How to Utilize Rhythms & Melodies with Octave Chords on the G & E Chords

Video Transcript

"We're talking about octaves. In one segment, I showed it on the A and the G, and using it in a more rhythmic, yet still a strong melody over the chord progression. I'm going to show it on different strings in this next example. What I'm going to show is on the G and the E string. The high E, and basically again, kind of using it as a lead, yet part of the rhythm. So what I'm going to do is again playing D, make a slight slide here. And so basically what I did there is just made it like a nice D major lick, yet as part of the rhythm, and building up to have a nice D major progression. And I threw the little slide in because that's been used in rock since at least the fifties, since Elvis, reference "Jail House Rock". But in this case, I'm playing it in D, the four and seven, six, nine, and then just coming back on D. Or, you can go seven to ten, ending on D, using the octave."