What chord progressions to use? I know you said you learn all this by ear, but just get some written tunes as scaffolding to help with your practice. Now, you will need to gather some things in order to do the Melody Path exercise, specifically the chord progression and a backing track for it I’ve been doing the Melody Path exercise as part of the IFR Jazz Workshop that’s going on right now, and I’ve come to think this is the best exercise for learning the harmonic shape of a tune, so I can better hear the melody/harmony interplay, and also improvise over it. You can see the approach in this Youtube playlist: Melody Path playlist on Youtube The exercise is described starting on p 186 of the IFR book. Start with just one melody note per bar, then 2 notes, etc. This will develop your ear to the harmonic possibilities of these kinds of tunes. Start with just small sections (2 bars, then 4 bars). I gave some thought to what I’d do if I were in your shoes, and here’s what I came up with…ĭo the MELODY PATHS exercise over the Scottish tunes. So, any ideas of what IFR methods/materials I can utilise and apply to my practice of this type of music? I’m exploring accompaniment with my guitar, and to help here I’m working through Pure Harmony lessons to enhance my chord knowledge. IFR has been great with this, and I can now attend sessions and play along. The music is taught by ear, and we try to stay away from notation and play from memory. I practice with Sing the Numbers regularly, and this helped develop my ear. My question is, what IFR materials can I use to help my understanding and practice of traditional (celtic) music? Perfect for exploring these worlds with the IFR method. Its described as modal, with many tunes using either mixolydian, dorian or aeolian scales as well as ionian. This type of music is quite simple but presents its own challenges. And yes I have dabbled with piping as well! I love Scottish traditional music, and some Irish, but mainly Scottish, and I’ve been appliying my IFR skills to learning and enjoying my simple system flute and recently my tenor guitar.
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