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This lesson will teach you how to play measures 23 & 24 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 23 & 24 page to revise the melody for these measures. If you want to impress, let that melody fly! Go to the CHORDS Measures 23 & 24 page to revise the chords for these measures.
Video Script:
In this combined arrangement for solo guitar, the first melody note of both of these measures is followed by a flurry of notes from the accompanying chords
in the first measure the F sharp melody note on the
1string, 2nd fret
is followed by the
6th string open, an E note
and then the
2nd string open
and finally the
1st string open
The Guitar Tabs on the bottom of the video screen will help you find where to place your left hand fingers
this flurry is then follwed by the original melody as learned
after the first melody note in the second of these two bars, again an F a sharp
play the
6th string open
followed by the
2nd finger, on the 2nd string, 3rd fret
and then the
1st string open
to complete this in this acoustic guitar solo, play the original melody as learned
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.