Chords for Steve Vai Guitar Lesson - Sisters - Alien Guitar Secrets: Passion & Warfare
Tempo:
74.4 bpm
Chords used:
A
Gm
F
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Okay, next up is a song called Sisters.
That was written for my [Gm] sisters, Lillian and Pamela, my best friends.
And it was very simple.
I love this track.
I wrote it like in high school or something.
I just had it kicking around and it was [A] [E]
[B] very simple chord [F] changes.
[Am] [D]
So the [G] chords are very simple.
[D] [A] [Bm]
[F] [Am] [G] [Gm] So this song demonstrates a kind of an interesting thing you can do
when you just have chord changes but you want it to sound a little more melodic.
A little more like a piece of music.
A little more arrangement to it.
So I just started fooling around with the chord changes
and eventually this sweet melody chordal thing came out.
Actually it goes
[A] [Bm] [F] [Am] [D]
[G] [A] [Bm] [F] [Am]
[Gm] [A] [D] on from there.
But I just like the way it resolved and the way it evolved.
And one of the things
I had an opportunity to work with Ozzy.
It was great.
It was crazy.
We spent like three months in my studio once writing music.
And it was for one of his records.
He only needed a couple of songs but we really hit it off.
So we spent a lot of time.
He's a very intuitive guy actually.
He really knows what he likes and he knows what he doesn't like.
And he said something that was very interesting to me.
It just goes to show you don't have to be a guitar player to inspire a guitar player.
When I started working with him a lot of the stuff I was writing was just chord changes.
Like you know
[Gm] [B] Just regular [Bb] chords you know.
And that was all fine and good but there was no real arrangement to it.
He mentioned there's no part.
I brought in this one song and it was just me playing chords.
And he goes there's no part to it.
Can you create something that sounds like it's a cool guitar part?
And I thought this is great.
I've got Ozzy Osbourne telling me that I need to come up with a cool guitar part.
Not just chord changes.
And it really stuck.
So I'm passing it on to you.
Unless of course you want just heavy chord changes.
But even in any
If you listen to Led Zeppelin music it's a beautiful example of very richly constructed guitar parts around basic chord changes.
Sometimes not so basic but still accessible even so.
So that was just
Sisters is sort of like a little example of that where I just took simple chords and created a riff around it.
And it goes on and on.
If you listen to this track you can hear how it explores various riffs but the chords are still there.
So your assignment for this song is to write a song with just a few chords that you really like.
And then embellish the hell out of it.
Come up with ten different ways of going from one chord to another with interesting things in between.
And meditate on it.
And you'll just be so surprised what happens.
It's really wonderful.
So good luck with that.
And that's Sisters.
That was written for my [Gm] sisters, Lillian and Pamela, my best friends.
And it was very simple.
I love this track.
I wrote it like in high school or something.
I just had it kicking around and it was [A] [E]
[B] very simple chord [F] changes.
[Am] [D]
So the [G] chords are very simple.
[D] [A] [Bm]
[F] [Am] [G] [Gm] So this song demonstrates a kind of an interesting thing you can do
when you just have chord changes but you want it to sound a little more melodic.
A little more like a piece of music.
A little more arrangement to it.
So I just started fooling around with the chord changes
and eventually this sweet melody chordal thing came out.
Actually it goes
[A] [Bm] [F] [Am] [D]
[G] [A] [Bm] [F] [Am]
[Gm] [A] [D] on from there.
But I just like the way it resolved and the way it evolved.
And one of the things
I had an opportunity to work with Ozzy.
It was great.
It was crazy.
We spent like three months in my studio once writing music.
And it was for one of his records.
He only needed a couple of songs but we really hit it off.
So we spent a lot of time.
He's a very intuitive guy actually.
He really knows what he likes and he knows what he doesn't like.
And he said something that was very interesting to me.
It just goes to show you don't have to be a guitar player to inspire a guitar player.
When I started working with him a lot of the stuff I was writing was just chord changes.
Like you know
[Gm] [B] Just regular [Bb] chords you know.
And that was all fine and good but there was no real arrangement to it.
He mentioned there's no part.
I brought in this one song and it was just me playing chords.
And he goes there's no part to it.
Can you create something that sounds like it's a cool guitar part?
And I thought this is great.
I've got Ozzy Osbourne telling me that I need to come up with a cool guitar part.
Not just chord changes.
And it really stuck.
So I'm passing it on to you.
Unless of course you want just heavy chord changes.
But even in any
If you listen to Led Zeppelin music it's a beautiful example of very richly constructed guitar parts around basic chord changes.
Sometimes not so basic but still accessible even so.
So that was just
Sisters is sort of like a little example of that where I just took simple chords and created a riff around it.
And it goes on and on.
If you listen to this track you can hear how it explores various riffs but the chords are still there.
So your assignment for this song is to write a song with just a few chords that you really like.
And then embellish the hell out of it.
Come up with ten different ways of going from one chord to another with interesting things in between.
And meditate on it.
And you'll just be so surprised what happens.
It's really wonderful.
So good luck with that.
And that's Sisters.
Key:
A
Gm
F
Am
D
A
Gm
F
_ _ _ _ _ Okay, next up is a song called Sisters.
That was written for my [Gm] sisters, Lillian and Pamela, my best friends.
And it was very simple.
I love this track.
I wrote it like in high school or something.
I just had it kicking around and it was _ [A] _ _ [E] _
[B] very simple chord [F] changes.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _
So the [G] chords are very simple.
_ [D] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] So this song demonstrates a kind of an interesting thing you can do
when you just have chord changes but you want it to sound a little more melodic.
A little more like a piece of music.
A little more _ _ _ arrangement to it.
So I just started fooling around with the chord changes
and eventually this sweet melody chordal thing came out.
Actually it goes _
[A] _ [Bm] _ _ [F] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] on from there.
But I just like the way it resolved and the way it evolved. _ _
And one of the things_
I had an opportunity to work with Ozzy.
It was great.
It was crazy.
We spent like three months in my studio once writing music.
And it was for one of his records.
He only needed a couple of songs but we really hit it off.
So we spent a lot of time.
He's a very intuitive guy actually.
He really knows what he likes and he knows what he doesn't like.
And he said something that _ was very interesting to me.
It just goes to show you don't have to be a guitar player to inspire a guitar player.
When _ I started working with him a lot of the stuff I was writing was just chord changes.
Like you know_
[Gm] _ [B] Just regular [Bb] chords you know.
And that was all fine and good but there was no real arrangement to it.
He mentioned there's no part.
I brought in this one song and it was just me playing chords.
And he goes there's no part to it.
Can you create something that sounds like it's a cool guitar part?
And I thought this is great.
I've got Ozzy Osbourne telling me that I need to come up with a cool guitar part.
Not just chord changes.
And it really stuck.
So I'm passing it on to you.
Unless of course you want just heavy chord changes.
But even in any_
If you listen to Led Zeppelin music it's a beautiful example of very _ richly constructed guitar parts around basic chord changes.
Sometimes not so basic but still accessible even so.
So that was just_
Sisters is sort of like a little example of that where I just took simple chords and created a riff around it.
And it goes on and on.
If you listen to this track you can hear how it explores various riffs but the chords are still there.
So your assignment for this song is to write a song with just a few chords that you really like.
And then embellish the hell out of it.
Come up with ten different ways of going from one chord to another with interesting things in between.
And meditate on it.
And you'll just be so surprised what happens.
It's really wonderful.
So good luck with that.
And that's Sisters.
That was written for my [Gm] sisters, Lillian and Pamela, my best friends.
And it was very simple.
I love this track.
I wrote it like in high school or something.
I just had it kicking around and it was _ [A] _ _ [E] _
[B] very simple chord [F] changes.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _
So the [G] chords are very simple.
_ [D] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] So this song demonstrates a kind of an interesting thing you can do
when you just have chord changes but you want it to sound a little more melodic.
A little more like a piece of music.
A little more _ _ _ arrangement to it.
So I just started fooling around with the chord changes
and eventually this sweet melody chordal thing came out.
Actually it goes _
[A] _ [Bm] _ _ [F] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] on from there.
But I just like the way it resolved and the way it evolved. _ _
And one of the things_
I had an opportunity to work with Ozzy.
It was great.
It was crazy.
We spent like three months in my studio once writing music.
And it was for one of his records.
He only needed a couple of songs but we really hit it off.
So we spent a lot of time.
He's a very intuitive guy actually.
He really knows what he likes and he knows what he doesn't like.
And he said something that _ was very interesting to me.
It just goes to show you don't have to be a guitar player to inspire a guitar player.
When _ I started working with him a lot of the stuff I was writing was just chord changes.
Like you know_
[Gm] _ [B] Just regular [Bb] chords you know.
And that was all fine and good but there was no real arrangement to it.
He mentioned there's no part.
I brought in this one song and it was just me playing chords.
And he goes there's no part to it.
Can you create something that sounds like it's a cool guitar part?
And I thought this is great.
I've got Ozzy Osbourne telling me that I need to come up with a cool guitar part.
Not just chord changes.
And it really stuck.
So I'm passing it on to you.
Unless of course you want just heavy chord changes.
But even in any_
If you listen to Led Zeppelin music it's a beautiful example of very _ richly constructed guitar parts around basic chord changes.
Sometimes not so basic but still accessible even so.
So that was just_
Sisters is sort of like a little example of that where I just took simple chords and created a riff around it.
And it goes on and on.
If you listen to this track you can hear how it explores various riffs but the chords are still there.
So your assignment for this song is to write a song with just a few chords that you really like.
And then embellish the hell out of it.
Come up with ten different ways of going from one chord to another with interesting things in between.
And meditate on it.
And you'll just be so surprised what happens.
It's really wonderful.
So good luck with that.
And that's Sisters.