This lesson will teach you how to play measures 1 & 2 of an arrangement of Over the Rainbow which combines the melody with elements of the chords. To listen to this 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 the MELODY measures 1 & 2 page to revise the melody for these measures. If you want to impress, let that melody fly! Go to the CHORDS Measures 1 & 2 page to revise the chords for these measures.
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Video Script:
In this guitar solo, the first melody note is played by the
1st finger, on the 3rd string, 5th fret
followed by the
4th finger, on the 1st string, 8th fret
for the rhythm of the melody in this measure
count 1, 2, 3, 4
The Guitar Tabs on the bottom of the video screen will help you find where to place your left hand fingers
the first melody note in the second of these measures is played by the
3rd finger, on the 1st string, 7th fret
this note is part of the original melody
we are going to follow this note with a non melody note to help support the melody
sounding the string with the right hand thumb, the additional note is played by the
2nd finger, on the 5th string, 7th fret
this is an E note and is the root note of the Em chord which harmonises this part of the melody
the following three notes are from the original melody
for the rhythm
count 1 an, 2 an, 3
to complete the measure in this acoustic guitar combined arrangement (solo), the original melody note (play), is supported by the
1st finger, on the 2nd string, 5th fret
for the rhythm of the melody in these two measures together
count 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 an, 2 an, 3, 4
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.