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Originally Posted by machine454  I"ve been playing for 3 years , 1 hour a day 4-5 days a week.
My music theroy is limited I would like to play in a band and play rock and heavy metal . How much music theroy should I learn, currently starting to learn I,IV,V,VIII major and II,III,VI,VII minor. I guess I should learn some basic scales for fill. I know about 25 songs by tab. I did my first gig a couple weeks ago and I found I would get lost in the song and its not fun |
The great thing about knowing a little theory - when you get lost you can revert to tonic roots till you find your place. Most that use only tabs can not tell you what key the song is using so do not know what the tonic chord is. Another thing you could do is run the tonic pentatonic or watch the rhythm guitar's hand and recognize what chords he is playing. Or rely upon your knowledge of how melody and chords work together and work your way out of this mess.
Tabs are OK for seeing how a certain riff is done or how a section of a song is played, however, in the middle of a gig I never use them. I'm afraid I too would get lost and once lost would not be able to find my place.
Chord charts are the way to go, of course IMHO. Why? Well three or four chords are all that are usually found in the song. If you have the chord chart in front of you and are singing the lyrics under your breath it's kinda easy to keep up with where the music is at any one time.
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/ww...dColdHeart.cpm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obFcsEtFIKA
But are they accurate? Probably not, but with a little theory you can tell what needs to be changed so you can play from them.
Here is a dirt simple paper on theory.
http://www.ibreathemusic.com/forums/...ad.php?t=11975 go to post # 2. Six steps that build on itself. Start with the Major Scale and why the C scale has no sharps or flats and the C# scale has seven sharps. If you know how to stack 3rds you will know the answer to that question. That site will go into detail on how to stack 3rds. For that matter why does the F major scale have a B flat note? Why do the C Major and A minor scale have the same notes and same chords? How do you tell if the song is in C major or A minor? And then why is that important, what difference does it make? Take it one step at a time and expect to spend several months at that site.
Have fun.
