Another day, another post where I open by lamenting the fact that I still can't blog from home. Tomorrow is their absolute last chance. If we don't have service in the house by noon tomorrow, I'm going with MediaCom or some other company.
Still, though, having to wait for CenturyLink/being on hold with CenturyLink provided me with ample opportunities to mess around on the guitar for a bit. I pulled out the Beatles Complete Scores, and thumbed through until I stumbled across the song that was stuck in my head while I was on the phone. It was "In My Life," off of Rubber Soul. I've always loved that opening riff. It's a simple run of notes that doesn't take long at all to feel comfortable underneath your fingers.
After that, I paged through the score for the song, tracing the chord progressions as I went along. There's so much to learn from studying the songs of The Beatles. The way they linger just a little bit longer over a particular chord change, or the way they incorporate a 7th chord as a passing tone, or the way they go from a D major chord to a D minor chord without fear.
I still want to go through their entire discography song by song, just to watch their writing evolve. I know, without a doubt that there is a treasure trove of songwriting and guitar knowledge just sitting there, waiting for me to mine it.
I really need to start that project sometime soon.
Also of note, with the move and everything else that has been going on, my quest for theory knowledge has been derailed a lot. I might need to push that back until September.
Still, though, having to wait for CenturyLink/being on hold with CenturyLink provided me with ample opportunities to mess around on the guitar for a bit. I pulled out the Beatles Complete Scores, and thumbed through until I stumbled across the song that was stuck in my head while I was on the phone. It was "In My Life," off of Rubber Soul. I've always loved that opening riff. It's a simple run of notes that doesn't take long at all to feel comfortable underneath your fingers.
After that, I paged through the score for the song, tracing the chord progressions as I went along. There's so much to learn from studying the songs of The Beatles. The way they linger just a little bit longer over a particular chord change, or the way they incorporate a 7th chord as a passing tone, or the way they go from a D major chord to a D minor chord without fear.
I still want to go through their entire discography song by song, just to watch their writing evolve. I know, without a doubt that there is a treasure trove of songwriting and guitar knowledge just sitting there, waiting for me to mine it.
I really need to start that project sometime soon.
Also of note, with the move and everything else that has been going on, my quest for theory knowledge has been derailed a lot. I might need to push that back until September.
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