robin12smith
Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 6
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Typically, the singer would sing the melody and the sax (or whatever backup instrument) would fill in when the singer takes little breaks in the music. Hence the terms "breaks" and "fills".
Another trick is to play the hidden inner harmonies that aren't obvious in the music. For example, say the chord progression is |: C-Em-Am-G :| You could play as long notes C (the root of CM) to B (the 5th of Em) to A (the root of Am) to B (the third of of GM) and repeat.
Also, to break up the pattern in the middle of the song, you could play the melody for a chorus and have your singer friend 'scat' some breaks. |
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