Seesion 10 learning to use finger style

[cdevaux]

I hope I am not the only one who has had this issue but I noticed on House of the Rising Sun that often times the notes in the music notation correspond but just as often they do not.  In the first line for example there is an Am and just under this an "A" note is displayed but then the next note is a "B" but my 1st finger is still on the 1st fret from the Am.  In order to play a "B" I would need to take my finger one the second string.  Is that what I am supposed to do?  Later on the same line there is F chord followed by an A note.  The A note would require 4th finger on 5th fret of 1st string.  Is that correct?  Or am I totally misinterpreting the notation?

[cdevaux]

I think I figured out I am supposed to ignore the musical notation between the chord and the TAB notes.  Just keep my fingers on the chords and play according to TABs.  Is that correct?

[Eracer_Team-DougH]

melody lines are typically in the music notation and the finger style playing is still the chord name above the music notation.

only when you get much deeper in playing you can combine into a 'chord melody' 

but for most of us, just finger style of the chord will make it sound nice.

[cdevaux]

Thanks, I have to remember progress will take a long time and lots of practice.

[DianeB]

@cdevaux, I used to wonder abut the relation of the chord to the melody as well. The “House” exercise is designed for practicing the right hand pattern with the chords, as accompaniment. The melody line is to be played or sung separately. As Doug says, there comes a time for extracting a melody line from the pitches within a chord, known as chord melody (a little more on the same).