Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
play by ear
How To Play Any Song By Ear
easy to use ear trainer
easy to use ear trainer
from Guitar suite pentatonic scales
Tonic (major pentatonic scale) 2nd 3rd 5th 6th
A B C# E F#
B C# D# F# G#
C D E G A
D E F# A B
E F# G# B C#
F G A C D
G A B D E
Tonic (minor pentatonic scale) flat 3rd 4th 5th flat 7th
A C D E G
B D E F# A
C Eb F G Bb
D F G A C
E G A B D
F Ab Bb C Eb
G Bb C D F
biab stylemaker
- brittle sound.
- Using the Band-in-a-Box Stylemaker - In this tutorial, we will endeavor to give you an overview of how Band-in-a-Box uses styles to generate Songs.
- Using the Band-in-a-Box Stylemaker Part 2 - In this tutorial, we will endeavor to give you an overview of how Band-in-a-Box uses styles to generate Songs.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Chord Progressions & songs
make your own guitar chord
moneychords
The Best Free Jazz/Standard Chord Changes on the Web
Click a song title to view The Vanilla Book chord changes.
This web page contains a list of songs that have similar chord progressions and tonal shifts (modulations) and then links them to the "Vanilla Book".
The Buddy Holly - VIb-chord
Rhythm changes 4 guitar
Basic Rhythm Changes
While there are many possible chord progressions, there are a few basic building blocks that account for many of the chord changes you will see
chord charts to over 800 songs
Jazz guitar free sheet music , tabs, mp3
jazz guitar chords
Guitar Chord Progression
Here are some examples of the I-V-VI-IV chord progression
The I - V - vi - IV (or C - G - Am - F) is a very common chord progression in popular music, and I put together all the songs I could find that fit it. All of the songs fit this chord progression in some way (I - V - vi - IV, V - vi - I - IV, vi - IV - I - V, or IV - I - V - vi).
cannon in D
(2 per bar): D ABm F#mG DG A I-Vvi -iiiIV-IIV-V
vi-IV-I-V Sensitive Female Chord Progression
I IV (one of the most basic, and most overused progressions around. Used in James Brown - Sex Machine)
i IV (Used in Tito Puente - Oye Como Va and Herbie Hancock - Chameleon)
I IV V (happy pop sound. Used in Green Day - Time of Your Life)
I V IV (thanks, Third Eye Blind, all your latest hits use this progression. Also used in Blink 182 - All The Small Things (chorus))
I V vi IV (hooray for Blink 182, *cough*)
i VII VI V (Hit the Road Jack, and several Flamenco pieces)
I vi IV V (50s happy doowop. Used in Ben E. King - Stand By Me, the first chords of The Beatles- This Boy, and Every Breath You Take by The Police)
I VII IV (rock)
ii V I (jazz standard. Autumn Leaves begins with these chords)
I IV I I IV IV I I V IV I I (12 bar blues, another jazz standard. Used in Jimmy Hendrix - Red House and B.B.King - Everyday I Have The Blues)
moneychords
The Best Free Jazz/Standard Chord Changes on the Web
Click a song title to view The Vanilla Book chord changes.
This web page contains a list of songs that have similar chord progressions and tonal shifts (modulations) and then links them to the "Vanilla Book".
The Buddy Holly - VIb-chord
Rhythm changes 4 guitar
Basic Rhythm Changes
While there are many possible chord progressions, there are a few basic building blocks that account for many of the chord changes you will see
chord charts to over 800 songs
Jazz guitar free sheet music , tabs, mp3
jazz guitar chords
Guitar Chord Progression
Here are some examples of the I-V-VI-IV chord progression
The I - V - vi - IV (or C - G - Am - F) is a very common chord progression in popular music, and I put together all the songs I could find that fit it. All of the songs fit this chord progression in some way (I - V - vi - IV, V - vi - I - IV, vi - IV - I - V, or IV - I - V - vi).
cannon in D
(2 per bar): D ABm F#mG DG A I-Vvi -iiiIV-IIV-V
vi-IV-I-V Sensitive Female Chord Progression
Friday, March 20, 2009
biab/rb styles
RealTracks Style refers to one particular RealTracks instrument, that can be assigned to any Band-in-a-Box track (Bass,Piano,Guitar,etc.) by right-clicking on the track. An example is "Sax, Tenor, Jazz Sw 140". This is Tenor Sax playing in a swing feel, recorded at a tempo of 140 BPM.
A 'Style with RealTracks' refers to a Band-in-a-Box .STY style file, where at least one of the instruments is a RealTracks style. STY files can be all MIDI (MIDI bass, guitar, piano, strings etc.), or can have any combination of MIDI + RealTracks + RealDrums. Styles with RealTracks have been hard-coded to use RealTracks in the StyleMaker. You can identify them because they have an = (equals sign) prefix. e.g. =MyStyle.STY
A 'RealStyle' is a Style with RealTracks (i.e. STY file) that has no MIDI parts at all. You can identify them because they have an _ (underscore) prefix. e.g. _MyStyle.STY.
It is similar for RealDrums. A 'RealDrums style' usually refers to something like 'JazzBrushes', 'CountrySwing' etc., while 'Style with RealDrums' refers to a Band-in-a-Box .STY file where the Drum track has been hard-coded to use a specific RealDrums style. Styles with RealDrums can be identified because they have a - (minus sign) prefix. e.g. -MyStyle.STY. They don't use any RealTracks.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
biab Melody Wizard
Check to make sure that your drivers are set up appropriately for live (thru) playing. To do this *press Play*, then press some notes on the on-screen piano keyboard, or your qwerty keyboard. You should hear the notes when you do this. If you don't hear the notes, or if there is a long delay between when you press the note and when you hear it, visit the MIDI Driver Setup. If you are using MME drivers and a DXi/VSTi synth, select the checkbox 'route MIDI thru to MIDI driver' - otherwise there will probably be too much latency to play live. Then, try to select a low-latency MIDI Output Driver - something other than the GS Wavetable, for example a hardware MIDI synth. If that doesn't work for you, use ASIO drivers (you can download ASIO4ALL from the web). Then you can play thru the DXi synth.
If that's not what the problem is (i.e. you can hear the notes and the latency is ok), then:
1. Go to the Play menu and enable "Wizard playalong feature"
2. Press Play.You can position your right hand to press the enter and \ keys, and your left hand to play the T and 6 keys. These 4 keys have the same function. Press the keys in time with your melody, and you should be playing the melody notes.
3. You can use other hotkeys to vary the melody - QWER and YUIO can be used as approach notes before the next note in your melody, and the 5 key can be used to play the same note (as the last note played) again.
4. You can re-record your melody with what you play on the keyboard, by pressing Record. You will have the option to not keep the take - or select Soloist - Edit Soloist Track - Record to soloist part. This will retain the original melody on the Melody track, with your new melody on the Soloist track.
If that's not what the problem is (i.e. you can hear the notes and the latency is ok), then:
1. Go to the Play menu and enable "Wizard playalong feature"
2. Press Play.You can position your right hand to press the enter and \ keys, and your left hand to play the T and 6 keys. These 4 keys have the same function. Press the keys in time with your melody, and you should be playing the melody notes.
3. You can use other hotkeys to vary the melody - QWER and YUIO can be used as approach notes before the next note in your melody, and the 5 key can be used to play the same note (as the last note played) again.
4. You can re-record your melody with what you play on the keyboard, by pressing Record. You will have the option to not keep the take - or select Soloist - Edit Soloist Track - Record to soloist part. This will retain the original melody on the Melody track, with your new melody on the Soloist track.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
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