tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411573.post7435978229442726807..comments2024-01-11T06:01:18.741-05:00Comments on Fallenmonk: No Shortcutsfallenmonkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17652766170343957948noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411573.post-18148060866850783222012-12-01T05:43:55.553-05:002012-12-01T05:43:55.553-05:00A lot of repetition indeed... I know of no other w...A lot of repetition indeed... I know of no other way to develop those "brains in the fingers" so necessary to improvising in real time, whether soloing or accompanying yourself. Yes, make sure you can name (and find!) the relative or parallel major or minor of your current key, and go ahead and learn all those flavors of the minor scale... even if "melodic" minor is often enough used to harmonize and "ascending melodic" minor is frequently encountered descending. Get used to them in a lot of different contexts, and you won't have to stop the ensemble in mid-rehearsal while you work out a chord change... as I have occasionally done on keyboard. :-)<br /><br />BTW, if you do a lot of folk music (you ARE of that generation, right?) you'll want to learn the church modes as well... genuine folk songs are lousy with modes!Steve Batesnoreply@blogger.com