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The Nature of Sound- ?Naada?
2007-06-29 02:45:00 ?Sound {Naada} is the treasure of happiness for the happy, the distraction of those who suffer, the winner of the hearts of healers, the first messenger of the God of Love. It is the clever and easily obtained ?beloved? of passionate women. May it ever, ever, be honored. It is the fifth approach to the ... More About: Nature , Natur
Traditional and Aesthetical aspects of Indian music
2007-06-29 02:43:00 I am making an attempt to go into the intricacies of the traditional and aesthetic aspects of Indian classical music and to give a detailed picture of the universal sound known as ?Naada.? ?Sound? plays a very important role in human life especially in expressions. It is well expressed by the famous French ... More About: Music , World Music , Aspects , Music History
The Divine Sound- ?Naada? Or ?Pure Tone?
2007-06-29 02:35:00 Since we would be dealing with the theme of originals and reproductions in arts, I must state clearly that this topic of mine is an attempt to decipher the hidden links between Indian classical music, western classical music, and the ancient Indian science and art of Naadi-Astrology. More About: Sound , World Music , Pure , Divine , The D
The Ten Best Tips I Ever Heard For Being a Great Musician?
2007-06-28 23:07:00 These bits of advice that I’ve heard or read over the years have earned their weight in gold…. More About: Advice , Jazz , Blues , Guitar , Tips
A Great Site for Old Music
2007-06-28 10:14:00 And I’m talking really old here, kids. I just found it, and I can’t believe they’ve been online since February, 2006 and I never heard about it. More About: Music , Reviews , Great , Site
Bass-ics Pt.3
2007-06-27 20:28:00 In this installment we’ll explore the playing of chords on the bass. While this stretches a bit beyond ‘basic’ I think is is an often unexplored area for new bassists. It is another tool for creating interesting basslines and is particularly useful in situations such as a trio (or 4 piece with a singer who’s ... More About: Beginner , Theory , Bass , Intermediate
Every Musician Should Read This
2007-06-25 21:03:00 Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner addresses an often-neglected area of musical study: your mental well-being as a musician and as a person. Namely, Werner focuses on the ego and how it often keeps us from becoming the masterful musicians we can be. More About: Advice , Read , Musician
?When candles burn with many notes
2007-06-21 20:08:00 Here is an exercise I use with the pupils at a performing arts school. This is about developing the students aural skills and their internal awareness of pitch and intervals through vocal improvisation. Use the following as a guide that you can adapt suitably for your own group of students. More About: Notes , Candle , Candles , Burn
Funk Guitar Basics Part 2
2007-06-15 22:11:00 Hey, in this lesson we’re going to be looking at some lead guitar funk style! The idea here is to accompany the rhythm section and your fellow guitar player with some well chosen melodic, single note lines that compliment the overall feel and groove of the song. This technique, commonly called “popping” More About: Funk , Guitar , Technique , Beginner , Theory
Advice from a Singer-Songwriter
2007-06-15 20:02:00 One would ask who ?AdryA? is. The true answer is circled by a beautiful story after her birth in Budapest, Hungary by Lajos Antal and Éva (Dévényi) Antal. It was then that Adrienn Antal ?AdryA? would develop a “voice of an angel” to deliver her message across the land worldwide. During ... More About: Advice , Articles , Singer , Songwriter , Vice
Music Industry and History (part 2)
2007-06-15 05:02:00 What is Tin Pan Alley? Tin Pan Alley, a popular music publishing center of the world, 1885 ? 1930?s. Tin Pan Alley was established around 1885 and by the end of the century became well-known for publishers who had offices in New York City on 28th Street which became known as Tin Pan Alley. More About: Music , History , Industry , Part , Hist
Finding and using triad shapes within sclaes
2007-06-13 00:50:00 In my last article I talked about how triads can be used to construct more interesting solos. If you take this whole concept one step further you can begin to really incorporate these ideas and shapes in new ways.that will allow you to scale the fret board, somewhat escaping the idea of scales, ... More About: Shapes , Chords , Theory , Improvisation
Music Industry and History
2007-06-13 00:13:00 What is the term music industry? Music industry is a range of music-related businesses and organizations that record, produce, publish, distribute and market recorded music, as well as promotions of live performances. The music industry is made up of various elements, such as musicians, composers, songwriters, publishers, producers, record manufacturers, labels, and distributors. ... More About: History , Industry , Hist , Tory
Bass-ics Pt.2
2007-06-12 19:23:00 In part 2 we’ll take a look at another common pattern for rock or blues/walking bass and some examples for putting it to use. More About: Beginner , Bass
How a Non-Musician Thinks About Music
2007-06-10 20:10:00 Listening to music calms me right down, especially if my mind is troubled. Music provides a means for aligning the mind with a language that it knows inherently much less needs to learn about technically in order to appreciate it. No matter the effect that music exerts, no matter the type of music, its purpose ... More About: Articles , Musician
The Mandatory Scale To Know For Rock Guitar Lead Playing
2007-06-10 10:01:00 As far as rock guitar lead is concerned, it is the scale of all scales, the mother lode so to speak, the scale used early and often by such lead guitar greats as Jimmy Page, Edward Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Slash, and Neal Schon, to name a few. If ... More About: Blues , Guitar , Rock , Opinion , Practice
Harmonizing The Major Scale
2007-06-09 15:27:00 Hi and a big welcome to everyone out there in guitar cyberspace. As this is my first contribution to the site I thought we would begin by taking a look at how to harmonize the Major Scale, This will then help us to determine various chord types and their association within Major keys. Over ... More About: Guitar , Beginner , Theory , Armon
Why learn music?
2007-06-08 13:50:00 Music is the key behind children learning the Alphabet. Melody and phrasing enable the learning in bite sizes of the entire alphabet. More About: Music , Learn
About Artist Management:
2007-06-08 10:15:00 Managing talents around the world takes many business skills. In today?s society of high technology, an artist manager can manage their clients by telecommuting and Internet communications. Manage rs form a mental image of their artist based on conversation held by telephone, email and other forms of communications and develops trust where ... More About: Management , Artist , Mana , Artis
Saxes: Work Your Pinkies!, part 1
2007-06-06 18:59:00 One of the best things a sax player can do to improve the overall command of their instrument is play with rock or blues bands. This is because most rock or blues bands are basically guitar-driven, and most guitar players like to play in keys like E, A, and C More About: Work , Part
Chord Soloing & Chordal Embelishment 1
2007-06-04 21:43:00 George Van Eps first coined the phrase “lap piano” as a way to describe his style of guitar playing. I think I would have to agree with this methodology. In this lesson we’ll discuss an approach to the instrument that will make your harmonic playing more melodic, and your melody playing more harmonic. ... More About: Guitar , Chords , Theory , Arranging , Solo
Good Things?
2007-06-01 21:10:00 So we are wrapping up our second month of existence here at Intellectual Musician, and I thought I’d just report back on some of the good things that have been happening here. First of all, a round of applause is in order for everyone who’s been frequenting the site on a regular basis, kudos to you! Next, ... More About: Things , Good , Thing
Spice Things Up With The Tritone Sub
2007-05-31 23:47:00 Using substitute chords is a common practice that spices up chord changes and often makes melodies sound more ?modern.? The most common chord substitution you see is the tritone sub. More About: Articles , Jazz , Composition , Theory , Arranging
The compositions of Coltrane.
2007-05-31 20:13:00 John Colt rane was always experimenting with jazz standards and jazz classics. Most of his recordings for Prestige label included songs by other composers. He loved Gershwin, Tad Dameron, Duke and Horace Silver. Although his playing was always unique, it was not before 1956 that he?s compositions were first revealed to the wide public. More About: Posi , Tran , Position
Funk Guitar Basics Part 1
2007-05-31 14:56:00 Hey, in this lesson we?re going to be looking at some of the fundamental basics of funk guitar that are often over looked when approaching this genre. A mistake that many guitar players make when laying down a funk groove More About: Funk , Guitar , Technique , Beginner , Chords
Bass-ics Pt. 1
2007-05-28 06:05:00 The first in a series of bass articles covering a wide array of topics. Email me if you have any suggestions. We’ll start with some common blues patterns. More About: Jazz , Blues , Theory , Bass
Having fun with modal harmony.
2007-05-28 04:10:00 I am a huge advocate of the simple things in life. One of my favorites is the good old 1, 4, 5, progression. In my opinion it is much more difficult to write a simple/easy song that is good than it is to write a complicated/hard song. This is another debate maybe reserved for ... More About: Harmony , Armon , Ving , Harm
?Making It? In Music
2007-05-27 01:56:00 If you’ve managed to find your way to Intellectual Music ian then there’s a good chance that you are someone who has all the ingredients for a successful musician. “What?” you say, “how can that be?” What you may not have realized is that the only tools you’ll ever need are already in your ... More About: Business , Advice , Maki , Makin
Practice Progression
2007-05-25 07:04:00 This practice progression is meant to act as a companion to the many great lessons that include exercises but do not give any progression to practice them with. More About: Practice , Progress , Sion
Mode Madness
More articles from this author:2007-05-24 20:49:00 Hi all, thanks for checking out my first intellectualmusician.com article. Here is my take on modes, how I learned them and how I use them. I have a few different approaches I use depending on the situation. Caleb Raney also has a recent article covering modes and their application to chords, check it out Mode s ... More About: Guitar , Theory , Intermediate , Ness 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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