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Alejandro Pinero25th March 2009Great lesson and I like your guitar man!!
Alejandro
Kuba Szafran18th March 2009Those chords sound really good Vasilije
!
Marcus Siepen18th March 2009very cool
Aleksander Sukovic18th March 2009Cool lesson, great voicing.
Frederik18th March 2009thanks
know that i know, u can use pivot as much as u like
-frederik
Ivan Milenkovic18th March 2009Awesome sound, and veeery smooth stuff!
Jerry Arcidiacono17th March 2009Great and useful lesson Vasilije!
Vasilije Vukmirovic17th March 2009Frederik, pivot is same as pedal tone. Tone which is repeated in the sequence of chords, notes, or group of notes. I should have used term "pedal" instead, and in future will use it, there will be few more lesson on this topic so...pedal!
Bogdan Radovic17th March 2009Excellent chords lesson Vasilije!
Sinisa Cekic17th March 2009Cool lesson , what a nice sound
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sigma717th March 2009that made me warm and fuzzy inside
- Frederik17th March 2009
NWM sry for being too hasty
Piotr Kaczor17th March 2009Extra useful and cool lesson!
- Frederik17th March 2009
what is a pivot :S
-Frederik 
Emir Hot17th March 2009Awesome lesson and very useful. I wish lessons like this get more attention as they are proper educational stuff and essential.
- Vasilije Vukmirovic17th March 2009
Thanks mates!
Pedja Simovic17th March 2009Cool voicings Vasilije
Nazgul17th March 2009Great lesson Vasilije!
David Wallimann17th March 2009Very interesting lesson and great voicings!
Zsolt Galambos17th March 2009Cool lesson Vasilije!
berko17th March 2009It has a great bossa-feel to it
Sergio Dorado17th March 2009Great sound and cool lesson!
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Hi GMC! Let’s look at some ways of playing standard chords in unusual way. There are for parts, or groups of chords:
1. C# min7, C7-5, Bmin7, E7, Amaj7
2. Amaj7, Dmaj7, G#min7-5, C#7, F# min7, Amaj7
3. C# min7, Cdim7, Bmin7, E7, Amaj7
4. Amaj7, Dmaj7, G#min7-5, C#7, F# min7, Amaj7
Each is played with pivot note on the top, the same note for the whole chord sequence. Same system can be applied on any harmony, it creates fresh sounding harmonies, this system is used a lot in Brazilian and generally bossa nova music. Knowing lots chords shapes and positions is necessary in order to create best harmonic solutions. In first part we have F# as pivot note, in second E note, in third G#, and finally in last C#. Chords are included in diagrams, though they are not included as part of the harmony, they are just guideline!
Enjoy playing this lesson.
Regards!
Vasilije VukmirovicFrom this course:
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