I'm in a similar state of playing as bikewer
I too play "chord melody" / fingerstyle.
I'll steal arrangements off the internet, Youtube or Realbook and then use bits and pieces of each until I have a full song. (At age 63, I no longer the desire to write my own arrangements.
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Once I have the song embedded in my brain, I'll start playing around with improvising off a chord or trying out using the same chords in different locations on the fretboard.
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Originally Posted by Bikewer
I don’t know if you’d call what I do “fingerstyle”....
I play mostly chord-melody arrangements using (essentially) classical-guitar technique.
This is not theory-heavy stuff; I follow Joe Pass’ advice on a little video he did...
“Figure out the melody and find chords that sound nice.”
I have a repertoire of “standard” jazz chords.... My old fingers don’t like super-stretches or forms like Ted Greene shows....
My goal has been to improvise freely while using that chord-melody format. Sometimes it works...
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