Linky Lee
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I play in a funk band at the moment and we've put a few songs together now and I have a couple solo sections which I'd like to liven up a bit, moving away from the diatonic sound (by which I mean playing the respective major or minor chord over said chord) and implement some more interesting and colourful sounds.
When I try this though I feel Isolated from the rest of the band and that I stick out like a sore thumb and it's just not fitting the music.
Is there a trick to bringing in alternative note selections over standard major/minor chords or have I got to get the rhythm section to expand a bit?
Or is there a perceived 'limit' to how far you can remove yourself from the 'basic' harmony without seeming like your playing wrong notes? - I imagine the further you develop it, the better your note selections have to be to keep it 'in' the music whilst playing 'outside'.
When I try this though I feel Isolated from the rest of the band and that I stick out like a sore thumb and it's just not fitting the music.
Is there a trick to bringing in alternative note selections over standard major/minor chords or have I got to get the rhythm section to expand a bit?
Or is there a perceived 'limit' to how far you can remove yourself from the 'basic' harmony without seeming like your playing wrong notes? - I imagine the further you develop it, the better your note selections have to be to keep it 'in' the music whilst playing 'outside'.