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Hi,
Hope I’m not stepping on anyone’s toes here, Brian ;o) , but I had a thought on the different jam tracks that you have, in fairness, kindly put up here for us…
I occasionally use a piece of software called Audacity, it’s a free download and is pretty handy for a number of things…
Recently I’ve been using it for playing your jam tracks as you can loop a particular part or change the tempo if needed…
This was all fine until I saw the “Change Pitch” option. Basically this option allows us to change the key that the track is being played in, moving a jam track in E to G or G# even!!
I just though that it would be a helpful tool for everyone to try your lessons in other keys…
Great way to get to know the fretboard…I’m probably not explaining it very well but I’ll do a video and put it up on You Tube at some point…
For the mean time here is a step by step…
1. Download Audacity from here :http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
2. Install, duh ;o)))
3. Open one of the downloaded jam tracks using Audacity.
4. Select the entire track, (ctrl a).
5. Go to “Effect” and then down to “Change Pitch”…
6. Put in the original pitch and change to a new pitch that you want to practice at…
7. Rock on!Again, Brian, I hope I’m not stepping on your toes here!!
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Not stepping on my toes at all, I think that’s a fantastic idea. In fact, I was just thinking that I need to start offering these in multiple keys for the very reason you stated, to help people get to know the fretboard better. Hmmm, now that I think about it, it would be pretty easy to offer a standard 12 bar blues jam track in every key. I can create a place on the site that users could download them ( in whatever key they need ). Awesome idea Ger.
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There’s a program for both Mac and PC called Transcribe! which does pitch changing, tempo changing and note determination. It works with many media formats including Quicktime video. If you want to learn songs by ear then this is the best tool I’ve come across. It costs $50 but is worth every penny.
BTW I have no affiliation other than a satisfied user :~)
BBG
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I bought a BB King play-along book that had a software disk in called “SlowDowner.” It allows you to slow down music without any loss of quality or pitch so can learn/practice the licks being played. Then, you can start to speed up the track until you’re able to play at normal speed.
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@BluesierByGuitar wrote:
There’s a program for both Mac and PC called Transcribe! which does pitch changing, tempo changing and note determination. It works with many media formats including Quicktime video. If you want to learn songs by ear then this is the best tool I’ve come across. It costs $50 but is worth every penny.
+1. I’ve been using Transcribe! for about a year now and just love it.
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Jr Member mentioned an app–slowdowner? Well the world famous VLC media player (plays anything believe me) has an arrow at each end of the time indicator line. If you click the left it slows the vid and the audio without changing the pitch. Click the right and it speeds ot up. And its free!Silverstrummer
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