Term 2 - Lesson 5
Today we refreshed looking at keys and we discussed why you wouldn't have A# instead of Bb and now I understand the idea more clearly. I'm going to practise writing scales out at home and maybe even memorise them. Doing this will also help me learn the notes on the fretboard.
For the bulk of the lesson we looked at arpeggios and practised playing some. I've never really been familiar with arpeggios but I learned that they are very common in most types of modern music. I was given some G7 arpeggios to practise and I found them quite confusing because 7ths sounds neither major or minor so I didn't feel like I was playing the right thing as they never sound resolved. They were also difficult because unlike pentatonic scales, there was no pattern or symmetry to them.
For the last part of the lesson we went back and played a G major arpeggio over a blues in G however this time it was different because every time we play G7 we would solo in the arpeggio and then on the C7 and the D7 we reverted to the normal G blues scale. I found this hard at first but I took it slow and really listened the chords and counted my bars so eventually I got the hang of the changes.
During my home practise I am going to continue with these arpeggios and perhaps find some songs with them in that I can learn. I am also going to keep learning and experimenting with the CAGED system because I still don't completely understand it.
For the bulk of the lesson we looked at arpeggios and practised playing some. I've never really been familiar with arpeggios but I learned that they are very common in most types of modern music. I was given some G7 arpeggios to practise and I found them quite confusing because 7ths sounds neither major or minor so I didn't feel like I was playing the right thing as they never sound resolved. They were also difficult because unlike pentatonic scales, there was no pattern or symmetry to them.
For the last part of the lesson we went back and played a G major arpeggio over a blues in G however this time it was different because every time we play G7 we would solo in the arpeggio and then on the C7 and the D7 we reverted to the normal G blues scale. I found this hard at first but I took it slow and really listened the chords and counted my bars so eventually I got the hang of the changes.
During my home practise I am going to continue with these arpeggios and perhaps find some songs with them in that I can learn. I am also going to keep learning and experimenting with the CAGED system because I still don't completely understand it.
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