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Melodic Interval Lines Over Basic Chords

chord motion intervals Feb 24, 2026

Creating melodic movement in a chord progression can make basic chord patterns more fun to play. It sounds great too!

In this video we'll look at one way you can do this by using intervals taken from a basic scale fragment. Essentially we'll just take note pairs from a scale and try some different rhythms with them, making four variations on a melodic pattern using intervals.

By applying four different rhythms to the same melodic pattern, we'll see how rhythm can change the feel and sound of the same note pattern. Coming up with new ideas that sound great can be as simple as changing a rhythm on the same notes.

Hopefully this will help you enhance your enjoyment and creativity while building up your technique with ideas you can apply to many situations.

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