I have a (messy) bulletin board full of chord progression ideas and snatches of melody, "levadas"etc. But for me, the chords are generally the only things which survive being written down; melodies and comping figures tend to lose whatever about them made them worth writing down when I come back to them. I still scribble it all down just in case though!
Thanks Jovinho that's really useful information. Especially the issue of reflexes.
this is stuff you can take to the bank!
I have a (messy) bulletin board full of chord progression ideas and snatches of melody, "levadas"etc. But for me, the chords are generally the only things which survive being written down; melodies and comping figures tend to lose whatever about them made them worth writing down when I come back to them. I still scribble it all down just in case though!