{"id":5061,"date":"2026-10-19T02:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T02:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2026-10-19T02:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T02:29:28","slug":"rock-me-on-the-water-augmented-chords-and-a-wedding-request-that-surprised-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-blogs\/guitar-news\/rock-me-on-the-water-augmented-chords-and-a-wedding-request-that-surprised-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Me On The Water, Augmented Chords, And A Wedding Request That Surprised Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Augmented Chords, Jackson Browne &amp; A Wedding Request | Totally Guitars Weekly Update\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s8_3jFZ--nU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>October 16th.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m still deep in Jackson Browne territory.<\/p>\n<p>Last week his birthday sent me back through his first five albums &#8211; For Every Man, Late For The Sky, The Pretender, Running on Empty, Hold Out. Those records really hold up. The melodies in particular are extraordinary &#8211; and not just because they sit comfortably in the chord. Jackson frequently puts melody notes that are completely outside the chord underneath them.<\/p>\n<p>An A in the melody over an E minor chord.<\/p>\n<p>An F sharp over a C chord.<\/p>\n<p>A C in the melody over a D7.<\/p>\n<p>That tension between melody and harmony is a big part of what makes his writing so distinctive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rock Me On The Water &#8211; Finally<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of my all-time favorite Jackson Browne songs and somehow I\u2019d never done a lesson on it until this week. Finished it up just the other day after spending time reliving those early albums.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll admit &#8211; when I started working on it I instinctively played the melody instrumentally rather than just the accompaniment. I got complaints about that in the early days of Totally Guitars. Guitar players wanted the accompaniment, not the melody worked out over the chords.<\/p>\n<p>I went ahead and did it anyway.<\/p>\n<p>And now I\u2019m thinking there might need to be a full instrumental arrangement of it too. We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/3080-rock-me-on-the-water\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ROCK ME ON THE WATER GUITAR LESSON HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brothers In Arms &#8211; Also Done<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I also finished the Brothers In Arms lesson this week &#8211; something I\u2019d promised last week. Got the solo arrangement together and I\u2019m happy with it.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, one of my intermediate guitar players walked in while I was working on it and immediately wanted to learn a simpler version to play and sing. So the lesson includes both &#8211; a fuller arrangement and a more accessible version for those who want to accompany their voice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uuuoAWO5ZmM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BROTHERS IN ARMS ACOUSTIC SNAPSHOT HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Augmented Chords &#8211; What They Are And Why They Work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This came up while talking about Jackson Browne, and it\u2019s worth spending some time on because augmented chords are genuinely fascinating and underused.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the theory:<\/p>\n<p>A major chord is built 1 &#8211; 3 &#8211; 5.<\/p>\n<p>An augmented chord is built 1 &#8211; 3 &#8211; #5. The fifth is raised a half step.<\/p>\n<p>The distance from 1 to 3 is two whole steps. The distance from 3 to #5 is also two whole steps. That symmetry means augmented chords don\u2019t occur naturally in any major key &#8211; every major key has three major chords, three minor chords, one diminished chord, and zero augmented chords.<\/p>\n<p>Which means whenever you hear an augmented chord, it\u2019s being used for effect. Shock value. Mystery. That spooky, unresolved, reaching quality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where you hear it:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Road by Danny O\u2019Keefe &#8211; G going back and forth to G augmented throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Starting Over by John Lennon &#8211; C moving to C augmented.<\/p>\n<p>And a <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/?artists=157\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gordon Lightfoot<\/a> song I played this week where the same chromatic climb happens under the melody.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The chromatic climb inside augmented chords:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what makes augmented chords particularly interesting &#8211; they\u2019re often the beginning of a chromatic bass line rather than a destination.<\/p>\n<p>Take A moving to A augmented. The E in the A chord rises to E sharp (same note as F). Continue the climb and E sharp moves to F sharp &#8211; giving you either an A6 or an F# minor chord depending on how you want to think about it. Continue again and you arrive at G &#8211; which turns the A chord into A7, acting as a secondary dominant pulling you toward D.<\/p>\n<p>So what started as a simple A chord to A augmented has become a four-step chromatic climb: E &#8211; E# &#8211; F# &#8211; G.<\/p>\n<p>That A7 then resolves to D. And then often to D minor as the G in the chord descends chromatically back through F# to F natural.<\/p>\n<p>That entire sequence &#8211; A to A augmented through to D minor &#8211; is one of the most satisfying chromatic bass movements in popular music. Once you hear it you\u2019ll recognize it everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Wedding Request<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some friends asked me to play at their wedding in a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>They wanted two processional songs.<\/p>\n<p>One of them was Because by John Lennon &#8211; which I\u2019ve been playing in G since my Beatles album in the late 80s for no particular reason. A fascinating progression &#8211; C minor appearing straight from an A chord in the key of G. Very Lennon. Very unexpected. Very beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>The second request was Stand By Me.<\/p>\n<p>Which made me think I might need to work out a proper instrumental arrangement of it. The melody starts on the sixth note of the scale &#8211; similar to what Jackson Browne does in some of his tunes. Something about melodies that don\u2019t start on the tonic or the third creates a particular kind of emotional pull.<\/p>\n<p>More on that soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Comment Worth Sharing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Someone left a comment on one of our YouTube videos this week that I thought was worth mentioning.<\/p>\n<p>They pointed out that Lennon wasn\u2019t just the angry one &#8211; he wrote some genuinely beautiful melodies. Because is a great example. In My Life. All My Loving.<\/p>\n<p>I had to agree completely.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t just the rocker. There was a sensitivity and melodic sophistication in his writing that deserves more recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Halfway through October. See you next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neil <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 16th. And I\u2019m still deep in Jackson Browne territory. Last week his birthday sent me back through his first five albums &#8211; For Every Man, Late For The Sky, The Pretender, Running on Empty, Hold Out. Those records really hold up. 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