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Bertman
| | Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 02:53 pm: | 
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Sorry Captpete I didn't get back sooner, as I have been gone watching the golf pros hitting the little round ball around Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.
I know just enough theory to be dangerous, but I think it is based off of thirds and fifths and the Root note changes strings in the two tunings I play from time to time.
Open D scale - D - E - F# - G - A - B - C#
Root on 6th string
6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
D - A - D - F# - A - D
I - V - I - III - V - I
Open G scale - G - A - B - C - D - E - F#
Root on 5th string
6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
D - G - D - G - B - D
V - I - V - I - III - V
It is the same I - V - I - III - V pattern but the root just moves up the one string. The Open G chord would really be a gmaj/5. If anyone else knows the real truth let me know. |
Court
| | Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 03:36 pm: |
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Mark Whitebook |
Whodom
| | Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 06:14 pm: |
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This is the thread-from-hell, isn't it? (I mean that in a good way.)
Interesting to see Sadowsky mentioned here; I had forgotten they make guitars too. They are very highly regarded in the bass world for their basses.
Open tunings are also cool for playing slide. Get a copy of "Dust My Broom" by Elmore James (or any of the myriad songs that ripped off that lick), tune to open G (or whatever), get a slide, and have at it. |
Djkaplan
| | Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 09:52 pm: |
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Also, if you want to mess around with a slide, it goes over the frets...., not between them. Not that I have any tips on slide playing, but I do know that (now).
I've mess around with drop D and open G, but just the standard tuning is a big enough mystery for me. I know some players that have dedicated guitars for open tunings, and not just for slide.
All this guitar talk has given me some motivation to air out the stable this weekend. I may never be a great musician, but I sure am fortunate I have these incredible instruments for my creative outlet (or ejection as the case may be). |
Captpete
| | Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 10:44 pm: |
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Thanks, Bertman, but now I’m really confused. Whole-steps and or half-steps? That’s where I’m getting messed up, I guess.
My good friend and mentor plays a number of tunes in DADGAD, which he calls Open D. That would be 5th’s and 7th’s, if you counted half-steps. Unfortunately, he’s now on the other side of the world, so I can’t step into the pub and ask him what he’s doing.
Oh, well, I’m in over my head. I shouldn’t be bothering people about this stuff ‘cause I’ll never get/need it anyway. I know how to tune one to open E, and know where to put the slide for major chord changes, but I don’t know much about moving it around once I get there. I guess I’ll just stick to my 6 chords and capo routine. I still find that challenging, and don’t get bored with it.
But thanks for trying. |
Mikej
| | Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 11:26 pm: |
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Diggin' up the archives since there's a couple guitar threads now and in the past. Just today finally got a new/used guitar that I feel I can start to learn on. The local Musicgoround store had an Ibanez Artcore hanging in their used aisle. It was between the Artcore and one of the three OscarSchmidt hollow bodies they had. Sales guy sort of swung me toward theIbanez for a couple of reasons, easier to handle, a bit better quality, some other stuff. Now the fun of building caluses begins. Let's see, I've had golf caluses, pool cue caluses, motorcycle caluses, and a few other types of caluses. This could get interesting to see how fingers adapt to sliding on stretched wires, bending guitar strings, and generally learning how not to bleed on the new instrument.
I'll post a pic when I can. |
Court
| | Posted on Monday, March 12, 2007 - 06:57 am: |
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You'll have a blast and the Ibanez will serve you well. It's a one step at a time deal . . . just as I declare, at the top of my lungs, "I think I was intended to be a trumpet player" I find a few more practice sessions helps me get something down. Find yourself a quiet corner and practice, practice, practice. . .
Your "bleeding" comment made me laugh. Several months ago I was practicing and felt something wet. I looked at the fretboard to see that, in fact, two callouses had given way and the guitar was covered in blood.
I took a picture of it and keep it in my practice area.
Go get'em. . you're going to have fun. |
Mikej
| | Posted on Monday, March 12, 2007 - 07:14 pm: |
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A quick pic of the new/used callouse maker and a small basic home-size amp I had sitting around. Ibanez Artcore TM71 and a Stone branded amp. Should get the job done.
(Hmmm, callus/callous/callouse/work-hardened-skin is one of them words that never looks like it is spelled correctly, oh well.)
(Note to self: put some bandaids and liquid skin in the guitar bag.) |
Bluzm2
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 12:05 am: |
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Hey Court!
I resemble that remark, I AM a trumpet player!!!
When I get pissed off I threaten to pick a guitar.
Usually less frustrating than learning a new descant part that hangs around C3 for bars on end.... the half notes and tied half-hole notes are chop killers up there.
Unless of course you can spend the necessary 1-2 hrs a day it takes to stay in shape for the "upper range".
I've got no time for that, I have too many bikes to keep running!
Brad |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 08:26 am: |
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Brad. . you nailed it!
I still like what my teacher (and Jimmy Bruno) say about practice. . . "you can get by on 10 hours a day".
I generally try to save one hour of every day to run and one to play . . I consider it more therapy than practice.
I'd love to be able to play trumpet but am not sure the SCU would survive that.
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Mikej
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 06:48 pm: |
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Funny coincidences, way way back in grade school, 5th or 6th grade, I took trumpet lessons. Here I am nine million years later still trying to learn music.
Picked up a used trombone at a yard sale a year or two ago thinking I might want to give it a go. Wife's grandson wanted to learn so it went to him instead. After a few lessons he decided he wanted to play a Sax instead. The trombone? Got no idea where it is now. Probably just as well, having enough learning curve with the guitar now.  |
Court
| | Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 03:24 pm: |
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Mike:
Here's how much fun you're going to have . .
Welcome to the club . . . we're snowed in here today so I figured what the heck. . . moved everything to the living room, stuffed a mic in the soundboard of the 7' Grand and have been playing since sunrise . . .now back to the real world.
Have fun. . . you'll love every moment of it! Perhaps the most addictive hobby there is . . . . my wife keeps thinking I SHOULD have taken up trumpet.
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