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ChristopherSchlegel
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ChristopherSchlegel
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04/22/2019 6:42 pm

You're welcome!

Originally Posted by: lorenzo.cerolini

How do you come up with those arpeggios on the Dominant 7th chords?[/quote][p]I'm not sure what you mean. If you're asking how did I decide on those notes, I just tried to show what it sounds like is happening in the song you linked.

If you mean, how do you decide in general, then it's up to you! Play all the dominant 7th chord shapes & inversions you can & experiment with them. See what you like the sound of. :)[br][quote=lorenzo.cerolini]Do you just play chord tones in a way that gives that kind of sound? By the example you played I could figure those are notes of an E7 chord but played in different order, if i'm right.

Yes, just try to mimic the sound you want to create. Yes, the first guitar part I tabbed is an E7 arpeggiated & also with an ornamentation of a minor 3rd to major 3rd for an added bluesy sound.

That voicing is typical for bluesy type groove because you get the low bass note along with the upper strings for high register.

The second guitar is just a E major chord using a boom chick strumming pattern.

Hope that helps!


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