happythepriate
Joined: Aug 04, 2009
Posts: 4
Northeast Ohio
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Posted on Aug 04 2009 11:52 PM
I've been learning guitar and musical structure lately, and have found that surf rock typically will have it's leads in a minor key.
So, I can turn up the reverb, switch to bridge, and pick fast in any minor scale and it'll sound surfy. Is this right so far? It's sounded right to me.
But my real question is... What are typical surf rhythm chords? And do they follow a certain pattern? Like how if you're playing a basic 12-bar blues, you might be doing I 4 bars, IV 2 bars, I 4 bars, V 1 bar, IV 1 bar, I 1 bar, and V 1 bar.
Sorry, my knowledge of music structure and playing's full of potholes, haha.
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Aug 05 2009 04:29 AM
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19308
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Aug 31 2009 01:39 PM
Moved to Surf Musician.
I don't think surf music can be pidgeon-holed or stereotyped that easily. You'll find a wide variety of songs. Some are simple blues-based rockers and others are more "exotic".
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Stormtiger
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 2684
Ventura, CA
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Posted on Aug 31 2009 02:10 PM
happythepriate
I've been learning guitar and musical structure lately, and have found that surf rock typically will have it's leads in a minor key.
So, I can turn up the reverb, switch to bridge, and pick fast in any minor scale and it'll sound surfy. Is this right so far? It's sounded right to me.
But my real question is... What are typical surf rhythm chords? And do they follow a certain pattern? Like how if you're playing a basic 12-bar blues, you might be doing I 4 bars, IV 2 bars, I 4 bars, V 1 bar, IV 1 bar, I 1 bar, and V 1 bar.
Sorry, my knowledge of music structure and playing's full of potholes, haha.
Now forget all of the above.
It is nonsense that surf music is typically in a minor key. Some songs are, lots are not. The I, IV, V progression is in a lot of Dick Dale's work (Surf Beat-in E major) but that is really just a variation of the blues. The vast majority of great surf music does not use that chord progression. It can be as rich melodically and harmonically as any other genre and even more so. You can also use any pickup combination, no need to limit yourself to the bridge.
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