Fingerpicking Guitar

Master the Art of Fingerstyle Guitar

  • Home
  • Guitar Song Lessons
    • “Over the Rainbow” Guitar Lesson
      • Guitar Chords
        • Over the Rainbow Guitar Chord Tab
        • Over the Rainbow Chords Watch & Listen Video
        • Over the Rainbow Guitar Chords: In detail Videos
      • Guitar Melody
        • Over the Rainbow Guitar Lesson Melody Tab
        • Over the Rainbow Melody Watch and Listen Video
        • Over the Rainbow Guitar Melody: In detail Videos
      • Combined Arrangement
        • Over the Rainbow Combined Arrangement Guitar Tab
        • Over the Rainbow Combined Arrangement Watch & Listen Video
        • Over the Rainbow Guitar Combined Arrangement: In detail Videos
    • “Cry me a River” Guitar Lesson
      • Guitar Chords
        • Cry me a River Guitar Chord Tab
        • Cry me a River Watch & Listen Video
        • Cry me a River Guitar Chords: In detail Videos
      • Guitar Melody
        • Cry me a River Guitar Melody Tab
        • Cry me a River Guitar Melody Watch and Listen Video
        • Cry me a River Guitar Melody: In detail Videos
      • Combined Arrangement
        • Cry me a River Combined Arrangement Tab
        • Cry me a River Combined Arrangement Watch and Listen Video
        • Cry me a River Combined Arrangement: In detail Videos
    • “Moon River” Guitar Lesson
      • Guitar Chords
        • Moon River Guitar Chord Tab
        • Moon River Guitar Chord Watch & Listen Video
        • Moon River Guitar Chords: In detail Videos
      • Guitar Melody
        • Moon River Guitar Melody Tab
        • Moon River Guitar Melody Watch & Listen Video
        • Moon River Guitar Melody: In detail Videos
      • Moon River Combined Arrangement
        • Moon River Combined Arrangement Guitar Tab
        • Moon River Combined Arrangement Watch & Listen Video
        • Moon River Combined Arrangement: In detail Videos
  • Guitar Chord Songbook
  • Musicianship Videos
  • Open World Project
  • Blog
  • Novar Guitar School
You are here: Home / Guitar Song Lessons / “Over the Rainbow” Guitar Lesson / Combined Arrangement / Over the Rainbow Guitar Combined Arrangement: In detail Videos / Over the Rainbow Combined Arrangement Guitar Measures 7 & 8

Over the Rainbow Combined Arrangement Guitar Measures 7 & 8

This lesson will teach you how to play measures 7 & 8 of the combined arrangement (solo) guitar version of Over the Rainbow. To listen to the arrangement for the whole song go to the COMBINED ARRANGEMENT GUITAR TAB video. An essential part of any performance of an arrangement of a tune is that the melodic line should be heard clearly above the accompanying notes. Go to MELODY Measures 7 & 8 page to revise the melody for these measures. If you want to impress, let that melody fly! Go to CHORDS Measures 7 & 8 page to revise the chords for these measures.

Video Script:

on the first beat of this guitar solo, two notes are played at the same time

the 2nd finger is placed on the 4th string, 3rd fret

the 3rd finger is placed on the 2nd string, 3rd fret

the right hand thumb plays the 4th string and the right hand middle finger plays the 2nd string

for the next note play the

2nd string open

followed by the

1st finger on the 2nd string, 1st fret

on the 3rd beat of the first of these measures, two notes are played at the same time

the 2nd finger is placed on the 6th string, 3rd fret

and the 3rd finger on the 2nd string, 3rd fret

the right hand thumb plays the 6th string and the right hand index finger plays the 2nd string

The lower of these two notes is a G, which is the root of the chord harmonising the melody

for the last note in the first of these measures play the

1st string open

for the rhythm of this measure

count 1, 2 an, 3, 4

The Guitar Tabs on the bottom of the video screen will help you find where to place your left hand fingers

to complete this acoustic guitar solo, on the first beat of the second of these measures, two notes are played at the same time

the 3rd finger is placed on the 5th string, 3rd fret

and the 1st finger is placed on the 2nd string, 1st fret

the right hand thumb plays the 5th string and the right hand index finger plays the 2nd string

these two notes last 2 beats

count 1, 2

This arrangement could as easily sit with the title of “Jazz chords lesson” or “classical guitar lesson” and be interesting to players from both genres

Follow Us on Social

Fingerpickingguitar

 

 

Follow @guitarsongs

Sign Up for My Newsletter

* indicates required
Email Format

Novar Guitar School

Return to top of page
© 2018 FingerPicking Guitar • Contact Me • Privacy • Cookies