Hey everybody! In this lesson I'm going to show you how to play "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed. I'm going to show you a chord-melody for the intro (which is normally played by both a bass and a guitar) and I'm also going to show you how to strum through this [...]
Hey everyone! In this lesson I'm going to show you all how to play "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. This song is fairly simple chord-wise, but the strumming is actually somewhat challenging. If you listen to the actual recording, there isn't much of a recurring strumming pattern. Instead there are certain beats that are [...]
Hey everyone! This week we have a very somber tune, "I Will Follow You Into The Dark," by Death Cab For Cutie. This is one of my favourite tunes of theirs.. very sweet and sad. The fingerpicking reminds me of something Elliott Smith might do - it's halfway between fingerstyle and strumming, and is actually [...]