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(@mattguitar_1567859575)
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hello all

I am struggling a bit with a piece of sheet music i have. Its for the Verve's "Sonnet".

The line of notation on the treble clef shows three notes stacked one on top of the other, in this case:

E, C and A.

so playing this on guitar, and trying to get the melody, what do i do?

help!

thanks

Matt


   
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(@hbriem)
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Play an A minor chord.

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(@mattguitar_1567859575)
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hmm. I had a horrible feeling that was the answer (honestly)!

thanks

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Why is that a horrible feeling? It's not a terribly hard chord is it?

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(@mattguitar_1567859575)
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oh no , its not that!!!

I was hoping two of us could play, one playing the chords and one the melody. But seeing as the sheet music doesn't exactly show the melody, and i am a bit of a numbskull when it comes to this stuff, i am a bit stumped...

thanks anyway, appreciated

Matt


   
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Usually (and there are a lot of exceptions) the top note of the stack is the melody line. One of you can play that while the other plays the lower two notes. It will sound nice.

Hope that helps.

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I don't know the song, but this tablature seems quite detailed:

http://www.fretplay.com/tabs/v/verve/sonnet-tab.shtml

Does that help?

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(@mattguitar_1567859575)
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yes it does!

thanks Helgi and David.

all the best

Matt


   
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