Finding the melody

[EnFuego]

okay, so i've got anohter question about singing...so say I listen to a song and decide to learn it on the guitar, but i dont have a copy of the song to really listen to the singing to figure out the melody. For example a song with a simple chord progression of: G D Am C... is there a way to play notes on my guitar that i can try to match my voice to. I completely understand the makeup of a chord being a Root, Third, and Fifth, so if I play one of these can I just match my voice to one of those notes and be on key?

[Appfro]

each melody is pretty much unique to the song. G D Am and C make up like 25 percent or more songs out there now. probably more. so you have to have a copy of the melody pretty much to learn it. writing your own melody is a different story, you can do what you want. as far as notes on your guitar, just use the key of whatever your song is in and the notes in the scales make up the melody. you gotta fiddle around. what i do is record my guitar part, then listen to it and my melody comes from whatever i hummm along w/ the song.

[adrianosr]

There's some pretty basic stuff you can try. Most rock singers just use the root the 3rd and the 5th to sing over any chord! Like I said, it's pretty basic stuf, but it's a starter

[grock]

There's some pretty basic stuff you can try. Most rock singers just use the root the 3rd and the 5th to sing over any chord! Like I said, it's pretty basic stuf, but it's a starter

but many melodies don't have to conform to the scale. i play a lot of blue notes in my solos and tend to hide the tonality in my melodies by using both minor and major thirds. making up a song you can actually get away with quite a lot.

[adrianosr]

There's some pretty basic stuff you can try. Most rock singers just use the root the 3rd and the 5th to sing over any chord! Like I said, it's pretty basic stuf, but it's a starter

but many melodies don't have to conform to the scale. i play a lot of blue notes in my solos and tend to hide the tonality in my melodies by using both minor and major thirds. making up a song you can actually get away with quite a lot.

You're absolutely right, but if you don't know that much you have to start somewhere, and I would advise smaller steps in the beggining, like singing the basics and THEN build on that!