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Old August 7th, 2007
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Originally Posted by hb View Post
Yes, I've read PT about 3 times and have found it very helpful. I know the positions pretty well, but just can't seem to make music. If a piece of music had a melody line on a G chord, then needed this little ditty to fill in, and then the melody line went into a C chord, would you try to fill in with something on top of a G or C chord?
hb
Think COTM and think 1, 3 and 5. Make these your baseline or home notes; your go to notes.

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