- Music
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Harmonic Quotes
On the math and feel behind a good chord progression.
These quotes come from musicians talking shop — soloing over a chord progression built on harmony, or years of harmonic study spent looking back at older forms for a fresh idea. It pairs naturally with flow quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Opportunity
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.
- Old
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
A microphone has a certain range. It's not as good as your ears, but it will capture an enclosed space, the harmonic content in a room. Nice old tube mikes do that pretty well. And that's a good sound.
- Good
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it.
- Guitar
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
After 35 years of bone-crushing rock guitar playing, I'm finally starting to get my head out of the harmonic sand and learning how to play over chord changes.
- Map
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I prefer playing in songs where I have a tempo, groove and harmonic map to hang on to.
- Look
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I've been devoting quite a bit of my time to harmonic studies on my own, in libraries and places like that. I've found you've got to look back at the old things and see them in a new light.
- Place
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The easiest place to get a natural harmonic on any string is at the 12th fret. All you do is lightly rest one of your left-hand fingers on a string directly above that fret and then pick it.
- Floyd
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
To make harmonics scream, I first dump my Floyd Rose real quick, hit a harmonic with my left hand while the string is still flapping, and then use the bar to pull it up to the pitch I wanna hit.
- Everything
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.
- High
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.
- Fly
- |
- Nov 07, 2020