{"id":1168,"date":"2013-01-02T18:07:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T18:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2013-01-02T18:07:11","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T18:07:11","slug":"you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Close Your Eyes &#8211; Guitar Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"You Can Close Your Eyes - Guitar Lesson Preview\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cZV9_1npvg0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/target-songs\/352-james-taylor\/6626-you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson.html\" title=\"You Can Close You Eyes - Guitar Lesson\" target=\"_blank\">You Can Close You Eyes &#8211; Guitar Lesson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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\u2019 picking style is fairly free form and this lesson goes over some of his standard techniques and licks, including transitioning from Travis picking into finger-strumming styles. The point is to change it a bit every time but play the fills and bass lines accurately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019 picking style is fairly free form and this lesson goes over some of his standard techniques and licks, including transitioning from Travis picking into finger-strumming styles. The point is to change it a bit every time but play the fills and bass lines accurately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[18,177,176,55,16,562,173,174,175,172,35,29,178,27,994],"class_list":["post-1168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guitar-lessons-2","tag-acoustic-guitar","tag-chords","tag-free-online-lesson","tag-guitar-lesson","tag-guitar-lessons","tag-james-taylor","tag-learn-guitar","tag-learn-play-guitar","tag-learn-to-play-guitar","tag-lessons-guitar","tag-tab","tag-totally-guitars","tag-totallyguitars","tag-totallyguitars-com","tag-you-can-close-your-eyes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>You Can Close Your Eyes - Guitar Lesson - On The Beat with Totally Guitars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"You Can Close Your Eyes - Guitar Lesson - On The Beat with Totally Guitars\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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\u2019 picking style is fairly free form and this lesson goes over some of his standard techniques and licks, including transitioning from Travis picking into finger-strumming styles. The point is to change it a bit every time but play the fills and bass lines accurately.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"On The Beat with Totally Guitars\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-02T18:07:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ccd7959bc7a790502cd976ce9c4ec242\"},\"headline\":\"You Can Close Your Eyes &#8211; Guitar Lesson\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-02T18:07:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-02T18:07:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/\"},\"wordCount\":89,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"acoustic guitar\",\"chords\",\"free online lesson\",\"guitar lesson\",\"guitar lessons\",\"james taylor\",\"learn guitar\",\"learn play guitar\",\"learn to play guitar\",\"lessons guitar\",\"tab\",\"totally guitars\",\"totallyguitars\",\"totallyguitars.com\",\"You Can Close Your Eyes\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Lesson Previews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/\",\"name\":\"You Can Close Your Eyes - Guitar Lesson - On The Beat with Totally Guitars\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-02T18:07:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-02T18:07:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"You Can Close Your Eyes &#8211; Guitar Lesson\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"On The Beat with Totally Guitars\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Totally Guitars\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TG_Logo_Rondelle_COL.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TG_Logo_Rondelle_COL.png\",\"width\":830,\"height\":897,\"caption\":\"Totally Guitars\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ccd7959bc7a790502cd976ce9c4ec242\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0c9111a9f588b8a01172273aa76aee1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0c9111a9f588b8a01172273aa76aee1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"You Can Close Your Eyes - Guitar Lesson - On The Beat with Totally Guitars","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"You Can Close Your Eyes - Guitar Lesson - On The Beat with Totally Guitars","og_description":"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\u2019 picking style is fairly free form and this lesson goes over some of his standard techniques and licks, including transitioning from Travis picking into finger-strumming styles. The point is to change it a bit every time but play the fills and bass lines accurately.","og_url":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/","og_site_name":"On The Beat with Totally Guitars","article_published_time":"2013-01-02T18:07:11+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ccd7959bc7a790502cd976ce9c4ec242"},"headline":"You Can Close Your Eyes &#8211; Guitar Lesson","datePublished":"2013-01-02T18:07:11+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-02T18:07:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/"},"wordCount":89,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["acoustic guitar","chords","free online lesson","guitar lesson","guitar lessons","james taylor","learn guitar","learn play guitar","learn to play guitar","lessons guitar","tab","totally guitars","totallyguitars","totallyguitars.com","You Can Close Your Eyes"],"articleSection":["Lesson Previews"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/","url":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/","name":"You Can Close Your Eyes - Guitar Lesson - On The Beat with Totally Guitars","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-01-02T18:07:11+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-02T18:07:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/guitar-lessons-2\/you-can-close-your-eyes-guitar-lesson\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"You Can Close Your Eyes &#8211; Guitar Lesson"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/","name":"On The Beat with Totally Guitars","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Totally Guitars","url":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TG_Logo_Rondelle_COL.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TG_Logo_Rondelle_COL.png","width":830,"height":897,"caption":"Totally Guitars"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ccd7959bc7a790502cd976ce9c4ec242","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0c9111a9f588b8a01172273aa76aee1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0c9111a9f588b8a01172273aa76aee1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}