The way i like to compose on the guitar involves this sort of incomplete 3 note voicing but thought of as a constant treble interval type (e.g alternating m/maj 3rds or m/maj 2nds ) moving in counterpoint with a bass note.
I find it the easiest way of keeping all the elements of harmony melody and rhythm in mind at each point in the tune.

Generally speaking I let the movement of the inner and outer voices determine the key/scale movement of the tune which is gathered up later and analysed for implied changes.

Just a shame you can't replicate these voicings in BIAB without a lot of effort or without turning them into complete chords that become too oppressive in their completeness.

I have a method where I reconfigure the stylemaker patterns to have just two roots (one on C4) and a seventh. You have to use the velocity command to filter out unwanted voices)
Each 3 note chord can then be input as some kind of 7th chord over a bass note.

regards


Alan

Last edited by alan S.; 04/11/10 07:30 AM.