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Netherlands4994 Posts
Am G F E Jam
Ignoring a few poor strokes, every note sounds in line.
Not digging the abrupt ending. It needs a few more notes there imo.
Spanish Trail
It sounds like a beginner learning to improvise, I can't enjoy any part of it. Sorry.
Slow Escalating Blues
The repetition of the same note in this piece sometimes gets to me, in a bad way.
1:28 the one note around that time is off and doesn't blend in after either.
1:34 - 1:37 uncomfortable tempo changes
1:54 The back n forth (B flat, A flat, B flat?) transition sounds very very smooth. I like it.
The ending is smooth. I'd prefer even more ritardando near the end.
Personally I would have ended with B flat, A flat, B flat into lower B flat, cause I liked that part so much, wiIth ritardando of course.
Ring of fire cover
I was going to skip the covers, but I'd really enjoy this a lot during a camp fire at night at the beach with friends. Well done.
I think the guitar (or recording) sounds kind of powerless overall.
That being said I think the guitar sounds best/fullest in Am G F E Jam. Maybe because of the pace?
I hope you don't mind my critique. I always enjoy your music blogs.
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I think it's awesome you are doing this Pebble, I will listen to this when I get home. Do you know how to make music on FL studio man? I'm trying to learn but it is pretty hard.
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On August 06 2014 12:47 GGzerG wrote:
I think it's awesome you are doing this Pebble, I will listen to this when I get home. Do you know how to make music on FL studio man? I'm trying to learn but it is pretty hard.
I've been using FL for over 5 years now. PM me if you need any help/questions.
I like one and three a bit, I would experiment with different pauses and note lengths, as these the notes sound very regular and bam bam bam equally spaced.
something is wrong with the timing in #2
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On August 06 2014 13:50 sob3k wrote:Show nested quote +On August 06 2014 12:47 GGzerG wrote:
I think it's awesome you are doing this Pebble, I will listen to this when I get home. Do you know how to make music on FL studio man? I'm trying to learn but it is pretty hard. I've been using FL for over 5 years now. PM me if you need any help/questions. I like one and three a bit, I would experiment with different pauses and note lengths, as these the notes sound very regular and bam bam bam equally spaced. something is wrong with the timing in #2
Yeah pretty much what I was thinking. There needs to be a little bit more rhythmic variety. What your vocals are in the Ring of Fire cover are, is what your guitar could be like in your other jams and such. You don't have to go crazy with it, but doing something like that would give it more of a "riff" feel.
*edit* I guess it isn't necessarily that the note lengths/pauses need to change, but you either do that or you can make it sound more "rhythmic" or "riffy" in the way you play the notes and the specific notes you play. You want to be able to bob your head as you listen, you know? So playing something in a way where you can tell where the accents/beats are to give you a sense of rhythm. Something that I think really helps with this when jamming is to have a drummer (or drum track) that just plays something over and over (maybe with some slight variations). That way you have an easy idea of something to play around to give the song/jam the feeling that you want.
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your Country52797 Posts
1st: Sort of repetitive. I like that it builds up but it never really gets anywhere and it just suddenly dies down.
2nd: This is basically the first song.
3rd: This is ok. Not anything super wrong with it.
4th: wat. I don't usually listen to music with singing in it and there aren't many exceptions. This isn't one.
Cool blog. I like that people still make music (I do so myself!)
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First of all: Keep going. It sounds like you're a beginner, and it's perfectly fine that your music isn't that great right now.
I don't really like your soloing, it's bland. There are no main melodic ideas to guide the listener through the song, it's just repetitive and kind of random. Keep practising.
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the slow "blues" is going from G then slide up to A# , then on the 4/4 it goes to C, bar chord.
the second is Am E F C ; Am E F E7
To record these i use a portable microphone marantz, that i attach a Sennheiser microphone. after recording i then bring it into Audacity. No i have no experience using FL studio. I use Heavily Reason propellorhead,. What really takes to learn the program is investing time in it.
Thanks for writing these things guys; i will use them wisely;
I tought i would do one last recording of this Baroquesque scale that i like to play:
https://soundcloud.com/pebble-5/baroque
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United Kingdom1689 Posts
It's a harmonic minor scale. It sounds "Baroque" mainly because there were very stringent rules around resolution and structure during the Baroque period, which resulted in the V-i resolution being a very dominant sound. That's why the harmonic minor (just the minor scale with a raised 7th) is often heard as Baroque-esque.
When discovering this scale, most people tend to then write/improvise things which are basically just centered around V-i, and move between the two without too much else. I think this is because it sounds immediately like a sophisticated concept, as it appears very observably in classic pieces by widely known composers (ie Bach). Try to steer away from that. It is good for many things, and can be the solid basis for a piece, but there is a lot more possibility out there while incorporating this scale.
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I'm a complete newbie when it comes to music but I noticed something: beginners when playing something repeats notes a bunch of times, which kind of ruins the song, but a more skilled musician manages to play the same note/sequence and not make it sound boring. Why's that?
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On August 11 2014 19:19 DW-Unrec wrote:
I'm a complete newbie when it comes to music but I noticed something: beginners when playing something repeats notes a bunch of times, which kind of ruins the song, but a more skilled musician manages to play the same note/sequence and not make it sound boring. Why's that?
Dynamics. Hitting the string consistently, or with varying levels of force to give it the intended feeling. Every note is hit more precisely as far as timing and being held down firmly. There's subtle little things like small bends and palm muting that can make a riff more exciting.
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