breaking pattern

["samba -" <sambacomet@hotmail.com>]

I think it's a really great idea to write a melody by singing instead of 
one's primary instrument. A related approach is to write parts  on 
instruments other than the ones they'll be played on,good way to get out 
of 
what I call motor habits, ie familiar fingerings ,box patterns etc. I got 
a 
great bassline by playing an african bell pattern on a pennywhistle 
,taking 
that line down a few octaves,and making some big holes in it.

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