I’ve been a back porch musician for quite a while, but retired last year and have upped my game to include bluegrass jams. This bit of public exposure has motivated me to better my understanding of music. I especially crave the ability to improvise quickly, to play by ear.
That in turn took me straight into music theory and fretboard mathematics. You can use math to tell you where to find notes up and down the fretboard, and you can use math to anticipate which notes you’ll need based on chord progressions. ( Of course you can tell when you’ll need them by counting and properly subdividing the beat. )
RickJWagner•1w ago
I’ve been a back porch musician for quite a while, but retired last year and have upped my game to include bluegrass jams. This bit of public exposure has motivated me to better my understanding of music. I especially crave the ability to improvise quickly, to play by ear.
That in turn took me straight into music theory and fretboard mathematics. You can use math to tell you where to find notes up and down the fretboard, and you can use math to anticipate which notes you’ll need based on chord progressions. ( Of course you can tell when you’ll need them by counting and properly subdividing the beat. )
We need to teach more music early in schooling.