Guitar Messages by Robert Strait
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Robert Strait (6627)
Announcements Forum ·
50 Hits ·
9/24/2008 9:29 PM
Thanks Jim...good to see ya.
Try the link again...I tried to boost it up. Its hard to turn up the
suck, but I managed the courage I guess.
BTW, if anyone is interested, the solo is an amp simulation plug
in called Eleven (Pro Tools). I actua...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Announcements Forum ·
36 Hits ·
9/22/2008 3:52 PM
Thanks guys...I've calmed down a bit since the assault..took my
meds.
I actually played lots of guitar over the whole track...didn't want
to post it all because it's going on his record, so just threw up
the solo...thought it was funny. I ei...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Announcements Forum ·
25 Hits ·
9/21/2008 4:32 PM
haha...thanks Craig.
see ya in the big house
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Robert Strait (6627)
Announcements Forum ·
55 Hits ·
9/20/2008 12:47 AM
Hello Noters -
Don't know what came over me tonight...must be the change in
the weather. I took a solo pass over a friend's tune tonight, and
I think I tried to choke my guitar to death. I've been rehabbing
from a nerve injury in my arm, so ...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Instructional Forum ·
18 Hits ·
8/28/2008 10:54 AM
Killer, Kirk.
great to hear AND see your playing man...always top notch...I really
appreciated that.
health and happiness,
Rob
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Robert Strait (6627)
Instructional Forum ·
18 Hits ·
8/15/2008 3:20 PM
Haha...well, I don't know if I can endorse the "bake your way to
singing and playing" approach, but I agree that the way you
accompany yourself is key, and the best initial approach is too
simplify.
If you are playing solo, it can help if yo...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Theory Forum ·
27 Hits ·
8/14/2008 8:09 PM
I hear ya...especially when playing over a ii-V7....I often ignore the
ii chord and just play over the V7 chord either naturally or with
altered tones...the ii chord usually takes care of itself!
a m7b5 modal tune/vamp is pretty rare...
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Robert Strait (6627)
Theory Forum ·
22 Hits ·
7/25/2008 1:45 AM
Alrighty...now everyone go play their geetars!
If only as much activity happened on the AAT/announcements
forum...
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Robert Strait (6627)
Theory Forum ·
15 Hits ·
6/21/2008 1:06 PM
Hi Jon,
Great post...as usual, your comments are more concise,
eloquent, and easy to understand than any effort I could make.
I had a great big giggle when reading your imaginary Miles
conversation...haha...I've read the book about the makin...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Announcements Forum ·
29 Hits ·
6/20/2008 1:21 PM
Amps sound great Germ...keep up the good work! If I find a pile of
money somewhere I will have to grab one!
best of luck with the Toneshop man,
Rob
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Robert Strait (6627)
Theory Forum ·
24 Hits ·
6/20/2008 1:16 PM
Okie dokie then.
Regardless of your opinions of Berklee, enough professional
musicians have been educated there that whatever terminology
they use is arguably largely the adopted language of most
modern musicians, especially in jazz.
After ...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Theory Forum ·
21 Hits ·
6/19/2008 4:13 PM
Sorry Jeff, but that is not an example of a "functional dominant"
in traditional theory. I studied harmony at Berklee and I don't
recall the topic of "functional dominants in modal harmony".
There was analysis of the tendencies of different d...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Theory Forum ·
29 Hits ·
6/18/2008 2:51 PM
Hi Jeff,
I have to tell you, I am a bit confused by your comments. I have
to agree with Jon on all his points.
Two things that stick out for me are the concept of functioning
dominants and tritone subs.
In my experience, the harmonic functi...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Instructional Forum ·
18 Hits ·
5/21/2008 8:07 AM
Hi Bill,
Your question is somewhat complex, which is exactly the reason
I suggest starting with playing over one chord. As soon as you
add additional chords, you have to consider the overall harmonic
progression when deriving the appropriate...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Instructional Forum ·
26 Hits ·
5/20/2008 2:14 PM
Bill,
I think the first step in "lead playing" is learning to improvise
melodies. The easiest way to do that IMO is to play a scale over a
single chord. A good thing to do is to sustain each note of the
scale over the chord so you can really...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Announcements Forum ·
20 Hits ·
5/7/2008 11:53 PM
Germ...your in my hood! Where is the show?
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Robert Strait (6627)
Miscellaneous Forum ·
62 Hits ·
3/16/2008 11:58 AM
We've had a smoking ban in NYC for years...in fact, it was one of
the first big cities to take it on. The same discussions and
debates took place....bars will go out of business, etc...
To date, none of it has proven to be true. The restauran...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Instructional Forum ·
30 Hits ·
1/2/2008 8:37 PM
cool...I've heard great things about the NI rig, but have never
tried it myself. It would be great if you could post some guitar
sounds at some point...I would be interested to hear it!
Yeah, I took an online Pro Tools course with Berklee yea...(more)
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Robert Strait (6627)
Instructional Forum ·
17 Hits ·
12/31/2007 10:58 AM
right on, brother Chris!
what rig did you get? or do you mean NI guitar rig?
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Robert Strait (6627)
Theory Forum ·
61 Hits ·
12/31/2007 10:56 AM
Happy New Year WNers!
Howsabout another installment of harmony homework, just to
give this place a kick in the pants!
Alright...so far we have covered harmonizing a single melody
note with any type of chord you like (we learned that there ar...(more)
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