Learn Guitar quickly & simply! Crash course for beginners TUTORIAL
Learning to play a six stringed guitar can be challenging and time consuming. Many end up getting impatient and learning just the basics. I designed this course to help beginners get quick knowledge and practice, so they can start playing lead tunes or play along (such as while singing or when playing with a band), with lesser time and effort.
All without the need for previous music knowledge or jargons. I have focused on keeping it easy and to the point. With some practice of the given exercises, you will surely get the hang of it in just a few days. Practicing few hours every day is suggested but take frequent breaks at the start, until your finger tips harden and grip gets stronger, to avoid unnecessary pain. Also note that this course is meant for right handed people, unless you reflect the screen on a mirror!
Becoming a pro level guitarist will, of course, require continued practice and also further learning. But this course will certainly form a solid foundation for the same while also getting you ready to play popular tunes and chords from A to G (including all flat, major and minor chords).
Also, make sure to check the “important note” on scales and chords.
Bulgarian Vox Trilogy – O R P H E U S
The ORPHEUS vocal sample library project was started in 2004. Its mission is to outline the legend of the mystery of the Bulgarian voices. To make that happen, the producer Ivan Kovachev invited several generations of the best Bulgarian professional choirs, vocal groups and soloists to present the traditional vocal treasure of the country.
The instrument patches included in this collection bring authentic Balkan ambience into any style of music compositions, film scoring and mixing. All vocal samples included in the trilogy are “dry”, bringing only the original acoustic ambience of the recording studio hall.
The ORPHEUS sample library was made in Bulgaria including the recording, audio design, instrument programming and UI design. Sincere thanks to all professionals (the choirs, vocal groups, solo singers, vocal experts, conductors and organizers) who took part in that project.
LIBRARY FEATURES
– 27 Instrument Patches (totally different phrases) organized into four suites using short abbreviation info after the patch name:
+ Patch Name (SYNC)
Tempo synced choir phrases (available in 12-13 pitches mostly). This suite type is auto-synced to the Kontakt or to the sequencer host tempo.
+ Patch Name (CHORD SYNC)
Tempo synced unison choir phrases. You can “play musically” and compose chords, custom polyphony and polyrhythmic motifs with these suites (up to 25 key pitches are available).
This suite type is auto-synced to the Kontakt or to the sequencer host tempo.
+ Patch Name (RUB)
Free tempo “Rubato” choir phrases. The rubato phrases are available in “One shot” mode and “Loop” mode. There are several loop types for the different patches such as “Unison region”, “Phrase pattern” etc. For example, in “Unison region” mode you can play sustain chords, custom polyphony etc, i.e. you switch from phrase mode to a chorus layering articulation.
+ Patch Name (SOLO VOX)
This suite offers five extra solo vocals which present various style of singing related to the different folklore regions of Bulgaria.
– Interactive phrase & sound patch creation. You can compose new vocal phrases from existing ones or create amazing sound patches “on the fly” thanks to the new Workstation Instrument developed by Audiogrocery (read the Instrument Features below).
– 4Gb samples (3.2Gb compressed NCW)
– 48kHz\24bit – stereo
INSTRUMENT FEATURES
– Workstation user interface design. The optimized Workstation design offers you a direct “one page” overview of all parameters, editors and settings so you can control them easily which is an essential feature for your music creativity.
– Dynamic UI knob/fader labels. The knob/fader labels switch to “value” monitoring during the knob/fader tweaking. If the knob/fader tweaking is stopped for a while, the “value” monitoring is switched back to label mode showing the parameter type, such as dB, Hz, Cut, Res etc.
– Ultimate Sample Start Editor (SSE). You can create a custom sample start (SS) marker for each sample key (incl. the blue note keys or the red key switches) directly by dragging the play cursor to a given place in the UI wave form editor. The SS marker is stored on the fly for each key. After the quick SS key mapping you can trigger the samples so that each sample starts from its SS mapped position. This advanced technology gives you the possibility to compose new phrases from existing ones!
– Three SSE Modes (achieved by a “Mode” switcher).
+ KS Mode (Key Switch Mode)
In this mode the red keys behave as SS key switchers.
Example: To set a custom SS for a given red key switch you just trigger shortly that key number and move the play cursor to the desired place (the SS is stored automatically for that key). You can apply the same procedure for the other red key switches. In this mode all (blue key) samples will start from the same sample start position switched via the red KS!
+ KP Mode (Key Play Mode)
The red key switches are disabled in this mode.
In KP Mode the blue sample keys behave as sample triggers (as usual) and sample triggering key switches at the same time. This is the default mode and is recommended for use with the CHORD SYNC suites.
Note: If you have made any SS mapping using another mode (see KS mode above), all markers are temporarily stored and can be used in the other modes too!
The SS markers are stored when you save the Instrument as user patch or if you store your current work as performance preset in the UI “Presets” menu!
+ TRP Mode (Transpose Mode)
The red key switches are enabled in this mode but their behavior is different compared to the KS Mode (see above). In TRP Mode you use the red key switches to midi change/transpose the original pitch key C, C#, D etc, while the blue note keys behave as sample start jumping markers and sample triggering ones simultaneously. In this mode all blue keys are transposed to the “Key Note” set by a given red key switch. The TRP mode is recommended for the SYNC & RUB suite types. You can copy/paste a SS marker from one key to other keys or reset all SS markers using the corresponding buttons in the SSE.
– Performance Presets midi controlled menu (up to 32 presets). You can make Quick Save snapshots of your current work using the new dynamic UI Presets menu (the performance presets can be cross-used with all Instrument suites and patches). You can type dynamically a custom patch name directly into the menu and hit the “Save” button to store the preset. The “Save” button and the Presets menu can be midi learned to custom CC numbers allowing you to store your performance preset in real time! You can copy each preset from one menu position and paste it to another just by switching “OFF” the Load button. The “Presets” menu can be controlled via the cyan note key switches or midi learned to a custom CC# and controlled via that CC# later.
– PXF A/B Motor Mix. The PXF (Presets “X” Fade) feature is designed for making dynamic A/B cross-fade transitions between two performance Presets. The A/B morphing is time based so that you can use note durations, such as Bar(s), 1/2, 1/4 etc to sync the A/B transition musically with the host tempo. You can switch off the small note symbol button and use free timing – 0,5s, 1s, 2s etc.
– True Midi Latch. The True Midi Latch is another intelligent feature which is developed to be used in various situations, so you can play and latch/hold chords, polyphonic or monophonic voices automatically. By enabling the “Latch” button you can trigger a chord, remove your hand from the keys (the chord will be held automatically) and play another chord on another position after a while. The previous voices will be killed automatically and the new one will be triggered super legato.
A special midi “Clutch” key switch assignment (colored in black) can be used for making musical rests during latch play – i.e. if you need to stop the latching for a moment you just trigger the black KS. Triggering musical notes again will start the midi latching automatically and so on.
The “Latch “ button can be controlled via midi CC as well so you can use that function with pedals, or other hardware controllers. A special “silent mode” works all the time irrespective of the “Latch” button ON/OFF status, so you can come into latching or exit latching without any hanging notes. Another extra is the “ Host Sequencer Auto Stop” latching. If you stop your host sequencer all latched instruments in Kontakt will be terminated.
– Extended MIDI LFO. It is a brand new complex tool which is based entirely on KSP midi processing. The unique “Hybrid” capability allows you to send a custom CC# from the LFO and route it outside Kontakt or to control any UI parameter in ORPHEUS via midi learning.
At the same time you can set another LFO destination (in the “Dest:” menu) to control the Kontakt instrument modulators, such as Volume, Pan, LPF and HPF.
– X/Y Pad & Scale utilities. You can learn/unlearn any parameter to Y or X faders using the “Learn & Unlearn” buttons. The “Scale” utility can be used for making custom scale for a given target parameter including reverse action, custom range etc (the scale is automatically stored for that assignment). You can make custom scale for each parameter, as well as link/learn multiple parameters to Y or X faders. All assignments are temporarily stored until you save the Instrument as Kontakt user patch, or save the assignments as a performance Preset. You can freeze the assignments via the “Snowflake” button – read below. The button combination Learn + Unlearn clears all X/Y link and scale assignments for that performance preset in one go.
– Freeze Function Buttons. These buttons are designed to stop the recalling of some parameters during the performance Presets change. There are three freeze buttons: one for sample start markers freezing in the “SSE” sector; one in the “Presets” sector which freezes the musical parameters recalling and one in the “Scale” utilities sector which freezes the scale assignments and settings, if any.
– Extended Pitch Bend range (up to 36 semitones). You can assign the PB range up to 36 semitones in the “Pitch” box placed in the Utilities sector. The PB range setting is stored in the current performance preset so you can save different PB settings for each performance preset. You can create extreme FX patches by combining wide PB with multiple LFO destinations, HPF, HPF, Delays etc. The PB can behave as a virtual CC in ORPHEUS – read below.
– Pitch Bend as Controller. This extra function gives you the possibility to right click any parameter in the UI and “Learn MIDI CC Automation” to the pitch bend. In this scenario you can bend the samples and control a given parameter simultaneously. If you want to use the PB as Controller only, you can stop bending just by setting the “Pitch” box to “0” in the Utilities sector.
Hint: You can use the new “Pitch Bend as Controller” function with keyboards where the Pitch Bend & Modulation are combined in a joystick, so you can control the X/Y Pad simultaneously. Just learn the X to the PB and the Y to the Modulation.
– CC11 (Expression) initial control. The global dynamics of the ORPHEUS instruments can be controlled via CC11 (Expression). It is not necessary to send a CC11 after you load any ORPHEUS instrument (some other library instruments show a message “WARNING: CC11 not received yet”).
The ORPHEUS instruments Expression values are initially set to 127 by default. If you decide to use any Expression during ORPHEUS instrument play, you must know that the last CC11 value will be saved as initial one in case you want to store your instrument as a user patch or if you store the DAW project!
FULL version of NI Kontakt 5.0.0 or later required!
DIGIWAX by DJ Journey gives you a bundle of 33 future sounds, loops & reverse drums to program your EBM beats. What’s EBM? “Electronic Body Music” is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of industrial music and synth-punk. It developed in the early 1980s in Germany and Belgium and came to prominence in Belgium at the end of the decade.
If you’re looking for that “feel good” vibe, look no further. Filled with melodic construction kits and rich recordings of analog instruments and sounds from some of our favorite cities across the globe, we are proud to be able to share that Feel Good Sound with you. Genres: Funk Disco Nu Disco R&B Hip Hop House Electronica Deep House Tropical House Pop Reggae Caribbean.
Beatmakers in today’s modern technology driven world, are always looking to advance their workflow. As sound designers, it’s our job to give the producers and beatmakers ideas to start their concepts. Chord Lords, Book 1, by Beat Hack Lords gives you the tools to start, concept, and complete the beat in your head. Remember, all great songs start with a catchy chord structure. Enjoy!
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Beatmakers in today’s modern technology-driven world, are always looking to advance their workflow. As sound designers, it’s our job to give the producers, ideas to start their concepts. Chord Lords, Book #2, by Beat Hack Lords gives you the tools to start, concept, and complete the beat in your head. Remember, all great songs start with a catchy chord structure. Enjoy!
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PrxjectSin is a Production Group and record label founded by JodyB, Dxvid808 and GrimBrxzy. Producing for well known performers such as Lil Uzi Vert, Future, Lil Duke and T-Shyne just to name a few (Updated Credits). in December 25, 2020 PrxjectSin released their first official single “Glow” By Switty and jdiggy, with switty being the PrxjectSin Artist. PrxjectSin is also known for being the creators of Super Trap.
Play tons of chords over the entire fretboard, in any position, and in any key, so you could play songs faster and easier.
Power Chords
A power chord is essentially a chord that is missing one of the notes of the triad – the 3rd, the note that defines if a chord is major or minor. It can be played over two or three strings. Let’s see and example starting on the 6th string: the root note, in this case G, is on the lowest string (6th string at 3rd fret), and in case of a 3-string power chord it’s also on the highest string one octave higher.
You can use any combination of fingers that works for you to play these notes. This chord shape can be moved down one string, in this case the root will be on the 5th string.
Moving down another string, we have to adjust the chord shape in order to accommodate for the tuning of the guitar: so the shape of the 4th string power chord will be like this.
In the next chapters we will look at how we can creatively expand these shapes and add different colors to the basic power chord.
Adding The 9th
As a first option we will move the note on the highest string of a 3-finger power chord, which is the root up one octave: by moving it up two frets we can add a 9th to our chord.
Adding The Sharp 5
By moving the note on the second string – the 5th – up one fret we get a very dark sounding chord that can work very well in a metal context, and in fact is widely used by bands like Dokken, Megadeth, Judas Priest and so on.
Adding The Flat 5
Moving the same note in the opposite direction we get another very interesting option, also with a very dark sound.
Descending Movement
The following examples use these expansions to get a descending movement.
Using Power Chord Fragments
By using only the lower two strings of a 3-string power chord we still have a full power chord (because both the root and the 5th are still present), but we can also play an open string and move this fragment to achieve interesting effects.
Moving down one string, some cool sounds in the style of bands like Motley Crue and Iron Maiden can be played.
You can use any finger combination that works for you, including playing both strings with one finger. This ‘inverted power chord’ concept (because now we have the 5th as the bass note) is very widely used – it’s also used in the second part of the Dokken-style example we have seen in the previous chapter.
Heavier Sounding Power Chords
The ‘inverted power chord’ concept can also be used to achieve a fuller sound for our power chords, closer to what we would get if we were using a 7 string guitar. We can add this note to our usual 2- or 3-string power chords when playing on the 5th string
This works when playing chords on the 4th and 3rd string as wel
Adding Major Sound
The power chord can’t be major by definition, but we can use the movements we have seen so far to add a major sound to power chord playing. We have already found an example in the style of Megadeth when looking at descending movement, and ascending movement can also be used.
Adding Minor Sound
The same can be done with the minor 3rd, which is found one fret lower. Looking at all these options, we have a set of possible expansions on the string below the root that can be used.
The following is a great minor sound example in the style of Metallica.
Blues Movements
Moving two frets up from the 5th we have this typical blues sound. We can even stretch 3 frets up to reach the 7th (in our example G).
Changing The Bass
Another option for getting a different sound with power chords.
An incredible tool for creating beautiful evolving cinematic guitars
Zero-G Impromptu Electric Guitars is a cinematic Kontakt 6 instrument featuring 21 patches and over 8GB of samples. IEG is dedicated to the creation of complex guitar-based, ever-evolving soundscapes.
Three exceptional guitars (including an electric Baritone) were sampled in great detail at 48kHz/24bit, using condenser and ribbon microphones and processed through a large number of guitar pedals.
The centrepiece of IEG is the Impromptu Engine; a system that utilises loops of improvised, un-synced snippets combined with a granular synthesizer.
We recorded improvised performances in three different intensity layers that you are able to crossfade between using the central knob which is mapped to the mod-wheel by default.
Playing a note with the mod-wheel completely down will trigger a sparse improvised loop on that pitch; start moving the mod-
wheel up to gradually crossfade to the medium and finally, to the dense layer.
Other than the intensity, the layers were also sampled playing the instrument in different ways: the sparse layer was recorded playing the guitar with fingers, the medium layer was recorded using a soft, smooth, wooden pick while the dense layer was recorded using a thick, hard plastic pick.
BARITONE EXTRAS
The Baritone Extras folder contains three instruments obtained processing the baritone electric guitar through a series of guitar pedals. For these instruments, an SFX section is available. These effects can be triggered using the red keys in latch mode.
PADS
The Pads folder contains five instruments dedicated to creating guitar-based soundscapes. A multi-shape LFO is included to create movement and variation in the sound, its intensity can be controlled by the MOTION knob,
Turning the knobs left or right adds the corresponding shape to the LFO amplitude modulation, thus creating complex shapes.
The rectangle waveform has pulse width (PW) control. The LFO is synchronised to the host and its frequency can be changed (FREQ).
EXTRA INSTRUMENTS
– The folder Reverse Sync contains 4 and 8 bars, tempo-synced reversed samples that can be used as risers and transitions in your music.
– The folder Strat Extras contains single Harmonics plucks and a Strat Plucks Multi-Pick instrument. The Multi-Pick patch is velocity-sensitive and hitting the key with different velocities will trigger samples plucked in different ways.
– The folder Telechords contains a number of chordal patches recorded using a Telecaster Thinline. The two-note chords are samples containing only the root note and the minor or major third, one octave apart, which is an especially useful voicing for ambient music. Major chords are mapped on the purple keys, minor chords are mapped on the green keys. Hitting the key softly will produce a rolled chord.
IMPORTANT: This product requires the FULL version of Kontakt 6.5.2 or higher!
It will not work in the FREE Kontakt Player, except in DEMO Mode.
Thump is a electronic loop pack for all artists at all levels. You can write a whole unique backing track or use elements such as the piano for your own creation. This whole back is based around C Minor and Eb Major. This release features a Korg Prologue and a Korg Monopoly. Email me at [email protected] and follow me @wind_player1 on Instagram. Also check out my website cjrhen.com to get music written just for you.
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A collection of lo fi and industrial found sound drum hits perfect for soundtracks, glitchy percussion and ambient genres.
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The U is a glissy steel lamellophone created by master instrument inventor Bart Hopkin. Rather than having one tine per note, this creation has 14 closely spaced tines per note. Each group of tines is tuned in octaves and fifths across a range of three or four octaves. The sound is produced by stroking with a glissing action across the array of tines for the chosen note, using a thin stick-like plectrum. There are twelve such groups forming a chromatic scale. Since each group spans several octaves, melodies can be played creatively by accenting specific tines.
The tines are made of narrow stainless steel machine screws, tuned by adjusting the length using the hex nuts at the base. In addition, most of the screws are overtone-tuned by means of additional hex nuts serving as adjustable weights along the length. The final result is a fascinatingly liquid and metallic timbre, ideal for your next composition that requires a truly unique tone.
To start, we recorded The U up close in wide stereo. For our second mic position, we used a tetrahedral binaural microphone to give you a first-person experience of playing the instrument, with an intimate and enveloping sound. We’ve included a range of playable tuned and untuned articulations to give you complete freedom. And in classic Soundiron tradition, we’ve also included sound-designed textures, pads and tones that take the concept beyond its material source and into the realm of pure imagination. They can be played, layered, modulated and blended along with the natural acoustic articulations to achieve and endless array of new sonic combinations. The U offers you a broad, flexible palette of musical colors and comes equipped with easy-to-use layer mixing, performance tools and special effects to spark your creativity.
CONTENTS
The Kontakt interface includes a suite of automation-ready sound-shaping controls to give you total creative flexibility. You have control over swell, attack, release, offset, vibrato, filter, pitch (coarse & fine), articulation switching, cross-fading and layering, and so much more. We’ve also included 20 unique sound-designed custom FX presets to give you lots of creative options.
This library comes with an adaptable LFO system, with selectable LFO shape, modulation target parameter, speed, intensity, tempo-syncing and fade-in time. You can also apply your choice of 12 lowpass, high-pass and FX filters, with assignable modulation targets such as velocity, modwheel, expression, after-touch, key position and step-sequencer table control. Our customizable arpeggiator offers a velocity table and control over arp direction, timing, swing, randomization and duration. We’ve included a key and scale lock system to constrain your notes to common scales and keys for easy melodic composition and live performance.
The interface is rounded-out by our modular FX rack panel, with 18 different DSP effect modules that you can assign in any of 10 available slots, in any order that you wish. You’ll find classic phaser, flanger, delay, distortion, amp and cab simulators, compressors, EQ, rotator and so much more. The Reverb effect includes our favorite convolution reverb impulse responses, including 99 different rooms, halls, chambers and outdoor environments, plus another 40 custom FX impulses to radically transform the sound and open up whole new worlds of musical possibility. We’ve added a great bank of FX rack chain factory presets to get you started!
Product Specs:
2 Master presets and 20 Custom Sound-Designed FX and Ambient presets
1 Unique Hand-crafted steel lamellophone
Plucks, Bowed Shorts, Bowed Sustains, Glisses, Percussion, FX
24-bit, 48 kHz Stereo Lossless NCW Format.
7,694 Stereo Samples
5.04 GB Installed (8.89 GB Uncompressed)
Made for the free Kontakt Player (version 6.1+), Komplete Kontrol, all S-Series Keyboards and NKS software and hardware by Native Instruments
Works with the Kontakt “Libraries” browser and Native Access
Freak Music Minimal Ambient [WAV MIDI + Spire Presets]
Freak Music is proud to present “Minimal Ambient” – a collection of 10 construction kits for pure ambient music productions, but usable in more projects you can imagine. With a perfect combination of melodies, drums and atmospheric textures you will be able to find original sounds with plenty of chilling tones. This unique sound collection will bring new music ideas to every producer. These melodies come with MIDI analogues, so you can freely change the tempo, velocity and key along with presets included. Add some emotional vibes to your beats!
All of these sounds are Royalty-Free, so once purchased, you can use them in your commercial releases without having to pay any hidden costs.
Please Note: To access synthesizer presets, you need an up to date Reveal Sound’s Spire.
UpNorth Music Justin Blanc Vol.2 (Drums) Powered AIFF
Purple Tea Records owner, Justin Blanc, is back with specially crafted drum samples to produce some banging house tracks.
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