Your Personal Tone Generator
Jul 16, 2010 music
A guide to getting a sound and trouble shooting
A good sound starts from the fingers, through the pick-up to the guitar and out. If you don’t start there, you’re spinning in circles and end up with a transparent (fuzzy) sound without body and response. “Your fingers are your tone generators”. Not the amps or pedals. Those are tools to augment your expression. That’s what guitar lessons teach you, not teaching you a song without teaching you, and guiding you in technique.
And, if you learn a thing or two about trouble shooting “on the fly”, you’ll go down the line to find the problem with your rig. The same goes for finding your sound. When establishing your sound you start with your technique, through the pick-up on down to the amp. With trouble shooting on stage, you should start with the amp and go down the line back to you, which make’s sense. Since you’ve established your rig set up. As you’re trying to fix what was working, you back track.
This saves time and controls moods, besides the over all situation’s under control. Then, if and when you need to use a stage tech, you’ll have a template in which to explain what it is you require from the person “you” hire. There’s nothing more frustrating than hiring someone, that has no idea what it is you need or want. Imagine working for someone without a clue. A band leader who expects you to read his mind? Communication starts with a plan.
Good luck and sound good, where ever your muse takes you, find a clue.
Stay in touch for a more in depth study of the elusive art of tone. Whose tone is good? Someday maybe I’ll be able to dial in someone else’s tone and tell you for sure what the deal is!!! RIGHT……. It’s all subjective!
Peace, Mike Tafoya
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Selmer Series III Tenor Saxophone Review
Jun 22, 2010 music
The ergonomics of the buttons are amazing. You actually play faster because of the layout of the keys. Your fingers just fly on this instrument. They are placed on the saxophone in such a natural position. One note flows on your fingers to the next.
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Easy to Learn Guitar Tabs
Jun 21, 2010 music
Guitar tabs in a single chord present the visual diagram of the chord pattern with the fret being presented where you will be putting your fingers. It is a form of guide for you to be able to get the right pattern of the fingers as you push through for the learning of the guitar. Moreover, the guitar tabs also present the strings that you will be playing or the ones you are going to skip because they do not have any musical bearing at the moment.
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Playing Guitar With Small Hands – Don’t Let the Beginner Problems Keep You From Playing
Jun 21, 2010 music
If you want to play guitar, small hands and shorter or thicker fingers may seem like a problem. Keep at it and eventually these skills will improve and it will become quite a bit easier.
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5 Reasons to Learn Music Theory
May 16, 2010 music
If you thought music theory was a waste of time and not necessary to further your musical goals, then read these following 5 reasons why this is not true.
1.Read sheet music: Being able to play from any piece of sheet music. Well it may be hard to play BUT you can read it!
2.Be able to transpose: Say you are playing a piece from the sheet music you can now read but you think it sounds too high or too low, or just not right. Well now you can move it into a new key and play at a better singing.
3.Be able to modulate: You will be able to, with a few quick moves of the fingers, move your music into a new key with a succession of notes so pleasing to the ear it will bring a smile to your listeners faces.
4.It will increase your skill in improvising: Enough said.
5.Knowing music theory will help you recreate the sounds you enjoy in your favorite songs. Those fabulous chord progressions. The parts that give a song that certain sound. Gospel, Contemporary etc.
To learn music theory you don’t have to become a scholar on the subject. Just at least learn the basics. Getting a good music theory book and spending a few minutes a day reading from it and doing any included exercises can jump start your music playing.
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