2005-03-05, 06:32
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Schrodinger's Cat
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Harmonising is just playing the same melody on guitar 2 but in a different position on the fretboard to guitar 1. As far as I'm aware there are two ways of harmonising:
1. Keep the harmonising interval fixed for every note of the melody, ie, just shifting the melody up or down a fixed number of frets. this method is useful if you are playing a lot of riffs that are chromatic. Most death metal bands harmonise in this way. Eg,
Code:
|Gtr1
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------5--7-5------|
|-5--8---------8-5-|
|------------------|
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|Gtr2
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------8-10-8------|
|-8-11--------11-8-|
|------------------|
2. You can shift the harmonising melody up or down within the scale you are playing in, ie, the harmonising interval is not fixed. Metallica employ this method frequently. Eg,
Code:
|Gtr1
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|----------------11-12-14-|
|----------12-14----------|
|-12-14-15----------------|
|-------------------------|
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|Gtr2
|-------------------------|
|-------------------12-13-|
|----------11-12-14-------|
|----12-14----------------|
|-15----------------------|
|-------------------------|
Hope that helps.
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