/mu/ - Music

>>100147

>What are you playing?

Nothing, but my vocals are improving every day

>How's your progress?

My clean vocals are spiffy, I'm working on doing some grittier sounding things without sounding strained or wrecking my throat, and my range is ever-expanding

>Inspirations

Lots of various rock and grunge bands from every era

>Learning material/recommended online tutors

I got nothing, I'm mostly going off of singing along to something until I get a hang of it, then doing that in front of people where they can't hear the song (I have one earphone in and just sing at them, really) and that's been the extent of my learning and practice.

I feel like I've made enough progress in my singing to actually do something, but the one thing I've been stuck on since before I could even sing is lyric-writing. I do not know how to write lyrics that aren't embarrassing or cringey, regardless of the theme or emotion I'm going for.

>>100498

Legit question, how does one git gud at singing? Are there tutorials online like any other instrument and if so who do you recommend to get started practicing vocals? I feel like I have really strong voice muscles and I already know I have really high range but I'm not confident I can hit the right notes with my voice when I'm playing guitar and singing along

>>100499

I haven't really found many tutorials that work well for me, just because I have a difficult time understanding the metaphors they use. The way I did it was just literal years of what was basically singalong practice. When I first started in high school, I was trash. But I knew I was trash and I wanted to get better. I'm singing songs now that I never would've thought I could sing back then.

Best thing I can say is to find your range, then start working within that, and every now and then try to venture beyond it in one direction or the other. With enough practice you'll be able to flawlessly transition from clean to grit to falsetto and back.

>>100499

vocals are just another instrument so yeah. always warm up, if it hurts cut it out! I like this nigger's videos, personally.

>>100147

>What are you playing?

also classical guitar, Chopin Nocturne Op 9 No 1

>Inspirations

Liszt mostly

>>100499

I learned to sing by just singing along with the Beach Boys, Jeff Buckley, and stuff like that

It's important to remember that what makes your voice unique is what makes you a good or bad singer

>What are you playing?

Guitar and a little bit of keyboard.

>How's your progress?

Alright. I've got some basic guitar chords down. Right now I'm mostly practicing playing the same scale every day until I can improvise a simple solo. I'm not even into guitar solos, really, but I think it's something I should know how to do. I've been taking my guitar playing seriously for less than a year, so I think I'm doing alright.

As for keyboards, I'm mainly trying to be able to come up with good chord progressions. It really helps having a MIDI controller for workflow purposes rather than just clicking around. I definitely seem to be on the right track as far as that goes.

>Inspirations

For guitar, I like rock and roll, old-school punk, and '80s metal, but I don't know how well I could work those into the style of music I make. I see a melodic New Wave/post-punk kind of style as being my best bet.

When it comes to keyboards, I'm dead set on learning how to do chord progressions in the style of Boards of Canada. There's a level of emotional complexity to them that I've never heard elsewhere, and I'm bored with the idea of just continuing to come up with more elementary-sounding stuff. I'd also ideally like to learn to play ragtime, early jazz, and boogie-woogie further down the road if I decide to continue working on my playing skills.

>Learning material/recommended online tutors

There's a guy named harmsolidsnake on YouTube who does tutorials for Boards of Canada track that I really recommend if you're interested in them.

I don't really make use of those kind of teachers much otherwise.

>>100782

The 1 and the 5 of the chord generally. For a D chord it would be D then A.

>What are you playing?

Guitar, practicing on a shitty squire, wanting to get a nice acoustic

>How's your progress?

Steady

>Inspirations

I guess I spill the beans of this guy named Cory Lott, who goes by his band name Nulberry on youtube. He isn't exactly unknown as he has had a few of his covers go somewhat viral. I just love his Midwest Emo/Mathy Acoustic sound and he has pretty much inspired me to pick the guitar back up again. Posting the video to the first track of his I've taught myself, can play the separate sections 80%. Need to put them together a tighten it up in general. Would love to sing over the top of it, but I've never sung, much less over guitar, so that is still in the infant stages.

>>100792

Yea, that is the most basic form of it. You'll also see alternations between 1-3-1-5 if the chord comfortably allows it.

>>100793

The pattern can also be 1-5-3-5 and this isn't even bring in embellishments or various walks. You said Johnny Cash style right? So his should be this simplest, 2 lowest of the intervals depending on how they stack up in the given chord.

For example a C chord you will likely play C(1) - strum - G(5) - strum

while a G chord willl likely be G(1) - strum - B(3) - strum

My recommendation is to play along with the songs you like and want to learn, Just play the base notes and don't worry about strumming at first. This will help train you ear as well.