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Comment by Jim Morris on March 23, 2017 at 1:23pm

Good luck with Eeb!

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on March 23, 2017 at 10:27am

You and Shane have just convinced me to restring a guitar eeb. I've been looking for a bit of a challenge. I'm still learning GDg and bought the CBG book by Brent but it would be nice to chill from learning now and then and have at this eeb stuff. Thanks again and thanks again Shane too.

Comment by Jim Morris on March 23, 2017 at 9:14am

Thanks Dani and Bear.I was trying to avoid a talk on chord theory but since you asked....... most CBG tunings are what's often called a "power chord" like GDg. Those notes are 1,5,1 if you count notes on the major scale. D is the 5th note of a G scale. To make a chord major or minor we need the 3rd note of the scale which is the note b in this case. With a b natural in that GDg setting you've got a G major chord. To make it a G minor you flat that 3rd note so G bflat d makes a G minor chord. If this doesn't confuse you enough I can go into more detail but that's it in a nutshell.

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on March 23, 2017 at 8:58am

Hope it helps? Only massively! So, on the same theme, would sounding out the major full chord be on the fourth? Forgive my ignorance if I'm wrong please. Still very much learning this stuff. Thanks, Jim, and thanks Shane too.

Comment by Jim Morris on March 23, 2017 at 6:46am

Cool Andries. The hard part will be singing Everly brothers harmony with yourself!

Comment by A.D.EKER on March 23, 2017 at 4:56am

got this CD from my sisterinlaw from gainsville, whit the everlybros; dream dream on there and was wondering how to do that and you just handed me the hole caboedel on a silver platter, thank you verry verry for this tutorial There Jim and Shane !thanks !!

Comment by Jim Morris on March 22, 2017 at 10:25am

Oh Wes, I know for a fact you have a banjo that you don't hold slideways in your lap so don't never say never! Hmmmm... is that a triple negative? And thanks!

Comment by Jim Morris on March 22, 2017 at 9:50am

Thanks AGP. I sometimes slip into theory jargon and often have to remind myself to just explain where to put your fingers. I was forced at an early age to learn music theory but many great players don't "know" any of it and play intuitively. I'm always in awe (and jealous) of people like that.

Comment by AGP # on March 22, 2017 at 9:40am

"Well Done Jim", very helpful, and easily explained for us "non savvy" music theory players :-) 

Comment by Jim Morris on March 22, 2017 at 9:09am

Cool Shane! I plan to keep this guitar in Eeb so I can work with it some more. Thanks for posting lessons and ideas like this. 

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