melody reduction

Too Many Notes! Part 2

August 3, 2017 By charles In Basic Melody, cross-picking, forward-roll, melody reduction 3 Comments

Too many notes! Now that we’ve worked out the melody reduction and cross-picking arrangement in the upper register, it’s time to drop it down an octave and repeat the process. First off we have the melody reduction. Here it is with the melody, and chords: + Since we’re in the lower register we’ll be using […]

Too Many Notes! Part 1

June 22, 2017 By charles In backward-roll, Basic Melody, cross-picking, fiddle tune, melody reduction No Comments

Too many notes! If you’ve seen the movie Amadeus then you might remember the scene where the emperor tells Mozart this, and that he should remove a few. I’m sure, like Mozart, Colonel Sanford C. ‘Sandy’ Faulkner would be asking, “Which few did you have in mind?” Mr. Faulkner would probably be aghast at the […]