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This is a Chord (2016)

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Re: This is a Chord (2016)

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Post by ghostpepper »

p_j_w wrote: post #39
cramjabsyn wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess D would make more sense than E, but also G E A sound great in a progression

>I guess D would make more sense than E Just learning to play the guitar myself and at least personally, have found D to be a pain in the ass of a chord shape. I can switch between A, E, and G all day long, but throw a D in there and I have to slow down and be a little more intentional. Muscle memory will happen, but for the combination of my brain and that shape, it happens more slowly. I don't think I'm the only on…

Are you playing the open D in the "bar plus one finger" style or the "3 individual fingers" style?

Re: This is a Chord (2016)

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Post by max182 »

grensley wrote: post #18
max182 wrote: post #10

I think this is a good way of approaching life. Learn the absolute basics, then start making things. Trying to learn everything first will keep you in the consumer mindset. Be a producer.

I really like this explanation from Ira Glass on the gap between taste and talent and how you just need to do a ton of work to fight through it. https://vimeo.com/85040589

This is amazing. Thank you.

Re: This is a Chord (2016)

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Post by sambapa »

naet wrote: post #40
sambapa wrote: post #5

That's quite an unusual collection of chords, maybe because B major chord is too hard for beginners. I-bIII-IV is some Bela Bartok-level shit.

These are more or less the three easiest open guitar chords for a beginner to learn, all major, so not very unusual IMO. The roots fall on a pentatonic scale which works well with basic rock music (see the referenced TNT song by AC/DC).

Idk. C, am, F and G are as easy, if not easier, and you can play with them a nice I-IV-vi-V instead of this modal interchange shit.

Re: This is a Chord (2016)

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Post by sambapa »

jrajav wrote: post #38
arrakeen wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

had to look this guy up and watched the video for "All Night Long". with audio only, this is pretty much just a sample-heavy jazz-pop cover that would be indistinguishable from just a regular multi-track recording. i'm assuming what makes him special is his video approach where all the "samples" are shown as video clips of the musicians performing them. i'd probably describe the approach as "an actually talented vers…

Jacob Collier won a grammy for each of his first four albums, has a massive following, is known for pushing the boundaries of practical application of music theory, and is well respected by musicians of every kind. There's a bit more to what makes him special than what can be reduced to a single gimmick or reductive comparison.

He leaves me totally cold. IMO he's very unmusical, like a guitar shredder but 100000x worse.

Re: This is a Chord (2016)

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Post by medler »

arrakeen wrote: post #28
andrei_says_ wrote: post #16

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And then someone like Jacob Collier comes along and we don't know what to say anymore because language just does not apply to such a phenomenon.

had to look this guy up and watched the video for "All Night Long". with audio only, this is pretty much just a sample-heavy jazz-pop cover that would be indistinguishable from just a regular multi-track recording. i'm assuming what makes him special is his video approach where all the "samples" are shown as video clips of the musicians performing them. i'd probably describe the approach as "an actually talented vers…

Collier has an impressive knowledge of music theory but for me music is about emotion and expression, and I’ve never been able to find much of either in his compositions or performances. Just my 2 cents.

Re: This is a Chord (2016)

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Post by tyingq »

klodolph wrote: post #35
max182 wrote: post #10

I think this is a good way of approaching life. Learn the absolute basics, then start making things. Trying to learn everything first will keep you in the consumer mindset. Be a producer.

I saw a post recently—a musician was asking for advice about how to set up some super-complicated one-person performance rig. They wanted guitar, bass, keyboard, synths, amps & pedals, mic for singing, etc. This would be for their first live performance, or something like that. It’s so tempting to do a ton of prep and try to blow people away. I think it’s a flavor of procrastination or perfectionism that gets in the…

Cam Cole is my favorite in the "one man band" niche. He doesn't use that many instruments, and maybe isn't the most talented of the lot technically. But he's one of the few where I liked the songs just for the song itself, without caring it was a one-man-band setup. https://youtu.be/XnHT1nGJt78

Re: This is a Chord (2016)

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Post by qzervaas »

sambapa wrote: post #44
naet wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These are more or less the three easiest open guitar chords for a beginner to learn, all major, so not very unusual IMO. The roots fall on a pentatonic scale which works well with basic rock music (see the referenced TNT song by AC/DC).

Idk. C, am, F and G are as easy, if not easier, and you can play with them a nice I-IV-vi-V instead of this modal interchange shit.

Maybe swap F for Em. Beginners aren't (successfully) playing F, no matter which variation.

Re: This is a Chord (2016)

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Post by d23 »

tylerFowler wrote: post #48

> Why are the markings on the frets and not in between them? Those aren't frets, those be strings.

I'm not sure how to word this, but he's not talking about the strings, he's talking about the frets. Usually these diagrams have the marking where the finger goes, not where the string hits the fret.
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