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How to Match Chord with Melody Guitar

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July 28, 2022 by Klaus Crow

Lately I’ve been posting chord melody ideas with easy chords and progressions and the feedback is really positive, so I created another one for you today. This one is an uptempo feel good chord melody with some “Brown eyed girl” and “Lean on me” feel and influences, that really gets you in the summer time vibes.

Video Lesson

How to Match Chord with Melody Guitar

We’re going to match the chords C, F and G with some nice 3rd intervals creating a melody that fits perfectly right with the chords and chord progression.

The key thing to learn here is to know the intervals match the chords so you can always play these intervals next time when you’re playing the chords in different progression or song to spice things up whenever you feel like it.

Enjoy!

TABS

How to Match Chord with Melody Guitar - TABS

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Kickass Elegant Blues Lick in the Key of E

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July 6, 2022 by Klaus Crow

Blues licks are small creative ideas, components and tools for blues soloing and improvisation. They give you the inspiration you need and teach you the skills to develop beautiful melodic and great solos, so today we deliver with a Kickass Elegant Blues Lick.

Video lesson

Kickass Elegant Blues Lick in the Key of E

This Kickass elegant blues lick can be played over a blues shuffle or blues progression in the key of E. The notes are all derived from the blues scale and we end the lick with an E7 and E6/9 chord to give it that elegant finishing touch.

This is a great lick to memorize and ad to your soloing vocabulary so you can grab it out of your pocket whenever you need it to give your playing that extra touch.

Enjoy!

Tablature

If you want to learn more kickass blues licks and really want to learn to solo and improvise with the blues scale around the entire fretboard check out 50CoolBluesLicks.com

How to Play Beautiful Chords and Melody

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June 29, 2022 by Klaus Crow

The combination of playing chords and melody is a popular method to get a beautiful sound from your guitar. That’s why I created a series of these chord melody tunes. This one is a really beauty with lots a different embellishments and guitar techniques.

How to Play Beautiful Chords and Melody

For this chord melody we start the song in Am. The chords for this tune are Am – G (add9) – F – D – Dsus2 – Dm – Gsus4 and C. For the right hand we use the picking technique, where you always play with your pick in the direction of the next following note (I explain this in the video lesson).

You can also play the tune using the fingerpicking method with the thumb for the Low E – A and D string, the index finger for the G-string, the middle finger for the B-string and the ring finger for the high e-string.

This is a beautiful chord melody to practice, memorize and keep practicing to become part of your guitar repertoire.

Enjoy to the fullest!

If you want more of this check out:
Mix Chords, Licks & Melody
Combine Chords and Melody | G – C – D | 
Chord Melody Guitar | C – F – G – Am – Dm |

Mix Chords, Licks and Melody

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June 24, 2022 by Klaus Crow

Playing a chords, chord progressions and songs is fun, but combining chords with melody by adding licks to the table is even more fun. This style of playing adds beautiful colors to the rhythm that makes the whole thing really interesting to the listeners ear. Today we’re going to do just that.

Video Lesson

Mix Chords, Licks and Melody

Learning to combine chords and licks is a skill that has to be trained and practiced. It’s a different technique that requires you to anticipate your next move where your fingers have to jump from chords to single notes lines.

Tips

  • Practice and memorize then entire tune from beginning to end
  • Practice the chord strumming slowly
  • Practice the licks / fills slowly
  • Practice the chord strumming and fills slowly
  • Hear me: When I say slowly, I mean slowly
  • Make sure each notes sounds clean and clear
  • Gradually increase your speed when you a bit comfortable
  • Learn how to practice faster
  • Practice daily

Tablature

If you want more of this check out:
Combine Chords and Melody | G – C – D |
Chord Melody Guitar | C – F – G – Am – Dm |