Jazz Guitar Lessons • When Sunny Gets Blue Chord Melody

This lesson is a continuation of:

• When Sunny Gets Blue (Chords, Chart, and Melody Line)

More Jazz guitar lessons:

• Jazz Guitar Lessons • Chord Substitution
• Jazz Guitar Lessons • Misty
• Jazz Guitar Lessons • What A Wonderful World

This is an intermediate chord melody arrangement of an old standard, When Sunny Gets Blue. Once again, as in the Misty chord melody arrangement, I have substituted the foundation chords for melody chords. In order to keep both of these arrangements fairly simple, I have avoided incorporating bass lines. Both of these transcriptions contain only the melody and the supporting chords. The best way to approach learning these tunes is to, work with the melody and chord chart first, thoroughly learn both, then attempt the solo arrangements. This way you will see where the chords are coming from and how they support the melody. Once you have followed this procedure, try adding to the solos by embellishing the melody or the chords. For instance, I frequently play eight sixteenth notes in the third bar of the verse, using the A flat Major scale.

Verses

Bridge

Outro

A more elaborate version, with the sixteenths I mentioned, executed with pulloffs, plus more chord stabs between the melody. Oh yeah....a different ending.