Me and My Music
This blog is about me and my music. My current focus is on learning piano using the Sudnow Method and guitar improvisation. I currently play guitar in a band that concentrates on playing the early rock and roll of the 50’s and 60’s. I also play guitar in a trio setting that focuses more on the jazzy side. Seemingly irrelevant posts on this blog reflect topics that are probably expressed in my music somewhere.
Monday, March 18, 2024
Regular
Regular day of practice. Still trying to burn in my mind shapes 2 and 3 of the Blues Pentatonic Scale. I got shape 1. Practiced piano too. First day of practicing piano using the new method. Playing C scale with both hands. Not looking forward to going to dentist tomorrow. Having teeth cleaned, and trouble with a false tooth.
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Blues
Trying to learn the blues scale on guitar; I am getting close to it; working on the first three patterns. Started the new piano course. I’m at the very beginner part of the program now.
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Guitar / Piano
Learned how to turn pentatonic shapes 1 and 2 into the blues scale. Played piano at Mass tonight and I’m glad I did it; it went well. Joined a new online piano lesson site….
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
G u I t a r p I a n o
Not too thrilled with my guitar playing today. Finding it will take practice practice practice to sound like I want to. Just a tiny bit away from starting piano again.
Friday, March 8, 2024
Marathon
It’s a marathon and not a sprint. Yep. That’s where I am regarding music learning. Practiced some soloing tonight in a jazz standard, and it wasn’t particularly fun… Difficult! The right notes in the pentatonic patterns, but translating them in real time to my fingers is different game. The trick too is to not just play the patterns, but to make m u s i c out of those patterns. Needless to say, I wasn’t too satisfied with what I recorded tonight trying to solo. The key is to not get too judgmental!
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Phygerian
Had some fun today playing this mode to a backing track of using two chords. Need some clarification though.
Monday, March 4, 2024
Guitar
Practiced soloing a bit tonight to “The Way You Look Tonight.” Went ok. Takes practice. Continue to read the Jimi Hendrix biography, and I’m enjoying it. It’s so cool how he loved his guitar. Reminds me of when I was a kid reading some of Hunter Davies book about the Beatles, how I think it was George Harrison who would practice guitar until his fingers were feeling the results.
My first school that I attended from 1968 to 1976. Amazing… hard to believe that I was in school in the 1960’s.
My first school that I attended from 1968 to 1976. Amazing… hard to believe that I was in school in the 1960’s.
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
Assignment
Recorded what might be the final assessment in my guitar course. My practicing for it sounded better than my actual performance! My playing needs polish,
From tonight’s recording:
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Back at it
Back to practicing some guitar today. Tried a little of the blues scale, worked on improvising to a different jazz standard, and played a little to the guitar course’s jam along stuff. Reading a biography of Jimi Hendrix, and really liking it.
Sunday, February 25, 2024
So Cool
One gigantic eye opening musical learning experience for me was learning that major bar chord. I remember I was using a Bad Co. music book and played some bar chords to their song “Can’t Get Enough.”
Well here I am in 2024 and I had another experience like that.
I
Learned
How
To
Solo
So cool.
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Fabulous
Very very happy with my guitar playing these last few days. Soloing all over the place on “All of Me,” first just me playing to a canned background, and then this morning with band. Being able to solo like this is nothing short of
A
Dream
Fulfilled
🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
“All Of Me”
Ok, so I made my first recording tonight of me using the Pentatonic Course stuff to solo. Not perfect, but ok for a first go through.
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