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06.24.07 (2:00 am) [edit]The Enigmatic Minor Scale
Oh yeah, try THIS shit on Roadhouse, motherfuckers!
The scale:
1, b2, b3, #4, 5, #6, 7
E, F, G, A#, B, Cx, D#
-0-1-3-6-7-10-11-12-
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Hammer-ons of the damned, fast triplets
---------0--10H11-0-(4 times)-------------(8 times)
-11H12------------------- -----------------0------- ----
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So, ya wanna three-chord riff?
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--8----9---10-
--8----9---11-
--7----8---10-
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Beat these chords into submission in a Frippoid frenzy like they were bastard children of The Beast incarnate. That C# on the 11th fret of the D string doesn't belong in the scale, but fuck it, it's EVIL.
Of course, always remember open strings:
--0--0---0-
--0--0---0-
--8--9--10-
--8--9--11-
--7--8--10-
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You're probably best off having a beer beforehand.
Also, I stuffed a pencil over the bottom E and under the other five strings near the bridge at a slight angle and began my low-rent foray into Fred Frith-isms tonight. Oh, I've got some SHIT up my sleeve.
Fuck, should've washed that shirt...
Happy trails, cocksuckers!
Dougie
posted by: heavyarms (reply)
post date: 07.09.07 (8:40 am)
Hafta go home and pick my ol' gee-tar and try it out. I wish I knew how to solo. All I can do is wank around and run up the strings on the 12-14 frets (then when you get to the second and third strings you play BOTH, and don't forget to bend 'em!) I'm fucking Eddie Van Halen...if he had two fingers and a learning disability.
But what the hell, being Malcom Young is cool, too, right?
posted by: eraserhead667 (reply)
post date: 07.09.07 (10:31 am)
Reply to: heavyarms
I love Malcom Young. AC/DC can make the most stupid mongoloid simplistic shit sound wonderful. Love that band.
posted by: heavyarms (reply)
post date: 07.10.07 (9:42 am)
Reply to: eraserhead667
I swear to God, I have said that before about AC/DC. I mean, I used the SAME EXACT WORDING. I may have tossed in "three bar-chord"...
posted by: eraserhead667 (reply)
post date: 07.10.07 (10:09 am)
Reply to: heavyarms
I listen to and love some ridiculously involved and complex music, and it's generally my preference, but the fact is, nobody does what AC/DC does like THAT. I've heard plenty of bar bands play their stuff and get everything "right", but not get close to the DELIVERY. That's the shit they've got nailed down. They're fucking excellent at what they do, even if it ultimately is bullshit. Hey, why not? Beats the fuck out of watching American Idol.