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    Default How does chord melody approach differs tenor vs standard guitar?

    Assuming a tenor guitar tuned in CGDA (or possibly BbFCG a-la John Lawlor) vs a standard 6 string guitar.

    What are the basic rules to form chord melody?

    I am asking this because I naively thought that chord melody was all about playing the melody on the highest string (A on the tenor and E on the 6 string) and then find a corresponding chord that fits.

    However I have been watching a few videos of RIP Eddy Davis and he tended to play chord melody as close as possible to the nut. In one of his videos he said that playing melody on the highest string is more suitable to the plectrum guitar than the tenor banjo.

    While this is opening a new understanding for me, it also makes things more complicated.

    Any input?

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    Registered User Charles E.'s Avatar
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    Default Re: How does chord melody approach differs tenor vs standard guit

    You might try this book...

    https://www.amazon.com/Tenor-Banjo-M.../dp/B07XPBTHFS

    Tenor banjo instruction books are far more available then tenor guitar books.
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    Default Re: How does chord melody approach differs tenor vs standard guit

    What's on that book that answers my question?

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    Default Re: How does chord melody approach differs tenor vs standard guit

    What are the basic rules to form chord melody?

    This book should cover that question.
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    Default Re: How does chord melody approach differs tenor vs standard guit

    What the old-timers in New Orleans taught me about chord melody sort of cuts across all those ideas...you just play the melody, either on the top string OR on a lower string, anywhere on the neck, with appropriate chords voiced under the melody. You need to play enough chords to cover the chord changes and imply a rhythm section.

    Some of the tenor banjo players used a lot of tremolo on the top string; the guitar players didn't.

    It's also distinct from the Chet Atkins style, too, which is different and uses a thumb pick to play bass/chord accompaniment to the melody.

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