Rev Dr. Sean (Arts director of the Singapore guitar board)

Guitar Theory, part 5 no. 13a (ii)

Greetings to all aspiring guitarist, I am fast.

This lesson goes out to all you people who can never dream of reaching my standard. I will be teaching you how to play like me, (Of course, only I can do it though. I'm so fast) and hopefully one day, you will just give up and be reduced to lesser, but more meaningful things, other than your pathetic wishful thinking.

First of all, we shall focus on the key of A minor. Any other key is just bad, don't choose any other key. We are going to explore the versatility of this key, and I will explain how you can use the H chord in this key. ( I invented that chord)

The H chord requires that you have seven fingers. If you don't then thats too bad. We will be exploring the diversity of the 8th note in the diminished seventh minor scale in A minor/H. To play with the proper emotion you want, you will have to switch from the minor to major at every 6th note. That way, you will have the subtle mood changes, but still maintaining the same key and using the same modes. However, it may sound different, since you change the whole chord by one note. Thats where the magic begins.

The secret to the H chord is the modes you use. If you use the B aeolian mode, beginning in F sharp, then you switch its genetic strucutre to a frigian mode, you will get complete A minor G. But if you use it in A minor, and hang the 6th note over the 8th, not forgetting your double flats, then you will have the H scale, which sounds like a key in D. It really all depends on the 6th note you use, and the first note in the chord. So basically its an organised structure, which is far too complicated for you lower beings to comprehend. The suspended chords in the key require you to stretch 8 frets, and switching frets simultaenously, such that you get a "double" note effect; as if you had 2 fingers instead of 1.

Now lets say you have the chord progression Am and H, you would normally think of the A minor scale, or maybe a seven. But in my incredible way of exploring music's volatility, a b# would actually be the best fit, however, only using the minors. This is because the 3rd and 6th notes blend into the major so well, it forms the completely new H, however, switching the 6th would give you a platform for the natural minor mode.

Alright steve, joe, putrucci, this is all I can give you beginners. Explaining my other 21 chords and notes like E# would be far too complicated. Keep practising, and rock on.

posted by Red @ 9:58 PM