Jesus To A Child - George Michael - Guitar Lessonby George Michael
Genre:pop
Level:intermediate
Instrument:acoustic guitar
Release Date:Jul 15, 2016
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Jesus To A Child is a song by the British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and multi-award winner George Michael.
It’s one of Michael’s best known songs and was included on his third 1996 solo album ‘Older’.
This lesson takes a close look at the chords, since it features 22 variations, based on six chords in the key of Am, with one chord out of the key. The guitar is capoed on the 4th fret to match the absolutely key of C#m.
It’s up to the student to decide how they want to use the right hand. The song could be played with percussive strumming to copy the bossa nova feel, but fingerpicking or simply strumming through it should work fine as well.
Personally I prefer the latter to emphasize and bring out the beauty, color and tension of the chords.
There are also two segments which cover how to practice new chord shapes and a bit of theory about how to build and construct chords, when you’re not familiar with them just yet.
It’s one of Michael’s best known songs and was included on his third 1996 solo album ‘Older’.
This lesson takes a close look at the chords, since it features 22 variations, based on six chords in the key of Am, with one chord out of the key. The guitar is capoed on the 4th fret to match the absolutely key of C#m.
It’s up to the student to decide how they want to use the right hand. The song could be played with percussive strumming to copy the bossa nova feel, but fingerpicking or simply strumming through it should work fine as well.
Personally I prefer the latter to emphasize and bring out the beauty, color and tension of the chords.
There are also two segments which cover how to practice new chord shapes and a bit of theory about how to build and construct chords, when you’re not familiar with them just yet.