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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Gmail <k3zz21@gmail.com> wrote: > Lol that scares me. I won't know the progression if I do it that way :/ > or do chord progressions even matter? I think everything matters. You just shouldn't rely on it, just make sure you know about it. If you don't instantly hear one played single note as the beginning of a melody or chord in a particular key and maybe also some beginning to a "story" in an alternate key/tempo, if you don't hear sound that way you must develop that ability. The way to learn it is to listen and if that doesn't work right away just listen more closely. A big mistake would be trying to play something that "seems to fit in" because that will only build you a prison of musical prejudices that will become hard to break free from. Just listen assured there is always, always something to hear behind any sound. A good way to relate to music is the questions-and-answers approach. Music can be like a discussion, one person says something and the other person answers and says something else that kind of relates. And so the chat develops naturally. This approach does also work for a solo performing musician, you just keep that same attitude towards your own playing. Play a phrase, shut up for a second to let it work and follow up with something related. Alternate between "question" and "answer" rather than playing one long line of notes. The beauty in this method is that it works so well because we sometimes make mistakes and the mistakes then will become the seed for evolution. When a mistake happens don't correct it, just listen to it as "a question" and try to "answer" in a civilized way. This will keep the flow exciting. Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.perboysen.com http://www.youtube.com/perboysen