Well I played the tune on stage today, and it went pretty well I think. I came up with a kinda quirky but nice break that worked. Maybe I can record it for y'all sometime.
Thanks for all the help! /Jonas 17 okt 2008 kl. 19.18 skrev Mike Romkey: > > Starting with the melody is wise. > > Playing it, or part of it, up or down an octave provides some > variation and sometimes opens up new possibilities. Experiment with > places you can add drone strings and double stops to fatten up the > sound. If you get a second time around on the tune -- or sometimes the > second time through the A or B part, when they repeat -- you can look > for ways to alter the melody slightly. > > Try to invent -- on the fly or when practicing -- a counter melody or > pseudo harmony part, if there are other instruments playing the melody > or if it is strongly implied. > > Scale-based solos are pretty widely derided, but I think having your > fingers really know where they can go is important and allow you to > stretch out some beyond the basic tune. It also makes it possible to > get out of first position. > > Another thing to do is to tastefully incorporate a favorite lick from > another tune. Say a little tag in D that you can transpose to A or G > or whatever you're doing. > > I try to really "feel" the chord progression. A lot of times, > especially if I'm freely improvising away from the melody, I rely on > the correspond note to the changes to ground whatever I'm trying to > make up on the fly. Sometimes the root note for the key works well, > too. > > Less is often more. Slower but with feeling is better than playing > really, really fast without "saying" anything. > > None of this probably makes any sense. My best advice is practice a > ton and get something you can do without freezing up on. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
