Jonas - For new tunes, I typically stick around the melody and the chord progression. Then I focus on interesting transitions from one change to the next. Usually that will get you there in an old-time style.
Mark On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Jonas Mattebo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Dear All, > > How do you people approach designing tasteful mandolin breaks for > songs? Start with the melody, or play out of chord positions, or just > opening the box o' tricks & licks? I'm trying to play in the Monroe/ > Compton vein of mandolin playing, and I find it hard to come up with > new stuff still within this style. How do I approach it? > > For example, I'm now trying to come up with a break to the Townes Van > Zandt song 'White Freightliner Blues', and it's not really coming > along. (The problem is I'm supposed to play this song in front of a > 'trusting audience' this friday, so I'm running out of time!) > > Anyway, the song is kind of fast (for me) and the chords are: > C/C/G/G/(X2) > D/C/G/G > > How would you approach this? > > Thanks, > Jonas > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
