TECHNIQUE

Oh yes. But I think the most often used is 5th and 4th.

the 4th and 5th with what?

4th and 5th harmonies. I think 3rd and 5th are the most harmonic notes. Because if you notice Major Chords always have a Tonic, a 3rd, a 5th and then the Tonic Octave.

is that why the 1st 4th and 5th are the dominant chords?

Well, not exactly. It's more what Beethoven (or Bach) discovered when he was forced to write a song a week. He realized "Hey, no matter what scale I'm using, these intervals sound like crap..." For example, if you play a E/3 and a open A together like a chord, it sounds terrible. That would be a 2nd Chord. BUT if you play a G/3 and a A/2, it sounds much better. Thats a 3rd interval. Of course, the most pleasant sounding interval is a 5th, (which is also a Power Chord).


Also, I have finally figured out harmonies, and it's pretty easy. Lets look at a 5th harmony, since those are the easiest. If someone is playing, which is just a simple riff in E Major...

Code:

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------6-------------|
A|--------7-------9---------------9----7|
E|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----0-0---0---|

A second guitar could play:

Code:

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--------9-------11-------8-------11----9-|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0---0-0-0----0-0-0-----0-0-----0---|

Which is just playing the 5th interval of every note in the same place. These are pretty easy to figure out because it's juts broken down Power Chords. Of course, if you want a 3rd harmony you would just use 3rd intervals and the same for each. BUT a very important part is to remember if the interval is Major or Minor. I'll list that again here.

I. Major
II. Minor
III. Minor
IV. Major
V. Major
VI. Minor
VII. Diminished (Pretty much stay away from using this in a harmony.)

so the intervals are the different numbered notes on the scale?

I think so.

Im still not quite understanding how to figure the hamronys out

You play what the 5th interval for each note.

I think I just need to let it sink in a bit

OK.

its kinda like greek

I posted the scales stuff on other forum.

sweet

The relationship between scale stuff I had been talking about forever.

what ru some licks/runs that work well for u? Im having a little trouble figuring them out

One run that I LOVE is one I composed out of Harmonic Minor in D. I'll tab it later but I don't have time right now I gotta get ready for Challenge.

sweet

And I figured one out yesterday on accident, but it sounds VERY familiar so...


EDIT: crap it's in Eternal Rest (A7x)

But at the same time, alright! I figured out an A7x solo piece.

sweet

OK, here's the lick I wrote. So far I haven't written a bunch of licks that I play often cause I'll be like "Oh I like that" next day "oh that sucks"

Code:

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-14--------17-15-14---------------------------|
G|--------15-14-----------15-14-12-12-14-15---------|
D|------------------------------------------15-14-12|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

cool

But that is one I usually stick with.

I dont really know what Im playing most of the time lickwise... I need to learn more songs. can u make a list of some cool songs to play on the guitar?

Sure I'd be happy to.

Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child (slight return)
Joe Satriani Surfing with The Alien
Led Zeppelin Heart Breaker (middle solo part)
Metallica Enter Sandman (a couple little fills in there apart from the solo)
Pearl Jam Even Flow (has a fill after each line in the Second Verse and an awesome solo)


Those are a few, but I didn't put any stuff like Avenged Sevenfold cause you already know about there stuff.