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When using Power Chords the tonality can be ambiguous
Sorry I didn't see that it was using powerchords which led to the confusion.
I can understand your logic with regards to the C but personally that would never jump out at me - perhaps due to my limited experience in understanding musical harmony.
Good post though - it got my mind whirring!
A is the I
C is a bIII
G is a bVII
D is the IV
and E is the V.
I get this aspect but I lose you a bit from there. Sure the C and the G are from A minor but the D the E and the A are all from A major.
So in my mind, using the above chords I would say this would be in A major using some borrowed chords from the parallel Minor?
Or am I missing the point?
Don, since youve now taken and finished our Notes on the Neck course
Don - How did you find the course?
I can imagine it is tough to teach someone a song they do not even know.
For an absolute beginner I found it better to teach something that was simple that they were familiar with. Popular choices are songs like Wonderwall by Oasis for the easy chord changes and getting to grips with Strumming. Everybody Hurts by REM for larger moves in chord changes at an easy tempo and also the introduction of picking picking individual notes.
I have a Beatles fake book which has the chords and melodies to loads of songs varying from really simple to more complex and most people will know a few songs by the Beatles!
My current Electric Amp is a BlackStar Stage 60 2x12 combo, and my Acoustic Amp is the Fishman Performer Pro Tower.
Do you use the Blackstar even fro practice and how does it preform at lower volumes?
take it down -2 or bump up a neighboring frequency +.5
I have certainly heard people say things like this on the videos I have been watching. They seem to have learned exactly how to identify small changes that make the overall difference to the mix.
To my ear I cannot even here the difference with these subtle changes, but like you said, it is an art in itself and something that needs time and practice to begin to master.
This one is an off take of the first Chicago blues lick
Not sure if it just me but cannot get your audio to work John
Hi John
I like your idea. I really like the way that you experiment with the sounds you get. This sound seems different from all the others that I have heard despite the blues theme remaining!
Do you have intentions of developing this one any further or is it going to remain just a little jam?
Alun I hope that your signing out is meant as temporary as if not it would be a disaster as you would certainly be missed!
That is certainly a cool solo - Do you think that solo was written or was it totally improvised?
Sorry only just seen this post.
Cool way to find the site! Just goes to show that a little promotion can sometimes benefit both sides.
I usually don't mind people promoting their sites as long as they don't spam and also they contribute to the forum.
So you and your site are most welcome 
Yes Motley were featured in this book as well. I can imagine that they were worse than GnR! I can't believe that these things go on!
Great tips there - I hadn't considered using my iPhone but it has a recorder on there that is perfect for the job.
What for do your song ideas usually take? Are they usually a guitar based idea or a lyric or melody or any of the mentioned?
I have come up with a few riffs. I recorded them on my PC and that is where they have kind of stayed. I don't think I have ever written a lyric before though I have been thinking about it a lot more recently and sometimes someone says something and I think "that would fit well in a song" though this is also as far as it has got.
So where I am at right now is having the ability to start to turn these tiny ideas into something more.
Don't worry James - I did detect that tone of sarcasm in your post 
Heres another diatonic Modal:
C / Em9 / D/F# / Am6 / Cmaj7#11 - C Lydian
So basically here each note has the #4 of the C Lydian (apart from the C) so in effect there is still a drone kind of going on just maybe in the upper extensions.
So I'm now thinking why is it that when playing in major or minor you can pretty much use all available chords without ensuring the root appears in each individual chords and it will always sound like major or minor - why is this? Is it that major and minor (Ionian and aeolian) are stronger modes that the others? Or does it all boil down to the strong pull or cadence between the V - I chord?
Unless there are a considerable number of requests - there will be no religion topic in this forum!
Yes I am relatively familiar with secondary dominants though I struggle to fit them into anything I am composing without them breaking the flow of the music!
Another way I know that maintains the sound of the mode is to maintain the root note of the mode within the bass. This does work well however rather than expanding musical possibilities it seems to actual restrict them!
I was beginning to think the pillars of Islam were coming to get me!!
lol
Ok, I had been reluctant to step in here before as da32010 has every right to post, even off topic, in an off topic section as long as simple rules of etiquette are followed which so far have been followed.
Admittedly we do not have a religious section (and are not going to!) and religion does not really fall under politics and economics.
I will always delete spam immediately and whilst this is on the border of being spam, I don't want to remove a post or user just because they post something that other people (including myself) do not agree with or particularly want to read about.
That being said, enough of the people on here who really matter to the forum have voiced dislike about these religious postings appearing in a music/guitar forum so for that reason I would respectfully ask da32010 to keep the posts on topic within the forum or I will have no choice but to remove any future postings which will also eventually lead to a ban. I hope you understand this position.
To reiterate:
da32010 please stop these off topic posting in this forum.
Many thanks
Certainly looks good and there is no denying the fact that you know your music theory!
I'll keep my eye on your site!
Ok, I would be up for attempting this if you could offer your help as well to see how good (or bad) my understanding is.
I will have a think about some songs to work with but I am thinking along the lines of something by Queen as they seem to move around a lot and rarely stick to one diatonic key.
The answer of the "first chord" of a song, is not correct. Look at Sweet Home Alabama - it's in G but it starts on the V, of D. It "resolves" to G.
The answer is what note does the song want to "resolve" upon? That is the central determinant of what makes the "key" of the song.
Another great post.
It can be hard for a beginner (or even an advance) player to hear how or where it resolves to define the key. The easy option is to look towards the first or last chord of the song as often this is the key. This is not the case all the time and the song above is a perfect example.
So how would you suggest one listens for the resolving note?
Hi Instructor - this is a really great post - thank you.
In "flying in a blue dream" it seems more or a vamp - a repetition of two cords that change key maintaining the Lydian feel.
Where I lose it a bit is being able to maintain that floating feel of Lydian without changing key but without being restricted to two chords - perhaps this is not possible - or perhaps it is only by using chord extensions highlighting that sharpened 4th that makes the Lydian scale different from the Major scales.
I have always struggled to make anything more than a two chord vamp sound anything other than Major or sometimes Minor - which is interesting as in effect these are both modes in their own right. I am guessing the reason that Major is so different is because of the V - I pull that no other mode has and the v or minor can be changed to V so it has the same sort of deal.
Thanks again for your post
Welcome to the forum Crystal - do you play the guitar?
Nice work Alun - how are you going about recording this?
I assume that this was a kind of total improv thing or was some of it planned?
Excellent playing and great groove going on there
Sorry about the clock thing and the capital letter thing! Both have been sorted now!
I hadn't been following this immense thread!
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