Video lessons and articles that will help you learn to strum along with your favourite songs!
Hey everyone! In today's lesson, we're going to learn "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum. I'm still not 100% sure what they're singing about, but the harmony alone is enough to get me going on this one... that perpetually descending bassline - so good! --- If you need help with any [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to show you how to play "Light My Fire" by The Doors. This tune seems simple, but has a few twists and turns and will definitely provide some challenge to those of you looking to move past the basics. If you need help with any of [...]
I know I already made a lesson for this, but that was the easy version. This is the intermediate one, where we learn to play it without a capo, like Willie Nelson would. IF YOU NEED REAL HELP WITH BARRE CHORDS, I have a solution: it's a step-by-step course that takes you from [...]
Hey everyone! Today I'm going to show you all how to play "On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson. This is a great strum-along for the campfire this summer :) If you find you need help with this lesson, you'll want to check out my Beginner Guitar Course! More information here: https://goodguitarist.com/beginner-guitar-course/ And [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to show you all how to play "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio. It's sampled from the song "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder, and has been famously parodied by Weird Al Yankovic with his song "Amish Paradise." If you find you need help with this lesson, you'll want [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to show you all how to play "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley. The first part of this song is dead simple... it just goes D E A D. (See what I did there?) The second part, however, is a bit trickier in terms of the [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson we're going to take another look at "All I Have To Do Is Dream" by the Everly Brothers. Last time, we played it with a capo at the 4th fret, allowing us to use simple shapes to get through the song. In this lesson, we're going to play [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to show you all how to play "All I Have To Do Is Dream" by The Everly Brothers. This song has 2 sections. The first part is simple 4-chord progression, and the second part has a few more chords in there. The strumming is quite easy, so [...]