Adam Nitti On Playing Sequences

Adam Nitti On Playing Sequences

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[codyhansonbass]

@patricktelfort Listen to what he says at 8:05

[BrooklinFunkProject]

6:30 Just like counting rest bars in 5/4 for symphonic music :)

[treesinroom]

@patricktelfort man..start listening to real music and u ll dig

[sabueso32]

@Jamisonvogt , E (mi) =0; F (fa)=1; G (sol)=3; A (la)=5; B (si)=7; C (do)=8, so it matches the E string frets of the bass or guitar. This way its easier to see the notes on the fretboard

[Jamisonvogt]

@patricktelfort The solfège system in equivalency to the number system is as follows:

do=1, re=2, mi=3, fa=4, sol=5, la=6, ti=7. (the next one is simply do=1 or 8).

But those solfège syllables^ are only for major scales with no accidentals. Minor scales are a little different. And accidentals change whichever syllable it is.

[Jamisonvogt]

@patricktelfort Well, it just makes you better at playing scales (it's an exercise) , so you can go around the place, but he didn't talk about the more "technical" ones. I call them scale patterns though.... Not sequences.

For example, a more technical scale pattern would be: 1,3,2,4,3,5,4,6,5,7,6,8,7,9,8. Then down... Or if you want to be cool, you can think of it in solfège (which is the same thing as the number system, but it helps with thinking of the pitch. (I will continue)

[holdencaustic]

Whatever happened to learning melodies?? Try it some time-- you'll begin to hear alot, and the playing will follow.

[r0kas]

@patricktelfort dream theater uses sequences for example song in the presence of enemies pt 1 ending solo and it sounds extremely musical and cool

[tbcass]

@ltjplanet I strongly advise you to practice this stuff. I like you had been playing for a very long time (35 years) when I started practicing this stuff. I wasn't getting any better. I practiced all these scales and patterns for an hour or two a day for over a year and eventually all these new melodic ideas started coming to me as sounds and I was able to play them without thinking. I can hear stuff in my head and my fingers will just automatically play them. Improvisational Nirvana!!!

[tbcass]

This approach on practicing is excellent. You should practice using 2,3,4,5,6 and 7 note sequences moving up one degree at a time. Eventually it will become automatic and you will hear the notes in your head and play them without thinking. You will be able to hear melodic patterns as sounds in your head and play them automatically without thinking. Another good, practice is playing in various intervals up and down the neck. Examples, 5ths 1/5,2/6,3/7,4/8, 3rds 1/3,2/4,3/5,4/6,5/7,6/8 etc.