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Rootless chord voicings


Virgman

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How many of you use rootless chord voicings?


I use them quite a bit when comping.

 

 

more and more each day . . . also more often using inversions than rootless per se to explore interesting bass lines.

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If I am playing with a bassist, all the time...with him outlining the harmony I am free to play more "color"...

 

When I write for my rock band I try to do the opposite, and I'll play a simple triad or power chord and have the bass invert the chord almost like he is the left hand on the Piano....

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All the time, literally. With only three strings on my balalajka something has to go as soon as anything is added to the basic triad, the root is a prime candidate, or the 5th, or both if there is another note that sounds nice too. I play a lot of two note vocings also. Many of my chords look the same so to speak.

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