Hi,
I'm wondering what the technique is called where you play "two notes that sound good together". For example, in the video where Aldrine teaches Breakdown by Jack Johnson the closing sequence (what do you call that? "closing riff"?) goes something like this:
If you replace the numbers with the notes you get:
My guess would be that you always pick the 1st and 5th note of the respective scale? If I'm not mistaken that should fit with the above. Is that considered playing a power chord? Or is the above a different concept?
I'd like to know more about this because it sounds so uke'ish
I'm wondering what the technique is called where you play "two notes that sound good together". For example, in the video where Aldrine teaches Breakdown by Jack Johnson the closing sequence (what do you call that? "closing riff"?) goes something like this:
Code:
3/5-3---7-5-3
3/5-3-3-8-5-3
------4------
-------------
If you replace the numbers with the notes you get:
Code:
C/D-C---E-D-C
G/A-G-G-C-A-G
------E------
-------------
My guess would be that you always pick the 1st and 5th note of the respective scale? If I'm not mistaken that should fit with the above. Is that considered playing a power chord? Or is the above a different concept?
I'd like to know more about this because it sounds so uke'ish