Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Tips for improving your musical ear!!?

I have been playing the guitar for approx 10 years and i%26#039;m after any tips for improving your musical ear so that i can learn to play solo%26#039;s in a quicker time frame??
Tips for improving your musical ear!!?
There are plenty of books around for ear training. I actually borrowed one from our library in an effort to train my ear a bit better, and I%26#039;d say I have improved. Just look around for a good book or something.





Basically, the book entailed chords and steps and other cool things, but you should have a piano handy. If you don%26#039;t want to check out a book or anything, just try to play two notes together (at the same time) and then try to hum each note individually. That makes you listen more carefully to each of the notes.
Tips for improving your musical ear!!?
having a better ear won%26#039;t help you learn things more quickly. it will help you with intonation, but it don%26#039;t think that%26#039;s an issue with guitar. still, it%26#039;s a wonderful thing to do.





you%26#039;ll learn things more quickly if you know all scales(major, minor, chromatic, whole tone etc.) and arpeggios (major, minor, diminished sevenths etc.)





there should be excercise books out there for guitar





hope this helped

I am going to sing in a talent show what should I sing?

I am a young girl and my voice isnt matured.
I am going to sing in a talent show what should I sing?
all four seasons by crowded house. good luck.
I am going to sing in a talent show what should I sing?
You should sing any song you like, and anything your comfortable singing with. And do you know the song All I have to do is dream by The Everly Brothers? If you don%26#039;t I think you should listen to it on you tube, If you know that song then it%26#039;s a good song to sing. Well sing any song you like that fits your personality.
Reply:the food song Oliver

Pipers Dance track 14 question.?

In case You do not know,Pipers Dance is a CD with Celtic/Scottish music.A very beautiful CD I must admit.But I keep thinking I`ve heard track 14(the last track)somewhere before.I just don`t know where!If any of You have listened to it,is it an old Scottish Hymn or something?I know I`ve heard before... but where?

Beginner guitar tabs?

ive been playing the guitar for a couple of weeks now


and was just wondering what some good guitar tabs for me to learn would be


im in to more metal and hardcore music, but any good guitar tabs will work for me!





thnx.
Beginner guitar tabs?
You mean you%26#039;ve been practicing for a couple of weeks. Work on conditioning your fingers, learn some chords, maybe take some lessons. You have a long way to go before you start playing Metal, and Hardcore music.


http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=free+Be...
Beginner guitar tabs?
You can get some free lessons at %26quot;miraclelicks.com%26quot; I have been playing for awhile now. Real handy site.

The Hush Sound - Free Sheet Music?

Hey! Can anyone help me? I%26#039;m just getting back into playing the piano and I%26#039;m really excited about it. Anyways, I was wondering where I could find some sheet music from The Hush Sound. Prefferably, I%26#039;ve been looking for %26quot;The Boys Are Too Refined%26quot;, %26quot;That%26#039;s Okay%26quot;, %26quot;Eilleen%26quot;, %26quot;Honey%26quot;, %26quot;Weeping Willow%26quot;, %26quot;Wine Red%26quot; and %26quot;Magnolia%26quot;.

Small Hands, guitar?

Hello, I%26#039;ve had a Fender Strat laying around for about 3-4 years. I%26#039;ve been practicing but always have a hard time playing simple chords. I have very small hands and can only reach 3 frets comfortably. Are there any techniques for people with small hands to play a guitar successfully?





I always get frustrated whenever I practice, because I can%26#039;t seem to reach more complex chords let alone reaching basic chords. Somebody please help. Thank you.
Small Hands, guitar?
HELLO. I do not know how old you are. My suggestion for you is to do exercises that will have your hand grow larger. Do them in a repetitive basis, so your body will take your efforts seriously. good luck.
Small Hands, guitar?
I dont know what the Chris guy above me is smoking- but you cant do exercises to make your hands grow LARGER but you can find ways to stretch your hands to reach the chords. i have tiny hands too and have the same issue. Try bending your wrists in non-traditional ways. I have seen people with little hands bend their wrists funky. it actually looks kinda unique and rad. Keep on trying. you will get it :)
Reply:I also have short and stubby fingers, and I play guitar exceptionally well, %26quot;where there is a will, there is a way%26quot;!


There are a hundred ways to make the same chords, you don%26#039;t have to do them like the book, nor like everybody else does, you have to find your %26quot;niche%26quot;, and play your own way of making chords! I did !


There are a lot of shortcuts, and tricks, all you have to do is discover them, or watch other guitar players,(this helped me a lot) !


Also what I discovered in my years of playing that different guitars are smaller around the neck than others! You may have to look for a different guitar that is more suitable! (don%26#039;t get rid of the Strat, it%26#039;s worth a lot of money)


The Gibsons are large around the neck, but I noticed that some Telecasters have a real small neck, and this helped me and my short fingers a lot!


Also, the 1950%26#039;s Strats have a V-shaped neck which is smaller than the normal one and this will help a lot!


I found an Ibanez SX series that has a slender small neck and it just about plays itself, it is so easy to play!


If you will look around, I know you can find one, that will be easy to play!


Don%26#039;t let the fact, that you don%26#039;t have %26quot;Jimi Hendrix%26quot; fingers stop you from becoming a good guitarist!

Guitar tuning question?

ive been playing the guitar for literally just a couple of days





im noticing when i go to look for tabs they have tunings like drop d or drop c.





i know youre supposed to tune your guitar to that and i know how to do that and everything





my question is: can you just play the song in normal tuning (eadgbe)? will it still sound the same, roughly, or will it sound way off?
Guitar tuning question?
Yes, it will sound completely off. This is because you will be playing completely different notes, and therefore different chords and stuff if you tried to play it in standard tuning. If you want to, you can tune your guitar that way. Personally, I just stay away from that stuff because it is annoying (except drop D that is easy)
Guitar tuning question?
It will both sound the same and sound way off. Depending on your point of view. If you listen to a few bars of the song and try to play it with standard tuning, you will be COMPLETELY disoriented. Trust me. But if you know the song really well, you%26#039;ll be fine. You%26#039;re just in a different key. The song will sound fine, but when you listen to the recording it will sound way off.





Bottom line: you can play the song just fine in normal tuning. Just don%26#039;t listen to the recording right away. :)
Reply:it wont sound the same and dont worry about playin these songs until u get beter hus worry about the basics lke learnig chords nd sum scales and a coupler of simple riffs 2 build ur cofidence so u dont get ur self in a rut





Oh nd an awesum site 4 tabs is 911tabs.com





oh nd excuse my shitty spellin