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18/01/2007 6:55 pm
OK, I'm fooling about on the keyboard.....I've got a little riff going from A to G to D, but just before the chord changes, I'm changing the 5th to a flattened fifth like so.....
A chord - A, C#, E
to
A, C#, D#
then to
G chord - G, B, D
then to
G, B, C#
then to
D chord - D, F#, A
then to
D, F#, G#
then back to the A chord.
Is there a name for this type of chord - 1, 3, b5?
I noticed the top note in the run goes E, D#, D, C#, A, G#....sort of like a descending bass line if it was the root, not the fifth, and if it was the lowest note, not highest.....is there a name for this kind of run? And how the heck can I duplicate it on guitar? just arpeggiate the notes?
(I might actually try the E to G# run as a bass-line, see how it works out.....)
:D :D :D
Vic
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18/01/2007 6:58 pm
It's called a "major flat five", written as A(b5)
You're right on the motion - it's just like walking the bass chromatically, except you're doing it in the treble.
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18/01/2007 7:03 pm
Wow that was quick Tom! Thanks!
Trying to get something like it on guitar....haven't got it yet, but still trying....
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
18/01/2007 7:05 pm
Use an A voicing that puts E on top with room to move, like x4x25x (C#-A-E). Easy enough to drop the pinky a fret from there :)
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