scottyboy

Zen doesn't sound like Chinese?

*clears throat* That would be a 5th chord - AKA power chord - in this case G5. The 3rd fret, 6th string is the G, root note. The first one "in the stink" (nice) is the fifth (in this case, D). Here it's one string and 2 frets up, but you'll find going up 7 frets on the 6th string will get you to the exact same note. The pinkie note is just another G, an octave (12 frets worth) up. If the stuff posted before was tldr, here's a shortcut or two. Most will be familiar with the extended shapes of - low to high fingerings - 355433 (G major) and 355333 (G minor). Note that there is only one note's difference between the two. This is the 3rd, 3 fret's worth up (for the minor) or 4 for the major. Shift it slightly, say up to 355533. The third has been replaced with a fourth to give a Gsus4 chord (the basic version of the chords Moon Moon mentioned). These are similar to power chords (neutral) but more sophisticated sounding - they're the arpeggiated chords in the intro of Black Hole Sun, for example. You could then remove the pinkie to give 353533. The second root/octave has been replaced with a minor 7th, and you have G7sus4. So hopefully that shows how things can easily be made more interesting.

I never learned through theory either. Most of what I described I learned or figured out after coming up with chords or progressions I couldn't make sense of, or figure out where to take. Same issues as others have described in the thread and thus why I advocate learning it. Again, retorts to Robin weren't any kind of debate about theory, as people seem to think. I was annoyed with him replying to my posts saying things like (I quote): "You said that you have difficulties with intervals". No. No, I didn't. 1101010101010? That bit about the Jaws theme again...

I also didn't "jump into the thread to show off". The stuff I talked about has been mentioned multiple times - specifically people not knowing which chords to play next, and not knowing what they're doing when playing funny, made up chords of which they like the sound. This is why I'm still able to name-check who's done so. It's not "mad theory skills", it's basic, practical stuff, even if it needed a lot of space to explain on paper.

I'm getting pissy because Robin is repeating my posts back to me, explaining to me the same things I've just finished explaining, or misquoting my posts and using it as an excuse the explain the same. Again, I'd love to know whose "questions" he's been answering, otherwise. As I said, his posts have been seemingly entirely random otherwise, and completely counterproductive to anyone reading.

To which questions were you replying, exactly?

And on, and on...

Robin's just repeated half of what I said a few posts ago. And A-C is a minor or flat 3rd.

FFS. Who are you talking to? Can you read? I don't have problems with either notes or intervals. I understand them perfectly well. That's why I explained them at length in the posts above. Similarly, you brought up "Hendrix chords", in reply to those posts, in which I did not mention "Hendrix chords" at all. I suspect you were referring to the sentence (a joke) "Right, Christ (Hendrix), chords already", which, if so, demonstrates a lack of basic reading comprehension. None of your last several posts has made any sense in relation to any thing any one else has posted. It's like your carrying on a conversation with an imaginary friend in the middle of the thread. Amazing.

You're just talking about triad chords here, right? Part of what I'm saying is that some reading this don't understand intervals at all and won't understand this shorthand. "Hendrix chords" is a colloquial rocker's name for dominant #9th chords, as far as I'm aware, which kind of do have a child in those 2nd and 3rds seats. Much as I dubbed the m13th the "So What chord".

God damn it: Major scale: R, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (strictly, the Ionian mode) Dorian mode: R, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, b7 Minor scale with a major 6th Phrygian mode: R, b2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7 Minor scale with a flat 2nd Lydian mode: R, 2, 3, #4, 5, 6, 7 Major scale with a sharp 4th (b5th) Mixolydian mode: R, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, b7 Dominant scale i.e. major with minor 7 (Natural) minor scale: R, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7 archetypal minor scale, AKA Aeolian mode Locian mode R, b2, b3, 4, b5, b6, b7 Half diminished. Black sheep.

Correction: Phrygian mode: R, b2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7 Minor scale with a flat 2nd.

Or he could have just said that most jazz songs are based on II-V-I progressions...

I remember Tricot being posted in here before; I think there was a new single/video out in the last few days.

Anyone have Sally Farmiloe? She was a transfer target for my team for next season. Oh well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28560113

Done. A few flaws in the survey but seen worse...

Pretty much agree with Skacel, but on the other hand there's the more useful side of things like Google's driverless car, smart-grid electricity and so on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Sad_True_Love_Story is a pretty good vision of our horribly wired together future dystopia.

Johnny Winter http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/johnny-winter-dead-blues-musician-who-inspired-john-lennon-mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-has-died-70-9612513.html

That Korean girl!

The earliest I was really aware of was '94, but only really Baggio/Italy and a bit of Ireland and Nigeria. After this one, fuck y'all, '02 was the best, because of Senegal, South Korea (outrageous decisions be damned), Japan and Turkey. And a classic Brazil team still won. Then '98, which had probably the best teams. Several worthy world champions going into the late stages and a winner couldn't be spotted a mile off, unlike this year (and indeed '02, tbf). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10963667/World-Cup-2014-Was-this-the-greatest-tournament-of-all-No.html I remember little of 2006 and 2010. The latter seemed pretty dull and irritating, as already stated. 2006 seemed to lack any stories or surprises, and ended with Italy beating France - dragged there by Zidane - on penalties, which seemed like a lukewarm rerun of a much more classic contest several years prior.

Telt ye. I thought Argentina improved immeasurably in the semis and final (missed all the quarters) but Germany were the only team worthy of world champs throughout the tournament (except maybe France, who lost an early set piece goal and were them closed out by Germany). Best World Cup I can remember, which was nice after the crap of 2006 and 2010. Not that appetising a final though: a fourth win for Germany or a third for Argentina? Exciting. Deserved winners though.

Decent game so far, should've been some goals already.