davhudson
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I think all aspiring musicians go through the "Oh my lord, what am I doing? I am never going to be able to do this!" stage.
I have gone through it and am at that point again.
If I have the music or I have learned a peice, passage or riff I am happy.
The problem I have now is improvisation. I understand the principle of II-V7-I structures. I have created a "Band in the Box" loop for:-
Em7 - A7 - D - D
F#m7 - B7 - E - E
I can even play along to this and the notes all seem to fit in.
Here's the problem though. I know that I should be concentrating on the chord tones for each of these scales in the relevant bars and I do know what the chord tones are. BUT in the heat of the moment when trying to play only the chord tones in the relevant bars I just cannot remember which ones I should be playing!
Now this is with just two scales - how are you supposed to remeber these chords for the other 10 scales (along with their modes) not to mention dimininshed (and our friend) half diminsihed?
Help!
How do you cope with this???
David
I have gone through it and am at that point again.
If I have the music or I have learned a peice, passage or riff I am happy.
The problem I have now is improvisation. I understand the principle of II-V7-I structures. I have created a "Band in the Box" loop for:-
Em7 - A7 - D - D
F#m7 - B7 - E - E
I can even play along to this and the notes all seem to fit in.
Here's the problem though. I know that I should be concentrating on the chord tones for each of these scales in the relevant bars and I do know what the chord tones are. BUT in the heat of the moment when trying to play only the chord tones in the relevant bars I just cannot remember which ones I should be playing!
Now this is with just two scales - how are you supposed to remeber these chords for the other 10 scales (along with their modes) not to mention dimininshed (and our friend) half diminsihed?
Help!
How do you cope with this???
David