Re: Mandolin Chord Melody, Etude #2
Once again I enjoyed your video, Drew. Nice playing.
You don't need to be David Benedict (I had to google him to find out who he is) or anyone else but yourself - find your own style, steal what you like from anyone you like and you'll be the musician you're meant to be. That's my philosophy.
I used to play a fair bit of swingy chord-harmony stuff, but arthritis made the contortions too painful and now I mainly stick to single lines and easier shapes. Your videos made me feel nostalgic, though, so I decided to make one myself, of my arrangement of Fats Wallers "Ain't Misbehavin'". It's fairly cack-handed, but you get the idea. You'll notice I don't even touch the E-string, and the nice implied bass-lines in the arrangements you're playing are conspicuous by their absence, but the harmonies are stated in a way that I thought support the tune without getting in the way or sounding too simplified, which is what (I think) accompanying yourself in this way is about.
"Give me a mandolin and I'll play you rock 'n' roll" (Keith Moon)
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