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One of the ways you can start embellishing melodies is by varying the pickups to lines of the melody. In “Worried Man Blues” the vocal pickup is just one word/note: “it.” In this video, Lauren shows you how you can start varying the pickup rhythmically and melodically.
| “Miss McLeod’s Reel,” Key of G |
| “Miss McLeod’s Reel,” Key of G, Part 1: Melody in Two Octaves |
For the final lesson in this series, Lauren shows you “Miss McLeod’s” in the key of G. You’ll learn it in two octaves, both in first position this time. You’ll start the lower octave, which allows some nice open-string drones. To move up an octave, you’ll stay in first position, but change hand shapes to play the notes with the same fingering that you learned for the lower octave in the key of C in an earlier lesson, starting with your ring finger.
| “Miss McLeod’s Reel,” Key of G Notation (Available to subscribers) |
