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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.
| “Sitting Alone in the Moonlight,” Key of B-flat |
| “Sitting Alone in the Moonlight,” Key of Bb, Part 1: Chords and Melody |
Bill Monroe recorded his song “Sitting Alone in the Moonlight” in 1954. The waltz-time song was one of his biggest hits and it continues to be a favorite in the bluegrass world today. Check out this recent rendition by the Infamous Stringdusters, for example. Playing in Bb includes both open and closed hand shapes. In this video, Lauren teaches the requisite scale and chord progression before digging into the melodies for the verse and chorus. In this video, she teaches you the Bb scale, the associated chords and arpeggios you’ll need for this song, and the basic statement of the melody for the verse and chorus.
Sitting alone in the moonlight,
thinking about the days gone by.
Wondering about my darling
I can still hear her say goodbye
Oh the moon glows pale as I sit here
each little star seems to whisper and say
“your sweetheart has found another,
and now she’s far, far away.”
| “Sitting Alone in the Moonlight,” Key of Bb Notation (Available to subscribers) |
