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.
“Worried Man Blues” Key of G |
“Worried Man Blues” Key of G, Part 2: Melody in the Upper Octave |
Your fiddle has plenty of space to move the melody and solo to a higher octave, lifting your instrument out of the vocalist’s range, and into new sonic real estate. You’ll learn a new hand shape to play in this range, and Lauren gives you time to echo her while you learn the melody in the upper octave. She also points out new ways to create double stops in the upper register.