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“Clocks” by Coldplay
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Main Riff The main riff of the song has 2 guitar parts and a piano part. Below is the transcription to the 2 guitar parts as well as the “lead voice” piano part transcribed for guitar. Here’s what all 3 parts sound like together: Piano Below is what it…
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A Day In The Life by The Beatles
Difficulty: Easy In this lesson we’ll learn the intro and verse riff. Here’s what both the intro and verse sound like all together:
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“Melissa” by The Allman Brothers Band
Verse Rhythm Guitar Riff This is the acoustic guitar part that begins the song and continues through the verses. Verse Lead Guitar Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Melissa” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Melissa” (Power Tab) “Melissa” Verse MP3
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“Foxey Lady” by Jimi Hendrix
Difficulty: Intermediate Verse Here’s what both guitars sound like togetherwith both bass and drums: Guitar 1 Guitar 2
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Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin
Difficulty: Intermediate This a great song to learn for evolving guitarists as well as beginners. The verse interlude part below can be a little troublesome to play if you’ve never done much fingerpicking, but the song is at such a slow tempo that it’s manageable. Intro Verse Verse Interlude This a great song to learn for evolving guitarists…
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The Right Wrong Notes
Beyond The Box When playing music we can use scales as a guide which will tell us what notes will work best for a particular song. The pentatonic scale is a good example. The five notes in the pentatonic are all you need sometimes, but at some point may players want to be able to…
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Strumming To A Beat
Following The Beat When listening to music, you might find yourself tapping your foot along with the beat. The beat keeps track of the song’s time, by creating a regular pulsation against which the length can be measured. The beat may be fast or slow, but it must be regular. Each beat has to have the…
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12 Bar Blues Using Major Chords
The vast majority of contemporary blues music is based on what is termed a 12-bar format. That is, the main body of a song follows a set pattern of chords over 12 bars of music that is repeated over and over. Some songs may have several different patterns to give them a bit of variety, but the guts…
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Strumming What You Feel Chapter 1 – Understanding Lyrics
Believe it or not, that is what most writers see when they look at their lyrics page. Do you? We are going to take a set of lyrics and work with them to help you understand the process a little easier. Let’s look at : “Mr. Jones” by Counting Crows Ok, this may or may…
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Open Dm7 Chord
Minor Seventh (formally “minor/minor seventh”, also m7,-7): root, minor third, perfect fifth, minor seventh.