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I consider descending chromatic lines and arpeggiated chords basic skills learned by any student of the guitar.
Jimmy Page
Guitar
Consider
Student
Learned
Lines
Any
Skills
Descending
Chords
Basic
Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.
Joe Elliott
Together
Song
Idiot
Rubbish
Knows
Five
Bang
Any
Going
Who
Chords
I think a solo moves forward the way a song does, because it's reflective of the chords that I'm considering as I'm soloing, and at the same time I'm going as much out on a limb as Frank Zappa used to, in terms of just going crazy on the instrument.
John Frusciante
Time
Crazy
Song
Think
Considering
Way
Frank
Frank Zappa
Out
Solo
Soloing
Terms
Instrument
Limb
Because
Does
Reflective
Same
Going
Going Crazy
Just
Same Time
Moves
Much
Used
Forward
Chords
Zappa
Nothing matches the sheer euphoria of discovering a new melody or a new batch of chords that just come out of nowhere.
Kevin Parker
Nothing
Batch
Melody
Out
New
Come
Sheer
Matches
Discovering
Just
Euphoria
Chords
Nowhere
I find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.
Lemmy
You
Guitarist
Easy
Find
Lead
Never
Know
Did
Quite
Wanted
Chords
Ever
Play
Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five!
Leonard Cohen
Me
Three
Only
Cruel
Knew
Journalists
Said
Were
Very
Five
English
Chords
I was classically trained. But more than just the fact that I play violin, there's a lot of classical elements in the way I write, in the way I hear chords. A lot of times, I think of my songs as a symphony made out of electronics rather than instruments. And I love to do orchestral arrangements of my songs after they're done.
Lindsey Stirling
Love
Made
Think
Symphony
Way
Out
Classical
Rather
More
Fact
Write
Songs
Instruments
Arrangements
Hear
Lot
Times
Trained
Than
Done
Just
Orchestral
After
Chords
Electronics
Elements
Play
Violin
It was very challenging, trying to add an orchestra on top of these traditional African rhythms, because as soon as you add any kind of melody or chords over it, it stops feeling African.
Ludwig Goransson
You
Feeling
Add
Top
Melody
Kind
Soon
Over
Over It
Because
Traditional
Very
Trying
Any
Orchestra
Stops
African
Rhythms
Chords
Challenging
I don't play any instruments. I don't produce. I don't know which keys or chords I am using, so, in essence, I need the band and the production team - otherwise, I am just some guy with a hat and a song.
Lukas Forchhammer
Song
Band
Otherwise
Keys
Hat
Some
Guy
Know
Instruments
Am
Any
Essence
Just
Which
Produce
Production
Team
Using
Chords
Play
Need
I immediately recognised that Freddy's vocal chords bore an uncanny resemblance to mine - or vice-versa, I guess - and yeah, the rest is history.
Marc Martel
History
Rest
Guess
Mine
Immediately
Recognised
Bore
Freddy
Vocal
Yeah
Resemblance
Chords
Lately, I love creating ideas on my acoustic guitar. I sit in my living room for hours trying different chords.
Martin Garrix
Love
Guitar
Sit
Living
Lately
Hours
Ideas
Trying
Different
Acoustic
Acoustic Guitar
Room
Creating
Chords
Living Room
If the chords change a lot over the course of a song, it's better to stay within the same melodic structure.
Max Martin
Change
Song
Better
Melodic
Stay
Structure
Over
Course
Within
Lot
Same
Chords
Bon Jovi's trick is to use heavy-metal chords and still sound absolutely safe. Rock & roll used to be rebellion disguised as commercialism; now so much of it is commercialism disguised as rebellion.
Michael Azerrad
Rebellion
Trick
Absolutely
Safe
Rock
Sound
Still
Commercialism
Roll
Disguised
Much
Use
Used
Chords
Now
When I listen to songs, to this day, I listen to the chords and the groove and the melody.
Michael McDonald
Day
Melody
Songs
Listen
Groove
Chords
It is impossible to watch a 'Friends' episode too many times. Phoebe is my favourite character. I used to play her songs on the guitar when I was a teenager. 'Smelly Cat' is very easy. It's only about three chords.
Michelle Dockery
Character
Guitar
Impossible
Three
Too
Teenager
Easy
Favourite
About
Only
Cat
Songs
Smelly
Friends
Very
Times
Episode
Used
Many
Chords
Play
Her
Watch
I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.
Mick Taylor
Great
Beatles
Learning
Remember
Thought
Beatles Songs
Songs
Songwriters
Were
Chords
Actually
I'm a real musician's musician: I get really geeky on chords and arrangements.
Natalie Prass
Musician
Geeky
Arrangements
Real
Get
Really
Chords
I used to help Viv with the chords and melodies sometimes.
Neil Innes
Sometimes
Melodies
Used
Help
Chords
I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.
Patti Smith
Guitar
Musician
Intuitive
Only
Real
Six
Skills
Chords
Technical
Play
You can communicate a sad message or perplexing message through happy chords or a happy melody, and I hope to have the listener pose more questions in their life as opposed to going along with the everyday and what's being pushed on them.
Poppy
Sad
Life
Hope
You
Happy
Communicate
Everyday
Melody
More
Through
Pushed
Along
Message
Opposed
Perplexing
Questions
Going
Listener
Being
Them
Chords
Pose
Those three chords were part of my life - G, F, Bb - yeh, it is, it is, and I can't help noticing it. But there have been other things nearly as close to it which people haven't noticed, other things we have done.
Ray Davies
Life
People
Three
My Life
Other
Those
Part
Were
Been
Close
Done
Which
Noticed
Noticing
Help
Chords
Nearly
Things
I'm basically a keyboard player, so if it's got a keyboard on it, I'll give it a shot. I played a lot of organ in the early days. I can make a few chords on guitar, but that's about it.
Ray Stevens
Guitar
Few
Organ
Keyboard
Keyboard Player
About
Give
Days
Make
Got
Lot
Shot
Chords
Played
Player
Early
Basically
Early Days
There are only seven chords, and I believe every song has already been written.
Rickey Medlocke
Song
Believe
Every
Seven
Only
Written
Been
Chords
It was R.E.M. who showed other Eighties bands how to get away with ignoring the rules - they lived in some weird town nobody never heard of, they didn't play power chords, they probably couldn't even spell 'spandex.' All they had was songs.
Rob Sheffield
Power
Other
Spell
Rules
Some
Never
Had
Songs
Weird
Nobody
Town
How
Heard
Bands
Get
Eighties
Ignoring
Who
Chords
Even
Lived
Away
Play
I went down to my keyboard and was playing random chords, and the one line I kept repeating was, 'I'm a lost boy from Neverland.' I decided to post it to Vine, and it got the biggest reaction I'd ever gotten. People wanted to hear more, and I had to explain it wasn't a song.
Ruth B
People
Song
Post
Random
Lost
Down
Keyboard
One Line
More
Had
Reaction
Boy
Got
Gotten
Line
Hear
Repeating
Wanted
Decided
Biggest
Explain
Chords
Ever
Vine
Playing
Kept
I would type in things like, 'How to play beginner songs on guitar,' and one of the first I learnt was 'Hey, Soul Sister' by Train. I taught myself these chords I didn't know the name of and slowly started to get the hang. I was obsessed with it.
Shawn Mendes
Myself
Soul
Guitar
First
Sister
Type
Hey
Would
Slowly
Songs
Obsessed
Name
Like
Know
Learnt
How
Train
Beginner
Get
Hang
Taught
Chords
Play
Things
Started
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