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Stand By Me – Bassline and Chords, Combined

Hey everyone! In this lesson, we're going to learn how to play the famous bassline from "Stand by Me" and to combine it with the chords and strumming to get a really "full" sounding rhythm part. Before tackling this, you need to be comfortable with the chords and strumming pattern for this song. If [...]

James 2018-03-23T12:32:56-08:00 March 23rd, 2018|Categories: Learn A Riff, Resource, Strum Along|Tags: 1960s, ben e king, oldies|

Stand By Me – Ben E. King

In this lesson I show you how to play "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King. We're going to do it 2 ways: with and without a capo. The no-capo version requires a barre chord, so if you need help with that, I recommend checking out this mini-series covering all the basics: https://goodguitarist.com/basic-barre-chords/ --- During [...]

James 2018-03-02T20:40:15-08:00 March 3rd, 2018|Categories: Resource, Strum Along|Tags: 60s, ben e king, oldies|