"One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." -Lou Reed
That reminds me of another yarn:
Rock Music: 3 chords played to 1000 people
Jazz Music: 1000 chords played to 3 people
This is a Chord (2016)
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#12Makes me think of the second verse of "Joyride," from one of Built to Spill's first, punkier albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncB-kQUUgQ&t=72s
"This part of the song is called the second verse
Sounds just like the first verse but with different words
But all it has is three chords and they are A D E and D
There are A D and E and D
There goes the Dm D A E D"
Re: This is a Chord (2016)
#13"One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." -Lou Reed
That reminds me of another yarn: Rock Music: 3 chords played to 1000 people Jazz Music: 1000 chords played to 3 people
The power of writing your music for people vs writing your music for musicians.
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#14Why didn't they put DOTs BETWEEN the frets?!? Arrrrrrgh!
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#15I 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.
Be a producer![0]
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#16"One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." -Lou Reed
That reminds me of another yarn: Rock Music: 3 chords played to 1000 people Jazz Music: 1000 chords played to 3 people
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.
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#17Why didn't they put DOTs BETWEEN the frets?!? Arrrrrrgh!
I know it's not the convention, but I almost prefer it this way.
As someone who is self-taught (read: bad) on guitar, I spent literally years playing songs and suffering hand cramps before realizing that it takes a lot less pressure to fret the note closer to the fret.
All because I initially learned on tablature, and tablature typically shows it "wrong." (or I read it wrong for a long time -- feel free to blame me as much as you deem appropriate if you are fond of tabs)
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#18I 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.
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#19Am-E-G would have been ii-V-I, the everpresent faux-jazz progression (also common in actual jazz of a certain vintage).
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#20"One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." -Lou Reed
That reminds me of another yarn: Rock Music: 3 chords played to 1000 people Jazz Music: 1000 chords played to 3 people
Modern indie music: three 7th chords and a chorus pedal played for 250 people