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Originally Posted by Mr. Jelly
"You're making the wrong mistakes." The story of my life. 
Thanks I'll try this stuff out that you mentioned. I'll explain a little. I come from finger picking country blues and country rags. My theory knowledge stops a little after relative minors and rag changes with embellishments. The harsher stuff rather than the prettier jazz. It's part of the reason I never continued further with theory. I like to throw in dim and shape dim 7th chords at times and other times I just throw my fingers down to see what sound comes out and work from there. It sort of gets me out of my ruts but then I always work my way back to them. It's all fun. Thanks |
Jelly...
It depends a lot on the flow. If you're resolving a phrase I'd use a root based chord. If you're moving on, another inversion may suit better. The half-step descending line on the 5th string in your example would continue nicely to
x 2 x 0 3 x
or
x 2 x 2 3 x
If you want to take it up the neck, use
7 x 5 7 x x
or
7 x 7 7 x x
instead.