![]() ![]() (Please excuse my over use of quotation marks!). Finishing on a chord-tone, usually sounds like a resolution.īy eliminating all non-chord-tones, you start to "hear" and "see", the choice "target" notes. Finishing a phrase on a scale tone that's not a chord-tone will usually sound un-resolved. So, chord-tones are a great way to develop a melodic direction.Ĭall and response type playing. Playing scalar runs, etc.īut, you need to form melodic "lines", and get to a point. See, I often find myself "noodling" through chord changes. Once you feel really comfortable on single strings, over MANY chord progressions, then move to 2 string playing. ![]() ![]() Once you can comfortably play 4 note per measure/chord, move to 2 chords per measure, and start over. Next step: Repeat this on each string, over the same chord changes. Working up a single string, and then back down. Playing chord tones over the changes, 1 note per chord. I'll "play" this all on the skinny E string. Work your way to the top of the fretboard, and then work your way back down. Start at the nut, or lowest pitch of the string, that has a chord tone. Start on any single string, and play 1 note over every chord in the progression. Try recording a simple chord progression to practice over. But, I think this will work as an Explanation.Īnd I find this Approach to be GOLDEN! Really helps with being Melodic, no matter how far "OUT" you want to take things! Something I read in an Article by Scott Henderson, here. ![]()
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