So Begins The Task is a Stephen Stills song that dates back to the early CSN days and eventually was released on his album Manassas in 1972. It is a somewhat basic fingerpicking song as ...
Today's News included the usual cornucopia of miscellaneous playing and rambling. As I recall there were tidbits of songs by Leo, John, and maybe even The Rolling Stones. The rundown of new releases include The ...
Change Partners is a Stephen Stills song from his second solo album, released in 1971. The song only uses three chords and a few variations, but includes parts in different time signatures. This lesson shows ...
Ho Hey was the first single from The Lumineers, a folksy, roots rock group based in Denver. This infectious song uses basic chords in the key of C with some syncopated strumming patterns and opens ...
Kalynda is a beautiful song from the progressive band Renaissance. It is from one of their later albums, Azure d’Or and was written by bass player Jon Camp. The main guitar accompaniment was done using ...
Woodstock is Joni Mitchell’s song about the 1969 Festival that has been covered by many artists. This lesson goes into Eva Cassidy’s arrangement using a simple arpeggio style for solo guitar, the way it appeared ...
This week's update turned into one of my longer ones, unintentionally. It started with a recap of our new Target releases, which included a rambling Fly On The Wall lesson with Ed that got more into music appreciation, ...
You Can Close Your Eyes is an early James Taylor song, released in 1971 on his album Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon. James’ picking style is fairly free form and this lesson goes ...
River is a Joni Mitchell song from her 1971 album Blue, and has been covered by numerous artists, particularly on their Christmas albums. Joni plays it on piano and this lesson presents a way to ...