I'm trying to work on my guitar playing but, man, my musical ear is total crap. Plus I can never figure out how to tune out stuff like the melody and only focus on one thing at a time like the chords.

And my sense of rhythm is equally bad. I was surprised to see that "Somebody" and "I ain't..." don't start at the beginning of the measure. They start an eighth note before. Also I don't even know if that "mini-measure" of just an eighth has a specialized a name.

Ah....

    • anonochronomus [comrade/them, she/her]
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      3 years ago

      I dont mean to call you out, but your definition of melody isn't exactly correct. The melody, in this example, is the notes written out on the staff. They are not arpeggiations of the chord changes, they're the notes that correspond with the lyrics. I don't have the time to pick apart this melody and point out all of the note that are not chord tones, but the melody is much more linear.