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Topic: Anyone else use this cool "II9-V7-I" forward split |
Todd Weger
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Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 25 May 2007 5:45 am |
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For the last few months, I've been using this cool II9-V7-I turnaround when I want to use just a chord, (or more accurately, chord fragment) type of thing, rather than something melodic. It's really nice at the end of a tune for 'the big ending.'
Using C6 tuning, and in the key of F, this forward split slant is excecuted on strings 2,3 and 5 (i.e., C, A and E strings). Numerically (from top down) it's fretted (with corresponding note underneath):
G9:
9 - 8 - 7
A - F - B
C7:
7 - 7 - 6
G - E - Bb
F6:
5 - 5 - 5
F - D - A
This II9-V7-I turnaround in F assumes the bass is playing G, C, F. As you can see, the first two chord fragments contain no root.
You can also play the II9 chord partial on strings 1, 2 and 4, but if you can practice playing it on strings 2, 3 and 5, you get a smoother transition from one chord to the next.
Obviously, the first split is the trickiest, and the most difficult to get in tune, but it can be done with practice.
Have fun!
Oops... needed to edit! I had said above "This II9-V7-I turnaround in G..." I meant to say in "F." 
-tjw
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass
Last edited by Todd Weger on 25 May 2007 6:26 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Bob Stone
From:
Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 25 May 2007 6:06 am
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Cool Todd! Thanks. I had previously found other applications for that three-fret slant II9--a great sound.
Best,
bob |
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 25 May 2007 2:39 pm
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Nice turnaround, Todd! And anyone who turned that progression into a recorded loop could then practice his "hawaiian vamps" over the top... 
--Steve |
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Jamie O'Connell
From:
Medford, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 25 May 2007 7:34 pm
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Todd, Thanks for sharing that -- it's really useful.
--Jamie |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 26 May 2007 4:14 am
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Cool! Here's a run I came up a long time ago that uses the same reverse slant in the key of A. It works well in a a tune like Pagan Love Song. When you gliss through the whole thing very quickly, getting the Edim exactly in tune is a moot point. These are all on strings 1, 2 & 3.
Bm:
2-2-2
C#m
7-8-9
E+:
7-6-6
Em:
7-7-7
Edim:
6-7-7
A6:
5-6-7
Edim:
6-7-7
Em:
7-7-7
E+:
7-6-6
A6:
9-9-9-9 |
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