Post by anthony on Dec 2, 2004 2:47:54 GMT -5
Hey everyone,
Lead in notes are those couple of notes at the beginning of a written piece of music which do not complete a whole measure, but lead into the song. Here's something cool I found while playing around with the C major scale.
Start with the bass G located at the third fret sixth string. Now jump over to the C at the third fret fifth string. Play it two or three times, just whatever you feel, and now ascend through the scale D, E, F, G (on the third string open). Maybe continue on to A and B, whatever you feel, maybe repeat the A or the B two or three times in a row, and then back down to C at the third fret fifth string.
You don't go back to the low G. But do you hear how the low G introduces the melody and the middle C kind of is a nice place to end the melody.
Here is the theory I used to come up with this idea. The notes in C major are C, E, and G. The root, major third, and fifth. In the second inversion the fifth (G) is in the bass. So I wanted to see what it would sound like if I began with the fifth in the bass. Well it sounded kind of cool I think. But returning to the bass G in the middle of the melody did not sound right so I ended on C.
If you want to try it in D major start with the bass A, In E major start with the bass B, and so on... Maybe you could even experiment a little and let me know something cool that you figure out.
Anthony
Lead in notes are those couple of notes at the beginning of a written piece of music which do not complete a whole measure, but lead into the song. Here's something cool I found while playing around with the C major scale.
Start with the bass G located at the third fret sixth string. Now jump over to the C at the third fret fifth string. Play it two or three times, just whatever you feel, and now ascend through the scale D, E, F, G (on the third string open). Maybe continue on to A and B, whatever you feel, maybe repeat the A or the B two or three times in a row, and then back down to C at the third fret fifth string.
You don't go back to the low G. But do you hear how the low G introduces the melody and the middle C kind of is a nice place to end the melody.
Here is the theory I used to come up with this idea. The notes in C major are C, E, and G. The root, major third, and fifth. In the second inversion the fifth (G) is in the bass. So I wanted to see what it would sound like if I began with the fifth in the bass. Well it sounded kind of cool I think. But returning to the bass G in the middle of the melody did not sound right so I ended on C.
If you want to try it in D major start with the bass A, In E major start with the bass B, and so on... Maybe you could even experiment a little and let me know something cool that you figure out.
Anthony
