The tonic pedal's mirror: instead of nailing the BASS down, keep one high note ringing while the chords walk underneath. On guitar it's an open top string singing through every grip — the campfire chime that makes cheap progressions sound like weather.
movesone high note refuses to move while the floor walks — the pedal, upside downsolo·singthe drone IS your melody's anchor note — write phrases that orbit iton recordBlackbird — The Beatles (the open G-string drone rings through everything)try itIn G: play G, C, D but never fret the top two strings. Let them ring through all three.