Life Party (Chorus)

HOLY CRAP! We just hit 200 followers on this page! Thank you for the support!

To celebrate, here's a funky, positive, and golden riff.

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The chord progression is:

C major - Bb major - A minor 7
D minor 11 - G# diminished 7 - A minor 7
G minor 7 - C9 - F6/9 - F/G

Wow, so jazzy and smooth! Generally speaking, the more numbers you have in the chord names, the jazzier it is. I would love to be able to break down exactly what each chord means but it would take an entire book to explain adequately. Would anyone out there maybe be interested in some theory lessons?

Here's how I decided to play the chords shapes:

--8----6----5------5--10--12-----
--8----6----5------6--9----10-----
--9----7----5------5--10---12-----
-10---8-----5------5--9----10-----
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--10---10-----8-----5--------------
--8-----8------8-----6--------------
--10----9-----7------5--------------
--8-----8------7------5--------------
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Generally when it comes to funky stuff, I like to play 3 or 4 note chord voicings on the high strings. If I play voicings that are any larger (like 5 or 6 strings), it'll start to muddy up the arrangement of the song and get in the way of the synths and bass.

The right hand plays muted scratchy notes in between the chords. I do this by lifting my hand off the strings just a tiny bit, so that they're no longer fretting the chord, but still touching the strings. Alternate picking is the best way. You'll see my right hand isn't consistent on this, but that's because I'm playing it wrong by accident! Make sure you're consistent in switching between downstrokes and upstrokes.

A clean sparkly tone is the way to go here. No distortion, and a pickup position that uses 2 pickups (sometimes called an 'in between' sound) is the way to go.

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TAB is attached as a Guitar Pro file and PDF.