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S/D Bassists #86 - Dollar Tree Romance
- Thread starter The_Janitor
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Thanks I feel like I am finally getting somewhere with theory but I am self-teaching myself from some good books but still you wonder if you are getting it right. And I know there are tons and tons more I can learn, but that's what keeps me interested, the big picture of music. Yeah more practice for sure.
Yes I want to get more in to chord extensions and minor progressions too. I think from playing guitar I have that major key chord progressions down good but I want to mess in the minor key chord progressions too, embrace the Debbie Downer more myself. But still wraping my head that doing say major I-vi-iii-IV-V
to minor i-III-iv-iv
where to do the intervals fall has been giving me a major mental block.
Like the Major third is still the 3rd interval or is it a flat third interval, so am I playing a major chord a half step away from the 4th interval chord or a whole step, that has been giving me grief to say the least, maybe a deeper look in to the chord theory will help me get through that.
I still play a lot of guitar and acoustic guitar and I am starting to get a little tired of power chords as much as tired of cowboy chords, so wanting to branch out to more extension chords and notes like you mentioned and more playing in Minorville in general.
That looks pretty slick! I traded some guitars for basses from a sort of local TBer one time, it was really cool to meet him. He played bass in the Army that was probably more fun that shooting cannons like I did in the Guard LOL. I also bumped in to a TBer after the fact. I was in GC and chit chatting with the bass guy there and this guy came in to show him this new bass he just got, a Dipinto Belvedere, which sounded killer through the this Ampeg tube preamp ss head in to a fridge, man that thing has hot single coils in it. He even offered to let me take a test run on it, which I thought was way cool. The whole time not knowing he was a TBer until I saw his new bass day post searching the forums for Belvedere reviews.
im not following what you mean by major 3rd is still the interval or flat third interval. give me an example of what youre trying to figure out with that.
Think you got me straight now. I had to write it out. I couldn't wrap my head around would I be playing C major or C# Major. I have internalized major chord progressions through intervals so much it was throwing me without writing out the notes.
Say A minor
A B C D E F G
Minor Chord Progression
i-III-iv-v
A minor-C major-D minor-E minor
These are some of the type of cheat sheets I use to keep me on track, maybe someone might find them useful. I still want to keep on chord theory but I like having a guide and these help me a lot, especially coming up with chord progressions.
Wow. All this theory makes me feel like I have no idea what I'm doing. After all these years my hands just play what sounds right. I've got to take my guitarist up on his offer to teach me theory. He's been spoon feeding me bits here and there the past year. Pointing out when I play this scale or whatever.
Anyone have an idea where I can buy foot cups for these 70's acoustic 402 cabs I bought? They're missing. A lot smaller than my 810's foot cups too...
Sorry for dorking up the thread LOL. I got in to theory because I had no ears, I could hardly ever learn a songs by ear until I got in to learning intervals, so I was really stuck in a rut for lots and lots of years. And I find music in general just fascinating and I also wanted to know why should you do this and that and why does that sound right or wrong. I still have a long way to go from learning to actually applying some of the more difficult parts of theory. The theory also build my confidence when doing the acoustic guitar jam get togethers, I can stay in the mix of whatever they song they through out if I can catch what key they are in as I know mostly they will be banging out a I-IV-V chord progressions or and maybe a minor third or minor sixth will appear. Like a common song road map for me.
JMac told me about this place that he gets lots of parts from, maybe they would have something you can use.
http://www.mojotone.com/
I ain't gonna lie, it didn't tickle when they took it out LOL but not as bad as the first deviated septum operation I had in my mid twenties when the doctor lost his patient and ripped my surgery open and had to cauterize me in his office. Yesterday was my follow up I had no idea there was gel packing in my nose and that hurt when he suctioned it out like a mofo, I didn't scream or pass out or shite myself or anything like that but I about ripped the arms of the chair I was in LOL.
I get through just fine without theory. I've been writing the bass lines for all my bands without it. That doesn't mean I don't want to learn more, understand what I'm doing, and have a better idea of how to compose.
There are a lot cool and different lower models coming out of G & L that peak my interest too. How was the build quality on it? It sure looks sweet! I like that sort of SG meets strat and gives PRS a reach around model they have, and some of those teles with humbuckers in them.
Cool, thanks, that has been messing with my head for a while, and I didn't even know where to find the answer. Now I can make dreary chord progressions!!! I also want to start embracing diminished chords, almost every time I watch a youtube video on chord progressions or read up on them you always get the... well the vii is diminished you can skip over that as hardly anyone uses them.
music theory is 100x more fun to talk about than pretty much anything.
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