Comments on: King Crimson releases teaser of new album Death Metal, Black Metal, Speed Metal, Grindcore, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal and Thrash: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:39:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: fenrir Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:39:49 +0000 This is frequently used in Jazz. Because, fuck the key. Jazz is melody oriented, that why they keep jumping between keys. This is where King Crimson takes this from.

By: fenrir Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:37:21 +0000 In reply to Imposition.

It is not that hard to understand if you try to understand what they mean XD

melody-based, meaning that the song will follow the evolution of a melody or melodies, I guess.

Moveable chords often applies to guitar, just using same finger shapes for different chords. It has little meaning on the piano, I guess. On the guitar, different finger positions of the same chords with give different quality to the sound of the chord. So using “moveable chords” just means you will outline chords by moving the same finger position up and down the neck of the guitar.

So What the writer means by the two together, I think, is that you will actually play a melody with one finger, and use the rest of the hand to outline a particular chord SHAPE. Then, apply the same chord shape to wherever the melody on that string takes you. Is this clear enough?

By: Imposition Sat, 05 Jul 2014 04:16:27 +0000 Thanks for Crimson update. This is news to me, and good news.

However I’d say their evolution was much closer to bands like Yes, ELP, Gentle Giant, Van der graaf generator than Sabbath.

And I don’t know what you mean by ‘melody-based’ songs which use ‘moveable chords’.