auditioning for a new band

Same here!

By the way, it just occurred to me (I don't know why only now, given you mentioned western type swing), that you might sneak a volume pedal in there if you don't already plan to. I mean, geez, that would be the obvious one I think.

Again good luck, happy birthday, and have fun at the audition.

Hey Dogbite, that thing is tomorrow, huh? How you holding out?

I put the lap back into C6 again :lol: and was foolin with slants again last night. The 'Gabby' slants, which are really weird. 1st and 3rd strings, forward slants, but they 1 fret apart in some places - which is comfortable - but 2 frets apart in some places. But you get to do all the 6ths without changing string pairs. The tone bar I have is the shorter 2 3/4 one I think and that 2 fret slant takes up almost the whole length of it in the lower positions!

Anyhoo, have fun tomorrow!

So is it over or is it still going on? How did it go if it is over, and...oh yah, I guess you won't be reading this yet if it's still going on.

Hope you had (are having) fun!

I've been back on 6 tuning for a couple days now. I'm going to be smart enough in the future to not say "This is my tuning." It'll be "These are my tunings." :)

demonic...no audition yt. I was expecting a call saturday. none.
the last time we spoke he said he was having trouble ffinding a time when the drummer and guitar player can meet at the same time.
so I bide my time.
I played my acoustic in standard tuning ll weekend. just for fun.

Standard tuning...wait, yah, I remember that, lol.

Now that I think of it though, there's a lot of slants in standard tuning too; mostly reverse slants.

Anyhow, when it does happen, the audition, should be fun :)

Especially playing through an amp, which I haven't done a lot of yet. Mostly headphones and the POD.

Don't forget that standard tuning is actually an A11...... :P

:wink:
Steinar

Oh now you gone and done it!!!

:)

But I also think of standard as Em11.

It's an Em7 add 11. Can't be an Em11 without having a 9 in it.

Sounds really lame on the open strings, but barre across all the strings up the neck of a standard tuned guitar and it makes a pretty cool sounding chord.

I always run my rig through a volume pedal. especially my lap steel and pedal steel.

standard tuning is A11?

Ive been having fun with standard. I do believe all my work on open tunings has given me a better ear.
I chased triads up and down the neck having an easier time knowing where they lived.
I was able to bend into intervals to get that steel sound.
just having a blast.
then I capoed on the second fret and another few hours flew by.

another inexpensive night at home:)

EADGBE

Looking at it with E as the root, A is a fourth, but we'll have to call it an 11 because a third is present. D is a b7. G is a minor third. B is a fifth, and E is a root again. So we've got 1, b3, 5, 7, 11. Em7 add 11.

With A as the root, E is a fifth. A is of course a root. D is a fourth, so it's going to be an 11. G is b7. B is a 2 or 9. So, that's 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, or better written as 1, 5, 7, 9, 11. It's most of an A11, but without a third it's got no major or minor tonality. And having the E doubled on the bottom and the top makes it a better candidate for the root of the chord.

It's a weird chord in any case, and not one I'd make a habit of using.

Hehe, great rundown of those chords.

I've...uh...used those chords acidentally lots of times ;)

I should say 'by mistake' though; accidentals are a whole different thing :)

It's most of an A11, but without a third it's got no major or minor tonality. And having the E doubled on the bottom and the top makes it a better candidate for the root of the chord.

It's a weird chord in any case, and not one I'd make a habit of using.

Does an 11th need the third? I always thought that was some of the fascination of it,- it has the suspended 4th which leaves it 'hanging' in free air - very "Joni Mithell" and "Prince" (who, of course, is heavily inspired by Joni...). INcluding both the major third and the fourth would sound pretty weird...... (?)
I've often voiced it as a straight major chord wiht the root and 5th a whole step higher. So A11 is kinda like a G6 with A in the bass... Check out "Unfinished Business" on my website/CD - I do that a lot in there (it's most obvious on the bass intro, which is not on the website teaser....)

Steinar

I never thought I would hear Joni's name mentioned with Prince.

Steinar I dont see the association. sure, Joni got into T. Monk. but Prince?

you can say I am not a fan of Prince. I got too funked up by James Brown to be taken by Prince.

anyway. interesting talk about the chord. I think Im going to have t keep a guitar at work so I can check these things out quickly.
or get online at home.

Oh sure,- Prince has claimed several times that Joni is one of his biggest influences, and he actually 'quotes' her in several of his songs. Listen to some of his ballads,- "Sometimes It Snows In April" (one of the most hauntingly beautiful ballads I know of) is pure Joni, and you can hear her influence in the way he use those suspended and augmented chords that never seem to 'land'... They've also reported to have recorded some stuff together (as Prince also did with Miles Davis) but I'm not aware that any of it has been released.

Steinar

Does an 11th need the third? I always thought that was some of the fascination of it,- it has the suspended 4th which leaves it 'hanging' in free airWell, without the third, you can call it a fourth and have a sus chord (a.k.a. Sus4). The confusion here is that you also have a 2 (or 9) right next to it. Folks argue about whether the "Sus2" chord is legitimate terminology, but you've got both in this chord.

I think of full extended chords as being continuations of the alternating pattern, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13. We don't have enough strings on regular guitars to do those big full chords tht keyboardists use all the time, but you can certainly get 'em on some of those lap steels of yours, Steinar!