Blackbird - Solo Guitar Arrangementby Neil Hogan

For most of my teaching life I have taught a couple different versions of Blackbird to my students, even as a beginning fingerpicking lesson. I have also never seriously considered trying to put together a solo arrangement, combining the chord progression with Paul McCartney's melody. I recently questioned my reluctance to experiment with this and was pleasantly surprised that it seemed possible...pretty difficult, but possible.

This lesson goes through all of the obstacles I encountered and the solutions I discovered. It also includes the way I approach it for beginning students, as well as the way Paul played it with his light percussive picking.