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ChristopherSchlegel
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ChristopherSchlegel
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02/26/2022 4:03 pm

You're welcome!

Originally Posted by: maramba.federico24

very soon I will start practising sweep picking but for now I am still doing moderate speed picking to ensure starting and landing note is within the chord tone as chord change.

Keep in mind that it's fine to vary your phrasing enough that chord tones don't happen exactly as the first or last note of a phrase. Or even rhythmically line up exactly with when a chord happens.

In the end, melodic phrasing is the goal. And learning the scale, targeting chord tones are just tools in the process of developing musical phrases. They are not ends in themselves. They are often a helpful step in the process when learning to improvise. And often when you break down & learn a lick you like you'll find that the scale of the key signature along with references to chord tones are part of the structure.

Sometimes you will find chromatic approach tones (outside notes, outside of the scale), or rhythmic shifts that push chord tone references to the next bar or chord! And as long as that results in a good sounding melodic phrasing, then it works.

Hope that helps!


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