UkingViking
Well-known member
Hi,
I have run into a small issue making a chord/melody arrangement.
My simple chord-melody arragements usually just consists of playing the chord on 1 or 1 and 3, with emphasis on the melody note, and then picking single notes for the melody on other measures in between.
When the melody on the in-between notes does not belong to the chord, no problem.
When the melody on the chord-measures does not belong to the chord, it annoys me. If it only happens a few places, I just mess up the chord adding the melody-note.
Now I have run into a song that is really annoying!
I was looking at the beginning of "What the World needs now is Love" by Burt Bacharach, and it seemed so easy to play to begin with.
Then, when it comes to the part: "Lord, we don't need another mountain" etc., the melody tends to be on the 2nd compared to the chord all the time for that part of the song. And the chords allready have 7ths in them, so I am out of strings.
Examples:
Em7 with a F# note.
Dm9 with an E note (Guess it is the 9th, so not that bad)
G9/6 with an A note (Guess it is the 9th, so not that bad)
Cmaj7 with a D note
C6 with a D note
Dm7 with an E note
Is there a clever trick to substitute the chords for something that will give a similar sound as intended?
I have run into a small issue making a chord/melody arrangement.
My simple chord-melody arragements usually just consists of playing the chord on 1 or 1 and 3, with emphasis on the melody note, and then picking single notes for the melody on other measures in between.
When the melody on the in-between notes does not belong to the chord, no problem.
When the melody on the chord-measures does not belong to the chord, it annoys me. If it only happens a few places, I just mess up the chord adding the melody-note.
Now I have run into a song that is really annoying!
I was looking at the beginning of "What the World needs now is Love" by Burt Bacharach, and it seemed so easy to play to begin with.
Then, when it comes to the part: "Lord, we don't need another mountain" etc., the melody tends to be on the 2nd compared to the chord all the time for that part of the song. And the chords allready have 7ths in them, so I am out of strings.
Examples:
Em7 with a F# note.
Dm9 with an E note (Guess it is the 9th, so not that bad)
G9/6 with an A note (Guess it is the 9th, so not that bad)
Cmaj7 with a D note
C6 with a D note
Dm7 with an E note
Is there a clever trick to substitute the chords for something that will give a similar sound as intended?