Love Is All Around – R.E.M.
This lesson is based on R.E.M.’s acoustic cover of The Troggs’ classic “Love Is All Around”, recorded in 1991 and released as the B-side to “Radio Song,”
Most guitar players won’t have a full band to play with all the time. Arranging songs for a single guitar so they still sound great opens the door to being a solo performer. We hope you enjoy some of the beautiful song arrangements we’ve published over the years. Check out the easy songs for beginners page for even more.
This lesson is based on R.E.M.’s acoustic cover of The Troggs’ classic “Love Is All Around”, recorded in 1991 and released as the B-side to “Radio Song,”
Peter’s latest lesson is this wonderful standard that really swings! While simple in melody, this song is a lot of fun to play and also to use to develop your own style.
Here’s a nice easy arrangement on a classic standard, brought to you by the inimitable Peter Simms. Lots of fun to play and if you’re really in a moony mood, check out the lesson on Blue Moon at Peter’s website as well!!
Peter Simms walks us through the basic steps of chord construction, which is a truly helpful thing to know when playing chord melodies, no? Learn all about major, minor and dominant chords in one easy lesson.
Here is part 2 of Peter’s arrangement of I Got Rhythm. Judging by the emails, you’ve all undoubtedly been working hard on his first lesson.
Peter Simms walks us through an introduction to the jazz style of chord melodies. And he makes it both easy and entertaining.
Silent Night is a classic three-chord song. Here is a simple yet elegant, single guitar arrangement of this beautiful Christmas song.
“Landslide” was written by Stevie Nicks when she was with Fleetwood Mac. Here’s a nice arrangement you can do with two guitars and a capo.