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Well, let's say I know my chord tones, but, what to play from them? I play 1-b3-5-b7 of let's say for minor 7th. Sounds generic. I play with them, but I always end up bluesy or something . I'd like some suggestions on what chord tones to combine. I know I should explore it by myself, but if there are some suggestions...
2,6,9,11,.13s for jazz. Bend a 2 up to a 3 or the other way around for a country twang. Natural 7s for ambient stuff and jazz. Double stops for anything.
Last edited by allthumbs : June 17th, 2007 at 04:23 PM.
I just grabbed the guitar some time before, and found a nice melody via Dm7th add9th only. (not sure if I named it correctly). Guess it depends on my mood.
Try learning some different llicks from other genres to give you some other ideas. Also try varying your phrasing, and displace some of the tones. By that I mean jump an octave or play up in intervals of a 5th or 7th or whatever. You can also add some chromatics in too - which is one of my favourite things to do.
Download the PDF of the 'Guitar Chord Slide Rule', print it out, fold it together and you'll have at your disposal a very neat tool that will not only show you all the positions for the main flavors of chords, but will also teach you a very important lesson about how the guitar works... It consists of a folded sleeve and six double sided inserts, instructions for cutting it out and folding it together are included with the PDF ... it's very simple to do, and if you botch it, you can simply print it out again!
. I'd like some suggestions on what chord tones to combine. I know I should explore it by myself, but if there are some suggestions...
