Mr. Soul is a Neil Young song that has gone through many incarnations, not unusual for his songs. It started out as a rockin’ hit for The Buffalo Springfield in 1968 and later appeared as ...
More Than A Feeling is the first hit from Boston, released in 1976 on their debut album. It features a memorable guitar arpeggio opening then a driving chorus with syncopated strumming. This lesson goes over ...
I Walk The Line is one of Johnny Cash’s earliest hits and a great example of a simple chord progression and strumming pattern expanding into a very interesting example of moving through different keys (modulating). ...
This week included a wide range of lessons for our Target members. It started with a Fly On The Wall look at Blues Patterns, then a lesson on The Cave by Mumford & Sons. The song is ...
Jolene is by the Zac Brown Band (not to be confused with Dolly Parton’s song) and features his usual interesting chord progressions with some syncopated changes. I have included a chart with this lesson, making ...
Forever Young is from Bob Dylan’s 1974 album Planet Waves, recorded with The Band. The album featured two versions of the song, one in a quiet ballad style, the second with a funkier sound, more ...
The Cave is a catchy song by Mumford & Sons. It is done in Open D Tuning with a capo at the second fret. It features a few very easy chords but the right hand ...