↳ reharmAxis, rung out · open the fifths into full chords and let the 4 wear an add9 — the chorus glow
Inside moves to graft onIN·04 Borrowed b3 Slidejam the b3 between 2- and 4 — mixture at 200 BPMIN·03 Double Plagaldouble plagal the outro: b7, 4, 1, shoutedIN·02 Parking on Fiveend the bridge parked on 5 and let the tension hang a full barWays outOUT·03 Truck Driver: Up a Whole Stepwhole-step jump for the last chorus — subtlety not requiredOUT·32 Hard Cuthard cut to anywhere; conviction is the pivot chord
Target notes, chord by chordRoot tracking, full stop — the guitar IS the bass line an octave up. Melody belongs to the voice; the guitar's job is velocity and commitment.How the scale is playedMajor or minor pentatonic shouted in unison bends and open-string runs. Few notes, zero hesitation — conviction is the technique.Genre theoryPower-chord planing makes borrowed chords free: b3, b6, b7 majors cost nothing when nothing has a 3rd. Downstrokes-only isn't a limitation, it's the sound of certainty.