Cheerful Little Earful

from: Chord Melody Mandolin with Aaron Weinstein

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Learn how to combine chords and melody to play jazz standards in the style pioneered by jazz mandolinist Jethro Burns and guitarists like Joe Pass and Bucky Pizzarelli.

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Chord Melody Basics, Part 2: Picking-Hand Technique

Your fretting hand determines the notes you’re playing but your picking hand determines how those notes (and chords) are articulated. Aaron shows you how to create different sounds with the two progressions you learned in Part 1 by separating the chord and melody notes in different rhythmic ways, for example, playing the melody note before the full chord, or the bass note before the full chord. He also demonstrates how you can combine these approaches to give your chord melody performance some rhythmic variety.

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Cheerful Little Earful

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Cheerful Little Earful

“Cheerful Little Earful” is a fun, swinging tune that was written in 1930 by Harry Warren, Ira Gerswhin, and Billy Rose for the musical Sweet and Low.

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