8/19/2019 Playing in Tenths

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PLAYING IN TENTHS

“I was quite surprised that one “trick” I showedthat people hadnt co!e across "e#ore and#ound reall$ use#ul was so!ethin% called“Pla$in% in Tenths&” This is a trick $ou canpri!aril$ use in the ke$ o# ' "ut o# course can"e used in other ke$s with a capo& 'elirious

used this trick to cra#t the (oicin%s to )a*est$ +the son% is actuall$ pla$ed in ' "ut to !ake itsli%htl$ !ore (ocal,#riendl$ it was detuned to-.&

 All $ou need to learn is two shapes + one #or allthe !a*or chords and one #or the !inor chords&These ena"le $ou to pla$ an$ chord in the ke$o# ' in standard tunin% with so!e new and%reat soundin% (oicin%s& The !ain rule is toonl$ pla$ the lowest #our strin%s i&e& the E/A/'and G strin%s& You can stru! or pick *ust dont

touch the 0 and E strin%s&

Lets start with ' !a*or chord shape& Place $our !iddle #in%er on strin% 1 2E3/ #ret 45 2' note3and $our rin% 26rd3 #in%er on the third 2G3 strin%/#ret 44& See how this sounds&

The other two !a*or chords in the ke$ o# ' areG and A& All $ou do is take the sa!e shape "utslide it down the neck so that $our !iddle #in%er is on #ret 6 #or G and #ret 7 #or A& 'o !ake sure

that $our rin% #in%er is a #ret hi%her to keep thesa!e shape as #or '&

8or the !inor shapes/ well start with 0 !inor& A%ain use strin%s 1 2E3 and 6 2G3 "ut !ake sure"oth #in%ers are on #ret 9& A%ain this one shapeworks #or e(er$ !inor chord in the ke$ and wecan e(en think o# the -. di!inished as a !inorin this instance& -.! is pla$ed on #ret :/ 8.! is"oth #in%ers on #ret ;& And lastl$ #or the E! $oucan either pla$ it up hi%h on #ret 4; or down lowwith all the strin%s open 2i&e& take all $our

#in%ers o## the #ret re!e!"erin% to onl$ pla$ the"otto! #our strin%s with $our ri%ht hand3& I# $oudo pla$ this shape low/ *ust pla$in% the openstrin%s does sound a little !ush$ so to %i(e itso!e identit$ it can "e help#ul to #or! a re%ularE! chord instead&

So tr$ all se(en chords and see i# $ou can %et itto work with a son% in ' e(en in the relati(e!inor which is 0!& 8or instance/ the (erse o#)a*est$ starts with 0!/ A/ G/ 8.!/ G/ 8.!/-.! and then outside o# the ke$ to A.& All $ou

need to do here is choose a !inor chord shapeon #ret 1& The #in%er pickin% pattern is si!pl$pla$ed with strin%s 1 and 6 to%ether #ollowed "$strin% < o(er and o(er&