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hey guys, i have a problem and i need help with it. i'm guitarist lol and i use to play chords at church with my worship team on the guitar but there is another guitarist showed up so cause he is new i gave him the chords part to play on the acoustic guitar. NOW THERE IS A PROBLEM i want to play the electric in the back ground and not the same thing he will be playing. i'm really stuck here and i don't know what to do if some one can please help then your really doing a whole church worship team a favor and me too.
the songs that will be played this friday i think are:
HUNGRY(falling on my knees)
here i am to worship
how great is our god by chris tomlin
More love More power
We are Hungry
holy is the lord
if some one please can help with what to do in the back ground and give me examples that be awsome and god will reward you for your help. thank you very much
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Hi there,

Do you know how to play barre chords?
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Originally Posted by Coolman673 hey guys, i have a problem and i need help with it. i'm guitarist lol and i use to play chords at church with my worship team on the guitar but there is another guitarist showed up so cause she is new i gave her the chords part to play on the acoustic guitar. NOW THERE IS A PROBLEM i want to play the electric in the back ground and not the same thing she will be playing. i'm really stuck here and i don't know what to do if some one can please help then your really doing a whole church worship team a favor and me too.
the songs that will be played this friday i think are:
HUNGRY(falling on my knees)
here i am to worship
how great is our god by chris tomlin
More love More power
We are Hungry
holy is the lord
if some one please can help with what to do in the back ground and give me examples that be awsome and god will reward you for your help. thank you very much what i do sometimes is just pick the same chords as the acoustic plays, except with a nice light destortion/deley effect. its nice that way.
in this case effects will really help..
-chester
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yep...add effects and/or play different chord forms...these are the quick and easy solutions.
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I would choose different types of the same chords,and add effects like chorus,reverb,tremolo,delay,etc. Can you pick out notes? This would be great to add notes with the vocals.
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yeah i can pick up notes, i was thinking to do that, but i'll just setup the my guitar with destortion and do like you guys said till i figure out something cool. but thanks to all of you for help if more have opnions be my guest to post them
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Listen to lots of music with electric guitars, don't limit yourself, experiment a lot, learn to hear things in your head, know your role in a band... those are more for the long term.
Immediately, play barre chords, try arpeggiation, and perhaps try to come up with some lines. The simplest lines are often the best.
When recently playing "How Great Is Our God", I came up with this simple line to go over the verses (key of G):
e----------------------------------------------------------------
B--------10----11----11-12~~~~--------------------------------
G----/10----10----10---------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
Just a short and sweet little riff, added some reverb for spacey ambience, does great.
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Speaking of long term where's chesh???
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Another thing you can do is play the chords an acoustic gutiarist would play, but keep it to the 3 highest strings. Strum it lightly, or just pick them.
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Originally Posted by Coolman673 hey guys, i have a problem and i need help with it. i'm guitarist lol and i use to play chords at church with my worship team on the guitar but there is another guitarist showed up so cause she is new i gave her the chords part to play on the acoustic guitar. NOW THERE IS A PROBLEM i want to play the electric in the back ground and not the same thing she will be playing. i'm really stuck here and i don't know what to do if some one can please help then your really doing a whole church worship team a favor and me too.
Well, first of all, 10 out of 10 for not wanting to duplicate what she's playing. Drives me potty to see two guitarists doing exactly the same thing. Very little point in doing that...
One simple solution would be for you to play chords too, but higher up the neck - preferably with a capo rather than using a barre. That's an old studio trick to get a big sound, and it should sound great. Of course, there's a bit of work for you in transposing the songs that you play, but that's a good exercise. If you're bright enough to work it out as you play, even better...
Alternatively, you can go for pretty much anything that doesn't clash with what she and the rest of the band are playing. That's the bottom line; I always try to think "What can I play here that will complement what the others are playing, and that won't clash with anything?" before I launch into anything.
If she's playing rhythmically, you could punctuate the changes by hitting each chord once and letting it ring, maybe with a bit of overdrive. You could play every-breath-you-take-style arpeggios with a bit of chorus. You could play short melodic phrases in the gaps between the singing. You're free from the responsibility of bringing some rhythm to the song, so get creative!
Of course, depending on how accomplished a player she is, it *may* be a good thing to play exactly what you were playing before - for a while at least - as that would give her something to copy and stop her from getting all scared about getting the rhythms right. Have a word with her, and find out what she needs from you as the other guitarist. Let us know what you end up doing!
HTH
Tarby
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There are a lot of chords you can play over her chords. Try alternate minors, seventh chords, third chords, or a minor when she plays a major chord. Examples:
Am over a D
Bm over an E
Cm over an F
D7 over a D
G over E
Em over E