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Dynamics - Part 2

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Wed, 10/13/2010 - 09:19
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Listening to Little Walter's "Off The Wall," did you hear how the volume of each chorus changes? Pretty cool. This is something you can start doing now to add more dynamics to your solos.

Homework #2 - Improvise to a jam track or play one of the study songs you're working on in the site and change your volume at each chord change.

For example...

I7 = Soft
IV7 = Loud
I7 - Back to soft
V7-IV7-I7 = Medium in volume
I7-V7 (Turnaround) Soft or loud

Give this a try and you'll be amazed at how much more emotional your playing will sound.

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