At Barrington Bay Music

BBM celebrates it's first anniversary

BBM will be celebrating it's first anniversary under the new ownership at the end
of November. We'd like to thank all our friends and customers for their support
and friendship.

We will be celebrating later in the month, and will keep you up to date on any
anniversary plans we have.

Dwight d'Eon - Where is he now?

Dwight is playing two shows at the Y'Arc on the 8th and 9th of November. BBM
wishes him a great couple of shows.

Open on Sundays

This is a reminder that Barrington Bay Music is open 7 days a week. However,
I am going to be closing every second Sunday from now until November. Due to
my wife being in Toronto for a couple months, I am going to close the store on
the Sundays when there are NOT jams scheduled. This is simply to allow me to
take a day off. I apologize in advance to all if this causes any inconvenience.
Once Linda returns, we will be open 7 days a week again and back in full swing
for the Christmas season.

I will be going to Ontario on the 9th, and while I'm away, the store will remain
open, though it will be closed Nov 11th and 12th in honour of Remembrance Day.
BBM wishes to remind you to take 2 minutes on Sunday, November 11th to
remember our veterans and our fallen who made the ultimate sacrifice for our
freedoms.

Jam Sessions

Sunday Jams are still on, so come on out and join us:

Current Schedule for Jams (starting around 1 pm):

Acoustic Nov 4
Electric Nov 18

As always, pictures are available for viewing on the BBM website at
http://www.barringtonbaymusic.com/jams_gallery.html (we are
looking into the possibility of video taping a jam, and placing
the video on the website in the future as well.)

Guitar Chops

Ok, so we've covered Major and Minor chords, and power chords, so let's talk
in brief about other chords, ones that are perhaps a little more complex.

Let's start with 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, and 13th chords, as these will be the easier
of the ones I want to cover.

Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and Thirteenth chords are just regular major or
minor chords with the additional note or notes added to the mix. To play a E6
chord, you still start with your basic 1-3-5 combination.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
E F# G# A B C# D E F# G# A B C#

So to play an E major chord, you play E-G#-B (using the procedure to determine
major 3rds from September), and then add the sixth(C#). Why C# and not C?
Well this has to do with the A Major scale, and in the A Major scale, C, F, and G
are all sharp. This has to do with musical Keys. We haven't talked about Keys, and
we won't be going into them here either, but we'll talk about them in the future
newsletter. For now, just trust me that you have to play in the Key of A, in order
to be able to play an E Major chord.

So our E6 chord is 1-3-5-6 or E-G#-B-C#, and looks like this:

Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and thirteenth chords work the same way, adding in the
additional notes to give a distinct sound. Usually anything over a 7th chord will be
used in jazz styled music only, but is certainly not limited to it. 7th chords, on the
other hand, are widely used in country, bluegrass, blues, jazz, folk, and even some
rock.

An E7chord will be the 1-3-5-7 notes or E-G#-B-D, and it looks like this:

So for practice, try figuring out how to to make a 9th, 11th and 13th chord, and
use this website to check if you're right.

http://jguitar.com/chordsearch

Tech Talk

Nothing this month, Tech Talk returns next month, besides, it's going to take a while for
you to wrap your head around the Guitar Chops installment this month.

Rentable Space

I've been approached by a local band to know if I'd be willing to rent out the store (after hours) for practices. I haven't made a final decision as of yet, but I'm curious how many bands are looking for jam/practice space and whether this would be worthwhile.

If you or your band are looking for a place to jam or practice, contact me through the store or the website with your information and preferred days, and if there's enough interest I'll draw up a schedule and fee structure.