Here’ s a really interesting video from John Mayer, on a songwriting technique of his.

What he does is take a tiny melodic fragment from three well known songs and plays them one after the other in the same key to create a new melody.

Is that cheating? No, I don’t think so. After all, he’s only using tiny little melodic fragments that will have been used countless times in different melodies. It’s no different from using standard chord shapes or progressions. It’s also something I’ve never tried before:

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