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Topic: Open D (or E) slant chords? |
James Inkster
From:
Ukee, BC
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Posted 18 Mar 2010 3:39 pm |
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Hi guys,
For some unknown reason I've always enjoyed playing my lap steel in open D... but i also love playing slant chords.
I rely quite heavily on a one fret forward slant on strings 1 and 3...
ie:
0-2-4-5-7-9-11-12
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0-1-3-5-7-8-10-12
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I also occasionally play a reverse slant on strings 3 and 5...
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--1--3-----------
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--2--3-----------
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I've dabbled on an alternating one and two fret forward slant on strings 2 and 3, but find it a bit tough to keep in tune.
Can anyone recommend any other bread-and-butter slants for this tuning, or a resource i could peruse?
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Mar 2010 4:07 pm
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3-note I-IV-V progression on strings 2, 3 and 4 (starting at the 5th fret just as an example):
I IV V
5 7 9
5 6 8
5 5 7
3-note dominant 7th on the top three strings, string one being two frets below the major chord position, fret 9 in this case:
7
6
5
Split slant on the top 3 strings will give you a minor triad:
7
7
6
Move the same split slant down to strings 2, 3 and 4, and you have a maj7 triad over the same root.
Play around with the chord calculator on this site:
http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/guitar/index_rb.html
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Steve Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, GA
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Posted 18 Mar 2010 5:12 pm
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Here's one I like...
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In open D, this could be D7#9, Ab13, or Ebm13, and is movable, of course. The only catch is that none of the notes are roots, so you need to "visualize" the root on another string.
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Tom Gray
From:
Decatur, GA
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Posted 18 Mar 2010 7:41 pm
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You can make tritones with a reverse slant on strings 2 and 4. For instance, here's a D7-G7 change (with an open first string):
----0---0----
----3---2----
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----4---3----
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Also, you can walk tenths with reverse slants on strings 3 and 6:
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----0---1---3---5---7---8---10---12---
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----0---2---4---5---7---9---11---12---
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James Inkster
From:
Ukee, BC
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Posted 18 Mar 2010 9:38 pm
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Awesome!
These are great guys! I've been in a bit of a rut lately and this is sure to help me along a bit further...
thanks! |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2010 9:10 am
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In D tuning, or E for that matter, (it's just gonna have a different name), using the "nose" of your bar, fret the 3rd and 4th strings at the 10th fret, and fret the 5th string at the 9th fret.
--D (or E)
3rd-12th fret-F#
4th-12------D
5th-12------A
--D9th, (or E 9)
3rd-10th fret-E
4th-10------C
5th--9------F# |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 19 Mar 2010 10:30 am
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| Steve Cunningham wrote: |
Here's one I like...
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In open D, this could be D7#9, Ab13, or Ebm13, and is movable, of course. The only catch is that none of the notes are roots, so you need to "visualize" the root on another string. |
Ah, the genderless chord! As Steve knows, learn this chord and you will unlock the myseries of Jazz and become a superstar.
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James Inkster
From:
Ukee, BC
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Posted 19 Mar 2010 11:51 am
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More good ones! Thanks guys...
Do you guys play regularly and/or primarily in D (or E) tuning?
I always debate about whether I'm better off sticking with it (i like it) and learning it inside/out, or if in doing so i'd be shooting myself in the foot long-term because I'm thus unfamiliar with seemingly more popular C6...
thanks |
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 19 Mar 2010 12:53 pm
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| James, I play exclusively open d/e. I, like you, feel there is enough meat on the bones with this tuning that I won't exhaust it in my lifetime. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Mar 2010 2:03 pm
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Open D, E and G for me, G6 if I want a "6th" tuning.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2010 2:13 pm
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My posting from a different thread about Blues. I do play Hawaiian songs in this tuning also. Not that great for Western Swing though.
"Eight stringers are great for Blues! I use an "extended" bottleneck G tuning
1.-?--?
2.-G--1
3.-D--5
4.-B--3
5.-G--1
6.-D--5
7.-G--1
8.-D--5
You can put whatever you like on the first string, an F, an E, etc. What this tuning gives you is sorta two tunings in one. Strings 8 through 3, are standard bottleneck G tuning, with the added high root, G, on string #2. But you also have the "equivalent of E or D tuning on strings 7 through 2. The between string intervals are the same as E or D tuning. |
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Tom Gray
From:
Decatur, GA
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Posted 19 Mar 2010 2:49 pm
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D and low-bass G for me, at least on stage, with a few variations for special songs. I can get back and forth between those tunings quickly on a single six-string guitar. (I'm trying to keep things simple.) I play both C6 and E13 at home, but tighter-voiced tunings don't fit the sound of our band or my role in it.
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Aaron Brown
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 24 Jun 2022 10:47 am Open D slant chords song examples
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Hi Folks, I realize this thread is kind of old. Anyone have good examples (audio or tab) of the slants in context of a song? I’d find it really helpful.
Thanks! |
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Bill McCloskey
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 24 Jun 2022 6:38 pm
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Both Steinar and Tom Gray are no longer with us and they are missed.
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