Theory question about 'Satellite' and '34'

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Theory question about 'Satellite' and '34'

Unread post by Matty Boom » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:21 am

So can someone explain the theory behind the pattern Dave uses in 'Satellite' and '#34' whatever other songs he uses. I'm talking about the first part, where he goes down one string and down two frets, then again. Can someone just tell me what's going on there so I can think about messing around with it sometime? Pretty please.
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Unread post by fatjack » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:26 am

its a technique calles "stacked fifths". each note he goes up exactly three and a half steps (or 7 frets, or down one string and over two frets), its a pretty common pattern and it sounds really cool

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Unread post by grock » Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:29 pm

exactly right fatjack. it kinda stacks 2 power chords on top of eachother. really it is simply a sus2 chord. we see dsus2's all the time. the perfect 5th is one of the most natural sounding intervals to the human ear. so stacking 2 on top of eachother gives it s jumpy moving feeling.

and yeah it is really really common to see that stacked fifths pattern. the police used it at least 3or4 times on every record they ever put out. and the allman brothers experimented with this type of thing. Hendrix used them too. they really are everywhere.
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Unread post by Jay » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:47 pm

message in a bottle! :P
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Unread post by mdel21 » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:26 pm

grock,
I see you're from Chicago. Where abouts? I go to school on the Southside.

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Unread post by grock » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:56 pm

i live in hyde park but most of my friends are on the north side at foster and kedzie. so i am up there in my free time. but yeah i work and live on the south side too.
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Unread post by fatjack » Thu Sep 18, 2003 3:56 am

Jay wrote:message in a bottle! :P
i was thinking of that exact same song :D
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