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This lesson will teach you how to play measures 9 & 10 of the Combined Arrangement Guitar version of Cry me a River. To listen to the Combined Arrangement 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 9 & 10 page to revise the melody for these measures. If you want to impress, let that melody fly! Go to the CHORDS Measures 9 & 10 page to revise the chords for these measures.
Video Script:
In this combined arrangement for a solo guitar performance the first note in these two measures is played by the
4th finger, on the 1st string, 7th fret
then, bar the
4th string to the 1st string with the 1st finger, on the 5th fret
then play the
4th string at the 5th fret, with the right hand thumb
followed by two notes played at the same time
“i” plays the 3rd string
“m” plays the 2nd string
together sounding
then, with the right hand, as in the melody version of the tune
“a” plays the 1st string
“m” plays the 2nd string
“i” plays the 3rd string
for the rhythm of this measure count
count 1 an, 2, 3 an, 4 an
The Cry me a River Guitar Tabs on the bottom of the video screen will help you find where to place your left hand fingers
to complete the measure in this acoustic guitar solo
play the 2nd string open
followed by the
3rd finger, on the 4th string, 7th fret
for the rhythm of both measures together
count 1 an, 2, 3 an, 4 an, 1 an, 2, 3, 4
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.