Helping you make music
In this video we compare the ease of use and sound of a virtual guitar software plugin with my attempts to play and record a real acoustic guitar.
I’ll also take you through the process of creating a folk song using Native Instruments Kontakt sample libraries.
Whilst I hesitate to call this a lesson, it does demonstrate how to play each of my five favorite synth riffs. I’ve created my own easy piano arrangement of each track.
You can see the keys being played on the virtual keyboard and the Synthesia falling note display, as well as the conventional music notation. I’ve included a top-down camera shot showing my hand position and fingering.
I wanted to revisit the previous lesson and take it right back to basics with the most simple chords, the major and minor triads. We’ll also introduce the concept of chord inversions and I’ll demonstrate and give you some ideas using two slow-tempo backing tracks that are perfect for beginners.
There may be some chords that you are unfamiliar with, but with some practice you’ll have no problem!
The backing tracks and sheet music are available in my earlier post –
Piano lesson – Let’s play along to backing tracks together!
Here’s a breakdown of a remix I created in the synthwave genre using Ableton Live.
We cover the following topics, and more!
The lessons section of my website is where you will find free lessons and tutorials and accompanying PDF sheet music and MP3 backing track downloads.
I’ll publish a new post here whenever I upload a new lesson to YouTube and I will include links to download any supplementary materials.
Let’s practice accompaniments and playing solos to backing tracks I created using BAND-IN-A-BOX. We’ll do a couple of relatively easy tunes today that are suitable for beginners and intermediate players. I’ll play through each song and give you some pointers, ideas and tips, then it’s your turn to play!
Download sheet music and backing tracks for this lesson
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