How many chords is enough? - Page 2

brwnhornet59 · #31 08-05-2011, 10:30 AM

[quote=The answer is 128 chords.
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Are you sure it is not 129?

brwnhornet59 · #32 08-05-2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by brendanmarkhall

G C D and Em are enough for 90 percent of the guitar world!

Sadness. Even Country Music phased that out decades ago.

Meggy · #33 08-05-2011, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by brendanmarkhall

G C D and Em are enough for 90 percent of the guitar world!

But not me, nor I suspect your good self....

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Originally Posted by Drumbler

The answer is 128 chords.

This is how many you need precisely.

Yes, but which 128?

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Originally Posted by Greg Brouelette

Since you have the Ted Greene books play thought the first several pages of the I vi ii V section. You'll find that even Ted uses the same chord voicings over and over. In fact, those page in particular are essentially the same 3 chord progressions repeated for pages with only very slight variations.

When I taught guitar I had a concept which I called "Fake Jazz". I made sure that the student knew a M7, Dom 7 variation (a 9th or 13th) a m7 (usually a 9th) and a m7b5 with a root on the E string and root on the A string. Once they had that they could play 90% of the songs in the Real Book.

Once they can do that then we started working on different voicings and really listening to why those voicing sounded different. Then we start learning things like how a 6th chord sounds as opposed to a Maj7th chord and how they can both be used as a major chord shape. Eventually, by osmosis, you just start moving to the chord that has the right sound for the piece.

It's a recursive learning experience. Learning more chord shapes teaches your ear to hear those new sounds and as you're playing your ear starts to tell you which new sounds it wants to hear.

Nice answer, thanks for the ideas, and also for your way of looking at Ted Greene's book - anything that makes Ted Greene seem more manageable has to be a good thing!

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Originally Posted by brwnhornet59

Are you sure it is not 129?

Let's not get too advanced here - I'll wait til I've got the 128 down before entertaining such thoughts!

brwnhornet59 · #34 08-05-2011, 12:12 PM

Meggy, Ted, like Lenny Breau, used a lot of voicing's that were based on 3rd and 7th. Isolate those key note's and play your Bass line accordingly. All of the sudden these easy triads become very powerful. Just a thought.