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This lesson will teach you how to play measures 3 & 4 of the Combined Arrangement Guitar version of Cry me a River. To listen to the Guitar Tab 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 3 & 4 page to revise the melody for these measures. If you want to impress, let that melody fly! Go to the CHORDS Measures 3 & 4 page to revise the chords for these measures.
Video Script:
In this combined arrangement for solo guitar performance, for the the first note in these two measures, place the
1st finger, on the 5th string, 5th fret
play this note with the right hand thumb
this is a D note, and the root of the harmonising chord, Dm
the next four notes are from the melody we have already learned
The Guitar Tabs on the bottom of the video screen will help you find where to place your left hand fingers
these melody notes are then followed by 3 notes from the harmonising G7 chord
a G note is played by the
2nd finger, on the 4th string, 5th fret
a B note is played by the
1st finger, on the 3rd string, 4th fret
an F note is played by the
4th finger, on the 2nd string, 6th fret
for the rhythm of this measure
count 1 an, 2 an, 3 an, 4 an
for the first note in the second of these two measures, play the
1st string open
this note is from the original melody
follow this with the
3rd finger, on the 5th string, 3rd fret
a C note, the root of the harmonising C chord
and then two notes together
the 3rd string open
and the 2nd string open
and then again the
1st string open
the only note here that is not part of the basic C chord triad is the open B, which is an extension to the C chord
to complete this in this acoustic guitar solo play the
3rd string, at the 1st fret, with the first finger
followed by the
1st string open
and then the
2nd string, at the 4th fret, with the first finger
and finally the 1st string open
these last 3 notes are from the original melody
for the rhythm of this measure
count 1 an, 2 an, 3 an, 4 an
This arrangement could as easily sit with the title of “Jazz guitar arrangement” or “classical guitar arrangement” and be interesting to players from both genres.