Warp Zone Theory

[Alex003]

Anyone know about it?


EXTREMELY interesting stuff. I don't think its online anywhere, or i would post a link. My guitar teacher is teaching it to me, he says his professor at Berklee came up with it. I guess not alot of people really know about it, but its really opening up the way i view the fret board

[lostylost]

Come on you can tell us more about it then that!

I'm very curious.

[Alex003]

First off, to introduce me to the theory he had me start on A, 6th string. Do perfect 4ths down the neck till you hit the High E string. You start on A, but where did you end up if you do perfect 4ths? You end up on A#. Something doesn't make sense there, something happened. So its the theory of understanding how it got to that change.

The guitar is split into two universes my guitar teacher told me, strings E, A, D, and G are one universe. the B and high E are the other universe. This 2nd universe, we can say had a natural disaster of some kind and moved everything up a fret.

Theoretically, the open E major chord shape should be the basis of all major shapes. Move it down a string, keeping the same shape and you have an A Minor chord. Why did it change from major to minor? It crossed into the 2nd universe. So you have to calculate the change, by moving the minor 3rd and making it a major 3rd, Thus making the A Major chord. Once again, take the original E major shape and play it another set of strings down, which this time makes a very un pleasant sound. Calculate the change for crossing the universe, and you end up with a D major chord.

I thought it was really amazing how all the chords are connected in that way. If you think about it, they are all the same shape, that E major shape is always the major shape for those open chords, with A and D you are just calculating for the change in the strings.

The theory goes alot deeper into than that, but I am yet to have another guitar lesson, haha but i thought some of you would find that interesting

[lostylost]

Alex, thanks trying to digest that now

[lostylost]

I wonder if that abstract view is useful or it's the process of `calculating the cost` where you are getting the benefit from.

Keep us up to date as you learn more

Think of it as good consolidation/revision homework for yourself rather than giving out free lessons to free-loaders LOL

[Alex003]

It helps me recognize Major and Minor shapes in abstract chords all over the neck. Another thing he had me do was too look at minor or major triads, and look at how they change step by step and break it down. Then you can see the shapes show up in the oddest of places in chords