For this lesson on “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” we show how using two notes of a chord can create a beautiful chord melody arrangement.
Guitar Chord Melody Lessons and Arrangements
Not everybody sings and even those who do sometimes prefer to have their guitars do the singing for them. You can learn an incredible lot about the art of guitar chord melodies here at Guitar Noise. As with most of our topics, we have lessons at almost all levels, from lessons that demonstrate this technique in the simplest terms to those that guide you through crafting your own personal chord melody song arrangements, you'll get all the tools you need to have your guitar become a one-person orchestra. So take a closer look at all the lessons on this page. It will hopefully get you psyched to try out this style of playing.
Dec23
O Little Town of Bethlehem
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Dec15
Chord Melody
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Chord melody is a way of arranging songs so that a single guitar does all the work of providing melody and harmony, and usually includes a bass part as well.
Dec24
Away in a Manger
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Here is another interesting and beautiful sounding chord melody arrangement. This time we are working with the old Christmas carol Away in a Manger.
Dec23
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
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This is our fingerstyle / chord melody take on I’ll Be Home for Christmas, a song from the 1940′s that’s been sung by almost everyone.
Oct22
Hush Little Baby
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Creating chord melody arrangements can be addictive! And you can start out as easy or as complicated as you’d like. Brandon Carrasco takes us step by step through his first time out, turning this timeless lullaby into a wonderful single guitar piece.
Oct21
What A Wonderful World
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Here is Hank’s second Guitar Noise lesson, an accompaniment to “What a Wonderful World” as performed by Louis Armstrong. He draws on some of the ideas used in his first arrangement, “Smile”, and provides some nice movement in the bass line. Since this is an accompaniment arrangement designed to support vocals, most of the chord voicings will incorporate the melody note on the upper strings.
Sep13
Smile by Charlie Chaplin
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Here is my very first arrangement, a finger style chord melody of the beautiful Charlie Chaplin tune “Smile.” Walking through the process step by step, you’ll see how an initial “busy” arrangement consisting mainly of eighth notes and arpeggios was pared down to make it easier to play and to allow room for some nice movement in the bass line.
Aug27
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – Performance Notes for the Bridge
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In the final installment of her video lessons on the Guitar Noise arrangement of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” guitar teacher extraordinaire Jamie Andreas takes you step by step through the bridge section of the song with very clear and detailed instruction. I learned quite a bit from Jamie’s videos and I hope you do, too!
Jul01
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – Performance Notes for the Verses
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In this second installment of her video lessons on the Guitar Noise arrangement of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” guitar teacher extraordinaire Jamie Andreas guides you through the verses of the song with very clear and detailed step-by-step instruction, designed to help you with the fingering involved in the tricky chord changes.
May26
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – Performance Notes
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Guitar Noise bids a heartfelt “welcome back” to Jamie Andreas of Guitar Prinicples (www.guitarprinciples.com). Jamie has honored us by putting together a series of video lessons of performance notes for our Guitar Noise arrangement of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” She has a wonderful way of explaining the hows and whys of finger positioning and you’re in for a treat. Enjoy this first lesson and rest assured more are on the way.
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