A word of thanks to my super supportive wife Suddha and my children. Thanks for helping and supporting me! I could not do this without you.

Transcription

1 Introduction: It s very exciting to me to have like minded people to hang out with. So, first and foremost thanks for coming to hang with me. The two topics that we are covering this week come from years of people asking me, how did you do that? or what did you just do?. This is true whether I am just embellishing the given chords or soloing. I have always thought that when this is no longer fun... I will stop. Obviously it hasn t stopped being fun and I doubt that it ever will. Part of the reason is that I am constantly inspired by other artists. When I listen to others play I first listen and when the music moves me, I start pulling the music apart, to better understand it and ultimately replicate it. Replicate is probably too harsh of a word but at some level that word is appropriate. I once had a great conversation with a musician that was 100 years old. He said to me it s better to be the song bird than the myna bird. The conversation left an indelible mark on me and I have never looked back. My mother is an artist and she calls it coloring outside the lines, and I call it making the song mine. I look to music to express a part of who I am. I encourage you to come along on the journey, express your self. word of thanks to my super supportive wife Suddha and my children. Thanks for helping and supporting me! I could not do this without you. opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 1

2 ressing up songs: What/Who Inspires you? What is your favorite version of the song? enre - does the version that you like move the style away from the original? What characteristics define the style? Tempo tempo change can dramatically change the song and often will assist in moving the style, away from the original. Rhythm This is not the same as tempo. Rhythm describes how the notes are put together. There are many rhythms that are specific to a genre of music. xamples are marches, swing, reggae, calypso, and many others Signature Lick - some songs have a very distinguished lick or hook. opying that lick will go a long way into dressing up the song. Stating the melody - nothing is more powerful than the melody. Play the melody, it can be stated either through single line playing or chordal playing. Picking the inversion for a chord that has the melody note as one of the highest notes in the chord, will assist in playing the melody. end the song to you re personal style. This is a lot of fun for me. I usually will learn a song pretty much the way I ve heard it and then start looking for ways to make it my own. The hord xchange: There are many times when: Major chords can be exchanged for a 6 Major chords can be exchanged for a dominant 7 ominant 7 chords can be exchanged for 9 chords 9 chord can be exchanged for a 13 Minor chords can be exchanged for minor 7 opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 2

3 opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 3

4 opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 4

5 opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 5

6 opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 6

7 opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 7

8 SOR Wooly ully omposer: omingo Smudio rranged: Mark 'Spanky' utierrez 7 Ukulele & # 4 4. Œ Un-o, os One, Two, Tres, Qua - tro! O O 7 6 & #. nœ œ œ œ œ. Ó œ œ œ Mat - ty told Hat - ty - Hatty told Mat - ty Let's Hat - ty told Mat - ty Thats bout dont the a take thing nœ œ œ thing no to she saw. chance do Ó Œ. œ Had Lets et 7 & # nœ œ œ Ó Œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ.. œ œ 10 two not you big be Horns L someone really Seven to nd a come and wool-y jaw. Wool - y ul-ly Wool-y learn to dance pull the wo - ol with you & # 1. j j œ œ. Ó Ó Œ œ œ œ œ. Œ œ œ œ œ. Œ j œ œ œ œ. Ó. 15 ul-ly Wool-y ul-ly wool-y bul-ly wool-y bul-ly. 2. utierrez Music 2011 opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 8

9 SOR hantilly Lace 7 omposed:.p. Richardson rranged: Mark 'Spanky' utierrez Ukulele & # # 4 œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ han - til- ly lace N a pret-ty face and a pon-y tail hang-in' down T & # # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ wig-gle in her walk and a gig-le in her œ Œ Ó talk 4 œ. œ nœ œ # œ makes the world o 'roud Œ œ in't & # # œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ noth-in' in this world like a big eyed girl to make me act so fun-ny make me spend my mon-ey make me utierrez Music opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 9

10 2 hantilly Lace 7 & # 1. # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ. 13 feel real loose like a long necked goose like a girl. Oh ba-by that's what I like, & # # œ œ œ œ.. Œ w 17 han-til-ly lace irl, oh ba-by that's what I like opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 10

11 Soloing: Vertical and Linear Soloing - enerally there are two types of soloing. Vertical soloing is playing notes that come from the chords that are being played or related chords to the chord that is being played. Linear soloing is more like scale playing. The soloist will pull notes from either the scale of the song or playing from a mode that can be associated to the song. Vertical playing This is playing all the tones associated with a chord while the chord is playing. very time the chord changes the soloist has to change the set of notes. very simple exercise to start playing vertically is to simply arpeggiate the chord. Play the chord but only play one or two strings of the chord. This will provide notes within the chord but not necessarily the whole chord. To go any further in this particular method of soloing would take great dedication to understanding what notes are in every chord and working on connecting the chords in a way that sounds natural. Linear Soloing - This method tends to be more melodic. You can choose to play the melody, embellish on the melody or create your own melody. This is usually done by playing from the scale of the song, please not that not all songs start in one scale and stay in it for the entirety of the song. xercise: Solo using chords of song... Practice the scales - then play over songs Hammer on Pull off end Slide opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 11

12 F F F F F F F F Major Minor Major Pentatonic Minor Pentatonic opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 12

13 (Shuffle) lues - Simple xercise 5 5 (Medium Up Swing) lues - azz xercise 5 5 opyright utierrez Music 2016 Page 13