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I call this month's column "The Riff Welder" because in it I demonstrate a variety of ways you can bring more melodic content to your power-chord-driven ideas through the use of single-note lines and small two-note chord voicings, often referred to as "diads." I will take a few fairly "stock" chord progressions and, by moving a few notes and voicings around, show you how to devise much more interesting and effective rhythm parts.