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• Stackabones New

  November 2008 edited November 2008 Posts: 597

  x7998x
  x7988x
  x7978x
  
  or
  
  xx545x
  xx544x
  xx543x
  
  There are others.
  
  That minor line cliche also shows up at the beginning of Stairway to Heaven (in a different position), and can also be used in My Funny Valentine, Blue Skies, one of the sections of Oye Como Va, or as a sub for any static minor chord over several measures.
• MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

  November 2008 Posts: 6,219

  That's a line cliche...I have dozens of Gypsy variations used by Django, Bireli, etc in the Gypsy Rhythm book:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  Gypsy
  Rhythm, Volume 1
  
  

  
  
  
  
• DiDrive Russia✭✭ Hahl Gitano de Luxe "Antique"

  November 2008 edited November 2008 Posts: 37

  I like this one.
  
  I use sometime when play just with other gutarist (in waltz for example):
  
  Em - Emmaj7 - Em7 - Em6
  X754XX
  X654XX
  X554(5)X
  X454(5)X
  
  Here is the voice in the bass.

  www.dmitrykuptsov.com
• Jack western Massachusetts✭✭✭✭

  November 2008 Posts: 1,752

  DiDrive wrote:

  I like this one.
  
  I use sometime when play just with other gutarist (in waltz for example):
  
  from 1st to 6th
  XX457X
  XX456X
  X5455X
  X5454X
  
  Here is the voice in the bass.

  
  In case anyone else is confused by that tab, the 1st to 6th refers to the strings, not the note...it's the reverse of the usual tab...
  
  best,
  Jack.
• DiDrive Russia✭✭ Hahl Gitano de Luxe "Antique"

  November 2008 Posts: 37

  Is it better now?

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• Avalon New

  August 2022 edited August 2022 Posts: 7

  I play an all-fourths tuned axe but maybe you can adopt the following chords to standard tuning (lower top voice of first three chords by one fret). I drop the E root in the bass and play:

  3x244x

  3x243x

  3x242x

  5456xx

  The top voice does the chromatic descent, which I like, and the 6th string gets played, which I also like. Packed with crunchy goodness?
• Bones Moderator

  August 2022 Posts: 3,338

  Em EmM7 Em7 Em6 Em7 A7

  7x59xx

  7x58xx

  7x57xx

  7x56xx

  7x57xx

  5x56xx
• wim ChicagoModerator Barault #503 replica

  August 2022 Posts: 1,600

  My favorite:

  [x7998x] Em

  [x6757x] Eb o7

  [x5545x] Em7

  [x4545x] Em6

  The line cliche is found in the bass notes, sounds great.

  @Avalon I play in straight fourths too, I've never met anyone else in this style who does so - where are you based?

  
• Avalon New

  August 2022 Posts: 7

  @Wim Glenn I am in San Francisco. And you?