Playing melodies over chords enables you to play songs as well as more intricate riffs and accompaniments. Understanding how chords (the building blocks of harmony) and scales (the building blocks of melody) work together opens up many new creative strategies on the acoustic guitar. In this video, Nicholas Veinoglou demonstrates how to pair chords and scales and shows off some different techniques for incorporating melody into your chord playing.
00:00 Intro
00:20 Pair a Chord with a Scale
00:38 Chord-Melody-Chord
01:00 Melody & Chords Together
01:48 Adding New Chords
02:15 Close
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