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Originally Posted by MalcolmAmos  {edit}
I just re-read your profile. How do I do it? Root on 1 and if more is needed I'll grab a 5, if there is room for more I choose between an 8 or the correct 3 and 7. Hoping a groove develops. If I get lost the tonic pentatonic is my fail safe till I can recover.
Chord tones - Root by itself establishes the beat.
- R-5 is the basic power chord.
- Add the 8 and you get an octave root or "more mature" power chord. Adding the 8 is always safe.
- Adding the correct 3 fills out the basic triad.
- Adding the correct 7 moves one more step to the maj7, m7 or m7b5.
- Adding the 6 to major chords is a generically safe addition and adds color. I do like R-3-5-6.
- Then as I'm classic ole time Country the 9's 11's and 13's take me into an area I don't venture into.
- Chromatic runs to the next chord round out what I do. Target the next root and miss it by 3 frets - then walk to it and be on it for the chord change.
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+1 Good advice here. After awhile your ear will begin to tell you which direction to go in and what varations on a theme will work.
As I said in another post a lot of this becomes intuitive after you've played for a while. Listen a lot while you play and soon your ear will get used to hearing the intervals between chord changes. After that the "feel" of the song will tell you what you need to do to impress your particular style on it.
Don't be afraid to experiment with it. Like the say, if you make a mistake do it twice and call it jazz.
