Hi
I am 58 and just recently started learning guitar on the guitatricks course and am loving it. I am busy with the grid style major scales in GF2. Lisa says to experiment with our own melody patterns over the major scale but when i try my patterns sound like gibberish.
Are there any tips or tricks I can use to make my melodies more musical. Currently its sounds like pots and pans.
Hi and welcome
I have been going through the same for several months now. I have a fairly good knowledge of where I should be on the fret board for any given key, but once it comes down to making something that doesn't sound like scale practice - that is a challenge - but it is getting better.
What I do, is to keep a note pad beside me and jot down what I did - if I think it sounded like "music" and not practice.
I also try to learn licks - all kind of licks - and play around with these.
Good luck with it.
This year the diet is definitely gonna stick!
Hey & welcome to GT!
Originally Posted by: hedley.mosesAre there any tips or tricks I can use to make my melodies more musical. Currently its sounds like pots and pans.
Great question! Most classic or well known melodies use a few general principles.
1. Make small similar sequences. Play a few notes in a row in a specific rhythm. Repeat that rhythm with different sequence of notes from the scale.
2. Use a combination of step wise motion & leaps. (steps) c-d-e, d-e-f (leap) g-c.
3. Make a "story arc" with one or two high points or low points.
But all of that is beside the point if you are still just working on the mechanics of playing single note lines. Just play the scale in little fragments until it becomes second nature. And the best place to learn any musical concept or skill is imitation.
With that in mind you might enjoy these simple single note melodies!
Simple Melodies
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1014
More Simple Melodies
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1024
Star Spangled Banner
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1325
Hope that helps!
