Originally Posted by: CSchlegelHey, and welcome.
Sometimes people hold a chord shape but pick one string or note at a time out of the chord shape. This can be an efficient way of holding many notes down with one hand position.

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If I can build on this idea- once the chord progression has been established, the listener already is "hearing" it unconsciously, so, especially when accompanying one's self, you can add single notes, or fills, to make it more interesting. I would say those single notes should be notes that would normally be in the chord (to keep things relatively simple), or to make it interesting, an extension of that chord- let your ears be your guide. Or play 2 notes of the chord and leave the root out- the listener usually hears the root. Make sense?

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