Michael: This interactive lesson covers more techniques from this
week's "Lick of the Day." Here's our jam track:
Michael:
load that file and we'll play the scale, licks and exercises over it, our scale will be in the B Minor on the 2nd string
Michael:
here's the same scale but you play it with the 1st string as the drone, we'll use this pattern,
here's our first lick:
Michael:
notice how this lick travels up the scale, try learning the lick and playing over the jam track,
you add chromatic notes to this pattern
Michael:
the chromatic notes give the lick a "spy" type sound
George:
yea why is there a Bb in there
Michael:
you can use chromatic notes whenever you have an ascending and descending line
George:
even if they are not in the scale
Michael:
yes, you can make chromatic lines in most music, the scale is the main notes you resolve on,
A chromatic scale is all the notes. example: A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A
Ed:
what does 'chromatic' mean?
Lyle:
12 notes. the whole ladder
Michael:
this lick is an exercise in climbing the scale you've learned
George:
no Bb this time huh
Michael:
I stay within the scale this time
Lyle:
Ed Chromatic is Greek for color
Ed:
'color' in this case meaning all of the possible colors or 'notes'?
Michael:
or sounds produce visual images, Jimi Hendrix related to songs and moods in colors
caeryl:
purple haze
Michael:
yes, he also related to the color red and fire and anger
AScriabin:
Synesthesia: experiencing colors when hearing music. Recent composers with the condition: Scriabin, Messiaen.
Michael:
notice how this exercise climbs up the pattern, but you add open notes to the run.
Michael:
playing runs and licks using the B minor scale, with a drone string
Michael:
notice on this exercise how the pattern is reversed, it sounds cool when played over the jam track
George:
If were in B minor how come it sounds final when we end on E
Michael:
it's relative to the E Dorian, which has ....
E , F#, G, A, B, C#, D
chrisepic:
briefly what is Dorian
Michael:
it's the third Greek mode of a key
Lyle:
Isn't B minor relative to E major ( Ionian Not E Dorian Teacher
Michael:
no it is relative to D major
George:
B minor is relative to D major
Michael:
D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#,
B Minor: B, C#, D, E, F#, G, A
E Dorian: E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D#
Michael:
this pattern descends down the scale in sets of 3 notes at a time
Michael:
it's a run descending in the scale pattern
Ed:
you only use the 1st and 3rd fingers?
Michael:
yes
Michael:
I start with 3 then 1, then slide down the 1st finger
Ed:
it looks like you are using the 2nd finger in the video
Michael:
I did on the notes that are next to each other 7 and 8th frets
Jeff:
Sound like something AC/DC did in songs like Who made who and Hard as Rock
Michael:
yes it does, ok let's try a lick using the pattern using bends
AScriabin:
I think Chrisepic had a good question: what typifies 'grunge'? dropped D tuning? open strings?
Michael:
it's a style of guitar influenced by rock and punk, you can't always apply theory to it,
most grunge players never studied music and played by feel, so sometimes when you have a major rhythm track the guitarist would play a minor scale over it
chrisepic:
do they use a lot of 2 string leads, thats what i'm gathering
Michael:
yes you do chris, it fills up the sound, it's a great technique for three piece bands
rustyaxe:
so you are saying this is sort of an instinctive method of playing?
Michael:
yes rusty
chrisepic:
gives the band a fuller sound?
Lyle:
I still think theory can be applied
Ed:
especially 3 piece bands, like Nirvana
Michael:
like Hendrix would play lots of open strings to increase the sound
rustyaxe:
i don't know much about the theory with all this, but are we gonna go into any solos?
Michael:
rusty these are pieces and phrases of a solo
rustyaxe:
so just put them all together then?
Michael:
you put all these licks together and you have the basis of a good solo, use your creativity,
try this run
Michael:
I'll send the next lick, but this time you use the E minor pentatonic scale pattern
Michael:
it's a slide from 2 to 3 with the open e
Michael:
notice how the lick uses the minor pen pattern, any questions before I go?
Jeff:
yes
mike:
how do you do this: 4b6
Michael:
4b6?
Michael:
you mean flat 6?
mike:
meaning 4bend6
mike:
i see it in a lot of tabs
AScriabin:
use light strings !
Michael:
you can bend the 4th fret up one whole step
mike:
i think thats hard
Michael:
that would make it sound like the 6th note
AScriabin:
it's easier the lighter the strings you're using.
Michael:
it is hard on heavy strings do you have an acoustic?
mike:
yes
Michael:
oh ok, that makes sense, that is a tough one
chrisepic:
teacher would you say the music today (mainstream) ; a lot is acoustic
Michael:
the acoustic is used more
Toby:
i'm still trying to decide if i like acoustic or electric better
Michael:
if you can, have both the acoustic build up your finger strength
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