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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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01-18-2021 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
Yes you are quite right, early japanese Squire Strat straight into DAW.
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Here we go ...
John
Edit: a bit of explanation ... My approach was basically to be aware of the key centers - Cmin, Gmin, Dmin - and focus more on on phrasing, motifs, rhythmic variation, and taking "breaths" rather than on hitting every chord explicitly. For the most part, I think I did that, though the swing time is a little exaggerated and forced sounding in places.
One thing I found challenging is that the backing tracks I found are all pretty busy. There's not much space to mix chords in with the single-line playing, which makes the solo a bit too much of the same thing. Also, the whole thing is sort of an inverted performance. In the real world, the rhythm section listens to the soloist and the reacts to what where the soloist pulls the dynamics, repeated phrases, etc., and where the soloist pulls the harmony. But with backing tracks like this as a soloist, you have to react to a "performance" that's already there, and it's very hard to make that sound natural. But it's also really hard to do a tune like this without any sort of accompaniment. Scylla, Charibdis, yada yada yada.Last edited by John A.; 01-18-2021 at 06:11 PM.
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
John
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by kris
John
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Originally Posted by ragman1
John
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
John
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by John A.
That is a processed sound done with a Boss ME80. It's mostly adding the tone an octave lower, but only a little bit. I like the way it thickens the higher notes. I tolerate what it does to the lower notes because I'm not aware of a way to make the lower-octave-note dependent on frequency. It would be nice if the lower note gradually dropped out as you descend in pitch.
I've been using that sound for so long I can't remember what else is in it -- there may be a bit of overdrive.Last edited by rpjazzguitar; 01-19-2021 at 06:34 AM.
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[QUOTE=John A.;1091581]Here we go ...
John
Beautiful tone! It really held my interest by being so unpredictable. High level playing, I'm glad you sent it in. Would you share how you recorded? (method, gear, instrument)
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Originally Posted by alpop
. To get the backing track into GB, I ran it through one of the youtube to mp3 conversion sites and imported the resultant mp3 into GB.
John
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Very nice John!
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by John A.
It didn't put me off much but I have to agree with Jens (and others).
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This is why I like my own backings. Nice and clear.
Last edited by ragman1; 01-19-2021 at 01:41 PM.
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Originally Posted by John A.
Yes, it's the Yamaha, right on the tabletop. The track and guitar are playing through it. My phone is directly in front of it, about 6 inches away. Not a bad sound for a "phone sketch" as I call it.
I think the key is to make sure the phone is propped up against a beer bottle. Gives better tone.
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Here's my attempt, trying Mr. B's notion of basing my improvisation around 3 blues scales. I think I actually set the tempo too slow, and I think that hung me up a little, which is odd, but I feel "out of the pocket" with this. I was impressed at how much those blues scales could do! Also guys, this is unusual for me--this was totally improvised, spontaneous. No sitting down trying to work out things to use. I played over the changes a couple times to feel out when the scales would shift, but this is just what came out when I hit "record."
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
Re: tempo-- yeah, this tune works best in that "midtempo" range...which is actually a hard tempo, as you feel like your 8th notes are sloooow but if you try to double time, it's FAST.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
John
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
Nice jazz feel.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
Playing with different backing tracks made you more universal.... it can be a motivation for improvisation.
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Originally Posted by kris
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Originally Posted by ragman1
It is not about You.It is about of the recording quality .
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