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A thought about the pulse


Terje

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It actually goes on whether you play or not.

 

Sometime we forget that and think we have to drive it.

 

But we don't, we just have to follow it along, let it guide us.

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Originally posted by Terje



Sometimes bad drummers forget that and think they have to drive it.



 

i agree

 

you could say the melody always goes on too - even when you are soloing, some of my best improvs are done when i'm thinking about the melody and not thinking "oh {censored}! here's a dominant 7 b9 b13! i need to get my ass to an altered scale!"

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Every time you think "oh {censored}! here's a dominant 7 b9 b13! i need to get my ass to an altered scale!" you're gonna sound really boring.

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Originally posted by Terje

Every time you THINK you're gonna sound really boring.

i know, it's a real problem for me...but i'm working real hard on shutting my brain off when i play

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Originally posted by evan_02

i know, it's a real problem for me...but i'm working real hard on shutting my brain off when i play



Ever tried getting really drunk? :D

Seriously there are a couple of short-cuts that can be worth trying. One I use from time to time is singing along with what I play.

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Along the same lines, try this with a Band-in-a-box track or an Aebersold.

Play the melody one chorus, listen to the rhythm only for one chorus, sing a solo for one chorus, and then play a solo. Repeat this sequence over and over again.

I usually find that my most interesting ideas come when I am just listening, and I come up with more unique ideas while singing, then I try to incorporate them while playing.

If I ever get completely succesful at playing what I was thinking and singing, I'll consider myself a real musician.

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Originally posted by Terje

It actually goes on whether you play or not.


Sometime we forget that and think we have to drive it.


But we don't, we just have to follow it along, let it guide us.

 

So true! As a cover-playing-one-man-band-guitar-song-trubadour, I more often than before relax and use rests as an effect. And it works! I can mute the guitar, just sing the line, or let there be dead quiet in the middle of a guitar solo and both I and the audience love it. It gives an relaxed musical tension to it.

 

Silence is a powerful tool!

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