THE GUITARISTS GUIDE TO COMPOSING AND IMPROVISING 44 on D, G, and B Strings fe 120209 kT tH BS 44 on A, D, and G Strings } fee 10209 ASG ks es j $reg tate 44 on Low E, A, and D Strings Frets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 wo N 2 13 4 15 eae at Fig. 4.18. Templates for 44 Seeds Thickened Melody and Pandiatoni Some of the Palette Chart families can be described using common chord symbols—Traditional Triads, Seventh Chords No Fifth, and so on. Other families do not have such common symbols, such as Clusters. m. Though they may not fit the standard chord notation, they complement traditional chords very well, and are nice colors to use in composition and improvisation. But when can they be used in relation to a chord symbol? First, don’t think of the seed families only as chords. Think of them as interval colors that can be used to “thicken” a single-note line or melody. Use seeds as you would use notes from a scale to build a single-note line. ‘As with notes from a scale, the notes in the seed should all respect the chord symbol. Are the seed’s notes basic chord tones? Non-chord notes? Is. ne a strong tension note relative to the chord symbol? Pandiatonicism means that all (pan) notes in the key (diatonic) are considered equal, and do not follow the traditional harmonic “hierarchy.” In 94