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Kjetil Helgesen19th November 2017Not only a nice composition, but really nicely explained as well. Nice to get some " meat on the bone" to understand what goes into managing this style. Thumbs up:-)
Chris Harrington14th November 2017Thanks for the great feedback everyone! This approach is something I'm very inspired by at the moment.
Guido Bungenstock7th November 2017Just beautiful composition and great playing! ;-)
Gabriel Leopardi6th November 2017This is brilliant! Keep this great stuff coming Chris!
Kristofer Dahl6th November 2017Cool Chris - very fresh lines and fingerings!
- marmita6th November 2017
i love it man.thx
Manu RASSE4th November 2017Very nice song, I love it.
Thx Chris
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HEY GMC!
Welcome to my new lesson. I've put together an Etude which focuses on 'melodic independence'. The approach is to give the melody freedom from what the accompanying parts are doing. This approach creates a nice divide between melody and accompaniment but also brings with it some tricky stretches and asks our fretting hand to work in new ways.
The inspiration for this lesson comes from the freedom a pianist has with two hands, the melody being unaffected by the accompaniments movement. This is of course trickier on guitar due to us commonly using one hand for both accompaniment and melody.
I hope you enjoy the challenge that this piece brings and that it can give you ideas when writing your own pieces for solo guitar in the future.
TIME: 4/4
TEMPO: 60BPM
KEY: G HARMONIC MAJOR (IONIAN b13)
From this course:
Scrubbing / forward / rewind: arrow right, arrow left keys
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
