https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:24:34 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-386434 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:15:41 +0000 Guitar Noise Lessons Alan Green https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-386434 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-386432 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:45:18 +0000
Is this forum dead?

Thanks
Curtis
Montana]]> Guitar Noise Lessons Cloudyifr https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-386432 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-386415 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:00:32 +0000
Does all four get played or just 1 and 2 together and/or 3 and 4 together or a mixup of them throughout the song?

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Curtis
"Obviously a Beginner"]]> Guitar Noise Lessons Cloudyifr https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-386415 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-365238 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:29:09 +0000 Just thought I would share some things I've learned over the years about playing Reggae rhythm guitar.
I used to think using upstrokes was the best way to keep the Skank rhythm but then I realized that it only made it easier. It didn't sound right though. Implying the downstroke on the beat and using the upstroke on the off beat is easier than playing a downstroke on the offbeat. If you watch Marley play rythm to this song on live videos he uses downstrokes almost all of the time. It sounds better that way.
The best way I've found to make it sound right is to use downstrokes and keep the chord notes held down with your fretting hand. Let your picking hand mute the strings on the beat and downstroke on the offbeat.]]> Guitar Noise Lessons ZenMonkey https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-365238 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-364293 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:09:38 +0000
In the broadest possible terms, a KEY is where the music resolves. Its the tone or pitch where the song feels "done"

Then in the beginning stages, you have whats considered the DIATONIC Key - This is a big college sounding word ok, but all it means is the notes in the chords all came from one scale. The Major scale.

So I have to say something in regards to Greybeard's comment. I'd say that all of music theory...including chords are based around the Major scale. I see what he's trying to get at in his zeal, but the Major Scale IS the foundation of harmony. You have none if not for it. The tree from where all else comes from is The Major Scale.

So In a Diatonic sense, a Key is playing nothing but chords that come from that same Major scale. In the Key of C, for instance all the chords are built from the C Major scale. That doesn't mean that we have ONLY C chords. In fact, every note in a C major scale is used to make up its own chord. So this means"

Scale - C D E F G A B C

Every single note above, forms a chord in the Key of C. This means there's "some kind" of D chord E F G etc.

Diatonic HARMONY is the study we take whereby to LEARN what those other chords ARE. This is rooted firmly in what many call Music Theory. That study is beyond the scope of the comments I wanted to make here, but I hope this helped clear up Keys a bit for you, without getting too technical.

It's fascinating stuff and can teach you a lot about what you are doing, why it works, and things that you might never have known about.

Best,

Sean]]> Guitar Noise Lessons Sean0913 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-364293 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-364080 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:40:36 +0000 Guitar Noise Lessons Musenfreund https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-364080 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-364079 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:20:55 +0000
Gm, Cm, Gm, twice, followed by Eb, Dm, Gm.

Any suggestions for voicings for those chords?]]> Guitar Noise Lessons aragorn https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-364079 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-348396 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:23:45 +0000 Guitar Noise Lessons beckyeileen https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-348396 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-348392 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:33:08 +0000 Guitar Noise Lessons beckyeileen https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-348392 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-341579 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:33:11 +0000 Guitar Noise Lessons allanv https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-lessons/i-shot-the-sheriff/paged/2/#post-341579