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#244760 - 30/11/08 11:30 AM
Re: Wolfe's Beginners guide to chord theory
[Re: Unholymoondog]
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Wolfe
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Addendum:
Here's a couple of diagrams that can be used as a reference of how to use the five CAGED chord shapes as a basis of a sweep. The red notes are the recommended notes of a basic major sweep (1st,3rd,5th repeated twice), the green notes are the other notes of the scale, the blue notes are the three notes of the minor scale that differ from the major.
They all start on a C note, so are a C Major sweep. Needless to say, moving them about the neck to start on other notes will give you a sweep through that notes scale. Also, remember that if there are more than one notes on a string, hammer on or pull off to one of the notes instead of picking twice (more economical).
Remember the rules:
Major = 1st,3rd,5th
Minor = 1st,3rd,5th
Major 7th = 1st,3rd,5th,7th
Minor 7th = 1st,3rd,5th,7th
Dominant 7th = 1st,3rd,5th,7th
ADD9 = Add the 9th note (which is really just the 2nd note) to any of the above.
Sus2 = Replace the 3rd note with the 2nd of the scale (both together in a chord is just an ADD9 chord)
Sus4 = Replace the 3rd note with the 4th note
C Shaped pattern
(Probably the easiest to do)
D Shaped Pattern
(You might want to tap on that final 5th with your plucking hand to look insanely cool)
E Shaped Pattern
(You can start with your index finger and do the long stretch to the 3rd on the same string, or start with your second finger and go for the 3rd on the string immediately below)
A Shaped Pattern
(Again, you've got two choices of third to go for after the root note on the A string)
G Shaped Pattern
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#251445 - 25/02/09 12:00 PM
Re: Wolfe's Beginners guide to chord theory
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andy508
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I now understand......I have a lot of learning before me..... so if I learn this what happens? I can then play endless chords in harmony all over the neck, I have to stick to a range of notes dictated by the one I started (root)? ....hmmmmm.. a definate puzzle, enjoyable but frustrating without anyone to talk to.Since I ve been reading this it looks like Ill be back in my van for a while Bristol, Bath, Milton Keynes (offer of work) so no internet. I ve got it flagged but in the meanwhile thanks for broadening my goals, cant claim to understand 10% yet but at least I know what I dont understand ....at the moment thanks
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#254094 - 13/04/09 07:03 AM
Re: Wolfe's Beginners guide to chord theory
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Wolfe
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Well Tapping is just playing simple legato using both hands. Typically the left hand fingers and pulls off on one or two notes, the right hand playing another note further up the neck by hammering on and then pulling off the string. Made famous by Eddie Van Halen, it's something of a staple of rock music and some Jazz. Though you also see a lot of Acoustic players doing it these days, such as Erik Mongrain .....
Tapping for beginners
Advanced Tapping
Mellow Chordal Electric Tap
Sweeping is just the process of playing through the notes of a chord one at a time (arpeggio). However, you don't press down all the notes simultaneously, as you would when strumming through the notes of a chord. Instead you only pluck and have one note of the chord sounding at any given moment, which to the casual viewer makes it look like your not just playing a chord at all (lots of finger wiggling when your used to seeing them holding the same positions for a chord). The idea is not to pick the same string twice so that the pick just 'sweeps' down the strings and back up (as if you were strumming through a chord and back up very slowly). Again very popular in neoclassical rock and jazz (jazz seems to consist of almost non-stop sweeping, lol).
Sweep
Sweep 2
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#254261 - 15/04/09 11:07 AM
Re: Wolfe's Beginners guide to chord theory
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#254264 - 15/04/09 11:46 AM
Re: Wolfe's Beginners guide to chord theory
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Unholymoondog
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