[Andrew]

Welcome, David! Stoked to hear that the tunes on here motivated you, that’s so awesome! You can definitely share what you are working on in this forum. I’d highly encourage you to check out our reading course. That’s going to be one of the best ways for you to improve upon your notation skills.

And buy this book! It’s amazing for learning notation.

[Andrew]

hmm that’s kind of a conflicting statement. The melody will not always be diatonic to the chord. In other words, it’s not always a note that is in the chord (harmony) being played at the time.

Lead sheet is good for chord melody writing, but it’s bare bones. You should also consider what other instruments are playing too.

[Andrew]

It should be fine. Most arr. on that site are for piano. So LS simplifies it.

[Andrew]

It simplifies it to just the main melody with chords above it 🙂

[Andrew]

Hi Alouisa, thanks for the feedback. I don’t believe it’s possible to format that, but I will look into it. 🙂

[Andrew]

For those who missed it, EP004 is LIVE!

Recap: We are usually taught a specific fingering to use when fretting chords; but depending on the context of the music (i.e. transitioning from one chord to the next), the standard fingering may not be the most efficient to use.

So how do we determine the correct fingering? That’s what we’ll be answering in this lesson.

[Andrew]

Awesome, Misty! The video can now be seen on the Live Lessons page 🙂 Enjoy folks!

[Andrew]

Hi guys! Tonight is the night! Friendly reminder on how to tune in and chat live:

To watch the live stream, simply navigate to the Live Lessons Page. You will see a YouTube video embedded on the page (if you don’t see it, double check that you are logged in).

The broadcast is at 7pm EST (check your local time zone). We’ll have the video up on the LL Page 10-15 min before broadcast.

[Andrew]

planetfink – Beautiful rendition. Here are my thoughts.

[Andrew]

You could do a pull-off from 3 to 0 on string 2. Or play open E as a quarter on beat 2, forgoing the G note.

[Andrew]

brenna – Super well done! Shot a lil’ video for you with my thoughts 🙂

[Andrew]

Hmm, I’m not sure where you mean. Which bar(s)?

[Andrew]

Yep, same music Rickey!

[Andrew]

Whoops! I converted PST to EST backwards. The broadcast time for this coming Monday (3/11) is 7:00pm EST. FYI: This is 6 hours later than I initially listed. Glad I caught this mistake beforehand. Sorry about that guys!

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And TY so kindly, Misty! We have a new lesson series that will be launching soon. There’s a hint in this week’s email 🙂

[Andrew]

The song is in the key of Dm, which contains 1 flat (Bb). That B natural occurs over a G chord, which contains a B:

G (1) B (3) D (5)

The short answer is that not every song will use all 7 diatonic notes in it.

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