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Lesson EP331

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  • November 3, 2019 at 10:24 am #149147
    Nick_66
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    I started with lesson EP331 and that G minor 6 chord is confusing. Shouldn’t that be a dominant 7 chord? It sounds like a C7 chord.

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    • November 5, 2019 at 10:53 am #149807
      Nick_66
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      Anybody who can answer my question? When I play strings A,D2, B2, E, that should be a A7 chord, or am I wrong? When I shift the whole chord upto the 4th position and place my index finger on position 2 and bar all the strings, that should be then a C7 chord?

    • November 7, 2019 at 9:56 am #149975
      Bob S
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      Nick,
      If I am understanding your posts correctly you are asking two separate questions? In the second post, you correctly describe the chord as an A7 with the root on the open 5th string. If you move up to the second fret and slide strings 4 and 2 to the fourth fret you have a B7 chord. You would have to move to the third fret to get a C7 chord. As to the first post, you form a Gm6 chord from the notes G-Bb-D-E. However Brian voices the chord as G-Bb-E-G, which could be interpreted as a C7 chord without the root. Once you start dropping notes from a chord, they can be ambiguous and need to be interpreted in the context of the harmony. I am not familiar with this lesson and have not watched the video. Unfortunately Brian does not include a key signature in his tabs, although he may mention it in the video. It looks to me like the song is in D, so G is the four chord, and it is not uncommon to go from the four major to the four minor in a tune. So I think you would not call this a C7 chord even though it shares some common tones.

      Hope that helps.
      Bob

    • November 9, 2019 at 10:39 am #150112
      Nick_66
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      Thanks Bob for your answer. It makes some sense to me know, but I am still struggling with the theory behind it!

      Guitar theory isn’t something I am very good at. I know you have to have some knowlegde of the theory behind it, but for me it is often very frustrating!

      Anyway, thanks for the help!

    • November 18, 2019 at 7:45 pm #150719
      sunburst
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      Nick_66 wrote:

      I started with lesson EP331 and that G minor 6 chord is confusing. Shouldn’t that be a dominant 7 chord? It sounds like a C7 chord.

      Anytime you question something by ear,, that is uncertain by ear and having to ask here on an open forum is fine

      If and when I hear something different from what I am following in the tab .. I doubleback and watch the video,on that particular.. if you are still in question, you probably can deal with it yourself and or ask brian in a pm if he made a boo boo.. Very very rarely do I need to ask if any these transcribed lessons are out or way off for anybody .. especially when and if you are accomplished enough to depict or be confused! ..

      many times I’l play a full chord instead of a triad etc..in example..some would call it improvisitation

      Sunburst John

    • November 18, 2019 at 7:52 pm #150720
      sunburst
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      Bob S wrote:

      Nick,
      If I am understanding your posts correctly you are asking two separate questions? In the second post, you correctly describe the chord as an A7 with the root on the open 5th string. If you move up to the second fret and slide strings 4 and 2 to the fourth fret you have a B7 chord. You would have to move to the third fret to get a C7 chord. As to the first post, you form a Gm6 chord from the notes G-Bb-D-E. However Brian voices the chord as G-Bb-E-G, which could be interpreted as a C7 chord without the root. Once you start dropping notes from a chord, they can be ambiguous and need to be interpreted in the context of the harmony. I am not familiar with this lesson and have not watched the video. Unfortunately Brian does not include a key signature in his tabs, although he may mention it in the video. It looks to me like the song is in D, so G is the four chord, and it is not uncommon to go from the four major to the four minor in a tune. So I think you would not call this a C7 chord even though it shares some common tones.

      Hope that helps.
      Bob

      Bob that what you wrote is true aand false depending on interpretationg..many don’t read standard notation..most here including me use tabliture.. so a lot of theory in the sense of descending ascending or chords without the root etc. yes will always confuse the novice

      Sunburst John

    • November 19, 2019 at 7:38 am #150754
      sunburst
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      Even though , I had mentioned this in the past, would like for my own basic theory study to see key signature staff in the literature.. I know it would only benefit and would like it much to see to key signatures before the count.. it would be easy to memorize if they were available in each weekly lesson.

      Sunburst John

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