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Guitar ideas into music
The way a phrase sits under your fingers can be part of its identity. Keep the articulation, rhythm, and register you like while trying a new supporting chord or a second phrase.
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A small exercise
Play a two-bar idea three times. On the fourth pass, keep its rhythm but change its ending. That small variation can suggest a larger section.
Questions to explore
- How to turn a guitar riff into a songDevelop a guitar riff into a song by keeping its identity, writing a contrasting section, and bringing the original idea back with purpose.
- Different ways to play a chord progression on guitarUse guitar chord voicings, inversions, register, and rhythm to give one progression several distinct shapes.
- How to solo over chord changes on guitarMake a guitar solo follow chord changes with target notes, repeated motifs, and space between phrases.