After re-tubing my amp last week, I re-strung my strat style axe last night before rehearsal. holy crap. Sound flew out of that guitar. Reminder to me to restring more often.
1,427 2013-01-22 20:10:17
Re: NGD And A Theremin Update (4 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Haha roger. I'll try and take one tonight when I'm back at the condo.
1,428 2013-01-22 13:35:05
Topic: NGD And A Theremin Update (4 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I've been working from our Kansas City offices quite a great deal, and since I can't go for more than a couple days without playing (and since I hate traveling with my guitars), I purchased a fender 300ce from a shop here in town. Action is good, the tone is surprisingly deep, and it's overall a nice guitar to leave at the office.
Theremin update: I'm horrid at this.
1,429 2013-01-16 16:16:37
Re: Pentatonic scale (6 replies, posted in Music theory)
Astronomikal wrote:
jerome.oneil wrote:A C D E G A
So without looking it up, that's 1-b3-4-5-b7-(1), right? Regardless, I'm guessing that's MINOR pentatonic, because of the b3?
Precisely.
1,430 2013-01-16 16:15:47
Re: When do you re string (17 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Time for some mollycoddling.
1,431 2013-01-10 15:58:55
Re: Questions re: Chord numbering ("Nashville") (15 replies, posted in Music theory)
I meant I got your message. 
Been crazy at work and I lost track of the email. I'll dig it up now.
1,432 2013-01-09 14:01:20
Re: Questions re: Chord numbering ("Nashville") (15 replies, posted in Music theory)
Got it.
1,433 2013-01-08 19:23:20
Re: CC Rider (14 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Awesome voice dude. Very bluesy. You sound like your woman done left you in the cold cold rain. 
1,434 2013-01-08 13:45:30
Re: Questions re: Chord numbering ("Nashville") (15 replies, posted in Music theory)
I'd like to see it.
1,435 2013-01-08 00:57:13
Re: Questions re: Chord numbering ("Nashville") (15 replies, posted in Music theory)
Eloquently stated.
1,436 2013-01-07 23:46:36
Re: Questions re: Chord numbering ("Nashville") (15 replies, posted in Music theory)
Never heard it. That's pretty. Where'd you get that transcription?
1,438 2013-01-07 16:50:20
Re: Questions re: Chord numbering ("Nashville") (15 replies, posted in Music theory)
I don't do strict nashville numbering...use my own lil' system that is pretty close. I would show that as bVI. Some of it depends upon the context of the song you're playing. Are these chords from a real song or just something you made up?
To your second question...there are a couple of ways you can do that. In classical type theory you can show a temporary modulation via a slash chord...so for your D7 above, you can show that as II7. You can also call it a V of V, meaning that D7 is the V chord of the V of C (G). That would appear as V7/V.
I think that this numbering system gets pretty cumbersome with modulations and non-diatonic chords, but maybe that's just me.
1,439 2013-01-04 14:26:32
Re: Help Confirm My Understanding of Mode (14 replies, posted in Music theory)
Home chord is the tonic. Seven bridges Road is an example of a song that is not written diatonically - but your analysis of the song is correct. The chord progression is I - bVII - IV. The lowered 7th chord uses a note from C mixolydian. Same thing in "can't you see."
Here's an analysis that applies to SBR. Might skip to the part that talks about lowering the root."
1,440 2013-01-04 14:17:29
Re: When do you re string (17 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Once the strings start to sound dead...every couple months on electric, couple times a year on acoustic.
1,441 2013-01-03 20:17:23
Re: Help Confirm My Understanding of Mode (14 replies, posted in Music theory)
For most western popular music the motion from tonic => subdominant => dominant and subsequent resolution back to tonic is a heck of a lot more important than the chord(s) that go along with your melody note in some mode or another. If this is what OP is looking for he'd be better served doing research on chord structure, substitutions and voicings rather than worrying about what mode a song's in.
In fact, the whole notion of modality is better thought of in terms of melody and scales vs. chord progressions. Consider a blues song in C that goes:
C7 F
C7 F G
When we talk about what key that song is in, we say C or C major. You wouldn't generally say "it's in the key of C mixolydian" because "C mixolydian" isn't a key. It's a scale.
However when I'm jamming with my guitar buddies I might say "here are the changes. Think C mixolydian when you're soloing."
1,442 2013-01-03 19:32:13
Re: Tube Amp - What happens next? (2 replies, posted in Electric)
I was more asking what will happen sonically....I have a fantastic amp dude who works downstairs from my rehearsal space, so a re-tube with biasing is just a stairwell away...just curious as to what I'll hear as these babies continue to age.
1,443 2013-01-03 14:48:07
Topic: Tube Amp - What happens next? (2 replies, posted in Electric)
A few months ago I purchased this little volume control that sits in my effects loop and allows me to drive the bajeezus out of my Deville 410's power tubes. I pull the volume back off in the effects loop and - WHALA! - smoking hot guitar tone without all the neigborhood complaints.
I've played this Deville (a very loud amp IMO) since college. Because of the fact that I've never had a power soak on it, the volume knob has never seen anything past 2.5. With my new upgrade it's singing along at 8-9 ish.
I'm noticing a really profound decrease in tube life. Before the power soak I would get years out of a set of power tubes. I noticed three weeks ago that it's about time to re-tube, which I last did in mid 2012. I suspect this is normal when driving tubes hard.
It's pretty amazing how much the sound of the guitar is changing as the tubes blow out. It went from slightly microphonic and feedback prone to very saturated. Now I'm starting to lose treble.
Wondering if anyone else has ridden tubes all the way out - what can I expect next? System failure? More fun with altered sounds?
1,444 2013-01-02 22:50:31
Re: Amys birthday! (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Man I wish we had a like button.
1,445 2013-01-02 20:04:47
Re: Beginner - help me with song selections please (20 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Easy ones for newbs are For What Its Worth & Knocking on Heaven's Door
1,446 2013-01-02 17:15:46
Re: Beginner - help me with song selections please (20 replies, posted in Acoustic)
What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?
1,447 2013-01-02 13:53:43
Re: Help Confirm My Understanding of Mode (14 replies, posted in Music theory)
You are technically correct but this is a very sanitary, unfeeling way to write music. Russell has the right idea.
1,448 2012-12-31 18:47:45
Re: Windows 8 (15 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
The mac shall set you free.
1,449 2012-12-31 16:00:41
Re: Landfill Harmonic (1 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
This is pretty cool!
1,450 2012-12-23 15:37:12
Re: blues fingerpicking (6 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I bought a jazz method book for the kindle and it was lacking the cd. it sucked. no downloads or anything.