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Permalink Reply by Wal Callaby on October 5, 2017 at 10:08am

Funnily enough, I had an idea just this evening for CBG playing over a chill-out type synth loop. If you say there's no wrong way, then prepare for a new video in a week or so...

There must be limits though, surely? Discuss...

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Permalink Reply by Jim Morris on October 5, 2017 at 1:28pm

I'll look forward to any of your videos! I honestly don't think there are limits except in the ability and the imagination of each person playing. I thought I'd reached an impasse when, in a jazz tune, a chord named F#m7flat5  was called for. There's no good way to play this on 3 strings so I struggled to figure out the notes in this chord and then arpeggiated, or broke the chord up, into a run that sounded good to my ears. I'll confess that I've had some training in theory (thanks mom!)  but this is the sort of thing that convinces me that the boundaries still require much more exploration!

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Permalink Reply by JL on October 6, 2017 at 2:39am

but that's just a contorted name for F#dim7, lol

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Permalink Reply by JL on October 6, 2017 at 3:03am

Dang it you got me thinking, if you skip the 3b you can use this finger pattern for a dim7 chord...

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Permalink Reply by Wal Callaby on October 6, 2017 at 4:54am

Hmm- maybe the 3b is sorta necessary, cos it sounds a little out there for me. But then I don't play jazz, and I have very little theory (I know a few scales). I tend to find CBG chords by accident/ make them up as I go along (delete where applicable)- some of the 'legal' ones are a big stretch, even with a 24.5" scale.

While on the subject though, I could use an alternative IV chord for the 12-bar in G- any ideas?

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Permalink Reply by Wal Callaby on October 6, 2017 at 5:02am

Kind of you to say so Jim, but (and see my response to JL) it's all made up on the hoof with little or no theory, or planning even. Longer fingers would be handy...

Anyway, the weekend stretches ahead, and I've promised I'd build something. The tailpieces arrived this afternoon so I no longer have any excuse!

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Permalink Reply by turtlehead on October 4, 2017 at 8:26pm

Check out the Resources>Free Music and Albums tab up top and you can find a good selection of things from Blues to Beatles to Motorhead.

I'm of the belief that anything and everything can and should be played on homemade instruments.

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Permalink Reply by Wal Callaby on October 5, 2017 at 6:35am

Good tip- thanks. Perhaps three-string tabs will be easier to read than six-string... Not sure that everything can be played on homemade instruments, but your're perfectly correct in saying ANYTHING can be!

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Permalink Reply by JL on October 5, 2017 at 6:28am

Death Metal on a one string shovel git - anything is possible

https://youtu.be/IyQOw-_H4yE

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Permalink Reply by Wal Callaby on October 5, 2017 at 6:46am

Well, that's something to aim for. Gonna have to build me a one-stringer sometime soon. I got the timber; what gauge of string would anyone recommend?

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Permalink Reply by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on October 5, 2017 at 9:20am

Some oak would make a good neck either a G or A string there's no rules to be held down to .

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Permalink Reply by Wal Callaby on October 5, 2017 at 10:02am

Yeah- just found me some nice oak. I'm in the UK, so we've got no wood (only half-joking), but I have found bench slats(!) in oak, 1220mm x 35mm x 20mm, shaped at the back just like a real neck! 35mm is wide enough for three strings, but 20mm may be pushing it a bit for strength (which is why I bought oak rather than sapele or iroko). Starting a three-string fretless this weekend, but might do a one-string too- it might be better for that cross-section.

I'll post pics- whether they work or not!

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