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Now that I've presented the harmonized scale and an example of how it can be used, let's see how you can develop an arrangement of your own. We are going to work with the first section of the song “Home Sweet Home.” The first thing to do is to find the melody of the song on the G string. I have done this as shown on the next page.
Once you have found the melody on the G string of a given song, the next step is to simply add the harmonized notes from the B string. I've shown this on the next page as well. Try playing through the melody and then playing through the double-stop version. You can see how much fuller the sound is on the double-stop version. Try to do this on any simple song that you can think of. The only spot in this arrangement where we are not using notes from the harmonized scale is on the first beat of measure four. Once again, I've used the two note G chord here.
Of course, when you employ the double-stop technique, you are not typically going to do it for the entire song. The “Banks of the Ohio” and “Home Sweet Home” examples that I've shown here are simply exercises used to demonstrate use of the technique. Once you become accustomed with these exercises, you can the make new arrangements of these and other songs by using short double-stops phrases. You can combine these phrases with single string notes and other techniques in order to add texture and interest to your solos.
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