This lesson will teach you how to play the melody in measures 1 & 2 of Moon River. To listen to the Melody Tab for the whole song go to the MELODY TAB video. Go the COMBINED ARRANGEMENT Measures 1 & 2 page to find out what notes could be added to the melody, or the CHORDS Lesson Measures 1 & 2 page to find out how to play the supporting chords.
Video Script:
for the first of the guitar notes in these two measures play the
1st string open
followed by the
4th finger, on the 1st string, 7th fret
and then the
2nd finger, on the 1st string, 5th fret
for the rhythm of these two measures
count 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3
notice that we are counting 3 beats to every measure