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We will cover the Introduction and the first part or the Part A portion of the song in this lesson. In Part B or the second lesson in this series, we will cover the second and last half of the song.
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.
Also, once you have fingered these chord forms, be sure to hold your fingers in place to play the subsequent notes. As you will experience, this will create a free-flowing sound for this portion of the song.
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.
Also, the lead or "melody" notes for the piece are picked with the index, middle and ring finger of the right hand. You should attempt to hold the left hand fingering for the chord forms wherever possible and only adjust fingering as needed to play certain melody notes.
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
One of the hardest chords for any finger-style guitar player to play with absolute clarity is the barred F Major chord in the first position. There certainly more ways to skin this cat in fingering this chord. This lesson depicts the use of the left hand thumb to play the F note on the 6th bass string in lieu of the more difficult bar chord across all 6 of the strings.
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
As with most of the arrangements by Chet Atkins and for most finger-style guitars for that matter, there is a fair amount of syncopation in the melody line. In using syncopation in the melody line, the notes are moved slightly out of their normal position in the score, which creates interest in the song.
Refer to the lesson materials. The location of the first syncopated note is after the Introduction, in the Part A portion of the TAB. To view this example, take a look at the music - the 7th measure in particular. It is the last note in the measure.
Normally this note is the kick-off note, which would be played as the first beat of the 8th measure. Rather, it is moved "backward" by 1/2 beat and played in the 7th measure instead, created syncopation. As you play through this version of Can't Buy Me Love, you will find several more examples of this often-used technique.
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.
Also, once you have fingered these chord forms, be sure to hold your fingers in place to play the subsequent notes. As you will experience, this will create a free-flowing sound for this portion of the song.
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.
Also, the lead or "melody" notes for the piece are picked with the index, middle and ring finger of the right hand. You should attempt to hold the left hand fingering for the chord forms wherever possible and only adjust fingering as needed to play certain melody notes.
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
One of the hardest chords for any finger-style guitar player to play with absolute clarity is the barred F Major chord in the first position. There certainly more ways to skin this cat in fingering this chord. This lesson depicts the use of the left hand thumb to play the F note on the 6th bass string in lieu of the more difficult bar chord across all 6 of the strings.
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
As with most of the arrangements by Chet Atkins and for most finger-style guitars for that matter, there is a fair amount of syncopation in the melody line. In using syncopation in the melody line, the notes are moved slightly out of their normal position in the score, which creates interest in the song.
Refer to the lesson materials. The location of the first syncopated note is after the Introduction, in the Part A portion of the TAB. To view this example, take a look at the music - the 7th measure in particular. It is the last note in the measure.
Normally this note is the kick-off note, which would be played as the first beat of the 8th measure. Rather, it is moved "backward" by 1/2 beat and played in the 7th measure instead, created syncopation. As you play through this version of Can't Buy Me Love, you will find several more examples of this often-used technique.
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