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In an effort to better myself at guitar Ive been trying to soak up as much information about guitars and music theory.

Can anyone tell me the word for the different riffs and intervals you can play to give emotion to what it is youre playing. If you do know this do you also know anywhere I can find more information about it?
 
Not sure I understand your question. Scales is one word that comes to mind, but that may not be what you are discussing.

There are many boooks on the subject. A good chord book is one place to start. Mey Bay has had them out for decades.

The local high school band director is another source for good info. They can refer you to good books on various aspects of music info.

Ed
 
The study of psychoacoustics probably covers issues of sound and emotion as well as other aspects of audio perception.
 
What you are trying to get...

Some have it some don't and I do not believe it can be learned.
 
Theres a word for it, I know it but I cant think of it. I dont have my music theory book with me to find out.

Kind of like why blues scales sound the way they do because they have "blue" notes and certain little riffs with these scales strike different emotions.
 
I don't think expression in music comes from the particular pitches you play, harmonically or melodically, but the way you play them. ...the expressive inflections that we all use in music and spoken language... things like dynamics, timbre, vibrato, rhythmic articulation... all of which if done with a genuine feel for the music give it a personal expressive style.

Couple of books I've read that talk about musical expression: What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland, and Making Music for the Joy of It by Stephanie Judy. Also the book, The Psychology of Music by Carl Seashore talks a lot about musical perception and musical thought but it's dryer reading than the other two.

Tim
 
To generalise it I guess the 3rd, 6th and 7th on the major and minor scales and the b5 on blues scales are the ones you're after? they're the notes that make each scale what it is, the 'characteristic' notes.
 
mr_coffeekiller said:
To generalise it I guess the 3rd, 6th and 7th on the major and minor scales and the b5 on blues scales are the ones you're after? they're the notes that make each scale what it is, the 'characteristic' notes.
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True to some extend, but I find a well played, long, single minor 9 chord amazingly characteristical aswell. Infact, somes I find just a single minor or major chord amazingly characteristical, but there's really nothing to go for when you want to explain music in that way. Just play what you feel and try many things to find what feels best.
 
He may just be talking about riffing double stops....
 
within those chords you are playing a certain amount of the 'characteristics'. You're right though, it can all be in the striking of such 'simple' things that makes all the difference.
 
If it's what I'm thinking, they're called "blue" notes... Not "Blues" as in the style, but "blue" as in a disonent sense. More transitional in nature.

But then, I could be totally wrong.
 
tainted said:
In an effort to better myself at guitar Ive been trying to soak up as much information about guitars and music theory.

Can anyone tell me the word for the different riffs and intervals you can play to give emotion to what it is youre playing. If you do know this do you also know anywhere I can find more information about it?
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Is that you walters? How do you feel about essays?
 
I think this has to be one of the most vague questions I've ever heard.
 
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