The Many Ways to Play
What does it mean to play a song? Does strumming a few chords count? Or does it have to be note for note and the whole song?
What does it mean to play a song? Does strumming a few chords count? Or does it have to be note for note and the whole song?
This single-guitar arrangement of Van Morrison’s “Crazy Love” explores using arpeggios and open string chord voicings to create a fitting accompaniment to this wonderful song.
Here’s a primer to help you understand and form any power chord you want on your guitar in several different ways.
It’s Valentine’s Day, which means that you’re either about to have a great day or that you’re a bit of a wreck because you’ve forgotten it. Let’s hope it’s the former!
Here is an easy fingerstyle arrangement of Joni Mitchell’s “The Circle Game,” done in open G tuning. As always, we’ll walk you through it step by step.
This single-guitar arrangement of America’s “Ventura Highway” focuses on strumming but also adds little fills to give it a similar style to the original recording.
America is a folk-rock band formed in London 1970, by Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek. In 1972 they won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
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