ScottRule
Active member
I wanted to pass on some ideas but also we what others are doing, i.e., in using technology in your learning process.
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
When I want to try to learn something that is way too fast, I record it with Audacity (hit record in Audacity, hit play in YouTube, etc.). Once you've recorded it, Audacity lets you do two cool things- Change Tempo and Change Pitch. Change tempo lets you slow down them damn fast songs, but it also lets you hears stuff you might have missed at full speed. DirtyJohnson, for example, used a Bend Down/Bend Up in Voodoo Child that adds a cool sound, but I didn't catch at all. Warning: Others in the room may start having flashbacks when they hear it, especially if... t... h... e... r... e i... s s... i... n... g... i... n... g. Change pitch helped in Voodoo Child as well because I chose to play in the open tuning of G (can't do the pitch change in my head) and DirtyJohnson seemed to be off in F an octave higher (and I didn't want to tune to that and snap my uke in half ;-).
Guitar Pro
http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php
I've heard that you can't use this for the uke and was convinced that this was try. After messing around, I found that I can create a new score, specify four strings/tuning of each (***and raise them to a higher key***- by default it picks, e.g., the lower guitar A). You can then document the songs you learn from the process above (Audacity) or figure out yourself. I've attached a bit of Voodoo Child- the GP file and a screen shot). Documenting it, in addition to helping me remember from session to session- a challenge, lets me play it back, Compare it to the original video (to see if I've heard it right), work on little bits over and over (it will loop whatever you highlight/play, etc.)
Intelitouch Tuner
http://www.tuners.com/pt1.asp
In addition to the obvious use as, um, a tuner, it helps me when I'm noodling around. If you're like me, you know some but not all notes on the fretboard. If a jump from X to Y sounds good, I can see what I'm playing, think about the intervals, then get a better sense of why it sounded good, etc.
What are YOU doing?
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
When I want to try to learn something that is way too fast, I record it with Audacity (hit record in Audacity, hit play in YouTube, etc.). Once you've recorded it, Audacity lets you do two cool things- Change Tempo and Change Pitch. Change tempo lets you slow down them damn fast songs, but it also lets you hears stuff you might have missed at full speed. DirtyJohnson, for example, used a Bend Down/Bend Up in Voodoo Child that adds a cool sound, but I didn't catch at all. Warning: Others in the room may start having flashbacks when they hear it, especially if... t... h... e... r... e i... s s... i... n... g... i... n... g. Change pitch helped in Voodoo Child as well because I chose to play in the open tuning of G (can't do the pitch change in my head) and DirtyJohnson seemed to be off in F an octave higher (and I didn't want to tune to that and snap my uke in half ;-).
Guitar Pro
http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php
I've heard that you can't use this for the uke and was convinced that this was try. After messing around, I found that I can create a new score, specify four strings/tuning of each (***and raise them to a higher key***- by default it picks, e.g., the lower guitar A). You can then document the songs you learn from the process above (Audacity) or figure out yourself. I've attached a bit of Voodoo Child- the GP file and a screen shot). Documenting it, in addition to helping me remember from session to session- a challenge, lets me play it back, Compare it to the original video (to see if I've heard it right), work on little bits over and over (it will loop whatever you highlight/play, etc.)
Intelitouch Tuner
http://www.tuners.com/pt1.asp
In addition to the obvious use as, um, a tuner, it helps me when I'm noodling around. If you're like me, you know some but not all notes on the fretboard. If a jump from X to Y sounds good, I can see what I'm playing, think about the intervals, then get a better sense of why it sounded good, etc.
What are YOU doing?
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