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Improve Your Picking -Alternate Picking
2007-05-24 05:59:00 There is no one correct way to play guitar, as everyone who picks up an instrument will approach it slightly different. But there are some standards that most people follow. In this lesson we’ll discuss the most common of the picking techniques: Alternate Pick ing. More About: Guitar , Technique , Improve , Rove
Writing Better Melodies
2007-05-22 16:57:00 This, like many of my other articles, will be the first in a series discussions which will hopefully get you thinking about different things you can do as an artist to improve your melodies, both in composition as well as improvisation. More About: Writing , Composition , Theory , Arranging , Bett
Efficient Practicing
2007-05-19 14:19:00 In order for practicing to be efficient and productive, a degree of organisation should be installed. You need to be clear as to what it is you are intending to practice/learn and how you are going to go about it. To make the best use of your precious time you need to divide your allocated ... More About: Guitar , Efficient
Introducing the Major Scale.
2007-05-19 00:16:00 The major scale is root of all western music. So it always astounds me just how many guitarists try to avoid it like the plague. A good grasp of this scale can stand you in firm stead for most musical situations! I’ve played just about every type of gig going and this scale ... More About: Guitar , Cale , Intro , Major , Scale
Logical Technique: Octaves & Understanding the Fretboard
2007-05-18 16:30:00 ?Octave? is the term used to describe the distance (or ?interval?) from a one note to another, with half or double the frequency. More About: Guitar , Technique , Beginner , Theory , Improvisation
Modes De-Mystified
2007-05-17 20:51:00 I?m sure a lot of you out there who are just getting into jazz have heard about modes. And if your experience was anything like mine what you?ve heard is very difficult to understand gibberish. Today we?re going to take a look at modes and why they work in a rather easy to understand way. More About: Theory , Improvisation , Intermediate , Myst , Odes
Guitar Diagrams -Major Scales
2007-05-17 05:53:00 Over the coming weeks I plan on uploading my collection of guitar charts… so you’ve been for warned! I’ll start off with one of my favorites, which is simply the C Major Scale. Everywhere. More About: Articles , Guitar , Theory , Scales , Cale
Adelaide Hall (1901-1993) by Earl Okin
2007-05-15 13:08:00 Around the mid forties, when Duke Ellington was in London as a variety act at the London Palladium, his friend, the late Renee Diamond played him an old 78 of Duke’s ‘Merry-Go Round’ cut in the early Thirties. Duke’s response was ‘My! Did the band ever really sound as good as that!’ Now, given that, ... More About: Articles , Hall , Aide , Adelaide , Earl
Duke Ellington (1899-1974) by Earl Okin
2007-05-15 13:04:00 Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974) Jazz is no longer the fresh young thing it was. The revolutionaries of the ’40s (and precious few of them still survive) are now respected and venerated as “grandfathers” of today’s music. Indeed, some young musicians seem to assume that everything started with Miles Davis and John Coltrane, but there were, ... More About: Articles , Duke , Earl
A Triadic Approach To Soloing
2007-05-15 01:56:00 As a guitar player who focuses a good deal of his attention on Jazz there have been things I have noticed along the journey to becoming a better musician. The understanding of Harmony is basically the most essential element in becoming a proficient jazz musician. Besides applying this knowledge to your comping it ... More About: Guitar , Beginner , Theory , Solo , Tria
Quick and Easy Chord Concepts 4
2007-05-15 01:09:00 In an earlier lesson we discussed playing two-finger G chords. In this lesson we’re going to put those chords to use. Listen to the following example… More About: Articles , Guitar , Concepts , Chords , Quick
Quick and Easy Chord Concepts 3
2007-05-15 00:38:00 For those of you that found QECC 1 and 2 too easy, or would like to know where to go after you?ve mastered the one-finger chords, here?s the same concept using two-finger G chords. More About: Articles , Guitar , Concepts , Chords , Quick
Conducting -The Best Tool for Rhythmic Transcription
2007-05-13 02:50:00 Conducting is one of the most important tools you can acquire to assist you in rhythmic transcription. In this article I’ll explain why this is, and how to use this skill. More About: Tool , Trans , Tran
Quick and Easy Chord Concepts 2
2007-05-12 00:04:00 In an earlier lesson we discussed playing one-finger G chords. In this lesson we’re going to put those chords to use. Check out the following example… More About: Guitar , Concepts , Chords , Quick , Easy
Quick and Easy Chord Concepts 1
2007-05-10 19:51:00 Quick and Easy Chord Concepts is a series of fast and fun chord lessons for aspiring guitarists to start strumming simple chords with not-so-simple names. Check out these diagrams? More About: Guitar , Chords , Quick
The Great Redesign!
2007-05-10 05:24:00 Intellectual Musician is getting a face lift, and we want you to be part of the process! More About: Great , Sign , Redesign , Rede , The G
The Working Musician: Buying Gear; Do?s and Don?ts
2007-05-09 21:27:00 After being away from guitar for a number of years, I thought it would be cool to start my come back with some great new gear. More About: Advice , Buying , Drums , Musician , Gear
CHORDS CORNER: The Minor 7b5 Chord
2007-05-08 21:24:00 The minor7b5 chord is found diatonically across major and minor scales but is often misunderstood, or worse, poorly applied. More About: Articles , Jazz , Composition , Chords , Theory
Scales - minor
2007-05-08 16:46:00 Minor scales The tetrachord for deriving minor scales is the same as for major, but it is treated differently in two important ways: it starts at the top and descends, and the lower tone of the upper tetrachord is the same as the upper tone of the lower tetrachord ? they interlock with no whole step ... More About: Articles , Scales , Cale , Scale , Minor
Scales - Major
2007-05-07 17:58:00 Learning to play scales on any instrument with velocity is an important part of developing a technique which will support anything the player wants to accomplish. It is not the only thing; there are, after all, many other aspects to a solid technique which must be learned. But learning scales is usually one of ... More About: Scales , Cale , Major , Scale
Writing Your Own Music: How To Get Started
2007-05-06 20:41:00 How do you start writing your own music? It?s a pretty big question with many answers, any one of them just as valid as another. I?ll try to give you some ideas as to how to go about creating your own music, and hopefully stimulate some ideas in you. More About: Music , Writing , Articles , Tart
Stealing licks and secret tricks
2007-05-06 08:57:00 Playing guitar is a lifelong endeavor. So don’t plan on learning everything anytime soon. Here’s a few essential tips it took me twenty years and half a head of hair to figure out. More About: Advice , Articles , Tricks , Secret , Teal
Yes, Today We?re Going To Ring!
2007-05-04 20:53:00 About 18 years ago I accepted a position at a church as their new Director of Music Ministries. Most of the duties were familiar to me as I had been trained to conduct choral groups, write music, accompany when needed, etc. However, one of the reponsibilities was a new one for me. ... More About: Today , Ring , Going , Goin
The Working Class: How to Become a Working Musician
2007-05-03 18:02:00 I can?t count how many times I?ve been asked by students and others, ?How do I become a working musician?? ?What is it like?? ?How do I keep a gig?” Well for all who are concern here?s the my answers to those questions. More About: Advice , Articles , Musician , Come , King
Chordal Embellishment For Guitar
2007-05-02 05:12:00 It’s interesting to me that while a guitar might have 6 strings, the majority of guitarists find using more than one at a time a real feat. In this lesson I touch on some simple techniques to spice up a single note melody. More About: Guitar , Technique , Chords , Arranging , Bell
Beginner Guitar pt 5
2007-04-30 18:06:00 Reading Tab. For the final installment of my Intro to Beginner Guitar series we’ll cover what is probably the most important tool you can have as a budding guitarist: TAB.
Featured Author -Brien Henderson
2007-04-29 17:50:00 IntellectualMusician.com relies on it’s dynamic group of authors to make this site into the wonderful resource that it is. Among the best is this month’s featured author Brien Henderson . More About: Author , Featured , Thor , Ender
Help The Cause! Make $5!
2007-04-29 05:55:00 May is officially super-heavy-duty promotion month at IntellectualMusician, and we’d much rather give back to our community then to Google! For the whole month if you sign up on the forum and recommend 2 friends who also sign up we’ll send you 5 dollars cash for being a good person! More About: Make , Cause
Intro to chords in Jazz
2007-04-29 00:12:00 Whether you?re a classically trained player looking to branch out into jazz, a budding jazz player looking for more explanation on how to solo over changes, or a rhythm section player starting to approach jazz More About: Articles , Jazz , Guitar , Styles , Chords
Beginner Guitar pt 4
More articles from this author:2007-04-28 05:13:00 Reading Chord Diagrams. This article is a continuation of the the mini-series I?m writing on beginner guitar. Today we’ll dive in and get some actual playing done by learning to read some basic chord diagrams for guitar. More About: Guitar , Beginner 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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