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I've been practicing drop II chords all over the neck for sometime now and slowly getting better at voice leading with them. I know that the general view is chords on the E A D G can get really muddy, particularly with voicings like these but i really quite like the sound. They sound really sonorous to me, particularly on a nylon guitar, or on a really bright clean telecaster
I largely play alone so i guess that makes quite a difference, rather than getting in the way of another rhythm section.
Am I a heathen? tone deaf? or does anyone else think they sound cool? are there any players that use them extensively?
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05-28-2020 03:03 PM
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for example
Gm - Em7b5 - Am7b5 - D7
3 5 3 3 x x
3 5 2 3 x x
3 3 1 2 x x
2 3 1 2 x x
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A bass flute has an absolutely gorgeous sound but within many orchestration scenarios it has very limited ability
to project through the mix.
I agree, chords on our low strings are beautiful. While muddy textures are a sonic fact of life, don't stop playing them
now because of what might happen in the future.
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It's pretty common in gypsy jazz.
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Originally Posted by Littlemark
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Explore the whole instrument.
Bottom 4 strings are a wondrous place.
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Yes.
i also like 5 6 5 x x x
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Mud Mud .... glorious Mud
Nothing quite like it .... for cooling the blood
Yes I love them too
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I love the gentle, sonorous throbbing of an ever-so-slightly wobbly chord. A teensy bit of wiggle-stick is sometimes nice as well. A tasteful reverb would not be out of place either.
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ha awesome, seems im not alone then! i'll continue on my merry way
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Of course you're not alone, heathens are everywhere.
Seriously though, no one could answer your question honestly without hearing exactly what you are hearing. If your guitar has the clarity to play particular voicings and they sound good to you, go forth and play them. I'd be interested to know if you have the opportunity to play different guitars and have come across instruments that would cause you to avoid some of those voicings?
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Kurt made a thing of them of course:
but of grit and you can make major seventh chords rock ...
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I like using this muddy form in turn arounds:
C6 3322
Eb6 6655 (sub for A7)
D6 5544 (sub for D7)
Db6 4433 (sub for G7)
It really growls when playing gypsy jazz. Robin Nolan uses these quite a bit.
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Originally Posted by whiskey02
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That's funny that you should post this...
I was just screwing around with...
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under "The Summer Wind"...it's like a finger dance with two anchored.
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yea...and i like his singin too...hah
cheers
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Originally Posted by basinstreet
He's a strummer. I like that in a guitar player.
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Kind of like asking if anyone likes being a human because of their feet. Who doesn't love the mud...
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When i play with Derek Bailey i normally put on thick gardening gloves for the muddy sounds, remove the 5 string and tune 6th down to Bb.
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Originally Posted by marvinvv
And maybe even a little of the other side... mid JC
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Originally Posted by basinstreet
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Originally Posted by Reg
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