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Thanks for replying.
I tried using my chromatic tuner to tune the E string but in just stayed in E albeit very flat! So I put distortion on, hit both E and D open and tuned the E down until they meshed. Then I checked my old way on the E string fret 12 and I was in D. So my way works too, I've found out. Good to know I'm tuning correctly.
Thanks for the advice though.
Okay, thanks for the comments guys. I'm on a tight budget and am trying to keep the costs down.
Not sure if this is in the correct section . . .
I want to buy a bass guitar (I already play electric guitar but am interested in writing my own songs with different instruments) and have seen a lot of cheap packages with bass and amplifier with case etc. My question is: I have an old guitar amplifier that I don't use -- do I need a bass amplifier to play the bass, or could I connect the bass to an ordinary el-guitar amplifier and get the same results?
Thanks.
This could be a stupid question . . .
When I research on the web about tuning my guitar to Drop D almost everyone says tune the open E (6th) string to the same tone and pitch as the open D string. Easy. Well, I've never been good at distinguishing tone difference and all that stuff, so I'm not sure I'm getting it right.
Here's what I do. I play the E (6th) string at the 12th fret (no harmonics, just normal pressure on the string) and using my chromatic tuner I tune the string to D.
Is this okay, or am I not finding Drop D at all?
Thanks.
I'm learning a few Nickelback songs that require Drop-C tuning. I can Drop-D fine using my chromatic tuner, how can I get Drop-C right using the same type of tuner.
I can't find the right tone by ear.
Thanks for the help and advice.
Dylan.
Nice song. Nice flow of chords, and I felt they worked well with the lyrics.
Dylan.
Thanks Jets, arkady, and James,
I'm glad you guys like the song. I don't have recording equipment James, but I am desperate to get some. I'm sure it is great fun, and I'd really like to hear the songs that are in my head actually coming out of the speakers.
While we're on the subject, can I ask what are the best products to get for this stuff? I was thinking along the lines of a 6/8 track machine, with built in drum machine, enough RAM, and a built-in CD burner. I'm sure they exsist but I have no idea what's best for a decent price. I need to get a bass guiatr too before I really get into this side of things so I can't spend a fortune on an elaborate set-up.
Thanks again for the comments.
Dylan.
The Police, Queen... I've yet to go to a Foo Fighters concert, but hopefully that'll all change when their new album comes out.
OK, this is my first post of a song up here, so I hope this formats okay. The song is basically a love song, but because I'm influenced heavily by rock, I play it as a power ballard. It was written with both electric and acoustic guitar, and I feel quite confident it comes across well using both instruments.
There is an intro, a small rythum section in the middle, and an outro, but I didn't put that up as I didn't feel it neccesary. I play the song with mellow, half-time verses, and up-beat choruses - no distortion. The vocals in brackets in the chorus is backing vocals only...
Feel free to play it if you want, but I'd also appreciate feedback on the song structure, chord flow, does it go well together (chords/lyrics), etc. Good or bad feedback is appreciated. I'm a fiction author in addition to dabbling in music, so I can take criticism.
But please, I have my own style and feel to this song, so I'd rather no one recorded it and put it up on chordie's myspace site.
Cheers, thanks for having a look, (and a play for those that do) and I look forward to any feedback on this, my first song on chordie.
Dylan.
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Thanks for your replies, James and upyerkilt. I too searched chordfind.com but came away empty handed which is why I posed the question here. Although to be honest, I was only looking under the many 'D' variant chords because I asumed it would be related to D. I'm not as clued in as you James on the structure of chords and such, so I had no idea about breaking it down like you did, and I would never have guessed at a Gmaj7.
I like your idea too upyerkilt, about giving it a name so I recognize it when writing the chords used in my songs.
It does fit well in the song, a nice change of pitch, but if it isn't a 'found' chord, am I breaking any rules by playing it? I guess not, as it doesn't sound like a bag of spanners when I play it.
Thanks again, guys.
Dylan.
I played drums first. Pearl Export, black, double bass (then switched to the double pedal), snare, two toms, one floor tom, and a shedload of cymbals. I loved it, a great way to express yourself and blow off some steam. I think I played my best rythums when I was in a seriously bad mood. Would love to play them now, but I live in a respectable neighbourhood and the missus wouldn't dream of having drums in the house again.
So now I play guitar. Hope to learn bass too soon. Rock out on your kit, but don't limit yourself to one instrument. Try them all, and have fun.
Dylan.
I'm with the majority. I hate boy/girl bands. Anything that crawled from the gutter to try out for Pop Idol - if they had the talent they wouldn't need the help of a reality TV show. I don't like classical, country n western, opera... not that it's bad, just not my bag.
Nothing to do with music, but god I hate Paris Hilton.
I'm writing a song and can't find anywhere on chordie the type of chord I'm playing. Pre-chorus, I'm playing a standard D, then for a subtle change I remove my index finger, so the chord is:
2
3
0
0
x
x
Can't find it on chordie... what is it?
Cheers,
Dylan.
Cheers guys, thanks for the advice. Avenged Sevenfold have a pretty cool song on Madden NFL 2006. Great sounding riff to Eternal Rest too. Thanks again.
Dylan.
My girlfriend always ribs me because I play the same strumming pattern. Not necessarily the whole strum the same, but maybe a downstroke followed immediately by a quick upstroke, usually before or just after I change a chord. It has annoyed me before, or maybe I was just getting annoyed at her for pointing it out.
Then maybe, I'm unconsciously doing as Roger Guppy has said and being myself, playing the song my way. Lately I've played a lot of Patience (GnR), Every Rose (Poison) and Wonderwall (Oasis) as practice, and every song (when I play it) contains that extra little upstroke.
Just play the song and have fun with it.
Dylan.
Ok, so I tried this. Tuned all the strings down half a step, then the low E to D. Didn't sound good at first, too clunky, but after a while, as I experimented, it started to sound awesome, and soon I was playing some pretty fast rock stuff, distortion on.
1. I played most of the power chords using just one finger, across the 5th and 6th strings. Before, for example with a G5 chord, I had index finger on fret 3 6th string, middle finger on fret 5 5th string. Is it okay to play power chords with one finger across both strings? Probably a dumb question as it sounded great, but I'd like clarification.
2. After rocking out, I went on to practice chord changing etc., so I took off the distortion and chords like G, E and Em sounded crap. I tuned the low E back to E (tuned half a step down still), and the chords sounded great (not brilliant, but great ;oP) So is it best to just play power chords/distortion when tuned to DropD?
Again, thanks in advance for any advice.
Dylan.
Click on 'Public Books' (above), then menu on the left hand side, either 'Absolute Beginners' or 'Easy Songs' are good places to start. I know I did...
Hope that helps.
Dylan.
Thanks or the answers guys.
Dylan.
Great, thanks to all for the advice.
I'll try that. I tend to only play power chords using just the 5th and 6th strings anyway. Still new playing these types of chords and my fingers get sore quickly playing all three strings in the power chord.
Cheers.
Thanks for the link. I checked it out but there seems to be a lot of forum posts about the Windows version crashing so I may just give it a miss.
I'm seriously thinking about getting a digital home recording set-up, but I'm concerned about the cost.
Dylan.
The first comment was right.
The comment about tuning the low E to a D... so that's the only string tuned differently, all the others are tuned normally?
(Bit thick, just need clarification... thanks).
Dylan.
I play alone at the moment, and was wondering if there is downloadable drum-machine software that I can play on the computer to give me a rythum accompaniment.
Cheers,
Dylan.
Not sure if this is in the right place, but...
I've tried to experiment with a number of different strumming patterns to the few songs I'm trying to write, yet I seem to fall back into a distinct pattern (down, down-up, up-down) no matter what I do. Even my girlfriend comments that everything I play seems to sound the same! It leaves me feeling embarassed. I'm sure it'll come with practice (i.e. getting out of the habit) but for now has anybody got any strumming patterns they can suggest, or web resources where I can check out some new rythums?
Chord progressions: I'm not too clever on adding newer chords to my music, like the more obscure ones (F#m, for example), and usally stick to the common Major and minor chords. (Boring, huh!) One chord progression I love is Am-C-G. What chord progressions to you like, what chords do you combine to get great flow to your music - something I can experiment with and try out.
As this is in the songwriting section - do you guys write the lyrics, or the music first? Just wondering...
Cheers,
Dylan.
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