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g-run-constraint
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The guitar's G run commonly marks the ends of phrases in bluegrass; in contemporary bluegrass it acts as an improvisational constraint, since guitar soloists are free to explore a wide range of tonal and rhythmic territory provided they end their solos with a G run.
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In contemporary bluegrass, this feature appears as an improvisational constraint, since guitar soloists are free to explore a wide range of tonal and rhythmic territory provided that they end their solos with a “G-run”
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page: 152–153
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