Ricardo -> RE: Looking for good book on music theorie (Sep. 4 2020 15:36:58)
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Hey amigo. When I was a teen in your exact position, with only advantage perhaps I took drums in 6 grade and learned to read rhythmic rudiments, two doors opened for me that I literally learned in two days. 1. Three note per string diatonic scales. There are 7 overlapping patterns. Start with C major (no sharps and flats) and discover your fingerboard completely. Before you try to learn the same 7 patterns in any other key, refer to 2. 2. The circle of 5th and what it means. My teacher drew it on the black board and explained it was more than a memorization tool, it’s literally a window into how music works in terms of keys, chords, scales etc. Wiki has a picture and explanation but the difference is my teacher would target a position, as if you could turn the wheel, and circled the equivalent of the 11 oclock, 12, and 1 o’clock positions, called the 6 note names “chords”, outside majors, inside minors, and explained how a song in a key uses or can use those 6 chords. Light bulbs went off. Modes might be using the 12 o’clock named scale with the 11 o’clock major chord, it’s lydian, or the minor chord, it’s dorian, etc. changing keys is turning the wheel. Done. Still applies to this day. 3. Combining 1 with 2, I learned the whole fingerboard pretty quick. No need for any books. My teacher has a book he wrote and it’s really thick, pertaining to all kinds of Guitar stuff. His name is Michael DeLalla. I don’t think it’s necessary for what you need, but it is weird that I have never found the same simple explanation in any text book of theory.
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