![]() All you have to do is walk up (or down) the C major scale to G. The simplest fills are best summed up by that wonderful cliché “the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.” You’re on a C chord (in a song conveniently in the key of C major). So we’ll cover an aspect of the fill today and then take some time off and just when you’re least suspecting it, boo! Be forewarned! The Direct Approach This will not be a sequential series of lessons however… there’s only so much of this that a person should be subjected to at one time. Over the upcoming months, we’ll be looking at and analyzing fills as well as the theory behind them which should give you plenty of knowledge to come up with fills of your own. A fill is nothing more than an interesting transition from one chord to another. But for all its simplicity it adds a great deal of flair to your playing. It’s usually very short and rarely complicated… a hammer-on here, a pick-off there, maybe a bit of a scale. What do I mean by “fills?” If you listen to good guitarists you’ll note that they often put in a riff or a run of notes when changing from one chord to the next. ![]() Often what keeps a good beginning or intermediate player from making the next step forward is an inability to incorporate fills into his or her playing. ![]() Now that we’ve talked a bit about strumming, let’s move on to the next logical topic… fills. ![]()
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