mga kapatid, tips naman dyan.
we a keyboardist, acoustic guitarist, and two electric guitarists. ako yung isa and doing leads kapag may pagkakataon, or kung hindi makakakuha ng attention during worship. our keyboardist doesn't usually do the "filling" of the music. so mahirap din singitan ng plucking yung ibang songs kasi sya na gumagawa. so ang filler is usually the guitars. i also do vox voicings, kaya i end up using chords and power chords (di pa ko masyado sanay pagsabayin e). i just see to it that i do the higher octave chords para di kami pareho ng isang electric guitarist.
baka mabigyan nyo kami ng tips para magkaron ng distinction ang bawat instrument namin. keys, acoustic, elec1, and elec2. yung 1 electric guitarist namin uses a dist pedal, and her amp's OD for effects. ako naman amp's OD, a chorus and a delay (looped).
we play darrell evans, paul baloche, hillsong, our community's compositions. mixed ang tinutugtugan namin. may pang youth and pang elders minsan. minsan magkasama sa isang event.
pa sama na din kung anong suggested christian bands/songs ang pede naming pagaralan besides the above mentioned.
salamats
Ang tawag dyan sa basic dynamics is "paghanap ng puwesto." Pwede naman kayo magplay in unison e, tipong pare-pareho yung strummed chords nyo pero make sure that you're playing the same rhythm pattern (including strumming) or nagcocomplement ang rhythm ng chords and notes ninyo.
Pero di naman masama kung hindi very distinct yung tunog ng lahat ng instruments eh. Basta maganda ang blend sa mix, then there is harmony. Keep in mind na kung Christian music ang tugtugan, hindi individual "glorification" ang objective kundi leading the people in worship. Kung yung collective effort nyo eh nakakagawa nun, then mission accomplished na. Pero kung solohan naman ang balak mo, kailangan mo ng booster or kailangan pihitin ng sound tech at the right moment yung timpla sa mix para umangat yung level nung sosolo.
Sa band namin, core yung bassist, drummer and rhythm guitarist while ako medyo in the middle. I play a lot of ambient stuff and I play solos too. May violinist and saxophone player pa kasi kami so hindi pwedeng puro sa akin ang mga linya. Minsan yung rhythm guitarist yung nagsosolo pag trip ko lang mag-rhythm all the way. Kung pareho kayong naka-OD/distortion sa isang part ng kanta, one electric guitarist can play the chords while another can add texture to the song by doing octaves. That way, mapapakapal mo yung tunog ninyo, distinct yung ginagawa mo and at the same time, hindi distracting pakinggan.
Another thing I do pag multiple guitarists is I play arpeggios of the chords pero ini-invert ko yung chords para mas interesting pakinggan. Madami pang pwede magawa actually pero I hope makatulong yung few pointers na binigay ko
Mga pinapakinggan kong Christian artists/albums ngayon:
Lincoln Brewster
Chris Tomlin
Tim Hughes
Planetshakers
Ron Kenoly
The Smithton Outpouring (with Lincoln Brewster on guitar)
Abraham Laboriel and Friends
etc.
