OFFICE HOURS 128 | Keys, Progress, Jamming, Compression
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Hi Everyone,
Here are the questions for this week:
Ray F asked a few questions about keys: mainly, how many keys actually are there?
Doh-Ray-Me asked what defines an intermediate and advanced guitar player - AND asked about clarification on what makes a minor chord.
Sarah May just completed my Music Theory for Guitar course and was wondering where to focus next.
Daniel asked some questions related to jamming - how to quickly figure out where to put your hand when someone tells you the key - and some related questions
Jeff had some questions about mixing - I spent a huge chunk of time on compression
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Scott Paul Johnson
2023-07-25 17:41:01 +0000 UTCAdding to this: I feel like I understand chords and going into the keys somewhat but It just takes me so long to figure out where to go on the fretboard. I just want to make it so that I just know what key to go in right away without having to think much about it.
Daniel Torres
2023-07-25 17:36:43 +0000 UTCDaniel Torres from last week said: Hey Scott, hope all is well! I’ll get right to the point, when playing with my band I sometimes get confused about what to play in improvise lead when they shout a key for me to play in. Is there an easy way to figure out where to put my hands when someone tells me a key? I’m probably making it more complicated than it is. Also, I have two hours a day (6-8pm) every day that I want to practice, could you help me make a practice schedule so I know what I’m doing when I practice? Sometimes it’s time to practice and I have no idea where to begin. I also want to practice being able to just play within the boundaries of each key so how could I practice that?
Scott Paul Johnson
2023-07-25 16:58:05 +0000 UTCHello Scott. I just completed going through your guitar theory section. I feel very behind everybody else. It seems I should concentrate on learning the fretboard, triads, and scales before I tackle more. . Soloing, recording,, jumping around the fretboard instinctually are daunting to me. In making triads or guessing the note on a fret I still have to refer to a cheat sheet. I am not sure I can even take on one of your challenges. Does anyone else feel this way? Any suggestion on what and how I should be concentrating my practice time right now?
Sarah
2023-07-24 23:43:29 +0000 UTCMinor chords can be confusing. To make a minor chord is it just a question of flattening the third or is there more to it than that?
D'oh!-Ray-Me
2023-07-24 23:33:12 +0000 UTCHi Scott. How do you know when you've reached intermediate level? What are the areas you should have mastered? Also what makes someone an advanced player?
D'oh!-Ray-Me
2023-07-23 17:17:51 +0000 UTCHi Scott. Sorry you are not feeling well. I wanted to ask about guitar theory re keys, modes and caged. I have been told, by other YouTube guitar teachers that there are only 12 keys, not 24 or 30 (Major and minor), modes are the different tonal centres within a key and that caged is a system of playing chords up and down the neck, that’s it. When guitar teachers say learn some theory to help you understand what’s going on and be able to sit down with others and play, would it not be confusing if people are learning different theory systems? Why are there differences (which people defend vigorously) and how can you make it work if you want to jam with others? Thank you
Ray F
2023-07-20 23:47:31 +0000 UTC
