Hello
Who says ACCOMPANYING implies NEVER PLAYING THE MELODY. It's
so obvious that I often see and hear people who, in order to
accompany, just play the whole melody on mute. Doing this does not help
the singer at all.
The latter interprets
the whole melody in the form of the song with the words and its intonations.
It is always the orchestra and the musicians who compose it
that support the song.
To accompany well, there are several schools. Either, the improvisation by following the grid of
the sequence of the chords (sequence = the continuation of the chords)
The guitarists, rhythm the - sequence -, the bass supports
as the drummer the strong times of the music so that everyone is in
synchro.
Either arpeggiate the composition of the chords in all directions
(reversal), but not too much either not to take all the place
sound in the piece.
Do is Do Mi Sol ...but also Mi Sol Do
or Sol Mi Do or Sol Do Mi and on
several octaves
The second school is to play a counter-song which is
already well written and which comes to support the important passages of the song..like
the intro ...a bridge .the chorus .a finale ...
(a good counter-song is what we hear in IL EST
CINQ HEURES PARIS S'EVEILLE on the flute for example) .
Y'a du boulot ...bon courage.