You use the chord shapes from the key of D, using the capo as an artificial nut. It's placed on the second fret, which pushes all those chords up a st...
I mean IV/F# as the IV of F# (B).Did a cheap and nasty .mid version of the song in Anvil Studio, which I will upload as soon as I find somewhere to pu...
Heh, I've been using voice leading on keyboard without realizing it.For 12-bar in C, I use the voicings C-E-G, C-F-A, and B-D-G for my left hand becau...
You can basically use any chord at all that uses the note, although it normally sounds best if you stay in the one key.
Oohhh, one thing I forgot to mention last night is that you can substitute several dim chords (or 1, depending on your viewpoint) over a ii-V leading ...
There's a good substitution for a 7b9 or ° chord.Look at the notes in D7b9. D F# A C Eb.Now get rid of the root. It's now an F#°. F# A C Eb.Invert i...
The singer is the face of the band. If the person doesn't represent what you're about then don't bother with them. Imagine if Luciano Pavarotti was in...
It's not excessively complicated, but it sort of works OK. No doubt some of the jazz players will be able to bring in things like the "Flat 5 substitu...
(1) if there are only 8 notes in a scale, what are 9th & 11th chords?(2) you show how to form major, minor, 7th chords etc but not 6ths(3) is the ...
Bm pentatonic is the same as D major pentatonic, only centred around a different note.If the song in D uses only a I-IV-V kind of progression (i.e. ju...
Argus's original suggestion amounts to:Play G major over the whole thing.And I hope no one takes offence.Apart from the 9 bars out of 16 that incorpor...
I'm not criticizing anyone personally. Sorry if my post offended anyone. I was responding to two things:"I want to know how other people think about t...
B | D#m | D#m+ | E I love this part. It sounds better (to me anyway) like this:| B | D#m D#m+ | E as a passing chord, I guess.
This is a perfect example of how modes complicate something very simple. ALL of these chords are in the key of G. ALL of the chords are completely con...