I don't know if I'm alone in this, but I've found that it's almost taboo for a guitarist to play using same root note for over 3 measures, with the exception being leads, and fillers. I don't see why. I love to just stick with one key, and just have fun with it...
I mean that guitarists rarely stick to a root note for very long, as far as I've found. Especially in a ska type scenerio, like what I play. Perhaps I just haven't been playing with very good guitarists? It's just my observation, I'm asking if anyone else has ever had the same problem.
What do you mean by stick to a root note? Your post is very confusing and that's what is causing all the
staying on a root note is not the same as staying in key. staying on a root note for over 3 measures is pretty damn bad playing, in conventional music.
If one properly use musical terminology, one can then hold a discussion. Staying with key: Using notes that show up in the chosen key. Very general, obviously. Playing root notes: To play the X in "Xmaj", etc. One cannot "alternate root notes" unless they change the chord. They can leave out the root note and imply it, but you cannot change the root note. So then...what the heck are you trying to tell us? Hence...
