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hi,
been listen alot to the paul and fred acoustic duo stuff, and need to get playing some little feat- just love the cadence/phrasing of the tunes. hard to find chords for some.
i have so many i'd like to play on mando, but 2 are stickin out and calling me:
anyone have chords for :
hate to lose you now
feets don't fail me now. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
please share if you do.
thanks,
ira
Jim M.
May-22-2006, 10:42am
I don't know how accurate these are, but probably worth a try:
Feat (http://uk.geocities.com/little_annabel/feattabs.htm)
great stuff- thanks so much.
i wonder if any guitarists out there can answer this for me.
when i see the / as in D/F# - that means a D with an F# bass- on a mando, would i play the d, a variation of the d, an f# or variation???
David M.
May-22-2006, 3:03pm
Ira, don't know about this particular case, but when I see that, most times on mando, it works best by just playing the first chord (in that case, the D). not always the case, but I let the guitar and bass do most of those walkdowns.
glauber
May-22-2006, 4:25pm
great stuff- thanks so much.
i wonder if any guitarists out there can answer this for me.
when i see the / as in D/F# - that means a D with an F# bass- on a mando, would i play the d, a variation of the d, an f# or variation???
It's always a D; never a F#. In my small and humble experience, The slashes are useful mostly to indicate bass note runs, e.g.: G->D/F#->Em
It's usually safe to ignore these in any instrument, unless they make sense stylistically. They're an embellishment.
jmcgann
May-23-2006, 1:13pm
Actually, the slash chord indicates an "inversion" in this case. A major chord has at least 3 personalities- the root in the bass, the 3rd, and the 5th. Up in Mandoville, we don't hear the differences that much, because all the action is happenin' down low. Take a guitar, play a garden variety D chord on the top 4 strings. Now, get that F# on the 2nd fret of the low E-that's a whole 'nother character! Play the 5th string open now and there's the 5th in the bass.
These things make a huge difference musically, but more down in the bottom end- still, you can take a tune like the Beatles "For No One" and play that moving bass line on the mando with the C chord on top:
557x (your day breaks0
457x (your mind aches)
223x (you find that)
023x (all her words of...)
Now, if you ignore the bass line and just play C you'll be all right (notice the notes on the 3rd and 2nd strings are part of the C chord each time), but if you include the cool part your friends will say "wow..just like the rekkid!" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
The best way to see those slash chords are triad over bass note. They sometimes give you hybrid chords rather than inversions. When in doubt, just play the top triad and let some low pitched person worry about the other half. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif