OFFICE HOURS 93 | My story, Soloing in key, tuning quickly, reading music, practice thoughts, drum tracks
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Hi Everyone,
THE QUESTIONS:
Question 1: Ray wanted to know a little about my backstory
Question 2: Ray also wanted to know if you're playing in the key of A, can you play also in the key of the IV and V chord, which would be the Key of D and the key of E. The answer is basically no, but kind of, but because of the hierarchy of important considerations when soloing.
Question 3: Richard wanted to know how guitarists tune so quickly on stage. I mentioned this cool PolyTune pedal
Question 4: Noah asked if I recommend any good books for theory and playing. I don't usually think about books, but I learned how to read music from this Mel Bay book and I would recommend it to anyone learning to read music.
Question 5: Josh was wondering if it's ok to use Dsus4 shape instead of a D shape. I referred specifically to the D CHORD in this explanation, but it applies anywhere you're talking about the D shape as well. I would not recommend it, but art is art.
Question 6: David was wondering how long to spend on the first MTFG lesson - I'd say move on once you get it mostly playable. No need to do full speed. But even more importantly, check out Practice Thoughts on The Jump, Scott's Practice Method, and Doing vs Thinking.
Question 7: Julian wanted a bit of advise on creating interesting drum tracks. I forgot to answer your bass line question! Check out my bass line lesson here and see if you can use an octave effect on your guitar or buy an octave down pedal for your guitar to write basslines.
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Comments
Hi Scott, looking forward to my first live stream. I am still working on the jam track practice for lesson 1. My question is how long should I spend on lesson 1 jam track. Should I move on once I can play it with out mistakes (that will take a while) on the slow version, or should I wait until I can play it perfectly on the fastest or even the gets faster version? Can I also say thanks so much, I am a self taught guitarist (40 years) and have learnt so much already, loving you approach and way of explaining!
David McGrath
2022-09-18 13:44:07 +0000 UTCIs it OK to use a dsus 4 in the caged system as the "d shape" when moving it around the fretboard? My dsus4 sounds much cleaner.
Josh Whiteside
2022-09-17 15:10:52 +0000 UTCWhat are some good guitar books for theory and playing?
Noah Smith
2022-09-17 00:23:13 +0000 UTCI am interested to know how guitarists tune their guitar so quickly when they are on stage. It's back in tune within 5 seconds, and they barely even play the string when retuning it. Is it just a case of getting familiar with the open string notes over so many years of playing that your brain just "knows" how badly it is out of tune and how much to turn the peg, or is there some hidden trick to this that I am not seeing? I won't be around for the live chat, but thank you in advance for any answers!
Richard Stapleton
2022-09-16 10:31:49 +0000 UTCAlso, question No2 (if I'm allowed a second question). If you are playing/improvising based on say the A major scale, is it OK to drift into the scale of the IV chord or V chord for a while before returning to A major? Or should everything strictly be kept in the A major scale? Or should we just rely on our ears - if it sounds right, it is right?
D'oh!-Ray-Me
2022-09-15 18:14:59 +0000 UTCHi Scott. Did you ever tell us your back-story? It's probably on your website somewhere, but I haven't spotted it yet. It would be interesting to know when you started to learn guitar, what formal teaching you had and maybe if you play other instruments. When did you first start teaching guitar on the internet? What was your personal 'Aha!' or breakthrough moment on guitar when it all started making sense? Thanks, Ray
D'oh!-Ray-Me
2022-09-15 18:09:00 +0000 UTC
