Crosby, Stills & Nash Remastered Volume 1 Acoustic Guitar 5-Pack
What's included
- All tab
- Chords
- Chart
- Guitar pro files
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Crosby, Stills & Nash got together in 1969 and made a grand entrance in August at Woodstock. The three talented musicians each brought a different set of skills, virtuosity and creativity. They took 3-part harmony to a new level and brought us wide range of great guitar-based songs.
Volume 1 includes five Stephen Stills songs, which are generally the most challenging of the trios, and include fingerpicking techniques, strumming, and an alternate tuning.
Lessons
Lesson 1: 4 + 20 - Guitar Lesson
Steve Stills’ basic fingerpicking song is done in a D Modal Tuning- every string is tuned to either D or A, the root and fifth notes of the D Chord. The tuning used for this lesson is DADDAD, slightly modified from Stills’ DDDDAD but since he never plays the 5th string it doesn’t matter and is easier on your guitar and strings.
Lesson 2: Helplessly Hoping
*Helplessly Hoping*is a classic fingerstyle tune by Stephen Stills that was released in 1969 on the first Crosby, Stills & Nash album. Stills’ playing is generally very free form and he never plays this song exactly the same way twice. The lesson covers the chord progression and presents a ‘Campfire Version’ that is easy to strum, as well as great detail on specific licks and additions that Stills uses and how to add your own variations to fingerpicking patterns, making the arrangement your own.
Lesson 3: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Guitar Lesson
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes is probably Stills’ most recognized song and the one that really brought them into the spotlight, particularly after their appearance at Woodstock in 1969. It was written for contemporary songstress Judy Collins and consists of multiple sections (hence the ‘Suite” part of the name), all of which include complex guitar parts and lush vocal harmonies.
Stephen Stills used an E Modal Tuning (EEEEEBE), but this lesson does it in D Modal tuning (DADDAD) and uses a variety of strumming and picking techniques. A Capo at the second fret would put the guitar in the original key. Some of the lesson addresses improvising in Stills’ style in this open tuning.
Lesson 4: Love The One You're With
*Love The One You’re With*is a Stephen Stills song that dates back to the early CSNY days and is frequently done with electric guitars or as a big production. Like many of Stills’ songs, it started out as an acoustic tune in the D Modal tuning. Stills used CCCCGC but DADDAD is a more efficient and harmonically rich version that is used in this lesson. We also introduce a new twist with this lesson- that we are calling a ‘Work It Out Lesson.’ In the first segment Neil plays through the song and gives you hints about figuring it out yourself. The next segments present the ‘Answers’, with Breakdowns of the chords, the strumming, and the vocals.
Lesson 5: Southern Cross - Guitar Lesson
In 1982 Crosby, Stills & Nash released their album Daylight Again, which included *Southern Cross*, which has now become a standard part of their concerts. The song only uses three chords with a bit of a syncopated strumming pattern making it a great guitar lesson for beginning to intermediate students. The lesson includes a chord and lyric chart and breaks the strumming down to concentrating on individual eighth notes.