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“Going To California” by Led Zeppelin
Fingerpick this song on your acoustic guitar. You will need to tune to D, A, D, G, B, D. Intro Fingerings Verse Fingerings Bridge Fingerings Complete Transcription In PTB Complete Transcription In PDF
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“Burn One Down” by Ben Harper
Riff Rundown You will need to tune to : D, G, C, F, A, D Difficulty: EasyThis song is VERY reminiscent of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” because of the walking bass note progression. Ben Harper is a really cool musician with some really great songs. If you haven’t heard of him, his music is a…
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“Bubble Toes” by Jack Johnson
Difficulty: Easy Intro Part I Part II Verse/Chorus Bridge Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Bubble Toes” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Bubble Toes” (Power Tab)
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“Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison
Difficulty: Easy Though this song isn’t really difficult, there are a few things that may be hard to play on your acoustic, as some of the fretting is a little daunting on the acoustic neck. Here are the chords used for the song : The song is set to a brisk 140 bpm, so I…
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“Brick” by Ben Folds Five
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy You will need to tune as followed : D, G, D, G, B, E This song is incredibly fun to play, mainly because it has a very simplistic approach, but makes high usage of the open “low E” (tuned to D) note. The song is in standard time – which is…
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“Breaking The Girl” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate You will need to use a capo on the fourth fret for this song. Intro / Verse The only thing that changes here for the verse is that you hold the G# at the end another measure. Fingerings Pre-Chorus We transitioned the verse to the Pre-Chorus so that you can see…
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Common Alternate Guitar Tunings
By changing the tuning of one or several strings of a guitar, we can play combinations of notes that we previously couldn’t. Many of these “alternate tunings” have been explored extensively by ambitious musicians. These alternate tunings open up a whole new world for guitarists willing to look beyond the standard E A D G B E tuning. Drop D…
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Basic Fingerstyle Exercises
Here is a collection of basic fingerstyle exercises that will help you build up your fretting and picking hand. Each exercise includes a variation for both fretting and picking hand. Since we should already all know about basic open chords and basic barre chords, the ‘fretting’ hand exercises involve techniques we’ve already learned under “Basic Techniques 1” for added…
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“The Sky Is Crying” by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lesson 1 Difficulty: Intermediate – Advanced Genre: Slow Blues For Electric guitar Listen To The Lesson : Lick 1 To play this riff, first rest for 1 and a half beats. Bend the 1st note on 13th fret with your 3rd finger, but let your 1st and 2nd finger help support the bend. After playing the 4th…
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“You’ll Be Mine” by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate This is a Vaughan rendition of a Willie Dixon song. The verses and bridge are 16 bars (or measures) long instead of the standard 12. It’s blazing fast too, at 184 beats per minute. There is heavy use of muted strings to create a percussive sound. Intro Verse Bridge Riff Resources Complete…