So ITS been a couple of weeks since I fried everyone's brain with stupid questions so here's my next topic of conversation!
I can translate chords to three string even one string but most guitar riffs intros or solos are not chords but a series of notes played on a six string jumping from one string to the next! Now I know it won't sound perfect and it'll prob mean running up and down the neck but how do ye go about transferring riffs from multiple strings on a six string to cbg 3 string or one string note per note!
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So basically you can just go note by note on the same scale as long as it's same key? Not too familiar with the scale on a regular 6 string, I know 3 and 1 string alright! I presume it's fairly easy just google scale on six string and work from that!
Kinda thought that would be the case but was unsure! Finished one stringer last week but had problem getting amp and the right string so haven't played yet! Have everything now and put coat of varnish on today so when it's dry guna string her up tomorrow! I also put fret markers on which were a bit of a bitch to get right but got there eventually not so much how to calculate more so putting them on!
You need magic... The magic of scales, as Kid sez. You need those two things sticking out of yer head, as Patrick sez. You need those other two things sticking out of your head - your eyes. You need that thing between your ears. You need your fingers, a 3-stringer, and the song solo you want to learn in a recording you can play over and over and over. You need time. You need to write it down in tab or standard musical notation.
Assuming you're in the same key to start with, to copy notes, play the first note on the recording, then find the matching note on your cigar. There will be multiple spots for the same note, but look for it in the "first position" scale I mentioned in your previous post, and/or up and down the first (thinnest) string.
When your note and the note on the recording match when played simultaneously, then you know you have it. Then find note #2, then #3 and so on. At this stage it will be a fairly tedious process, but what you're doing is training your ear and your muscle memory.
If your recording is in the wrong key or it's going too fast to catch the notes, you can use software such as Riffmaster Pro to change the key of the recording without changing the pitch, or slow it down without changing the key, or a little of both.
Once you've mastered a very slow version of the solo, you can gradually speed it up to a normal sounding speed.
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if you're not used to using open tunings all the time, it's the intervals that throw most people.
the damn notes just aren't where you're used to them being. an easy way to get familiar with
open tuning scales is to learn the major scale for the tuning you are using. the major scale
regardless of what tuning you're using, is the good ole' do-ra-me-fa-so-la-ti-do. get used to
playing the major scale and you're off and running. for you blues cats the minor scale is
the same but with just a couple of different intervals. hope this helps.
Myke
*** YEP
or a different (better ?? ) way for the blues cats (and dogs) to look at minor scales....
once you know your 'do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do'....
you can go minor by starting it in a different place
-> '..-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do-re'
and -> '..-..-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do-re-..mi'
and -> '..--..-..-..-..-ti-do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti...'
;)
incidentally...
these guys 'do-re-mi...' <- Hey scruggs. could it be...
those romans we were all so wound up about a week ago in disguise ?!?!
incidentally 2...
does anyone know where they got these names?? ('do-re-mi....')
.... they're sounds that naturally shape your mouth to facilitate singing the scale !!
no shite,
try it
There are many ways to skin a cat. It helps to have a few of them at your disposal.
Learning riffs by ear however is without doubt the best way to improve as a musician.
Kinda thought that would be the case but was unsure! Finished one stringer last week but had problem getting amp and the right string so haven't played yet! Have everything now and put coat of varnish on today so when it's dry guna string her up tomorrow! I also put fret markers on which were a bit of a bitch to get right but got there eventually not so much how to calculate more so putting them on!
You don't need to know what the scale on the 6 string is. You match the notes by ear.
You need to get busy. >:-E
Assuming you're in the same key to start with, to copy notes, play the first note on the recording, then find the matching note on your cigar. There will be multiple spots for the same note, but look for it in the "first position" scale I mentioned in your previous post, and/or up and down the first (thinnest) string.
When your note and the note on the recording match when played simultaneously, then you know you have it. Then find note #2, then #3 and so on. At this stage it will be a fairly tedious process, but what you're doing is training your ear and your muscle memory.
If your recording is in the wrong key or it's going too fast to catch the notes, you can use software such as Riffmaster Pro to change the key of the recording without changing the pitch, or slow it down without changing the key, or a little of both.
Once you've mastered a very slow version of the solo, you can gradually speed it up to a normal sounding speed.
Those two things that stick out the side of your head, they work a treat.
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