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Plan · Week 2 of 8

Phrasing

The drill

Two-bar question and answer. Rests between phrases. Start off beat 1. Sing it, then play it.

You pass when

One chorus with six phrases and clear gaps

Ex. 11

A question and an answer (bars 1 to 4 over A7)

Question (bars 1-2)
e|---------------------------|
B|-----------5-8-------------|
G|-7b9r7---------5-7~~-------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
Answer (bars 3-4)
e|-5-8-5---------------------|
B|-------8-5-----------------|
G|-----------7-5-------------|
D|---------------7~~---------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

The question ends on D, the 4th, which sounds unfinished. The answer ends on A, the root, which sounds done. That is the whole trick. Now play the question over line 1 and line 2 of the form, then your own answer over line 3. Keep the question, change the answer, every chorus.

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