When you've got the chords down, playing the song itself isn't too complicated.
If you want to play an 'A' power chord, hold down the low E string at the fifth fret, then hold down the A and D strings on the seventh fret.
To play a chord, Hold down fingers 1, 3, and 5 (C, E, and G) all at the same time.
("Tall buildings shake, voices escape singing sad, sad songs, tuned to chords strung down your cheeks").
Mr. Iyer worked through frantic tangles of chords, slowing down and speeding up by degrees, giving the music an undulating feeling.
On Tuesday, we heard Helen's tightly coiled vocal chords break down into a description of the serial rapes she had endured in her marriage.
You start with a pair of telegenic punk-rock twins, give them a fistful of chords, slow down the tempo enough to accommodate high-school singalongs, then add some through-the-nose vocals.
'I hunched over my guitar, alternately watching my left hand, which was forming the chords, and my right, which was a blur as it slid across the strings, my arm pumping urgently to make the chords push down through the cable and out of the amp,' the Marauder explains.
Dozens of chords droop down from the sculpture overhead, which viewers can play with, turning it off and on partially or entirely.
You don't have to talk in a soft voice, but keep your vocal chords down.
