Ravenous Yam

Calgary has an ages-old feud with Edmonton, so I have nothing positive to say.

No trouble at all. And since you brought it up, that chord is technically a F#11/E (it includes the b7 and the 11), but it's way, way easier to look at it the way you did, because it doesn't change the function of the chord any. And if you've been playing 14 years already, the hardest part is finished. Theory is easier than knowing what sounds good.

How do we know it isn't a British bus? Then it would be the other way around.

Democracy in action? People wanted change. They got change.

Good idea! I'll do the chord one now, and possibly a classical one later. (if anything in this isn't fully clear ask me) There are 5 basic chord shapes everyone needs to know for guitar from which all other chord forms are derived. This is the basis of the CAGED system. The chords you need to know are (open position) C: x32010 A: x02220 G: 320033 E: 022100 D: xx0232 Firstly, all of these shapes can be moved (in a barre form) all the way up the neck to make different chords in the same shape. For instance, the A form (x02220) can be moved up to the 5th fret with a barre to make a D chord (x57775). The easiest way to remember where to put the shape for a particular chord is to look at the lowest note. Where in the original example the lowest note was A (open on the A string), when it was moved up to D, the lowest note was the D on the 5th fret of the A string. This works with all of those shapes. Move E (022100) up three frets to get G (355433). Also, all of these shapes can be changed to their parallel minor form by flattening the 3rd degree one half step. What this means is that for an A chord (x02220), changed to an Amin chord is (x02210). Notice the C# has been flattened to a C natural. This flattening of the third degree works for all the chord forms except C, which has one of its 3rd degree on an open string (high E), which cannot be flattened. Another way to play this chord shape is C(x32013) and Cmin (x31013). This, in conjunction with the extensions i am about to explain, will enable you to play any chord, anywhere on the neck easily and quickly. All chords can be modified by adding extensions to them. The 7th degree is most common, as it is generally added before any other extension in most cases. (all demonstrated in A for my sake) There are four types of chord with a 7th degree. -Dominant 7th (notated like A7) Here is an A7 chord shown in the 5 CAGED positions. x 12 11 9 10 9 (C shape) x02020 (A shape) 542223 (G shape) 575655 (E shape) xx7 9 8 9 (D shape) -Major 7th (notated as Amaj7) (notice which note has changed from the original form and the Dominant 7th shape) Amaj7: x02120 -Minor 7th (notated as Am7) Am7: x02010 Minor/Major 7th (notated as Am/maj7) Am/maj7: x02110 From adding the seventh degree you can also add 9ths, 11ths, 6ths, and so on. Other chord types, mostly with extensions. -5th chord (AKA power chord) (contains 1 and 5 degrees only) x022xx -suspended 4th (contains 1 4 5 degrees) Asus4: x02230 -suspended 2nd (contains 1 2 5 degrees) Asus2: x02200 -6th (1 3 5 6) A6: x02222 -min6th (1 b3 5 6) Am6: x02212 -min9th (1 b3 5 7 9) Am9: x02413 -add9 (1 3 5 9) A(add9) x02420 -dim (1 b3 b5) Adim: x0121x -dim7 (1 b3 b5 bb7) <-- double flat 7th is the same as a natural 6th Adim7: xx1 2 1 2 -m7b5 (1 b3 b5 b7) Am7b5: x0101x -augmented (1 3 #5) A+: x03221 There is still a lot more chord types made out of these extensions, (and the much less common b2, #9, #4, and b6), but mostly useless unless you are playing jazz. These are the most important ones, and if you practice enough you will get the hang of seeing how to switch between different chords and chord types easily. For a reference chart with most chord types go here: http://www.jmdl.com/howard/music/quick_crd_ref.html

Yeah. 'Which side is it going?' doesn't even make sense as a sentence. Assuming you meant way or direction, then according to the picture it isn't moving. The symmetricality makes no difference, and the drawing doesn't indicate any movement. Unless this is a trick question and I way overanalyzed it by looking at it within the framework of physics.

Mogwai - Like Herod

Shenanigans!

Primus disagrees with that statement. But largely, yes.

Get the one that sounds like a ringing telephone. You know the one I mean.

Me too. I have a fair bit of trouble sleeping, music helps a lot.

I would definitely prefer a Tory minority to a Tory majority, but i would still prefer a Tory majority to a Liberal... well, anything really. All politics and partisanship aside, it is good for the system to switch it up every once in a while... it keeps the parties and the politicians on their toes and in check. When a party get elected consistently regardless of what or how much they screw up they get lazy, inefficient and corrupt.

I have earbuds on my MP3 player, but since it spends so much time in my pocket the plug gets too much stress and is breaking. I will likely replace them with something like these: Compact, and you can wear one side at a time if you are taking notes or whatever, or share.

I laughed.

Yet Canada in 1867 consisted solely of a tiny strip of land along the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes, and NS and NB.

I know everything there is to be known, so it is probable.

Imagine the amount of drugs he could fill his shoe boxes with... Hahaha. I don't even have to imagine!

I've known some people who loved doing physics and math problems when they were stoned. Not me. It makes me want to play guitar and/or work out.

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;) :angry: :angry: But it's true. I am not fun or cool. I run around at night dismantling playgrounds and throwing the pieces at orphans.

I know a guy that has size 24 feet. No shit. He has had to special order shoes since the 5th grade. He's like 6'4".

I am reading 'Underground! : The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archaeology and Hidden History.' This book kicks some mega ass. For instance, before all the ice from the ice age melted, the ocean levels used to be 100 metres lower. This means (and has been proven) that an area equivalent to three times the size of Canada used to be not covered by water. They have found immense temple cities underwater near India that predate what was thought to be the beginning of human civilization by as much as 20,000 years. They have even found pyramids underwater many, many miles off the coasts of the world. Also, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea used to be fertile valleys, not seas (they flooded when the oceans rose), and the Sahara desert used to be jungle. People used to live in those places. Archaeologists are just now uncovering what appears to be human civilization that far predates anything known up to this point, such that humanity seems to have had several cycles of high point, then destruction, followed by a low point, and back again. The history we know now with the Greeks and Romans et cetera is only a fraction of the story. It is really a fascinating, fascinating book, and what i just detailed is only from the introduction.

Seconded.