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Chord-Melody Arrangements for Solo Guitar

By Richard Scott

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The Beatles Collection

Chord-Melody Arrangements for Solo Guitar Richard Scott



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The Beatles Collection Chord-Melody Arrangements for Solo Guitar

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Contents

Introduction - 5 Here, There, and Everywhere - 17

In My Life - 20 Michelle - 22 Something - 24

Strawberry FieldsForever - 26 Till There Was You - 28 Yesterday - 30

Learn More About Chord-Melody - 31 About the Author - 32

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Introduction

Typically, guitarists either play chord accompaniment or melody (lead). Chord-melody, however, is an approach to guitar playing where both the chord and melody are played at the same time creating a complete orchestration. Although chord-melodies are usually played fingerstyle, my arrangements are designed to be played with a pick on a six-string acoustic guitar. If you can move from one chord to another with reasonable speed, you can play learn to play in the chord-melody style.

The first step in creating a chord-melody arrangement is to obtain a fake book lead sheet (containing melody, chord symbols, and lyrics) or sheet music for the song you want to arrange and become familiar with the melody. At this point I usually notate the melody on tab paper as I did with the sixteen-bar verse and chorus progressions to the traditional English song Greensleeves shown below. I find that the well-known standards and traditional songs are a good source of songs that lend themselves to chord-melody arrangement.

Melody tabbed from sheet music(key of Em)

Legend has it that King Henry VIII wrote this song that was first registered in 1580 to Richard Jones. King Henry's daughter, Queen Elizabeth, danced to it and Shakespeare referenced the song in his "The Merry Wives Of Windsor." In 1865, William Chatterton Dix published "The Manger Throne" poem from which three stanzas were taken and sung over the music to Greensleeves to create What Child Is This? Christmas carole. The song is played very gently, but not dragging in 3/4 time.

Em

D

E--------||--------|-----------|--------|-----------|

B--------||--------|--0--1--0--|--------|-----------|

G--------||--0--2--|-----------|--2-----|-----------|

D----2---||--------|-----------|-----4--|--0--2--4--|

A--------||--------|-----------|--------|-----------|

E--------||--------|-----------|--------|-----------|

1

2

3

4

Em

Bm

E-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

B-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

G---0-------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

D-------2---|---2---1---2---|---4---1---|-------2---|

A-----------|---------------|-----------|---2-------|

E-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

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Em

D

E----------|--------------|----------|--------------|

B----------|--0---1---0---|----------|--------------|

G---0--2---|--------------|---2------|--------------|

D----------|--------------|------4---|--0---2---4---|

A----------|--------------|----------|--------------|

E----------|--------------|----------|--------------|

9

10

11

12

Em

B7

Em

E---------------|---------------|---------|--------||

B---------------|---------------|---------|--------||

G---0-----------|---------------|---------|--------||

D-------4---2---|---1-------1---|----2----|---2----||

A---------------|-------4-------|---------|--------||

E---------------|---------------|---------|--------||

13

14

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G

D

E-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

B---3---|---3---2---0---|-----------|---------------|

G-------|---------------|---2-------|---------------|

D-------|---------------|-------4---|---0---2---4---|

A-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

E-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

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18

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20

Em

Bm

E-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

B-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

G---0-------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

D-------2---|---2---1---2---|---4---1---|-----------|

A-----------|---------------|-----------|-----2-----|

E-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

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22

23

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G

D

E-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

B---3---|---3---2---0---|-----------|---------------|

G-------|---------------|---2-------|---------------|

D-------|---------------|-------4---|---0---2---4---|

A-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

E-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

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26

27

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Em

B7

Em

E---------------|----------------|--------|--------||

B---------------|----------------|--------|--------||

G---0-----------|----------------|--------|--------||

D-------4---2---|---1-------1----|---2----|---2----||

A---------------|-------4--------|--------|--------||

E---------------|----------------|--------|--------||

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Many times it is necessary to transpose the melody up an octave so that most notes fall on the B (2nd) and high E strings. Typically, the melody notes should fall between the open B (2nd) and the 12th fret of the high E string as it already does in our example below.

Melody transposed an octave higher

Em

D

E----0---||--3--5--|--7--8--7--|--5--2--|-----0--2--|

B--------||--------|-----------|--------|--3--------|

G--------||--------|-----------|--------|-----------|

D--------||--------|-----------|--------|-----------|

A--------||--------|-----------|--------|-----------|

E--------||--------|-----------|--------|-----------|

1

2

3

4

Em

Bm

E---3---0---|---0-------0---|---2-------|-------0---|

B-----------|-------4-------|-------4---|---0-------|

G-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

D-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

A-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

E-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

5

6

7

8

Em

D

E--3---5---|--7---8---7---|---5--2---|------0---2---|

B----------|--------------|----------|--3-----------|

G----------|--------------|----------|--------------|

D----------|--------------|----------|--------------|

A----------|--------------|----------|--------------|

E----------|--------------|----------|--------------|

9

10

11

12

Em

B7

Em

E---3---2---0---|---------------|----0----|----0---||

B---------------|---4---2---4---|---------|--------||

G---------------|---------------|---------|--------||

D---------------|---------------|---------|--------||

A---------------|---------------|---------|--------||

E---------------|---------------|---------|--------||

13

14

15

16

G

D

E---10--|--10---9---7---|---5---2---|-------0---2---|

B-------|---------------|-----------|---3-----------|

G-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

D-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

A-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

E-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

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18

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Em

Bm

E---3---0---|---0-------0---|---2-------|-----------|

B-----------|-------4-------|-------4---|-----0-----|

G-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

D-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

A-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

E-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

21

22

23

24

G

D

E---10--|--10---9---7---|---5---2---|-------0---2---|

B-------|---------------|-----------|---3-----------|

G-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

D-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

A-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

E-------|---------------|-----------|---------------|

25

26

27

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Em

B7

Em

E---3---2---0---|----------------|---0----|---0----||

B---------------|---4---2---4----|--------|--------||

G---------------|----------------|--------|--------||

D---------------|----------------|--------|--------||

A---------------|----------------|--------|--------||

E---------------|----------------|--------|--------||

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Sometimes the melody will layout on the fretboard better if changed to another key. The best guitar keys are C(Am), A(F#m), G(Em), E(C#m), and D(Bm). As can be seen in the above example, some melody notes occur on the tenth fret of the high E string. By transposing the melody to the key of Am as shown below, the melody is played lower primarily on the G (3rd), the B (2nd ), and high E (1st) strings with the highest melody note falling on the third fret of the high E string which should allow for the use of more open strings.

Melody transposed to the key of Am

Am

G

E--------||--------|--0--2--0--|--------|-----------|

B--------||--1--3--|-----------|--3--0--|--------0--|

G----2---||--------|-----------|--------|--0--2-----|

D--------||--------|-----------|--------|-----------|

A--------||--------|-----------|--------|-----------|

E--------||--------|-----------|--------|-----------|

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2

3

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Am

E7

E-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

B---1-------|---------------|---0-------|-------0---|

G-------2---|---2---1---2---|-------1---|-----------|

D-----------|---------------|-----------|---2-------|

A-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

E-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

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