tigerstrat wrote:I can't figure out how Howey did this: "I was playing a Bb on the 6th fret barre. I then played C# with my index finger over the 6th fret to pay C#." Where is there a Db at that position other than 6th fret on the G string (which was presumably already being fretted at fret 7 for the D natural in Bb major? If that's what the poster is referring to, that would be a flattening of Bb's major 3rd, changing a Bb major triad to Bb minor. The alternative is to play the Db on the 1st string 9th fret with the pinky, keeping the D natural barred, and resulting in a funky dissonant chord
You make a good point here, the post is unclear on exactly what Howey was doing at the time. After reading it again, I thought of it this way: If he was barring a Bb at the 6th fret, he was using movable E shape, so presumably he had this:
String 1: Barred w/ index finger = Bb
String 2: Barred w/ index finger = F
String 3: Middle finger on fret 7 = D
String 4: Pinky on fret 8 = Bb
String 5: Ring finger on fret 8 = F
String 6: Barred w/ index finger = Bb
Or at least that is what I would have done if you told me to play a barred Bb at the 6th fret. But the next step is unclear, he says he used his index finger to play C# (Db) at the 6th fret, the only way I can see to do that is to pick up both my index finger and middle finger, and fret string #3 on 6 with my index finger. This would leave me strumming only strings 3-5 like this:
String 3: Index finger on fret 6 = Db
String 4: Pinky on fret 8 = Bb
String 5: Ring finger on fret 8 = F
I would submit that what this really is, is an inverted (513) Bb minor. This is consistent with what Howey wrote, but sounds trivial, just the conversion from E major movable shape to E minor movable shape. He could have accomplished the same result by just picking up his middle finger and strumming all 6. This would of course work up and down the neck, as would what I wrote above.
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