Did you know that you can deconstruct existing melodies to improvise and compose new tunes?
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Further learning
Learning Steps
Listen to this Chunk of “The Wellerman”: D0-1-1-1-1-3-A1-1-1
Loop a smaller Chunk until it starts to sound like a riff: D1-1-1-1-3
Add a little slide on D1.
Then transpose it to the A string: A1-1-1-1-3
Then sequence the two riffs: D1-1-1-1-3 | A1-1-1-1-3
Then repeat that riff but this time end on open D instead of that high D:
- D1-1-1-1-3 | A1-1-1-1-D0
Finally, put it all together to make a complete new melody…
- D1-1-1-1-3 | A1-1-1-1-3
- D1-1-1-1-3 | A1-1-1-1-D0
Not only is this super fun, but it will help you learn and remember the melody.
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