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One of the ways you can start embellishing melodies is by varying the pickups to lines of the melody. In “Worried Man Blues” the vocal pickup is just one word/note: “it.” In this video, Lauren shows you how you can start varying the pickup rhythmically and melodically.
| “Long Journey Home,” Key of G |
| “Long Journey Home,” Key of G, Part 1: Transposing to G |
In the key of G, the I chord is GBD, the IV chord is CEG and the V chord is DF#A. Lauren points out that you can recycle your hand shapes for the melody from the key of D’s higher octave and move them over a string. You’ll also work through the melody in a higher octave, to claim a different ‘sonic real estate’ territory from the vocalist. Lauren also discusses octave displacement, the technique of moving a part of the melody to a new octave for any given reason—in this case, ease of playing!
| “Long Journey Home” Key of G, Notation PDF Download (Available to subscribers) |
