New Country in Minor keys
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Jim Palenscar
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From a practical point of view in response to Randy's post:
"One of the overlooked positions is to play a 7th chord a 4th above the minor. For example, A minor, try playing D7th. All the positions and licks you would play over a D7th works against the A minor."
~ in attempting to understand that I realized that it is the reverse of using a 5m for a 17 as a chord substitution- ie. if you wanted to play a D7 it is not uncommon to slide from the 10th fret open down 2 frets and engage the A pedal (giving you an Am) or using the 2m-57 move that justifies Jeff Newman's adage that "anytime you use the E lowers you can also use the E raises instead and the reverse is also true". In this instance the 2 chords quite obviously have 2 of the 3 notes in common. For example- in key of G picking just once~ Am on 1st fret w E's lowered then to D7 on same fret w E's raised (and back again if so desired) then slide back up to G on 3rd fret open is a very common move that I've heard used by some of my heroes - most notably Jay Dee Maness.
"One of the overlooked positions is to play a 7th chord a 4th above the minor. For example, A minor, try playing D7th. All the positions and licks you would play over a D7th works against the A minor."
~ in attempting to understand that I realized that it is the reverse of using a 5m for a 17 as a chord substitution- ie. if you wanted to play a D7 it is not uncommon to slide from the 10th fret open down 2 frets and engage the A pedal (giving you an Am) or using the 2m-57 move that justifies Jeff Newman's adage that "anytime you use the E lowers you can also use the E raises instead and the reverse is also true". In this instance the 2 chords quite obviously have 2 of the 3 notes in common. For example- in key of G picking just once~ Am on 1st fret w E's lowered then to D7 on same fret w E's raised (and back again if so desired) then slide back up to G on 3rd fret open is a very common move that I've heard used by some of my heroes - most notably Jay Dee Maness.
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Karen Sarkisian
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pretty sure I'm free. what time ?Chris Brooks wrote:Hi Karen,
Here is some shorthand to get you into minors:
Axiom: A (major) 6th chord is enharmonic with its relative minor.
Ex: Am = C6
So walk that up the keys: how would you play a tune in Cm?
Right: Using Eb6. C is a minor 3rd above A, and Eb is a minor third above C.
1. So, to minorize a major chord played in no-pedals position, move up 3 frets and engage the A pedal.
2. To minorize a major chord that is played AB pedals down, move up one fret and engage the E to D# lever.
3 To minorize a major chord played with A pedal + E to E# lever, simply release the E# lever. (In this position, add in the 2nd string as the missing note of the minor scale.)
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