rythem and lead help please...

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orchestrated_metal New Poster Joined: 18 Feb 2009 Posts: 2 rythem and lead help please...     first of all great site... ive learned alot from some of the posts... the question i have is... say i already have a rough lead in A minor how do i know what chords i play under it. maybe im going about this kinda backwards but ive just recently gotten serious about music.. ive played guitar for years but never actually put it all together lol _________________ so unsure we run from something strong Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:39 am

Andrew Producer Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 336 Location: Texas Really you don't have it backwards. Classical composers would often write the melody first, and then go back and analyze the notes of the melody as it progresses to find suitable complementary chords. Some chordal theory helps here. If you are playing the notes: A B C D E F G, then this is indeed A natural minor. The root chord is built of the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of the scale, and other chords are built in a similar manner by picking a starting note from the scale, and finding their relative 3rd and 5ths. If you complete the exercise in A natural minor, then these are your chords: Am Dm Em F G C and Bm with a flatted 5th Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:52 am

orchestrated_metal New Poster Joined: 18 Feb 2009 Posts: 2 ok that makes sense... could you elaborate a little on chordal theory... how you determine those those are the chords for A natural minor. and i know that the scale is Root 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Octave A B C D E F G A so would the chords would go in the same order? or the order you put em in? Root 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Am Dm Em F G C Bm _________________ so unsure we run from something strong Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:59 am

Andrew Producer Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 336 Location: Texas Well, the order of the chords is totally up to you. You can play them in alphabetical order for practice if you want to, but more fun are chord progressions. In A minor, some good progressions could be... Am Am F F Am F G G Am Dm Am Em Am C Dm Dm Em Dm Am Am Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:02 pm

Sime Jammer Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 73 Location: Somerset, UK The House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals is a good one to improvise with. Am C D F Am C E Am C D F Am E Am _________________ Sax In My Pocket . Com Sax In My Pocket is an Eclectic & Intellectual General Discussion Forum designed for quality conversation. Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:08 pm

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