Chords for Paul Gilbert: "Blues Vs Metal" (sub ITA)
Tempo:
106.8 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[Dm] [E] [Em]
When I was doing a lot of shredding, of course I was listening to Yngwie, and also I was listening to a lot of classical music.
So, like, when you [N] listen to keyboards, you know, there's sort of a
that sort of thing.
And there's some beautiful harpsichord and piano music from Bach and Mozart, and I really like that.
But, you know, I play the guitar, and I start to really [B]
miss
[E] You know, being able to make a note, you know, to give it vibrato.
[N]
That, to me, just has so much meaning.
And it's something that the guitar can do, and the keyboard and the harpsichord can't do that.
So, you know, in the blues style, there's that style.
And also just the melodies.
I love
in the blues, there's a lot more
to me, there's a lot more [Am] freedom for melodies.
Because you can play the minor third, you can bend it up, [Dbm] and you can start to get all these
even [Am] jazzy, like, [Bb]
[Am] you can [Bb] get the flat nine, you can [Em] work it in so it works.
[B] And things [N] like
it's just
the notes are more interesting.
In metal, you know, when you [A] have
[G]
[F] [N] Most heavy metal is based on that kind of chord progression, natural minor, you know.
[F] [Ab] And, of course, there's great things in that style, and I love Stairway to Heaven.
But harmonically, it's kind of limiting.
At least for me, I've played it for a long time.
You sort of run out of ideas, like, I can't change those notes, there's no other options.
And with blues, there's so [A] many
I can [Fm]
go
[A] [B] [Bm] [E]
[Am] [D] [Bb] [G] [Ab]
[Fm] [G] [Ab] [Bm] [Gb]
[Ab] There's a lot more
I can say a lot more.
Blues has more words to me.
It's actually funny, because sometimes heavy metal people think, oh, blues is so simple.
To me, it's much more sophisticated.
It really is connected to jazz.
And even if you do play a simple blues, the bending and [N] the pitches
There's so much of an art of how much you [Gb] bend.
[Gbm] [Bm] How much do you go up?
There's an art to that.
I love that art.
[E]
[Gb] [C] [Ab]
Maybe the main thing is just the art of improvising.
And actually, playing the blues has really helped my metal improvising.
If I improvise in a metal song, it's so much more melodic now.
Because it's really trained my ears to listen to the intervals.
I know when I'm playing [Am] the root, I know when I'm [C] playing the minor third.
I know when I'm playing the major [Ab] sixth, [E] or the [G] ninth.
I'm much more familiar with the intervals and what they sound like, and I can sing them better.
Where with metal, I was just sort of taking a scale and going up and down.
[C] And [N]
it's sort of just
And of course you can do [C] patterns.
And you can play [N] melodically too.
[E]
But really, that comes from my blues playing.
So whatever style you play, I think blues will help make it better.
When I was doing a lot of shredding, of course I was listening to Yngwie, and also I was listening to a lot of classical music.
So, like, when you [N] listen to keyboards, you know, there's sort of a
that sort of thing.
And there's some beautiful harpsichord and piano music from Bach and Mozart, and I really like that.
But, you know, I play the guitar, and I start to really [B]
miss
[E] You know, being able to make a note, you know, to give it vibrato.
[N]
That, to me, just has so much meaning.
And it's something that the guitar can do, and the keyboard and the harpsichord can't do that.
So, you know, in the blues style, there's that style.
And also just the melodies.
I love
in the blues, there's a lot more
to me, there's a lot more [Am] freedom for melodies.
Because you can play the minor third, you can bend it up, [Dbm] and you can start to get all these
even [Am] jazzy, like, [Bb]
[Am] you can [Bb] get the flat nine, you can [Em] work it in so it works.
[B] And things [N] like
it's just
the notes are more interesting.
In metal, you know, when you [A] have
[G]
[F] [N] Most heavy metal is based on that kind of chord progression, natural minor, you know.
[F] [Ab] And, of course, there's great things in that style, and I love Stairway to Heaven.
But harmonically, it's kind of limiting.
At least for me, I've played it for a long time.
You sort of run out of ideas, like, I can't change those notes, there's no other options.
And with blues, there's so [A] many
I can [Fm]
go
[A] [B] [Bm] [E]
[Am] [D] [Bb] [G] [Ab]
[Fm] [G] [Ab] [Bm] [Gb]
[Ab] There's a lot more
I can say a lot more.
Blues has more words to me.
It's actually funny, because sometimes heavy metal people think, oh, blues is so simple.
To me, it's much more sophisticated.
It really is connected to jazz.
And even if you do play a simple blues, the bending and [N] the pitches
There's so much of an art of how much you [Gb] bend.
[Gbm] [Bm] How much do you go up?
There's an art to that.
I love that art.
[E]
[Gb] [C] [Ab]
Maybe the main thing is just the art of improvising.
And actually, playing the blues has really helped my metal improvising.
If I improvise in a metal song, it's so much more melodic now.
Because it's really trained my ears to listen to the intervals.
I know when I'm playing [Am] the root, I know when I'm [C] playing the minor third.
I know when I'm playing the major [Ab] sixth, [E] or the [G] ninth.
I'm much more familiar with the intervals and what they sound like, and I can sing them better.
Where with metal, I was just sort of taking a scale and going up and down.
[C] And [N]
it's sort of just
And of course you can do [C] patterns.
And you can play [N] melodically too.
[E]
But really, that comes from my blues playing.
So whatever style you play, I think blues will help make it better.
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[Dm] _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When I was doing a lot of shredding, of course I was listening to Yngwie, and also I was listening to a lot of classical music.
So, like, when you [N] listen to keyboards, you know, there's sort of _ a_
that sort of thing. _
And there's some beautiful harpsichord and piano music from Bach and Mozart, and I really like that.
But, you know, I play the guitar, and I start to really _ _ [B] _
miss_
[E] You know, being able to make a note, you know, to give it vibrato.
_ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That, to me, just has so much meaning.
And it's something that the guitar can do, and the keyboard and the harpsichord can't do that.
So, you know, in the blues style, there's that style.
And also just the melodies. _ _ _
I love_
in the blues, there's a lot more_
to me, there's a lot more [Am] freedom for melodies.
Because you can play the minor third, _ you can bend it up, [Dbm] _ and you can start to get all these_
even [Am] jazzy, like, _ _ [Bb] _
[Am] you can [Bb] get the flat nine, you can [Em] work it in so it works. _
_ _ [B] And things [N] like_ _
_ _ _ _ _ it's just_
the notes are more interesting.
_ In metal, you know, when you [A] have_
[G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [N] _ Most heavy metal is based on that kind of chord progression, natural minor, you know.
_ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ And, of course, there's great things in that style, and I love Stairway to Heaven.
But harmonically, it's kind of limiting.
At least for me, I've played it for a long time.
You sort of run out of ideas, like, I can't change those notes, there's no other options.
And with blues, there's so [A] many_
I can [Fm] _
go_
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ [Ab] _ _ [Bm] _ [Gb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ There's a lot more_
I can say a lot more.
Blues has more words to me.
It's actually funny, because sometimes heavy metal people think, oh, blues is so simple.
To me, it's much more sophisticated.
It really is connected to jazz.
_ And even if you do play a simple blues, the bending and [N] the _ pitches_
There's so much of an art of how much you [Gb] bend.
_ [Gbm] _ [Bm] _ _ _ How much do you go up?
There's an art to that.
I love that art.
_ [E] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Maybe the main thing is just the art of improvising.
And actually, playing the blues has really helped my metal improvising.
If I improvise in a metal song, it's so much more melodic now.
Because it's really trained my ears to listen to the intervals.
I know when I'm playing [Am] the root, I know when I'm [C] playing the minor third.
I know when I'm playing the major [Ab] sixth, _ [E] or the [G] ninth.
_ I'm much more familiar with the intervals and what they sound like, and I can sing them better.
Where with metal, I was just sort of taking a scale and going up and down.
[C] _ _ _ And [N]
it's sort of _ just_
_ And of course you can do [C] patterns. _ _ _ _ _
And you can play [N] melodically too.
_ _ [E] _ _
But really, that comes from my blues playing.
So whatever style you play, I think blues will help make it better.
_ When I was doing a lot of shredding, of course I was listening to Yngwie, and also I was listening to a lot of classical music.
So, like, when you [N] listen to keyboards, you know, there's sort of _ a_
that sort of thing. _
And there's some beautiful harpsichord and piano music from Bach and Mozart, and I really like that.
But, you know, I play the guitar, and I start to really _ _ [B] _
miss_
[E] You know, being able to make a note, you know, to give it vibrato.
_ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That, to me, just has so much meaning.
And it's something that the guitar can do, and the keyboard and the harpsichord can't do that.
So, you know, in the blues style, there's that style.
And also just the melodies. _ _ _
I love_
in the blues, there's a lot more_
to me, there's a lot more [Am] freedom for melodies.
Because you can play the minor third, _ you can bend it up, [Dbm] _ and you can start to get all these_
even [Am] jazzy, like, _ _ [Bb] _
[Am] you can [Bb] get the flat nine, you can [Em] work it in so it works. _
_ _ [B] And things [N] like_ _
_ _ _ _ _ it's just_
the notes are more interesting.
_ In metal, you know, when you [A] have_
[G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [N] _ Most heavy metal is based on that kind of chord progression, natural minor, you know.
_ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ And, of course, there's great things in that style, and I love Stairway to Heaven.
But harmonically, it's kind of limiting.
At least for me, I've played it for a long time.
You sort of run out of ideas, like, I can't change those notes, there's no other options.
And with blues, there's so [A] many_
I can [Fm] _
go_
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ [Ab] _ _ [Bm] _ [Gb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ There's a lot more_
I can say a lot more.
Blues has more words to me.
It's actually funny, because sometimes heavy metal people think, oh, blues is so simple.
To me, it's much more sophisticated.
It really is connected to jazz.
_ And even if you do play a simple blues, the bending and [N] the _ pitches_
There's so much of an art of how much you [Gb] bend.
_ [Gbm] _ [Bm] _ _ _ How much do you go up?
There's an art to that.
I love that art.
_ [E] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Maybe the main thing is just the art of improvising.
And actually, playing the blues has really helped my metal improvising.
If I improvise in a metal song, it's so much more melodic now.
Because it's really trained my ears to listen to the intervals.
I know when I'm playing [Am] the root, I know when I'm [C] playing the minor third.
I know when I'm playing the major [Ab] sixth, _ [E] or the [G] ninth.
_ I'm much more familiar with the intervals and what they sound like, and I can sing them better.
Where with metal, I was just sort of taking a scale and going up and down.
[C] _ _ _ And [N]
it's sort of _ just_
_ And of course you can do [C] patterns. _ _ _ _ _
And you can play [N] melodically too.
_ _ [E] _ _
But really, that comes from my blues playing.
So whatever style you play, I think blues will help make it better.