Chord Melody Masterclass
Chord Melody Ideas "A Nightingale Sang"
About this masterclass
Genil Castro shows you how to play his beautiful solo guitar arrangement of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square — the tune from one of the first YouTube videos he posted in 2006, which introduced his music to over a hundred thousand viewers. He first learned the song from a Rosemary Clooney/Ed Bickert recording, and several of the harmonic ideas here come from a live George Shearing and Mel Tormé record.
In addition to the arrangement, you'll learn
- Genil's flowing harp harmonic technique, and how to play chords with artificial harmonics
- Personal right-hand fingerstyle tips, with close-ups — including how to shape your nails for the best flesh-and-nail tone
- George Shearing-style reharmonizations applied to guitar
- How to choose chord voicings from the melody note — building your vocabulary of chords with the 3rd on top
- Why the lyrics of a song should guide your arranging choices
Beginners to chord melody get a feel for a musical way to approach arranging; more advanced players can examine and borrow ideas to enrich their solo playing. Fragile, delicate and flowing — that's Genil's style.
- 7 Pages of PDF materials in standard notation and TAB
- Full video is 45 minutes
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1A Nightingale Sang Full Class + Download45m 28s
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Studies: Genil Castro started to play in 1981, he studied with the great Bossa Nova guitar player Sidney Barros ( Gamela). During the period of 1983/84 Genil enrolled Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, California where he attended workshops and seminars by Lenny Breau, Howard Roberts, Mick Goodrick, Joe Diorio, Ron Eschete, Joe Pass, Tommy Tedesco, Larry Coryell and Moacir Santos. He also attended seminars by Joe Diorio in Brazil in 1985, 1989 and 1995. Licensed in music education by University of Brasília, Genil has a Masters Degree in Musicology, with the thesis: “What chord is that? Plurality: the creative process of resignification of melodic and harmonic structures” Performance: Influenced by Lenny Breau and Bill Evans Genil follows the tradition of the ‘electric lap piano” utilising artificial harmonics to expand the harmonic palette of the instrument. Genil played concerts, and/or recorded TV programs with João Donato, Hamilton de Holanda, Toninho Horta, Joe Diorio, Jeff Andrews, Don Burrows, Phil DeGreg, Lula Galvão, Nelson Faria and many others. He recorded the CD CircumAmbulation in 2009. Teaching: Genil teaches the following classes: guitar, history of the guitar and performance at CEP/EMB Escola de Música de Brasília since 1999. He gave seminars in various festivals across the country. Since 2006 he teaches online lessons to students from different continents. Genil Castro's approach to jazz is comfortable for any level of guitarist. He has a unique ability to teach difficult concepts in a simple way.