Playing in Harmony

1.  Create a parallel harmony line

2.  Avoide problems with parallel harmony solo

3. Blend harmony with the original melody

4. Create alternate melodic lines

Here you learn how to create solos by playing or singing in harmony with the original melody.

This technique requires good ear more than the technique of rhythmic variation and melodic embellishments.

You also need some basic understanding of music tehory.

Your ear nees to hear harmony parts, such that you know which notes are contained in various chords.

Thrust of this section: to create a melody line that is parallel to the song’s original melody.

It’s like taking a background vocal line and making that line the lead

It sounds a bit like the original melody but it is different enough to stnd alone as a solo

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