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Jade Mandrake
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Austin, Texas
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Posted 5 Aug 2008 6:45 pm |
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Hi there
What are some of the ways to get a Gm7th? on a 10 string 3 pedal/4 lever guitar...
Any help is appreciated !  |
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2008 7:47 pm
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For complete (all 4 notes) Gm7:
1st (or 13th) fret, A & B pedals, strings 7-6-5-4 for root position Gm7. 6-5-4-1, 8-7-6-5 or 9(lowered 1/2 step)-8-7-6 for inversions.
6th fret, 9th string lowered 1/2 step, 9-8-6-5.
11th fret, E strings lowered 1/2 step, 8-7-6-5 for Gm with 5th at bottom, 3rd on top: 7-6-5-4 for 7th at bottom, 5th on top.
Other possibilities depend on what your knee levers do.
Various other voicings possible omitting the 5th or root. |
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Jade Mandrake
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 5 Aug 2008 7:50 pm
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| thank you very much, this is great! |
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robert kramer
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Nashville TN
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Matthew Prouty
From:
Warsaw, Poland
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Posted 6 Aug 2008 8:54 am
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Jade,
Here are three things that I think should be mentioned.
1. To easily find a minor chord simply find the open fret of the major chord and step back 2 frets with the A&B pedals depressed. So when you are playing quickly, like to a new song that a band member charted out you see an Am or Am7 you can quickly go to the 5th fret base position, move 2 frets down and depress the A&B pedals.
2. This position is also the vim (6th minor) chord for key of the song at the A&B position. This is an ever increasingly common chord in modern music. So if you are playing in Bb (A&B pedals down at 1st fret), the vim is Gm or Gm7. Knowing this can be invaluable when you play with someone with a newly charted song.
3. The Gm7 is also a Bb6th chord, the Gm7 has the notes G-Bb-D-F, and the Bb6th has the notes Bb-D-F-G. Very useful when playing an impromptu swing tune. This is helpful if you look at your E9th with the A&B down as A6th.
hope this helps |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2008 9:15 am
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| Respectfully: you should be able to find any chord by yourself on your tuning by examining the notes available on each string, and asking yourself whether any of those notes belong to the chord you are looking for. It is probably easiest to do this first with the open strings. You should find several minor seventh chords on the open strings, and by moving the bar you will find a Gm7 for each of them. |
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robert kramer
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Nashville TN
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Posted 6 Aug 2008 1:43 pm
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Ernest, I couldn't agree more. There is no substitute for learning the rules of chord construction and being able to use those rules to build up chords on your horn. Ultimately, a player should be able to hear and picture every interval on his fretboard.
The Chord Finder is useful and does "find" chords in places one might not think of. I use it on C-6th when I'm trying to arrange chord melodies or when I am looking for more ways to run chords. |
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Jade Mandrake
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 6 Aug 2008 4:20 pm
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Thank you all for your great help and advice - and taking the time to explain it all to me. It has been very helpful!
Jade |
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