We will study the first half or the Introduction and the Part A portion of the song Can't Buy Me Love in this lesson. We will finish up this song in the second lesson in this finger-style lesson series.
The first thing you should work on is the use of brushing the chords with your right hand thumb. This will give feeling to the piece if done correctly. Refer to the CD for the sound you are striving for.
Not only should you hold your left hand fingers in place for the brushed chords in the introduction, but for the most part, hold them for the notes that follow as well. This will create a smooth, effortless mood for the introduction.
Can't Buy Me Love - Playing The Rhythm Chords
The correct rhythm chords are also placed in the TAB and notation for your convenience. The chord diagrams are located above the notation score. Not only can you refer to these diagrams for the rhythm portion of the song, they can also be very useful for giving you "clues" as the chords you will need to form for your finger-style melody.
The rhythm chord placement is also very useful for those of you who are interested in playing the accompaniment for this song. The finger-style arrangement for this lesson for Can't Buy Me Love utilizes the alternating bass method, using the right hand thumb.
The melody notes? These notes are played using the first, second, and third fingers of the right hand. It is inevitable that you will have to depart from the chord forms with your left hand fingering, but do so only when necessary and then return to the original chord forms.
This method will do two things for you: First - you will be able to maintain proper position within the melody. Second - not only will the song be easier to play, it will sound much smoother and take the "chop" out of the melody. The only time you
The first thing you should work on is the use of brushing the chords with your right hand thumb. This will give feeling to the piece if done correctly. Refer to the CD for the sound you are striving for.
Not only should you hold your left hand fingers in place for the brushed chords in the introduction, but for the most part, hold them for the notes that follow as well. This will create a smooth, effortless mood for the introduction.
Can't Buy Me Love - Playing The Rhythm Chords
The correct rhythm chords are also placed in the TAB and notation for your convenience. The chord diagrams are located above the notation score. Not only can you refer to these diagrams for the rhythm portion of the song, they can also be very useful for giving you "clues" as the chords you will need to form for your finger-style melody.
The rhythm chord placement is also very useful for those of you who are interested in playing the accompaniment for this song. The finger-style arrangement for this lesson for Can't Buy Me Love utilizes the alternating bass method, using the right hand thumb.
The melody notes? These notes are played using the first, second, and third fingers of the right hand. It is inevitable that you will have to depart from the chord forms with your left hand fingering, but do so only when necessary and then return to the original chord forms.
This method will do two things for you: First - you will be able to maintain proper position within the melody. Second - not only will the song be easier to play, it will sound much smoother and take the "chop" out of the melody. The only time you
should relocate or lift a left hand finger is when it is necessary to play a different note than is depicted.
Notes On The F Chord
F Major chords always present some problems for the finger-style guitarist.Thankfully, there are several manners you can play the F chord that are perfectly acceptable. The method that is used in this lesson uses the left hand thumb to play the 6th or bass string for the F chord in lieu of playing the more typical full bar chord.
You can choose as to which method works for you and which makes transitions easier to make and work on that system for your F chord.
Syncopated Notes
You will find that the use of syncopated notes is a very common technique that many finger-style artists use. Although the syncopated note can be played in a few different manners, this notes depicted in this lesson place the notes slightly behind their normal location.
The first syncopated note is shown in the TAB in the first note of the Part A portion of the TAB and notation. For this example, study the last note in the 7th measure of the lesson material.
The normal position for this note would be the first beat in the 8th measure, but in this instance it is moved backward by 1/2 beat and placed in the last beat of the 7th measure. You will find many more examples of this in this and subsequent finger-style lessons.
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Notes On The F Chord
F Major chords always present some problems for the finger-style guitarist.Thankfully, there are several manners you can play the F chord that are perfectly acceptable. The method that is used in this lesson uses the left hand thumb to play the 6th or bass string for the F chord in lieu of playing the more typical full bar chord.
You can choose as to which method works for you and which makes transitions easier to make and work on that system for your F chord.
Syncopated Notes
You will find that the use of syncopated notes is a very common technique that many finger-style artists use. Although the syncopated note can be played in a few different manners, this notes depicted in this lesson place the notes slightly behind their normal location.
The first syncopated note is shown in the TAB in the first note of the Part A portion of the TAB and notation. For this example, study the last note in the 7th measure of the lesson material.
The normal position for this note would be the first beat in the 8th measure, but in this instance it is moved backward by 1/2 beat and placed in the last beat of the 7th measure. You will find many more examples of this in this and subsequent finger-style lessons.
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