Can we play melody easily for any songs without seeing the tabs by the use of scales Or is it difficult to get the melody easily?
Playing melody using scales
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A melody is a series of notes, usually within a particular key (scale) arranged in a particular and hopefully pleasing sequence. Is it easy? Not for most people. Good songwriters, musicians, arrangers, etc. have a more natural facility for it, though.
Staying within a particular key/scale, you should be able to, if only by trial and error, find the melody for any song that you're working with, tabs or no tabs. If you have a good ear, this will be pretty easy. If you don't, it'll be harder, but still doable.
"I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk."
# 2
I find it a very fun way to practice scales and creating melodies using a backing track.[br]Just search youtube for something like "A major scale backing track".
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Originally Posted by: spcharles24Can we play melody easily for any songs without seeing the tabs by the use of scales Or is it difficult to get the melody easily?
Hey spcharles24,
Most melodies (in general!) will use notes from a set scale, as you said.
The trick is that it's selective. Sometimes melodies move Step-Wise (C-D-E-F-G) and sometimes they move with Leaps (C-E-G). If the note goes UP, you don't always know exactly how many notes it's skipping upwards. You'll get better at this with more experience.
But YES, using a basic scale (for example Major or Minor) is a GREAT way to help predict where a melody is going to land under your fingers. I do use this all the time when learning a melody.
-Carl.
Carl King[br]GuitarTricks Video Director / Producer
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Thank you everyone for ur instructions & advices, as u all said, i'll work hard to get it in my fingertip. Thanks once again !
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Originally Posted by: spcharles24Can we play melody easily for any songs without seeing the tabs by the use of scales Or is it difficult to get the melody easily?
Yes, you can play the melody for songs without seeing tabs or notation. Yes, most melodies are based on a scale.
Is it easy? That depends on each individual's level of training, experience & ability!
This is why musicians are supposed to practice scales, finger exercises & ear training: in order to acquire the knowledge & skills required to play melodies & everything in music.
In these tutorial I explicitly focus on how the notes of a melody can be thought of as a scale degrees & how they suggest the possible chords & harmonies.
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=166
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=167
In these tutorials I teach some basic classical melodies that you can apply these ideas to.
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1014
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1024
In this tutorial I explain what ear training for intervals is, how it works & practical examples. In lesson 9 I show examples of popular melodies as scale degrees.
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2401
Hope that helps!
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Mr.ChristopherSchlegel,
thank you very much for the links and ur advices this is really helpful to me to improve in playing melodies as it is my favourite.
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Originally Posted by: spcharles24Mr.ChristopherSchlegel,
thank you very much for the links and ur advices this is really helpful to me to improve in playing melodies as it is my favourite.
You're welcome!
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