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→Using Chromatics
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The key to getting the right feel from the blue notes is to only hint at the regular note. This works best by quickly sliding down from the regular note to the blue note, so the regular note is simply a grace note. Or you can play the blue note and quarter bend up towards the regular note.
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Another common use of chromatics is to play the 3rd from the parallel major or minor over power chords. Since power chords contain only root and fifth, either the major or minor third will sound harmonious over it. Usually, one of these will be diatonic to the current key. Playing the other can sound "outside" and exotic but without sounding dissonant and confusing.
== Moving around the Fretboard ==