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Fingerstyle Guitar Arranging Styles
Styles of
arranging for Fingerstyle guitar are varied but the main concepts may
be defined as follows:
 Two
Part Arrangement.
Consists
of a melody line normally played on the treble stings with a bass accompaniment
written for the bass strings. This type of arrangement works well with
traditional reels and gigues. Example 1 illustrates this style.
Tavis
Picking Style.
Melody
on the treble strings accompanied by a boom chuck rhythm played on the
bass strings with the thumb. Bass stings are normally muted with the right
hand palm. Chet Atkins is recognised as being the player who popularised
this form of playing.
Three
Part Arrangement.
Melody
in the top part accompanied by a bass line with a chordal harmonic part
moving in between. The melodic line must be made to stand out from the
accompaniment. This style requires a subtle touch to sound convincing
but once mastered can produce beautiful music.
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Arranging
For Fingerstyle Guitar by Bill Tyers
