3 Things You Need To Know For Chord Melody

Chord Melody is Melody with Chords, so you take a melody and then you add chords to it. This is a way to play both harmony and melody of a song and you can do a lot of different things with chord melody arrangements and really add a beautiful other dimension to the song you are playing, making it a solo performance.

This video is taking a look at some important aspects of playing and making chord melody arrangements. Focusing on some different things that most people forget to consider.

0:00 Intro - It is Melody with Chords not Chords With A Melody
0:25 3 Things to get right for your own chord melody arrangements
0:47 #1 Play The Melody on the top strings.
1:30 Example Body And Soul melody
1:45 Chord Melody Arrangement - Body And Soul
2:14 Finding Chords for the melody
3:23 #2 Chords on The Heavy Beats - Keep it playable
3:45 Don't get lost in block harmony and too many embellishments
4:09 Fly Me To The Moon Example
4:50 #3 Phrase and Emphasize the melody
5:20 Record yourself to check
5:31 Practice chords with the melody very clear
6:00 Think about the listener, not the Jazz Guitar Nerd
6:19 Using Right-hand fingers
6:51 Using A Pick to play Chord Melody
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