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The Dance by Garth Brooks
Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate This is a beautiful song that uses simple open chords. Instead of strumming the chords, you’ll be playing the chords as arpeggios. This might pose trouble for some, but it’s not too difficult to master. You can either fingerpick it or use you pick. If you use your pick you’ll have to…
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Listen To The Music by The Doobie Brothers
Difficulty: Intermediate This is such a catchy song with a really interesting acoustic guitar part. Listen To The Music .txt (Chords And Lyrics Only Version) Intro This is really the overall theme of the song: There are QUITE a few times that this bar repeats, so it’s best to know it up front. Verse The verse is really…
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A Shape Barre Chord
Learn how to play this important barre chord shape. Fret/Chord Chart You can determine the name of the chord when the root (lowest) note is played on the frets in the chart below. Fret 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Chord A#/Bb B C C#/Dd D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb…
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Have You Ever Seen The Rain Chords And Lyrics
Here’s a nice, easy song to add to your set list. This version is perfect for a one man band or one for the entire band. It’s in standard time and predominately uses a straight eighth strumming pattern. Download and save the text version at the bottom of the page! “Have You Ever Seen The…
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Open E Tuning
Songs that use open E: “Bo Diddley” by Bo Diddley “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Gimme Shelter” by The Rolling Stones “Prodigal Son” also from the Rolling Stones- originally by Robert Wilkins. “It’s So Easy,” by Guns N’ Roses “She Talks to Angels” by The Black Crowes “Rocky Mountain Way” by Joe Walsh Open E tuning…
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Guitar Tapping Basics
Tapping is the technique used by Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Kirk Hamett, and so on.. It involves hammering on the fretboard with a finger from you picking hand (usually the 1st or 2nd finger) to produce a note. Usually this is followed by then pulling off to notes fingered by your fret hand. The involvement…
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Chord Leading
Chords have a mind of their own in the context of a song. In any given key, certain chords are much better at following the previous chord than others. The harmonic properties of chord progressions lead our ears by a leash. For example a song WANTS to end on the I chord. The song will feel…
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Here Without You by 3 Doors Down
Difficulty: Easy Intro The tab may look much more difficult than it really is. You will just be playing an Am, F, and G for the intro. The main thing to remember is in the third measure, where you will need to use your 4th finger to play the third fret on the low E string. That will enable…
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Guitar Slides: The Beginner’s Guide
Slides are a basic guitar technique that you’ll find in every style of music. A slide is just what it sounds like: sliding your finger either up, down, to, or from notes. Fig. 1 Slide up to the 9th fret. Fig. 2 Slide down from the 9th fret. Fig. 3 Slide from the 7th fret to the 9th…