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Old 06-28-2011, 07:06 PM
bishopdm bishopdm is offline
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I like describing a vamp as "musically treading water."

One very common pattern in major would be I-vi-ii-V (with or without 7ths). Two beats each. (In the key of C, that would be C-Am-Dm-G.)
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