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Expert Profile: Dustin Martin

Expertise: Music Theory Related questions. Harmonizing scales, Chord progressions, Chord formulas, Modes. What scale patterns you should/could play over certain chords. etc... I should be able to answer almost any theory related question and if I don't know off hand I will try to find out.

Experience in the area
I have a had 5 years of private lessons with an experienced teacher who has done studio work, worked live, He has taught several students who are now professional musicians, including Madonna's Guitarist. Personally, I have taught classes of students from age 12 to age 50. I have also had 2 years of training at the collegiate level. I've played jazz, rock, classical, country, and plenty of other things That i don't recall at the moment. I've worked as Live Sound engineer, Drum Technician, live guitarist, and some studio work.

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What do you like about this subject? I like how Music Theory makes it possible to describe something intangible. Without knowledge of theory it would be more difficult to communicate ideas with other musicians, and once you understand theory learning is faster

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? I am currently pursuing a degree in Audio Engineering from Belmont University in Nashville, TN. I hope to go on and work as a musician and eventually get into producing. Also, I feel to be successful in this field you have to always be learning, and the best way to learn is to teach. So I always want to be teaching someone.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: Why should you learn theory as a musician? Learning music theory is like getting cheat codes for a video game. You could beat the game without the codes, but with them you can conquer the game much faster.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject Aristotle thought the phrygian mode would make people gay.

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Prestige Points: 580
Knowledge	9.84 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.79 Best of the best
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Politeness	9.95 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		1
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		129

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	08/14/08
10	10	10	10	03/28/08
10	10	7	10	12/31/07
10	10	10	10	11/03/07
10	10	10	10	04/30/07

User Comments

Thanks so much for the reply and explaination of using modes. It was very helpful.
(victor on 03/28/08)

Thanks you very much the cale helped alot too
(Steve on 12/31/07)

Thanks Dustin
(randy on 11/03/07)

Thanks! Sarah
(Sarah on 04/30/07)

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Recent Answers from Dustin Martin

2008-08-07 Help with Am Scale and chords to play: An A minor pentatonic Scale would typically be played over a I IV V in A so your chords would be A major D major, E major.. Often these chords are embellished as dominant chords; so you can also play...

2008-07-26 chords: If those are your only chords the song can be thought of as being in the key of G minor / Bb major. However, since you are playing metal It is also possible that you are in the key of e minor. Often in...

2008-07-03 Guitar: The simple answer would be just learn every solo you hear, and that would provide you with an assortment of licks. Nearly every rock solo comes straight out of the Diatonic Scale. If you don't know...

2008-05-07 B add 11 chord: The chord you have shown is a B Major add 11. The particular voicing you depicted is spelled as: B F# B D# B E. The chord is derived from a B major scale. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B C# D# E F# G# A#...

2008-04-23 Playing metal-style guitar and upstrokes: My general rule for upstrokes and down strokes is as follows: A. I keep my foot taping to the beat and when my foot goes down I use a down stroke when the foot is coming I upstroke. I envision that...