I've just come across this great little that allows you to create a video or photo wall which you publish to your blog. I first published Facebook and now I'm trying out here.
Hope it works!
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Last Monday was my daughter Carme's 16th Birthday. So as I've I've been learning Cubase in order to make jazz and blues backing tracks for the AdvancedGuitarPlayer Website, I decided to have a go at recording one of my own tunes - I wrote this one the day Carme and my wife arrived home from the maternity hospital.
It's called Smile (Somewhere in mt Heart) - the vocals are a bit rough but it's not too bad for a first attempt!!!
Happy Birthday, Carme Harris!!!
I've just started on the first couple of levels of the Interval Recognition Exercise and it looks pretty good.
LevelOne is ascending Perfect Fourths, Perfect Fifths and Perfect Octaves and Level Two offers the same intervals both ascending and descending. (see screenshot)
What's cool is that you get a choice - you can either name the interval or name the notes - very cool!
I've been pretty lax about writing the review of Auralia Ear Training for the Ear Training Section on Advanced Guitar Player - the truth is I've been a bit busy and what's more, it occurs to me that however good it is most Ear Training Software suffers from the same problem.
Both Auralia and EarMaster Pro are so complex and offer so many different exercises that you really need some guidance - preferably from a teacher.
The great thing about Auralia is that it sets out course pathways - an excellent resource for teachers, which also gives structure to your Ear Training practice if you're working alone.
Having come a cropper starting on the Jazz Course pathway, I've decided to learn learn the program from the bottom up and start with the the Solfege - Fixed Do Course.
This pathway provides:- Interval recognition, Interval singing and Scales from the Intervals and Scales Section, Chord Recognition and Chord Singing from the Chords Section and Pitch Dictation and Sight Singing from the Pitch and Melody Section.
I plan to work through the exercises over the coming week or so so I'll let you know how I get on!
As I'm sure you'll guess I'm working on ideas for this tune at the moment.
Anyway, here's the sublime Wes Montgomery showing all us budding guitar players how it's done!
Just back from a rehearsal and we started messing with this . . . Impressions by John Coltrane. It's nice 'cause its the same chords as So What by Miles Davis but this much more fun.
I'll be uploading the Lead Sheet and Scale Ideas to Advanced Guitar Player over the next couple of days.
Some great tips from Kurt here - Very handy! I'm going to start on the Pentatonic thing right away!
