man pearl jam know how to use use Bb chord well

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  • reaching hands
    reaching hands Posts: 370
    it does, its dramtic but when you flatten and play an F on ya e string it gives it the biggest kick up the arse imaginable. when i was in a band and when ha d a song that opened with the Bb chord and man it was like a power bolt, still gives me goosebumps
    leeds 26/08/06....electric
    paris 11/09/06.....crushed...but estatic
    wembley 18/06/07.....oh yes

    'listen...you can hear the sustain...you just hold that note and you can go get a bite whilst its still going'

    the legend , nigel tufnell
  • evenflow
    evenflow Posts: 401
    Immortality is another great one.

    And for the Bm fans, there's that Crazy Mary Song.
    It's all about the music...

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  • reaching hands
    reaching hands Posts: 370
    evenflow wrote:
    Immortality is another great one.

    And for the Bm fans, there's that Crazy Mary Song.

    immortality?, that doesn't have Bb in it?does it?, if so all these years ive been playin it wrong!lol

    crazy mary, isn't that am?, maybe we are workin in different keys here...lol
    leeds 26/08/06....electric
    paris 11/09/06.....crushed...but estatic
    wembley 18/06/07.....oh yes

    'listen...you can hear the sustain...you just hold that note and you can go get a bite whilst its still going'

    the legend , nigel tufnell
  • CanvasAdam
    CanvasAdam Posts: 134
    reaching hands wrote:
    immortality?, that doesn't have Bb in it?does it?, if so all these years ive been playin it wrong!lol

    crazy mary, isn't that am?, maybe we are workin in different keys here...lol

    immortality pretty much only uses em, d7, C7, and A

    crazy mary, the original by victoria williams is in bm and pearl jam originally played it live in bm. they have now transposed it to am though and i believe the reason why is because the key signature for am is ABCDEFGA(no sharps and no flats, which equals all white keys on a piano, which equals a very easy way for boom to rockout a solo.) anyway that is my conspiracy theory on the am transposition for crazy mary live since 2003 lol.
    1998... 9/3
    2000... 8/7, 8/15, 11/5, 11/6
    2001... 10/20, 10/21, 10/22
    2002... 12/8, 12/9
    2003... 4/9, 4/18, 4/19, 7/8, 7/9
    2004... 10/6, 10/8
    2006... 5/16, 5/17, 5/30
    2008... EV Solo 4/12, 4/13, 4/16
    2008... PJ 6/14, 7/12
    2008... Stone Solo 10/11
  • reaching hands
    reaching hands Posts: 370
    CanvasAdam wrote:
    immortality pretty much only uses em, d7, C7, and A

    crazy mary, the original by victoria williams is in bm and pearl jam originally played it live in bm. they have now transposed it to am though and i believe the reason why is because the key signature for am is ABCDEFGA(no sharps and no flats, which equals all white keys on a piano, which equals a very easy way for boom to rockout a solo.) anyway that is my conspiracy theory on the am transposition for crazy mary live since 2003 lol.

    thanks for the explanation....lol
    leeds 26/08/06....electric
    paris 11/09/06.....crushed...but estatic
    wembley 18/06/07.....oh yes

    'listen...you can hear the sustain...you just hold that note and you can go get a bite whilst its still going'

    the legend , nigel tufnell
  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    reaching hands wrote:
    immortality?, that doesn't have Bb in it?does it?, if so all these years ive been playin it wrong!lol

    no it doesn't.

    he must be confuseddddd
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  • evenflow
    evenflow Posts: 401
    I was. Very Confused. I meant Nothing Man, not Immortality. Serious brain fart.

    F-Dm-C-Dm-Bb

    Sorry for the screw up.

    And yeah, I didn't even realize that they changed up Crazy Mary to Am. It's been years since I've played it along with the CD. I messed this thread all up. Thats what I get for posting so early in the morning.
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  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Nirvana played it first!
  • CanvasAdam
    CanvasAdam Posts: 134
    there ya go, nothingman indeed uses it =)
    1998... 9/3
    2000... 8/7, 8/15, 11/5, 11/6
    2001... 10/20, 10/21, 10/22
    2002... 12/8, 12/9
    2003... 4/9, 4/18, 4/19, 7/8, 7/9
    2004... 10/6, 10/8
    2006... 5/16, 5/17, 5/30
    2008... EV Solo 4/12, 4/13, 4/16
    2008... PJ 6/14, 7/12
    2008... Stone Solo 10/11
  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    The Bb chord gave us that oh-so-wonderful chorus of Wash
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    GivenToCarve wrote:
    The Bb chord gave us that oh-so-wonderful chorus of Wash
    OH GOD

    how did we forget that?

    it's basically in the verse too :cool:
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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    "Make our day"
  • reaching hands
    reaching hands Posts: 370
    Bb rules, i didn't think my off chance thought of a thread would get 3 pages of responses......superb
    leeds 26/08/06....electric
    paris 11/09/06.....crushed...but estatic
    wembley 18/06/07.....oh yes

    'listen...you can hear the sustain...you just hold that note and you can go get a bite whilst its still going'

    the legend , nigel tufnell
  • Drew263
    Drew263 Birmingham, AL Posts: 602
    CanvasAdam wrote:
    woo baby here is an opportunity for me to use those 6 years i spent obtaining multiple degrees in music lol.

    a power chord is not a tonic triad. a power chord is made up of 2 roots and a 5th, omitting the 3rd which gives the chord neither a major or minor quality. therefore a power chord is made up of 2 roots and a 5th. the spelling of a Bb power chord would be Bb F Bb. a triad must have 3 different notes, those being the root, 3rd, and 5th. if you want a a Bb Major you need to add in the 3rd which would be D and the spelling of the chord would be Bb D F. if you want Bb minor the 3rd would be Db making the chord spelling Bb Db F. the only difference in a major and minor chord such as A major to A minor is the lowering of the 3rd a half step.

    and a triad(or any other chord) can only be considered "tonic" if the chord is the ONE(I) chord in the key. so take a song like nothing as it seems where the chord progression is B(I) - Bb minor(vii). Bb in this case is actually considered a#(although a# is enharmonic to Bb). but at any rate, the ONE(I) chord here is the B minor and therefore that is the tonic chord and no other chord in the song will be a tonic chord until there is a point of modulation and we have a new key.

    ok glad a BA in music business & technolgy and an AS is music general paid off for somthing lol...

    by the way i wasn't taking a shot at anyone i was just having fun =)


    all that sounds just like something my instructor would say. beauty of it is..I understood you. :D

    and a fellow UAB grad!
  • *Boy
    *Boy Posts: 112
    not a pj original but GIMME SOME TRUTH!!!, and of course RIVAL!!!!
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  • CanvasAdam
    CanvasAdam Posts: 134
    Drew263 wrote:
    all that sounds just like something my instructor would say. beauty of it is..I understood you. :D

    and a fellow UAB grad!

    no way when did you graduated?
    1998... 9/3
    2000... 8/7, 8/15, 11/5, 11/6
    2001... 10/20, 10/21, 10/22
    2002... 12/8, 12/9
    2003... 4/9, 4/18, 4/19, 7/8, 7/9
    2004... 10/6, 10/8
    2006... 5/16, 5/17, 5/30
    2008... EV Solo 4/12, 4/13, 4/16
    2008... PJ 6/14, 7/12
    2008... Stone Solo 10/11
  • Drew263
    Drew263 Birmingham, AL Posts: 602
    CanvasAdam wrote:
    no way when did you graduated?

    just a few years ago...but I'm old (32). I was a late graduate. What about you?
  • CanvasAdam
    CanvasAdam Posts: 134
    just graduated in may lol, with my BA in music business and technolgy and also an AS in music general.
    1998... 9/3
    2000... 8/7, 8/15, 11/5, 11/6
    2001... 10/20, 10/21, 10/22
    2002... 12/8, 12/9
    2003... 4/9, 4/18, 4/19, 7/8, 7/9
    2004... 10/6, 10/8
    2006... 5/16, 5/17, 5/30
    2008... EV Solo 4/12, 4/13, 4/16
    2008... PJ 6/14, 7/12
    2008... Stone Solo 10/11
  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    The Wind Cries Mary.

    :)
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



    Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!

    "Make our day"
  • Drew263
    Drew263 Birmingham, AL Posts: 602
    CanvasAdam wrote:
    just graduated in may lol, with my BA in music business and technolgy and also an AS in music general.

    that's cool...

    I just started playing and am a little overwhelmed but one thing that drives me absolutely insane is that when I'm at my lesson (Larry Brown, Bailey Brothers) I cannot for the life of me duplicate what I do at home with him. It's like I've never picked up the guitar til the lesson. Infuriating.
  • moster78
    moster78 Posts: 1,591
    Drew263 wrote:
    that's cool...

    I just started playing and am a little overwhelmed but one thing that drives me absolutely insane is that when I'm at my lesson (Larry Brown, Bailey Brothers) I cannot for the life of me duplicate what I do at home with him. It's like I've never picked up the guitar til the lesson. Infuriating.

    I was like that too, still am to a certain extent. I'd learn something new in a lesson, have it down, sort of roughly by the time the lesson was up. I'd get home, pick up the guitar a few hours later, and nothing. Then at some point the next day I'd try again and get it. It just takes perseverance. Stick with it, you'll get it.

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