With, not for. Opener I think. I havent seen him since high school.
1,652 2012-03-24 21:38:50
Re: What's a turn around? (30 replies, posted in Music theory)
The guy is a stud - based on the other acts you describe I'm sure you'll enjoy him.
1,653 2012-03-24 21:37:38
Re: Always at the wrong time. (3 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Ow that sucks. 3am. Wow. Good to see you for at least a bit!
1,654 2012-03-24 21:35:46
Re: Skype Virtual Jam this week? (23 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I have a skype plugin that records...I can record the next one Im on if everyone consents. For my part I'd not do any new songs, only the stuff I have worked on for a while. 
That was a great time - thanks for hosting Amy!
1,655 2012-03-24 21:32:59
Re: Accoustic Amp interference question (34 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Do you use cheap guitar cables? Could be a cable shielding issue too....
1,656 2012-03-24 21:31:12
Re: He's one of us! (16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Paul I'll jam with ya. I have had the same experience as you. I live in Silverado Ranch...
1,657 2012-03-24 00:11:06
Re: Accoustic Amp interference question (34 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Toots having met you on Skype you look like you used to have/do/etc lots of things. I can't WAIT to parrrrrrrrrty in 'bama with ya.
1,658 2012-03-23 18:56:00
Re: What are you playing right now?? (139 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I have paused Jolene to learn "Price Tag" by Jessie J featuring B.o.b. Fun stuff. Just started it about 30 minutes ago. Hope to debut it at the jam. 
1,659 2012-03-23 18:04:01
Re: Two Questions (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
auxi you should research voicings but also look in to chord substitutions. That'll blow your mind.
1,660 2012-03-23 18:00:48
Re: Accoustic Amp interference question (34 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Does it happen with a guitar plugged in or when it's just sitting there by its lonesome?
1,661 2012-03-22 23:10:34
Re: NGD!!!!!!! I am in love! (49 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Prrrreeeettttttttyyyyy!
1,662 2012-03-22 23:08:43
Re: Two Questions (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
On the chords thing, it kinda depends on instrumentation how "unbarred" you can get. In my band (me plus rhythm guitar, bass, and drums) if I need to play a B7 and don't feel like playing a barre chord, I might play this
x
9
8
7
x
x
which is a colorful dominant chord. When playing with other harmony instruments, avoiding root and 5th doubling is a really good idea since most guitarists are crap at keeping their instruments tuned on stage. Including me
In those groups, I can get away with playing really, really thin color tones (3rds and chord extensions only) because other instruments have the root handled. Lots of times I just play 3rds and 7ths. My B7 then becomes
5
4
x
x
x
x
or down an octave
x
x
x
7
6
x
You can play an F chord (not the dreaded way) like this:
1
1
2
x
x
x
Which you might notice is also how to play a Dm7. (Head explodes.)
There are other "jazzier" voicings that are not barre chords....for instance instead of playing Dmaj7 as a barre chord
5
7
6
7
5
x
you can play
x
5
6
4
5
x
(This is actually a Dmaj9 but unless you're playing bebop or with a bunch of douchebags it'll sound cool).
Instead of D7, you can play either:
5
5
5
4
5
x
or
7
5
5
4
5
x
I play most minor 7s not as barres. I prefer any of these voicings, example Dm7:
x
10
10
10
x
x
12
10
10
10
x
x
or if I'm feeling nasty
12
10
10
10
x
10
(In these last three examples you have to do a lazy barre on the d/g/b strings but it sure beats clamping your index finger down and praying to God everything rings.)
Is this the kind of stuff you're talking about or did I just miss the point entirely?
Edited for note to self: Next time ask the last question first.
1,663 2012-03-22 22:54:22
Re: What's a turn around? (30 replies, posted in Music theory)
I have not seen that but now I want to. He's a fascinating dude. One of my high school bandmates plays with him. Here's what the band mate has been up to lately:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_V3AbRo … re=related
The fiddler. You should go see him if he's in your area.
1,664 2012-03-22 20:21:17
Re: What are you playing right now?? (139 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Shucks yes. I'm on my first pint.
1,665 2012-03-22 20:20:11
Re: What's a turn around? (30 replies, posted in Music theory)
That's a PhD level question. I'm not one of those. But I can tell you this: There are striking similarities in tensions and resolutions among the music of many different world cultures. Not all ethnic groups execute phrasing and composition the way we do, but there does seem to be some universality in the way the human ear and brain process musical tension and resolution.
Two quick examples:
1. The Beatles were waaaay influenced by Indian modality and instrumentation when they worked with Ravi Shankar.
2. Derek Trucks Band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N65cP52NC8s (Skip to the 2:00 mark if you don't want to hear the intro)
One long example:
Here's an instrument I studied for a while. It's called the khaen, from certain tribal regions in NE Thailand and Laos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZcQIxaYJto
If you listen to this music you might think it harmonically resembles our bluegrass or folk music. In fact, the khaen was built before western musical influence came to this region of the world. Instrument makers had no method for absolute tuning such as a pitch pipe, so they tuned by ear using relative tuning. (Relative tuning just means that the instrument is in tune to itself but not tuned to an absolute pitch. For an example of this, turn your low e string down 1/2 turn, tune the rest of your guitar to it, and then try and play in tune with a piano. The guitar is tuned to itself but not to any absolute pitch, whereas the piano is tuned to a440.)
As it turns out these old Laotian dudes were tuning these khaens by ear SO CLOSELY to a western major scale that for a college project I wrote a songbook that transcribed portions of the Lomax anthology of folk music for khaen players (of which there are probably 3, counting me ) I always found it striking that these river tribes were tuning to a relative scale that was almost identical to the one Mozart was using to write his first sonatas, at the exact same time he was writing those sonatas.
To get back to your question about whether this is a universal law of music, I'd say that your question isn't really possible to answer. But there does seem to be a lot of harmonic and scalar consistency among folk music of many different cultures.
1,666 2012-03-22 19:16:09
Re: Stepping up - being more "covery" (7 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Except for a few cases I really don't like doing covers like they were written...maybe it's due to the fact that I live in a city where 95% of the live music does just that. I'd rather arrange a song in a way that challenges me and changes the song. Some listeners wont get it, some will think it sucks, but others will love it...and those are the ones I want to invite back out!
1,667 2012-03-22 19:14:21
Re: What are you playing right now?? (139 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
jerome.oneil wrote:
Baldguitardude wrote:I'm finishing up Three Little Birds and starting Jolene by Ray Lamontague.
The Marley version is one of my favorite all time "when yer too drunk to talk" songs.
Marley did Jolene?
1,668 2012-03-22 15:18:14
Re: What are you playing right now?? (139 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I'm finishing up Three Little Birds and starting Jolene by Ray Lamontague.
1,669 2012-03-22 15:09:39
Re: Two Questions (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
e-mail me your pic and I can shrink it.
do you mean chords up the neck that have open strings ringing? Any chord you play as a barre chord can be played as not one.
1,670 2012-03-22 15:08:07
Re: Slash Chords (6 replies, posted in Music theory)
I'm not sure how you're playing that chord, but if you're stretching from the 2nd to the 5th fret you have some pretty flexible hands for a new player.
And yes you're correct. you can play this C:
0
1
0
2
3
x
to this (c/b)
0
1
0
2
2
x
or this (G/b)
3
3
0
0
2
x
to that A minor. they should both sound fine.
1,671 2012-03-22 15:03:51
Re: What's a turn around? (30 replies, posted in Music theory)
Yes exactly. Be aware that the word "suspension" means something specific in music theory, so be careful with that term. But you're right on in terms of understanding the idea.
Play a song and end it on the V chord. Just stop early and end it there. Listen and feel it. Your ears will be begging you to resolve to the I.
1,673 2012-03-22 14:59:30
Re: Stepping up - being more "covery" (7 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Do you mean closer to the originals in terms of arrangement?
1,674 2012-03-21 16:50:19
Re: What's a turn around? (30 replies, posted in Music theory)
I don't know about better, just differently.
1,675 2012-03-21 16:28:17
Re: What's a turn around? (30 replies, posted in Music theory)
That's pretty darned close auxi!
In most popular music, chord progressions create tension and then resolve that tension...the end of a section or form usually is the "tense" moment and then as the form repeats you have a resolution. As Auxi stated above, moving from the I chord (tonic) to the V chord (dominant), then back to the I chord creates tension and resolution. Now, you can make lots of stops in between the I and the V chord....here are some common ones in popular music:
I IV I IV I IV V
I vi IV V
I iii IV V
I vi ii V
Very generally speaking, a turnaround is the portion of the chord change that goes from V-I, or from tension to resolution. In blues, the turnaround is the end of the 12 bar phrase....in the key of C, it's when you go from G7 back to C. In its simplest form, a turnaround the end of a form or section that leads to another section or a repeat in the form.
Turnaround can also refer to bass line patterns but we can probably skip that for now.