Learning Music

By Ryan Greenfield

Overview

Elements of music• Technique• Culture• Theory

Examples• Scales, Long tones • Improvisation, Songs• Chords, Analysis

Practice Advise• The brain has a “100%”cognative maximum. If you clear your mind

of stress or other activities, you allow more information to be gained and withheld.

On that note, a great thing to do is to incorporate your whole practice routine together. For example, if you want to learn a song that is in the key of A, your Technique exercises should incorporate that scale and your theory exercise should have to do with the song you are learning. By doing this method, you ingrain the information much faster and at a deeper level.

LONGTONES

• What I usually do is incorporate multiple Techniques into one exercise to save time. For example, I would practice my chromatic scale while doing long tones, while doing harmonics.

On any instruments, long tones are essential for achieving a full and controlled tone.

“Stop Music Button”

“Play music Button”

Progressing

• When you are trying to memories or even read a song that is hard. You should always use the “One Section at a time approach.”

• This approach is very simple. Just play one section slowly, whether it is a 4 bar phrase or one bar. Once you can do that three times in a row, move on to the next section. Rinse and Repeat.

Improvisation

• One of the best exercises for improvising or soloing is to practice writing out your own melody over the chords using appropriate scales.

• You can find these scales in many theory books or in online forms. Eventually, you will be able to come up with melodies on the spot.

Thank you for your time.Music creates happiness and feeling for everyone. I have provided you the tools to create this amazing thing. Enjoy.

Attribution

All pictures and information in this PowerPoint was either created by me, a picture of me or my friends, or provided artwork from the public domain.