Hello again everyone,
Today we will continue with the creation of your music
repertoire.
Pick four letters between the letters A and G (they do not
need to be in alphabetical order) and then memorize them. The four notes you will play can be in any
order or you can move them around at any time within the song.
Check out my video example above.
If you wish to follow along, that is fine, but I recommend you pick your
own notes for the sake of calling it your own creation.
So now you have four letters, or instead four notes. These will be your bass notes which you will
play with your left hand. Play them over and over again until you get a good
feeling for them. Figure out a good
steady tempo and just keep playing it.
Why? Finger (muscle) memory.
Finger memory is essentially when your conscious self can
stop thinking about what your fingers are playing but they keep playing
anyways. Think of "Thing" from the Addams Family. It's almost like your hand has
a mind of its own at that point.
Your four bass notes are now the bread and butter of your
song. Sure you could leave it as is, but
where is the meat (or tofu if you're a vegetarian)? Try to pick random notes with your left
hand. Maybe create a little tune that
repeats. I'll get into more detail for
the left hand next week in "Creating your own music part 3", but for
now just try tinkering around with it.
Please post your four letters/notes in the comments section
and I will make quick videos (my renditions of them) of as many as of as I can
to my YouTube profile.
Till next week, fellow readers.
