Chris Broderick - Chaos Theory #4

Join Chris Broderick in his new Guitar World column "Chaos Theory" as he shares the secrets behind his world-class shred techniques.

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[Skullclone]

@GetSumNutz he could probably walk on water

[GetSumNutz]

....but can he play smoke on the water?

[IamCucumbers]

@davidmmcg try not to be a fool. you and both know that I was writing in figured bass notation, which means that '6' is first inversion, not that it has an added 6th. furthermore, in this case, he's using the neapolitan in 1st inversion, so I'd say it's safe to say 1st inversion in this case.

[davidmmcg]

@IamCucumbers Most people consider a Db major 6 chord to have a Bb in it (i.e. an added 6th), while a Db neapolitan chord definitely does not contain a Bb. You also said it is in first inversion, which it can be, but isn't required to be. Maybe because we can't use superscript on youtube it's difficult to distinguish chords written in figured bass notation, but you certainly aren't helping by calling it "major 6". Is it paraphrasing to clarify those two points?

[IamCucumbers]

@davidmmcg you know you've only just rephrased what I said....congratulations on paraphrasing.

[davidmmcg]

@IamCucumbers You are confusing figured bass notation with popular music notation; the neapolitan chord is often in first inversion (but not necessarily) and the notation "Db 6" is the figured bass notation for a first inversion chord. The neapolitan in the the key of C would be a Db major chord with an F in the bass and a Db and Ab above (in whatever order and with doubling permitted, though Bach often avoided doubling the third in first inversion triads).

[IamCucumbers]

@guitarran the technical term for a neapolitan is a flat major 2 chord, in first inversion. so, basically, In the key of "C", it would be Db major 6.

[kilipeti]

@SpencerHead0 one can't simply learn a Broderick lick!

[cyrusBMwinchester]

@FumaTeste i can swim on land

[dmangtr]

@GetSumNutz He can roll water into a joint and smoke it

[SpencerHead0]

Has anybody actually learned this? o.o

[ehoc42]

bach would be proud