| Subject: | RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Old Liberty Theater Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Clas | | Date: | Tuesday, October 31, 2006 17:41:42 (-0800) | | From: | Matthew Snook <matt @..........com>
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| In reply to: | Message 5148 (written by KCSteelPlayer) |
I'll second the notion. And the more I see how knowing a little helps me
keep from getting all tied up in knots during a jam, the more time I spend
working on that. Actually these days I spend as much time practicing the
scales and theory stuff as on actual tunes, because each theoretical riff
like I-VI-II-V applies to hundreds of songs.
Here's a theory workout: take a contorted tune like Louis Armstrong's "What
a Wonderful World" or Henry Hipkens' "Stranger Things Have Happened"
(http://tinyurl.com/y4g3ox ) and play it in all keys. Although it is
definitely humbling and no fun to begin with, after you've made it through a
couple of times it _is_ fun! And it makes the stuff you encounter at jams
seem pretty tame. Rocky Top in Eb? No sweat.
Try it, you'll like it!
Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: KCSteelPlayer@aol.com [mailto:KCSteelPlayer@aol.com]
Subject: Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Old Liberty Theater Bluegrass & Old-Time Music
Clas
...I'd just point out that it could be darn handy to know not
only that what you play works, but WHY it works.
Lane
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