Posts Tagged ‘bend melody’

1. Embellishing melody — Bends

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

One primary ways to embellish a melody –> to slightly alter the long notes in the melody.

Reason: long notes provide more space fo ryou to lay around with

— to fill in this space is a way to show your musical creatiivity

To make a long note less boring –> bend the pitch.

Pitch bends come quite naturally on certain instruments, esp guitars where you bend the pitch by bending the string away from the fret with your LH.