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Hey Everyone,
I play second guitar for a band. Our lead guitarist writes the main song and then I am supposed to come up with the second guitar part. For the most part he is playing straight chords and I am supposed to work off of that (with picking parts, complimentry chords - what does it mean for a chord to be complimentry anyway?, etc).
So... How do I do this? Any tried and true methods would be appreciated. I do have some basic theory but please keep your explanations simple.
Thanks ahead of time.
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The folks in the Theory & Technique forum could probably help you more. I'll send this thread over there.
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Originally Posted by dtaylorl Hey Everyone,
I play second guitar for a band. Our lead guitarist writes the main song and then I am supposed to come up with the second guitar part. For the most part he is playing straight chords and I am supposed to work off of that (with picking parts, complimentry chords - what does it mean for a chord to be complimentry anyway?, etc).
So... How do I do this? Any tried and true methods would be appreciated. I do have some basic theory but please keep your explanations simple.
Thanks ahead of time. By complimentary chords, I assume that he means harmonizing chords.
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Okay so what chords are harmonizing chords. Does this just mean the chord with the root of the 3rd interval of the main chord? (e.g. if the chord was Cmajor would that mean its harmonizing chord is Emin?)
Also if I were to play a riff alongside a chord how do I know what notes I can play? Right now most of my riffs are boring as they only use the root note and third interval of the chord. Can I play any note that fits in both the scale of the chord and the key of the song? (e.g. if the song is in key of C and the chord is a Gmaj can play G,A,B,C,D,E - but not F or F#?)
Someone please help me out!
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Have you ever heard of the modes? Those are very helpful when trying to come up with different guitar parts
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Basically, just don't play the same thing (well, usually). If one guitar is playing chords down low, then do something different. A chord in a differet inversion higher on the neck or something. Maybe a little lick.