Californiaman
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Regarding theory.... players who have earned their reputation by touring with other musicians, ensembles, bands, and the such, usually pick up theory from more accomplished, seasoned players. They learn what works and the theory behind it.
Phil X, on a recent Rick Beato podcast, was demonstrating simple theory of one of his typical solos when he started calling out all of the flat fifths he used as he worked his way up the neck. This is because his solo was based on the blues scale. The blues scale or minor blues scale as some call it, is a hexatonic scale which consists of 1, b3, 4, b5, 5, b7. X was simply calling out the position and use of the flat five as he played a blues scale right up the neck from the first position to somewhere beyond the 12th position. Lots of people understand bits and pieces of theory which helps them figure out the why. Using this blues scale with 7th chords works because of the b7 of the scale. So there's a double dose of theory for you.
Stacking thirds is how guitarists can end up playing right sounding chords. For instance here's the Em scale: E, F#, G, A, B, C, D, E. Stacking thirds simply refers to moving three notes up the scale each time.
Em scale, with a i, iv v (all minor chords) chord progression. Simply start with the Em. To form the root chord it's E, G, B (Em). Moving to the iv chord we stack A, C, E (Am). See how I started with the fourth position of the scale? For the fifth chord (it starts with the fifth note of the scale) we play B, D, F# which is a Bm.
Another bit of theory that relates to this is using either the Em pentatonic (1, b3, 4, 5, b7) to solo with or the Em Blues Scale again a hexatonic scale (1, b3, 4, b5, 5, b7).
Em Pentatonic: E, G, A, B, D
Em Blues Scale: E, G, A, Bb, B, D
Most of you probably already know this in the first position on the neck. Learn the caged system here: Em Blues Scale for Caged System.
The first position is a classic rock riff for "Baby Please Don't Go"
Good luck.
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Certainly wishing you the most speedy of recoveries. You have been through a lot. Love the picture of you with your guitar. Happy thoughts.
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I think, for most of us, playing by ear is an integral part of learning a particular piece of music. How many times have we honed in on the bass note in order to get a chord, let alone the chord progression down.
The very first time I heard Tom Petty’s Honey Bee, I knew I could play it because of my audial training over the years. And that included the main riff and timing. Once I got my guitar in my hands playing the song was easy.I watched a Rick Beato video of Top 10 Country songs and he was calling out root note, chord and progression for all 10 songs and pointing the uniqueness of each progression. They weren’t all I, IV, V chords either . It was good and points out the relationship between listening and having a basic understanding of rudimentary theory .
Still, I know plenty of players who just hear it and play it.
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3 hours ago, Dave F said:
I just checked their Gibson guitars, and most are marked down and if you chat with them, they'll take off another 20%.
I did the same thing. There are some reasonable prices too. But not so much for some of the 335s and 345s.
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Well, I must say my learning curve has been a long and winding road. See what I did there?
I've even found a mistake in my original post. The song is performed in Em. That means one sharp, F#. Which means that Interval Run of Sixths, is actually (C-A, D-B, E-C, F#-D, G-E, A-F#, B-G, C-A) played on the G&D strings respectively.
It makes sense because the song's intro, that really melodic guitar picking, moves from Em to F#m. The chords Page plays after the interval sixth run up the neck are also Em & F#m. They're played on the G, D, B strings in the 16th (F#m) and 14th (Em) positions.
I remember playing the cornet when younger. Didn't stick with it and have been a self-taught guitar player since the mid-80s. Started with bass and moved to guitar when I bought my ES-175 in 1988.
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Yeah, they're closing after 100 years. Looking for a buyer. But you know how this goes.
They're another in a long line of retail stores that are having to shut down in what is really a poor economy. Might be an opportunity for someone else, but wow! Sam Ash was a reputable music store.
Sam Ash story.
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Yeah, they were a fantastic group. At one time in the '70s you could turn the dial on the radio and chances are you would land on an ELO hit. RIP Richard. You were one of the best.
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I've been working on intervals lately. Went down a rabbit hole that forces me to think about what I'm doing, or in the case of this morning's discovery, other guitarists playing.
A while ago I learned the solo Jimi Page uses on Achilles Last Stand. The one where he takes a run up the neck. I remember reading once that he wanted to create a solo where he used every note in the scale and have it sound remarkable.
I love it when I figure stuff out on guitar.
Page's ascending run up the neck is fantastic. It's musical genius. It is played on the third and fourth strings and is known as an Interval of a 6th.
Starting on the fifth fret of the G string, Page plays C. The he plays A on the D string, 7th fret. Next two notes are D to B. Then another interval 6th, E to C. He continues in the key of C through the remainder of the scale. So, F-D, G-E, A-F, G-B right up to the 19th fret of the D string.
It's a beautifully crafted Major sixth run through the C Major scale.
Give it a try.
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So who ya' putting your money on for the big race?
Here's the horses and odds.
I've got West Saratoga, to win.
To place I've got Resilience.
For Show, Fierceness
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BBP, sorry you feel that way. Stooping so low as to call me a "knuckle dragger" and "Chief Running Mouth," is well.... petty at best.
Subjective vs. objective arguments: Objective means verifiable information based on facts and evidence. Subjective means information or perspectives based on feelings, opinions, or emotions.
Having presented information that is verifiable and fact, I posted about BJA. If he believes so strongly in something that he's willing to renounce his citizenship as he clearly did in the middle of a gig in London, just look it up it's on youtube, then I say renounce away and move to where ever you want. Don't rant about it in front of thousands who paid good money to see you play your music. Just quietly go and do it.
As for you, obviously you felt compelled to post here again. So, so much for, "This is why I don't post here anymore." I welcome your posts and have nothing against you.
Good luck to you.
No hard feelings here.
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Since this OP was about punk rock, I just can’t help but remember all the nights driving up and down PCH listening to stuff like The Dead Kennedys, Police Truck or The Dickies Gigantor. That was punk rock
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Holy Smokes!
What happened to it? It looks like someone took a razor blade to it.
It looks like it needs a total restoration. The binding, the finish. Maybe the hardware too.
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Might I add Whiskey, Honky Tonks, and Women. Oh and outlaws. God bless the outlaw in all of us.
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CB: Read up on the difference of Sarcasm & Facetious.
History Lesson: Ready? One, Two, Three, GO!
Before you were even the twinkle in your father's eye, I was a punk in the streets of Southern California. I grew up during the heyday of punk rock. I walked the streets of California with the soundtrack of my favorite punk bands playing in my head. American bands like The Dead Kennedys (Jello Biafra), The Dickies, then later X (Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom and D.J. Bonebrake), Social Distortion (Mike Ness), The Flesh Eaters (Dave Alvin, Chris Desjardins, John Doe, Steve Berlin, DJ Bonebrake), T.S.O.L True Sounds of Liberty (Jack Grisham and Ron Emory) and a few more you might have heard of like Black Flag, The Circle Jerks, the Runaways, The Go-Go's and Ramons.
The great thing about the California Punk Scene was that these players all knew each other and would at times show up to support the other bands. Dave Alvin would go on to form the Blasters with his genius brother Phil. Phil holds a California record for having caught by hand one of the largest rattlesnakes on record. Even taught high level mathematics at Cal State Long Beach. Dave is one of Americas best song writers. Ever hear of Dwight Yokum? Got his start in the same clubs as these artists at the same time. Alvin sold him the rights to Long White Cadillac, then used the money to build his own studio. It's a song about Hank Williams and is Yokum's greatest hit. Ron Emory would play lead guitar for Social D. Steve Berlin would play sax for the likes of the Blasters and Los Lobos. Yeah that was the good part that came out of California's Wonderful World of Punk. Want to read a good book? John Doe put out a compilation by the folks who lived it called Under the Big Black Sky. He tells the story of the Los Angeles punk scene. He also has others tell their own story.
I can go on and on. I've met them. I've interviewed them and I've grown old with them.
Sure I listened to English Punk like the Clash and the Sex Pistols. I still have a pristine copy of Never Mind the Bollocks. I've met Johnny Lydon "Rotten" too.
So before you try to school me on what punk is; I have it running through my veins. I'm old school.
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Woh! Dad was wrong.
Taller than James Arness? Still, when my wife and I are talking crime and punishment, she still goes right to Marshall Matt Dillion. "If they knew what Marshall Dillion was going to do them, they wouldn't do that anymore. They should hang 'em. Shoot 'em and if they live, hang 'em."
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33 minutes ago, NighthawkChris said:
Glad you like it that much. If we are talking about corporate music, had to start somewhere. Not saying all music that was mass marketed was bad, but today’s corporate culture and what’s marketed today doesn’t have much to be desired - and it isn’t even just this era. It is what it is, I choose to not listen to that stuff as I have for years. Would be nice if music such as classic rock from the 60s and 70s was a thing today where we could actually think of timeless rock tunes being made today. I can’t name one after this era. Not saying all music after this era was garbage - before we go there. Willing to bet though I have a strong bias. Whatever, we all have them.
I want to point out that it's been well documented that this is what killed rock-n-roll.
24 minutes ago, duane v said:Honestly I'm tired of classic rock..... I mean how many times can you listen to Hotel California...
I like listening to new stuff just to see what people are trying to do. And I find a lot of it is quite good.
Duane, here's a relatively new band that I'm kind of digging. Hope you do too.
This is so cool. Live Direct to Vinyl. Are you kidding me! Sweet!
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Corporate Punk Rock. No. Better yet, Marxist Punk Rock. I think I've found my new musical direction.
I can sing about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Or rage about companies and their responsibility to insure policies that are reflective of the Environment, Social Change, and Governance (ESG). Or, maybe, with the right inspiration, I can write songs about cultural marxism and equality of outcomes. If that's not a top-10-hit song then maybe I'll sing about Critical Race Theory and the importance of having the school system indoctrinate your children so as to insure outcomes that fit the paradigm. Wave the hammer and the sickle proudly. Or better yet hoist the rainbow flag high above the white house. Oh yeah. A new, new wave of punk is about to be unleashed on America. It'll spread from coast to coast. No longer will we have to listen to the dronings of Sean Hannity, Dan Bongino, Jordan Peterson or Doctor Phil. No. We will embrace the feminist leaders on The View and Transgender Ideology will be our maantra. Into the bonfire of history go religion, morality, and common sense.
Ah yes, power and creativity. Rage against the machine. Fundamentally Transform America. You didn't build it. Someone else did. The Occupiers are the Oppressors. Colonialism equals Fascists. We will be the new order. Anything goes, Amoral, Agnostics we will be redefine the norm. Progressivism coupled with Marxism. We will achieve more than Karl Marx ever imagined. Totalitarianism where the State is your God.
Oh! Wow. What happened? I must have blacked out there for a minute. Did I write that? Wow. Californiaman must've taken a little too much of his prescription this afternoon. Wait, what's this, "Take with food." Whoops. Skipped lunch but not the pills.
Oh yeah, I'm going to be a maga mega star.
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Now that's some punk rock.
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I found this interview to be enlightening. Brad is one of the ambassadors of rock-n-roll guitar and his knowledge of the music scene from back in the day is outstanding. Of course he talks about his collection of vintage gear that he's used, hung onto and sadly given up. Check it out. It's a long interview so make the time.
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Sarge!
Tell us how you really feel.
Haters gotta hate. But I feel ya' man. There's music out there we love and music out there we hate. I can honestly say I've never heard a Taylor Swift song. Never. Never listened. Never wanted to.
Green Day.... Meh! Not interested. I'll pass. I've seen harder working more talented musicians toil away for years grinding out an existence and not make it to the big time for various reasons.
Recently, I saw an article in Guitar Player Magazine about a guy named Jonny Polansky. I first saw Polansky at one of those festival shows in Irvine, CA way back in 1996. He was there in support of his first album Hi My Name is Jonny. It would become a critically acclaimed release. He didn't play the big stage then. No he was on the smaller secondary stage grinding it out. Pouring everything he had into his performance, I remember thinking at the time, man he's really killing it. During his set Polansky moved to the front of the stage and took a tumble over the edge. He fell hard and it was right in front of me. Bloodied and battered he managed his way back up onto the stage and kept on going. Brutal! But LONG LIVE ROCK-N-ROLL!!!
But that's how it is. For every band that becomes relevant, there's countless others that don't.
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I agree, Alan Tyduc was a great choice for Resident Alien. The guy is hilarious. I can't believe the way the last episode ended. But it's only fitting because the show has so many different directions it has taken. I particularly love the back stories on every character. The writers have done a great job exploring and developing every character in the show.
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"1 Minute. I've got one minute left."
Times up you piece of excrement. Sounds like a petulant child who didn't get their way. How punk is that?
When the Supreme Court of the US sent Roe v. Wade back to the states for them to decide the abortion issue, Armstrong announced in the middle of a gig in London that he was renouncing his US citizenship. Not something he gave a lot of thought to. Since BJ announced he was renouncing his American citizenship, then why is he still here? Go to Canada or Europe or BF Egypt BJ. Take your punk attitude to Gaza or some other place. Maybe the Chinese will let you in.
If you don't like it here. Get the fu@% out!
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Gibson has an app?
Who would have known? An app.
Another Pro Stating There Is No Best Guitarists
in The Gibson Lounge
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Missouri you’re absolutely right about Roy Clark and Glenn Campbell. They were mighty men when it comes to picking and playing guitar.