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Brian Henry
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Posted 10 Jul 2008 8:32 am |
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What are some uses for the g lever? I have it on strings 1 and 7 and it raises the f#'s to g. Thank you.
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Dan Beller-McKenna
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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2008 9:10 am
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1) With A+B pedals down, this lever will give you the (flat) seventh of the chord. So, at the third fret, for example, you would get a C7 chord. You'll also hear folks use it as a single note lever, especially on the first string, to make a melodic lick on to and off of the flat-seventh note (again at the third fret, A-Bb-A), normally continuing down to G, the fith note of the scale:
Of course, you could just move the bar up to fret 4 on string one to the same effect, but if you have pedals A+B down and want to grab one of the notes on those strings, using the G lever would allow those other notes to ring through whereas moving the bar would cause, well, a mess.
2) With strings 10-8 or 5-4 this lever gives you a minor chord (8 or 4 as the root of the chord). So, at the fifth fret, strings 10-8-7G, 8-7G-5, 7G-5-4, 5-4-1G would give you an A minor chord.
There are certainly other uses, but I would guess these are the most common.
Dan
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David Doggett
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Posted 10 Jul 2008 10:01 am
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| In the A pedal minor position, it bends the 4 up to the b5, which is useful in blues, rock and jazz runs. Also, when you are playing in a minor key, from the A pedal minor position, if you drop back one fret and hit the A and B pedals and the G lever, it gives you the V7 for a turn around. |
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Brian Henry
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Posted 10 Jul 2008 4:05 pm
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Thank you. This is very helpful. I really love this forum.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2008 9:48 am
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If you're playing the V chord with your E's lowered, the G lever raises the 5th to make it an augmented chord. In other words, E+G levers makes an augmented chord on strings 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 1.
Add your B pedal on strings 3&6 to make it an aug7 chord. Release levers and pedal to resolve to I.
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Glenn Taylor
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Denver, CO, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 11:10 am
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I don't think anyone has mentioned that this lever also gives you the flat third in E minor. With G lever, B pedal, and string 2 lowered to D natural, all the strings are in E minor pentatonic. You can riff away to your heart's content in E blues or E minor.
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Gabriel Stutz
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Chicago, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 11:51 am
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I sometimes use that change to make minor maj7 chords with the E-Eb lever. i.e. - 1st fret with the E-Eb and the F# - G = Am Maj7. I like the sound of that chord a lot in the right context.
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