Octave Jamming With Drone Tones

x 5 5 6 6 8 8                        11
x 0 0 0 0 0 0                         0--drone tone
x 2 2 3 3 5 5                         8
x              0 0
x                         0
x                                  0


x
x
x
x 4 6 8 9
x 0 0 0 0--drone tone
x 2 4 6 7

It's been a decent day...

Try this chord progression C major to F# major.  I think it's pretty cool, but that's just me.

Also... Do you feel the desire to record your music.  Check out Audacity.  It's a free recording software you can download from the internet.  It's pretty user friendly and the more you use it the more you will understand it.

I like this "scale"  C C# D# E F F# Bb B.

Donald's Scale

C# D# E F# G Ab Bb C

This is a variation of scale I've previously posted.  I added notes D# and Ab.

POWER

A flat diminished 


This is basically an A flat minor chord with the fifth note flatted.




Neapolitan Minor: This scale was used a lot it classical music and opera.

demonstrated in key of C








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Hungarian Minor: this scale was used in Gypsie music.

demonstrated in key of E










Pentatonic Blues Scale In Key Of C

Dorian Mode Riff

x
x
x                                   10 12                                       10 12
x                        10 12                                      10 12                                                   12 12 12 9 9 9
x            10 12                                       10 12
x10 12                                      10 12                                         13 13 13 10 10 10

Song For Sam

Song 4 Sam




“10 crayons”

BCE,BCE,BC,GBC,GBC %

C G E %



“5 books”

Introduce when desired: C# b a g

D# Bb d# c# c Bb %



“2 microscopes”

F d# G d# C A d Bb

F#%

CCCC% C Bb C Bb% C Bb F % ab— E—



“3 clouds of butterflies”

CEGCEGCEG DF#A EAbC-B-B- %

---------------G*
-----------F**F*
--------E*E**E*
----D*D*D*D*
-C*C*C*C*C*









(*=times 4)







“1 Rainbow”

Gb D E a%

Bb C#

Ab B

Gb Ab



“The Magic Rain”

C to c (playing the flats)

CA,BG,AF,GE,FD,EC



“A Paranormal Geological Occurance”

(to be played obsessively in hopes that the song never ends)

Ge-,dEGAged- E b, C b A-

Easy Piano Trick, another piano tab

I pitty the foo' - Mr. T

C
B
A
G
F                                                                                X X
E
D                                                                                         X X
C
B                                                                      X X
A                                           X X                             XX
G                                                                             
F                                                     X X                              X X        
E
D                                  X X                             X X
C         XX                             X X
B                     
A                 X X                             X X
G                       
F X X                           X X
E          X X     
D
C                X X
B
A X X
G
F
E
D
C

May Melody Keep You Alive! Singing Trough The Tide!

So the St. Cloud Library rejected the idea of me playing a concert there.  I was pretty upset but I brain stormed a while and decided to do a concert at the "skate park" by my St. Cloud appartment.  Just gotta scout things out to find power outlets.  Feeling better about music too.  I jammed on keys earlier and just played through my tricks and ideas an came up with a new one...  I use my right hand for this melody, use any bass progression you want:

C
B
A           X
G                 X
F
E      X
D X
C                        X
B
A                             X
G
F
E
D
C

P.S.  Happy 19th birthday to me! (This Friday)

Hello Again

LISTENING


I listened to Bruce Cockburn this morning and I liked his stuff.  He's an artist I haven't listened to that much but I'll have to listen to him more often.


Mike Oldfield's songs Shadow On The Wall and Platinum are really cool.


If you like punk music I recomend Arctic Monkeys... Just don't expect anything too complex.


Alice Cooper is great.  If you want to hear some of the more modern sounding Alice Cooper I recomend the Sony Super Hits Album.


System Of A Down is always interesting.  Soldier Side is a great song.


Beck's song Rental Car is a cool one.


PLAYING


Here's a trick!! cross your highstrings on the nut of the guitar to make it sound like a bell.


Another trick.  If you happen to own a kalimba you press it to and acoustic guitar to make it lowder.


This "scale" is inspired by my impression of Rock 'n' Roll And Blues.


                             C
                      Bb
                 G
          F#
      E
C#


"Classical Ending"  (play softly)


C       x--
B x--
A
G
F x--
E       x--
D
C
B
A
G
F
E
D
C                          x--


A minor F major, and D minor


C
B
A                             x
G
F                           x
E
D                        x
C                    x
B
A                x
G               
F             x
E         x
D
C     x 
B
A x 




Decending fourths.  Sounds Sad.


C
B
A
G
F x
E         x
D                 x
C    x                     x
B             x
A                     x
G                              x
F
E
D
C
Here's an intro I'm considering using for "Fractal Midnight"  (the vv simble indicates that the note is aproximately two ocataves down from the rest of the notes)
   
      G G#               G G#               Bb
                D#                    D#  C 
C                       C


                                                           vvA


Here's a "techno progression"


     G Gb            F   
                              E Eb
C             C# D


Here's a Rock-ish progression


right hand:Bb C# D# , Bb C# D# , B C D , B C D
 left  hand: Eb F# G# , Eb F# G# ,  E F G ,  E F G


Beck's E- Pro (for guitar... play it on the low E string)


0 0 10 10 10 10  7 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 3


Two "other ways" of playing Gmajor7 chords

e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------
D--4 seventh is A-------------3 seventh is A--------
A--2 major third is B----------5 "perfect fifth" is D--
E--3 root note is G------------3 root not is G-------

"other way" to play D minor
e   10
B  10
G  10
D  0
A  0
E 10

"other way to play Dadd9"
e
B
G
D 14
A 12
E 10


Technically the second one is not a major seven chord because there is no major third.  But it works...


Technique:


Two things I like to do is play power chords with the lower strings and play the higher strings open and ocasionally fret the high E, B, and G strings in random places.



I also like to play two music with "drone tones" (tones that remain the same throughout the song)


exapmle


x 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 12 12
x 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0   0
x
x
x                                 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 0
x                                 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Here's some "solo starters" for electric guitar.  They might work for you and if they don't the should at least give you ideas.


%%%%
x
x
x
x
x
x 12 12 12 0
%%%%
x 3 0
x        3 0
x               3 0
x                                      5
x                               4 6
x                       3 7
%%%%
x                                                                         19
x             11 14             11 14                11 14          19
x 9--- 12           9--- 12             9--- 12                          19
x                                                                                          19 18
x
x
%%%%
x
x
x                6 7                                          8 9
x        5 8                                      7 10
x                         6 7                                         8 9
x 5 8                                 7 10                                  0
%%%%
use some of these notes or even use it as a chord in a solo in the E Ionian key signature. 
x 0 E
x 0 B
x 1 G#
x 1 D#
x 0 A
x 0 E
%%%%


Here are some "solo enders" for electric guitar


%%%%
x
x
x
x
x         9 11         8 10         7 9      6 8       5 7        3 6 5 bend up and then lift finger
x 9 12         8 11         7 10       6 9      5 8        3 7              0 strike with thum
%%%%
play the theme to Nirvana's "Come As You Are" SLOWLY
x
x
x
x
x             0    0                2
x 0 0 1 2    2    2 , 2 1 0     0 0
%%%%
Easy one: play from the highest dot down to the lowest dot and then open on the E or A string
%%%%
x                                6 8 11~^~
x                         5 7
x                   4 6
x             3 5
x       2 4
x 1 3
%%%%
x           6
x       7
x               6
x    7                      5      5 5   
x                   6
x 7                     5       5        5 5 5 5 5 5 5 ...
%%%%
Use hamer-ons


"Patterns"
x    5 7  4
x 6           5 3
x
x
x
x


Diamond and X


x
x                       7--    9 5
x                 6 8                 6 8
x          5 9                               7---
x    6 8                                             6 8--
x 7                                                             9 5 9




If you like half steps...
x
x
x                       4 3
x        2 3
x               3 4          
x 3 2

Guitar Licks

Heres a cool guitar lick for dorian mode:


e          7--
B   5--              7--
G               5--              7--
D                            5--             7--
A                                        5--
E

I call this one "Egyptian Scale"

e                                   6 7
B                            5 8
G                     6 7
D             5 8
A       6 7
E 5 8

"Piano Tab"

Here's a neat trick I recently discoverd.  Play it up as far as you want.

D                                                          x
C                                                        x
B                                         x
A                     x               x           x
G         x        x                            x
F       x                       x
E                x            x
D   x        x
C x

With any luck I'll be setting up a concert at the library.  I've come up with the song list.  Some of the songs I've written some I'll have to work on.  One group I'm in, Syndrome is planning on playing at a coffee House soon.

This one is A minor and Asus2

E   x   x   x   x
D
C  x        x
B       x        x
A  x   x   x   x
G
F
E
D
C

Another way of playing an A minor chord. 

C  x
B
A  x
G
F
E  x
D
C  x
B
A
G
F
E
D
C