Slouching Raymond
Well-known member
Of late I've been picking away on my steel acoustic guitar, trying to make up chords.
They all have names, but I don't really care what they're called.
In particular I've been exploring what you can do with just two fingers.
Making easy shapes on the fretboard, moving them around.
Just arpeggio them, and it sounds very pleasant.
Often music that sounds complex, and looks complex when written on a score, is actually just simple finger movements on an instrument.
So I'm trying to start out with simple finger movements, and see where it takes me.
Also, looking at keyboards, and what chords go with each other.
The left hand side of a 'Circle Of Fifths', is just a mirror image of the right hand side.
To this end, I have sussed that mirror images of chords go well together.
Take a D Major triad on a keyboard, look at it through a mirror, and you see a G Minor triad.
Therefor D Major and G Minor should go well together, and they do.
Any other observations?
They all have names, but I don't really care what they're called.
In particular I've been exploring what you can do with just two fingers.
Making easy shapes on the fretboard, moving them around.
Just arpeggio them, and it sounds very pleasant.
Often music that sounds complex, and looks complex when written on a score, is actually just simple finger movements on an instrument.
So I'm trying to start out with simple finger movements, and see where it takes me.
Also, looking at keyboards, and what chords go with each other.
The left hand side of a 'Circle Of Fifths', is just a mirror image of the right hand side.
To this end, I have sussed that mirror images of chords go well together.
Take a D Major triad on a keyboard, look at it through a mirror, and you see a G Minor triad.
Therefor D Major and G Minor should go well together, and they do.
Any other observations?
