Chords for Post Rock Essentials - Using 3rds with Open Strings

_ Okay, so now we're going to begin [C] on the fifth string. _
_ We will start on C and
that's gonna be a really nice one to start on.
It pretty much forms a C major
7 chord if we play through to the second string _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ which is a classic [C] Dream Pop
shoegaze type chord.
_ _ _ _ _ Very much reminiscent of the great Robin Guthrie
of the Cocteau Twins, that one.
_ _ _ You can omit the B string _ but _ it doesn't
sound as spacey. _
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Add in string 1. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Okay, so since we're in the key of C major the C would move to D and the E
would move to F here.
So we'll have a listen to what [Dm] this sounds like.
[Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _
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[Dm] Probably
the B and the E string don't work as well there but there's still a
possibility.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Em] They'll sound a lot better once we move it up to the next which
would be an E minor third.
So F to G and D to E.
_ _ _ So pretty much here we've got E
minor chord.
_ _ _ Notice the unison between the G note at fret 5 and the D string
and the open third string. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We have the open B and E strings there. _ _ _ _
So that and C
major 7 or the C major third there sounds really nice together. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
from this
point since we're in the key of C major _ we'll move the E up to F and the G note
will move to A which is the next third in the sequence.
[Gm] _ _
_ This [A] works pretty nicely
here.
There's a good tension between A and G.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
You've got the B and the E string [Dm] if you want.
_ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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So that's an interesting sound [Dm] there.
It sounds quite exotic but it works
between the F major third and the D minor third.
[G] _ _ _
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_ _ Okay, moving along this will
be a G major third so we're gonna move F to G and A to B. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ This could work nicely
with F. _ _
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_ If we move that up to A minor third so G goes to A, B goes to C.
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _
This
[Em] one's really nice.
Quite a [Am] bittersweet sort of sound.
_ [C] _
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So I think starting on the
fifth string this is you're gonna find I think when you start playing around with
different combinations this does work quite well for progressions.
String 6 is
okay but I think when once we get to the fifth string that's when things
really start to sound good.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So that's a classic A minor G [Am] F progression.
_ _ [Em] _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Very
lush.
[G] _ _ _ _
And then we can _ move this or move A to B and C can move up to D. _ _ _
That's a
pretty good sound. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ If we wanted then we can finish on [C] the octave _ which _ _ leads me to something else
that's worth taking note of.
A lot of the time _ when we go from the _ lower
thirds down here they can sound really nice in the next octave so you can
experiment with that too.
So for example C, _ [Bm] [G] D, D minor, [Em] E minor because you've got
that balance of the lower open strings and the higher notes. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _