| | | Hey Friend,
Okay, so it's going to be one of those weeks!
By 0700 hrs this morning (yeah, sometimes I revert back to my Army days and go all 'military time'), I was already feeling full-on stress as I prepare to re-take this d@mn M$ exam.
I decided we all need a little fun today. If nothing else, at least I was able to re-introduce some chill into my life and relax a bit.
I wanted to point out an interesting technique you can use with chords to create a very melodic 'walk down' effect.
This was used extremely effectively by George Harrison in his song "Something" off the Beatles Abbey Road album.
Take a listen...
Now download the tabs for this exercise.
Look at the way the A note 'walks down' the G string. Listen to the MP3.
You should be able to hear the similarities in the chords I laid out for you compared to "Something." I transposed it a bit from C based chords to A based chords to make the exercise easier to see.
What happens is when you play a major chord, you inevitably have the octave note represented in the chord. As you can see in the tabs, the octave A note is on the third string (G).
With the A major 7 chord (A7M ), you change your fingering to include the seventh note from the key of A major, in this case the G# (G sharp).
Change your fingering again to move that seventh note to a flat 7 and you have the A dominant 7 chord.
Lastly, with the D major chord, the A note comes back in. A is the fifth note in the D major scale, so it fits nicely with the run down of A based chords.
I want you to try playing the chord progression on the tabs. Focus first on trying to figure out the fingering for each chord. This is your quiz.
Tomorrow I'll tell you how I play each chord and we'll see if we match!
And if you're finding these chords too difficult to play, you can still rock with Easy Power Chords. Power chords remove most of the challenge to playing chords and allow you to get busy right now.
You can be a serious contender playing only power chords. Fer real, Dude!
Now, I wouldn't recommend stopping there in your education, but you can play songs TODAY using Easy Power Chords. I'll show you how - No kidding!
Alright, that exam isn't going to take itself. Got to get back to the studying...
Peace~
Dave |
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