Kite Guitar Exercises and Techniques by Kite Giedraitis: Difference between revisions
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It's also possible to correct the 6¢ sharpness of 5-under intervals by bending a note slightly <u>down</u>. Press the string firmly against the fingerboard and push it towards the bridge. This is harder to do by the nut, because bending down stretches the string behind the fret, and there's very little to stretch there. | It's also possible to correct the 6¢ sharpness of 5-under intervals by bending a note slightly <u>down</u>. Press the string firmly against the fingerboard and push it towards the bridge. This is harder to do by the nut, because bending down stretches the string behind the fret, and there's very little to stretch there. | ||
== Interesting Root Movements == | |||
This is not a playing exercise for your fingers, but a composing exercise for your mind. Given a chord, what chord can you move to that has at least 2 notes in common? Root movement intervals tend to be not plain. Harmonic chords tend to be followed by subharmonic chords and vice versa. The ^9 chord can often have its root omitted, becoming a vdv7 or ^m6 chord. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+from the down7 chord | |||
!progression | |||
! colspan="2" |guitar tab | |||
!notes | |||
|- | |||
|Iv7 -- IVv7 | |||
|4 - 3 1 5 | |||
| - 6 6 5 3 | |||
|only 1 note in common, but too basic to leave out | |||
|- | |||
|Iv7 -- Vv7 | |||
| - 6 6 5 3 | |||
|4 - 3 1 5 | |||
|ditto | |||
|- | |||
|Iv7 -- V^9 | |||
| - 6 6 5 3 | |||
|4 5 3 2 2 | |||
|ditto, two nice 1-fret voice movements | |||
|- | |||
|Iv7 -- IV^9 | |||
|4 - - 1 5 4 | |||
| - 6 7 5 4 4 | |||
|the scale's vm7 goes to a ^M6, only half a fret away | |||
|- | |||
|Iv7 -- vII^9 or #IVvdv7 | |||
|4 - 3 1 5 | |||
|(7) 8 6 5 5 | |||
|leads nicely into the IVv7 chord | |||
|- | |||
|Iv7 -- vVI^9 or #Ivdv7 | |||
| - 4 4 3 1 | |||
|(5) 6 4 3 3 | |||
|#Ivdv7 leads nicely into the vVI^m7 chord | |||
|- | |||
|Iv7 -- I^9 | |||
|4 - 3 1 5 | |||
|4 5 3 2 2 | |||
|less satisfying because the root doesn't change | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" |Iv7 -- vbVI^9 or | |||
Iv7 -- vbIII^m6 | |||
| - 4 4 3 1 | |||
|3 4 2 1 1 | |||
|vbVI^9 leads nicely into the Vv7 chord | |||
|- | |||
|4 - - 1 5 4 - | |||
| - 2 - 5 3 2 2 | |||
|vbIII^m6 leads nicely into the IVv7 chord | |||
|- | |||
|Iv7 -- vbIII^9 or vbVII^m6 | |||
|4 - - 1 5 4 | |||
|0 (2) 3 1 0 0 | |||
|leads nicely into the Vv7 chord | |||
|- | |||
|Iv7 -- ^VII^9 or vIIIvdv7 | |||
|4 - 3 1 5 | |||
|(3) 4 2 1 1 | |||
|a weird one | |||
|} | |||
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