence
  • half cadence
  • plagal cadence
  • deceptive cadence

Friday, January 30, 2009

Product Update: Taylor Guitars

Not a guitar video today, so it might not be of interest to some, but an update on Taylor Guitars, and their customer relations. Maybe of interest to those beginners who are still in the investigating phase of their first guitar purchase...


Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Practice day & EMT C#18

Practice has been moving forward, slowly but surely, time increasing with each day as my fingers get used to getting back to normal. I am hoping to get a video up for Lesson 12 this weekend, and then we can discuss Lesson #13 from there.

I got one answer at YouTube about my problem, and I am still awaiting Sarge from RHM to email me his thoughts. So when I get that, we can address them both here.


Edly's Chapter 18: "Transposition"

Transposition is simply changing the key of a melody, a chord progression, or even an entire song. You would do it maybe to put the song within a singer's vocal range, or maybe a certain instruments best playing range. The basic way of doing it is to use the chromatic scale, and move the notes the same number of half-steps up or down. An example would be if you had a man and a woman singing together, you could move the man's melody an octave lower in their duet.

Multiple examples and charts were given throughout the lesson for both vocals and instruments.

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