Marty Friedman Melodic Control chunk 4

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[codebabe]

@freaknbigpanda Marty is quite soulful he just likes to base his playing around the chords. At times he actually does the exact opposite of playing it because "its in this scale".He talks about throwing in odd voicings that aren't part of the scale in several interviews. And arpeggiating the relative chord, that's outside the box too. None of these devices are robotic. Just tools to elaborate on your playing and give you a larger arsenal of ideas to derive your ideas from.

[codebabe]

@freaknbigpanda I think he means he's no expert on theory. He knows a great deal of it still. If he knows the name of the notes and some of the scales he's playing, that's theory. Marty is a humble guy though so he probably doesn't want to talk himself up much.

[sgtcaco]

the only theory he uses is his amzing ears. all marty does is he practises what sounds good behind the chords at the time being played an then he remebers it an locks it in his brain. so simple. if it sounds good it is good , end of strory.

[SoulGuitarMan]

@freaknbigpanda you also have to remember that absence of musical knowledge doesn't mean that your not still playing scales ;)

[SpicyDragoon]

@freaknbigpanda By that I think he would have meant something like reading semi quavers and stuff, the other technical stuff like modes etc, he'd have perfect understanding of.

[nine9live5]

@freaknbigpanda yea i dont think he knows alot of theory, but he kinda "makes up" his own theory and vaguely sticks to that

he knows a lil bit tho, i mean he derives his scales and stuff by loosely playing known scale...

Im not sure about all this, but I like to think of it this way :)

[freaknbigpanda]

@nine9live5 I think Marty actually always says he doesn't really know a lot of music theory. I could be wrong but I think I heard him say that in an interview.

[nine9live5]

@freaknbigpanda you gotta mix up theory with feeling, both of them can't do without each other... just my thought :)

[Whackooyzero]

@freaknbigpanda Knowing theory does make it a lot easier to solo effectively though. I played terribly before I knew theory, and know with a decent understanding of it I'm miles better I think. You CAN be good without it, but to me most of the most interesting players at least have a general understanding of the primary concepts of theory.

[freaknbigpanda]

@999storm999 You don't "need" music theory to play well, just look at Jeff Beck/Hendrix/SRV/Slash all of them had little to no music theory/lessons, with Slash and Beck being 2 of the most wanted guitarists for any collaboration. Now I love Marty, hes one of my favorite players, but I think when you start scripting what your going to play based upon the fact that "it's in this scale" so this is what I'm going to play, I feel it loses all the soul of just what a player might feel.