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Ode to Tragedy Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:57 am Post subject: |
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benedict your posts only seem to confuse me more .
I think you take for granted how much I know about music theory.
That is like another language to me.
All I know about reading music is the 5 lines of the staff and the notes bottom G to whatever note lands on the 4 finger on E string at the top.
I know # and 'b' means flat and sharp or natural or something but that's about all. |
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Ode to Tragedy Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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I'm really starting to enjoy my practice more now and am actually eager to do it as I find it relaxing and rewarding.
I am also practicing better and whereas before I found the beginner stuff tedious I am enjoying the challenge of learning to play the pieces properly.
I bought the second book in the ABC series and realized I still have alot of work to do on the beginner one yet before moving on. |
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Benedict White Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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In the piece you thought did not sound right, without an "extra sharp" can you tell me what notes are meant to be sharp? |
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Ode to Tragedy Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Do you mean how many # signs are next to the treble clef? cos I notice there are different # signs on different pieces, sometime 1 sometimes 3. If this isn't what you mean here then what do these varying # signs mean next to the treble clef?
In that case there is one.
If not then there are no # signs on the notes in the piece. |
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Benedict White Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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1 sharp means that you are playing in G Major, and all F's are sharp. (The one on the D string and the one on the E string.
All other notes are natural.
Did get my links to scales? |
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Ode to Tragedy Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, so I just found out the same in the back of the book .
No links?
Hmm why don't they just show # next to the notes that are sharp? I am just looking at the different scales and they don't show a # sign...why is this? |
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Benedict White Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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How do you mean "Hmm why don't they just show # next to the notes that are sharp? "
If all F's are sharp, it only gets marked once. I posted some links to online scales in this thread. |
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Ode to Tragedy Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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ok, I see the link, I'll check that out. |
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Lemuel Site Admin
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Ode,
Did you get things straightened out?
Thanks Benedict for all your help. -Lemuel |
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Benedict White Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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No problem. |
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Ode to Tragedy Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:47 am Post subject: |
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Well I've just been playing things by ear and figuring out where my fingers should land since my new violin book has a CD of all the pieces which helps tremendously since I can look at which sound relates to which note in the book. |
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Benedict White Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:05 am Post subject: |
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You will need to do both playing by war and keeping an eye on the sheet music. There is also no substitute for practising scales I am afraid! |
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Ode to Tragedy Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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I have no problem doing the scales.
What are the advantages that doing the scales has anyway?
I don't mind doing them but I just haven't had the motivation so if you tell me why it may impel me to do them more regularly. |
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Benedict White Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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Well, any particular piece is in a particular scale, (I should have also added Arpegios). If you know the scale well, then you just hit all the right notes a lot easier than you would otherwise. |
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Ode to Tragedy Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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yes, makes sense |
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