WHAT CHORD SHOULD I PLAY? ..I’M SO GLAD YOU ASKED!

[uriahsmusic]

8O WHEN EVER I THINK OF WANTING TO MAKE MY SOUND SPECIAL I
TRY TO THINK OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO PLAY THE SAME CHORD..BUT WITH A TWIST!...YOU WILL FIND THAT THERE ARE SOME GREAT SOUNDS THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY PLAYING A RELATED CHORD INSTEAD OF THE EXACT SAME CHORD SOMEONE ELSE IS PLAYING!...WHAT DO YOU MEAN URIAH? PLEASE EXPLAIN!....I’LL BE GLAD TO!
   RELATIVE CHORDS ARE CHORDS THAT MAY SHARE NOTES!..BUT NOT ALL OF THE NOTES ARE THE SAME….COMPOUND CHORDS OR LAYERED CHORDS CAN BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER…BUT THE SOUND GREAT TOGETHER!.....
FOR EXAMPLE!
IF THE KEYBOARDIST PLAYS AN A MAJOR CHORD …YOU CAN TRY THE RELATIVE MINOR CHORD 1 ½ STEPS LOWER!..F#MINOR….F#MINOR 7TH
OR EVEN F# MINOR 9TH IN CERTAIN INSTANCES!

LIKEWISE IF THE KEYBOARDIST PLAYS AN “A” MINOR CHORD YOU CAN TRY
THE MAJOR CHORD 1 ½ STEPS HIGHER!..OR A C MAJOR….OR C MAJOR 7TH

TRY IT! DON'T BE SCURRED!

I’LL GIVE YOU MORE IDEAS LATER!

[JayP5150]

Ooh!  To go along with that one:  one time we were doing a tune in G, and for some reason, my brain was stuck on E, so I was playing these E minor pentatonic fills and stuff--no one noticed.  I kept thinking it sounded different, but didn't figure it out until halfway through the song (this, of course was years ago... :wink: ).

Anyways, you can try that stuff, too--like Em licks in G, or F#m licks in A--you may want to alter your landing notes a bit, though.  You know, for the flow.