Open chord progressions

I saw this sweet demonstration where you put your fingers on the E's of the A string and the G string, and you can play a major and minor scale on it, as well as add in notes in places. The guy also muted the D string. Does anyone know any other forms of this?

Originally Posted by: Dragon Fighter... put your fingers on the E's of the A string and the G string, and you can play a major and minor scale on it, as well as add in notes in places. The guy also muted the D string.

What you describe sounds like playing octaves on two strings and then playing scales with those octaves up and down two strings. Like this as an E major scale:

E |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
G |-9-11-13-11-9-8-6-4-6-8-9-----|
D |-x-xx-xx-xx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
A |-7-9--11-9--7-6-4-2-4-6-7-----|
E |------------------------------|

Or this as an E minor scale:

E |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
G |-9-11-12-11-9-7-5-4-5-7-9-----|
D |-x-xx-xx-xx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
A |-7-9--10-9--7-5-3-2-3-5-7-----|
E |------------------------------|

Is that an accurate description of what you saw?

Ya, and I figured out how to do it with the A scale too, but I don't like that one as much. It's

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I've seen other people like Steve Vai use something like this, but I don't know what they are.

If you like playing octaves u might like playing 3rd, 4ths, and 5ths too

can somebody tell me where to get a heap of easy rock guitar tabs. oH AND also sound good. YEEOOOW

Originally Posted by: Dragon FighterI've seen other people like Steve Vai use something like this, but I don't know what they are.

They are octaves. The two notes are the same letters of the musical alphabet, but the top one is an octave higher.

E |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-E-|---|
D |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A |---|---|---|---|---|---|-E-|---|---|---|
E |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|

Or for the A's you mentioned.

E |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-A-|
G |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D |---|---|---|---|---|---|-A-|---|---|---|
A |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|

Please have a look at these tutorials on fretboard layout:
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=362
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=453
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=419
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=462

Alright, thanks. I'll check those out. So those chords are just called intervals, nothing else special?

Originally Posted by: Dragon FighterSo those chords are just called intervals, nothing else special?

They are called octaves.

An octave is a specific kind of interval. An interval is the musical distance between any two notes. The distance between the two notes you've been asking about (the lower and higher E's) is an octave. Likewise with the two A's you mention in the later post; they are an interval distance of an octave.

A chord is a group of at least three notes, which is also called a triad. When you only have two notes together, it is called a diad.

So, in very specific terms we've been discussing a diad that is an interval of an octave. :)

This is a technique used by lots of rock players (Vai, Hendrix, etc.), blues players (SRV, Clapton), and jazz players (Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, etc.). I did a search on GuitarTricks for "octaves". Check it out:
http://www.guitartricks.com/search.php?input=octaves