- Six Strings - Departures
(Departures - Mirrored Insight)
I've been playing around with a few chord progressions lately, and I finally got one stuck in my head that I just absolutely could not get out. I played a progression between D, A, D, and A7 trying to figure out how to link them together with the rest of a tune that I couldn't quite get out of my head and into my fingers. Curiously, it was my Godson Tyler that ended up providing me with the nudge I needed. The poor little guy had come down with some kind of virus that manifested as nasal congestion, and he was having a damnable time taking his bottle one evening, so I took him into a quiet part of the house, lowered the lights a little, and started humming the main melody of the tune that I'd been trying to complete. When I got to the end of what I'd managed to produce, the rest of the tune just sort of...came out. I hummed the whole thing a few more times, trying to match up what I was doing to chords and fingerings in my head, and by the time I realized that I had it all taken care of, Tyler had finished his bottle and was gurgling quietly in the crook of my arm.
In the end, I got the music I was after, and all it cost me was the head cold that Tyler gave me as a result of my proximity to him. A fair trade, I feel.
It's not quite finished yet -- I'll most likely make a real recording with my condenser mic, but this is most of something that I've decided to call 'Departures'.
Guitar: Gretsch Streamliner 2622 Hardtail "Pearline/The Pearl"
Pots: All Max
Pick-Up: Bridge/Neck
Amp: Boss Katana Mk I
Cabinet: (o'Clock): Clean, Gain 9, Amp Vol Max, Master Vol 12
Effects: Blues Overdrive 10, Delay (O) 10, Reverb (O) 10
Pedals: Seraphim Shimmer, 1, 1, 11
Chord Notes:
D, FTR D, D, FTR D
D, Noodle, A, Noodle, D
D, Noodle, A7, Noodle
Bm, Noodle, Em, Noodle
Bm, Noodle, G, Noodle
Bm, Noodle, G, Noodle
G, Em/G, HD, HC, B, HC, B, HA
E, HA, E, HB, HA, F#m, HE
FTR D: No idea what this chord is called. It's a normal D-Chord, but instead of fretting the G string on the second fret, I'm fretting the D string on the second fret and fiddling with my first finger on high E where appropriate to the music.
HA: A high 'A' chord variant. E chord shape, 6th fret.
HB: A high 'B' chord variant. E chord shape, 8th fret.
B: B chord with high E left open.
F#m: Fretting E, B, and G on the second fret, sometimes called a D6 chord.
Em/G: This is actually a real chord, a standard Em with the high e fretted on the 3rd.
I've been playing around with a few chord progressions lately, and I finally got one stuck in my head that I just absolutely could not get out. I played a progression between D, A, D, and A7 trying to figure out how to link them together with the rest of a tune that I couldn't quite get out of my head and into my fingers. Curiously, it was my Godson Tyler that ended up providing me with the nudge I needed. The poor little guy had come down with some kind of virus that manifested as nasal congestion, and he was having a damnable time taking his bottle one evening, so I took him into a quiet part of the house, lowered the lights a little, and started humming the main melody of the tune that I'd been trying to complete. When I got to the end of what I'd managed to produce, the rest of the tune just sort of...came out. I hummed the whole thing a few more times, trying to match up what I was doing to chords and fingerings in my head, and by the time I realized that I had it all taken care of, Tyler had finished his bottle and was gurgling quietly in the crook of my arm.
In the end, I got the music I was after, and all it cost me was the head cold that Tyler gave me as a result of my proximity to him. A fair trade, I feel.
It's not quite finished yet -- I'll most likely make a real recording with my condenser mic, but this is most of something that I've decided to call 'Departures'.
Guitar: Gretsch Streamliner 2622 Hardtail "Pearline/The Pearl"
Pots: All Max
Pick-Up: Bridge/Neck
Amp: Boss Katana Mk I
Cabinet: (o'Clock): Clean, Gain 9, Amp Vol Max, Master Vol 12
Effects: Blues Overdrive 10, Delay (O) 10, Reverb (O) 10
Pedals: Seraphim Shimmer, 1, 1, 11
Chord Notes:
D, FTR D, D, FTR D
D, Noodle, A, Noodle, D
D, Noodle, A7, Noodle
Bm, Noodle, Em, Noodle
Bm, Noodle, G, Noodle
Bm, Noodle, G, Noodle
G, Em/G, HD, HC, B, HC, B, HA
E, HA, E, HB, HA, F#m, HE
FTR D: No idea what this chord is called. It's a normal D-Chord, but instead of fretting the G string on the second fret, I'm fretting the D string on the second fret and fiddling with my first finger on high E where appropriate to the music.
HA: A high 'A' chord variant. E chord shape, 6th fret.
HB: A high 'B' chord variant. E chord shape, 8th fret.
B: B chord with high E left open.
F#m: Fretting E, B, and G on the second fret, sometimes called a D6 chord.
Em/G: This is actually a real chord, a standard Em with the high e fretted on the 3rd.
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