Hey there. I tried to Play around with it and tried to play a little solo using the six magic notes. But I found it really awkward to always land on the same Note.
So my question is, should you always try to end your phrases on that key note or should you 'only' end your solo on that note?
It's not always necessary to land on the same note. I'll give you the rough explanation first and then some more complex nerdy stuff:
1) You can ALWAYS end up in every note you want while making a solo as long as it sounds well, that's really up to you and what you want to express with your music. HOWEVER, landing on some random note just because it was close when the bar ended is not always the best choice (and it often sounds terrible)
2) If you don't want to use the same note every time you finish with a phrase (appreciate that) you cant try to use a different note that's on the same scale.
- Theory Stuff Explanations -
>> The root note is the first note of a scale, so if you are playing the scale of C, the root note is C and so forth. In simple chords, the root note is often the first one as well. This is also the "safe" note.
>> The fifth grade (or dominant) is the 5th note of a scale, if you're playing on C, the dominant is G.
>> Same with the fourth grade
Let's say you're playing the tune on G (G minor) and you make the second pattern after the 12th fret (just because it sounds nice)
- If you don't want to end with the "safe" note (in this case, G) you can use the root note of the last chord (which is C) so you play C, and in some cases, you can also try the fifth grade (or dominant) of G, which is D, and also the Third grade (Bb)
So if you want to find these notes on the second pattern it would be something like this:
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-15 (Bb) - 17(C)
-15 - 17(G)
-15(C) - 17(D)
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This is literally the same for the first pattern so you can find the same notes in it.
So yeah, you can end with pretty much each of the six magic notes hahahaha. Try to use this in many ways and combinations and tell me what you think