Weimat01
Well-Known Member
First of a bit of background on me. I am a drummer first and a guitarist second, so I learnt how to read drum notation and music theory before I started playing guitar. I understand the circle of 5ths, major and minor scales and their modes, how chords are derived from scales and thinking in scale degrees and intervals etc.
When I play guitar, I mostly learn songs by reading the tab off guitar pro and using my ear (which is pretty good). I occasionally practice scales, but I don't apply them to my guitar playing very much as I just spend my time learning from tabs. I don't have the fretboard memorised either (which is something I want do),and I usually think in fret numbers.
Do you have any ideas that would help me apply music theory to my guitar playing?
I was thinking that some kind of backing tracks would be useful, so that I could play scales over chord progressions or something. Hit me up with some if you have them.
Other ideas: Sight reading standard notation, jazz real book, stop reading tab for a while.
When I play guitar, I mostly learn songs by reading the tab off guitar pro and using my ear (which is pretty good). I occasionally practice scales, but I don't apply them to my guitar playing very much as I just spend my time learning from tabs. I don't have the fretboard memorised either (which is something I want do),and I usually think in fret numbers.
Do you have any ideas that would help me apply music theory to my guitar playing?
I was thinking that some kind of backing tracks would be useful, so that I could play scales over chord progressions or something. Hit me up with some if you have them.
Other ideas: Sight reading standard notation, jazz real book, stop reading tab for a while.