ripock
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I found the sound I was looking for. I combined the Em6 with the D Kumoi.
I would pivot on the E of the Em6 by valorizing the E in the strum and then transition to melodizing using the E not as the tonic of the chord but as the supertonic of the D Kumoi. One thing about the Kumoi that is really challenging to someone like me coming from a Roots tradition is playing the 6th instead of a flat 7. It just doesn't sound right to my ear. But that's the point of using the Kumoi; it presents a slightly different pentatonic sound.
I would pivot on the E of the Em6 by valorizing the E in the strum and then transition to melodizing using the E not as the tonic of the chord but as the supertonic of the D Kumoi. One thing about the Kumoi that is really challenging to someone like me coming from a Roots tradition is playing the 6th instead of a flat 7. It just doesn't sound right to my ear. But that's the point of using the Kumoi; it presents a slightly different pentatonic sound.