Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley

Hey there Delilah

Now this is a great song to practice finger picking I have mapped out a chord progression and

Throughout the song you always pick the B (2nd string) and 4,5,6
Intro
D pick 4
F*m pick 4

Chorus
Bm pick 5
D pick 4

verse
D pick 4
F*m pick 4
Bm pick 5
G pick 6
A pick 4
Bm pick 5
A pick 5

End Bridge
G pick6
A pick5
D pick4
Bm pick5
Bm pick5
A p4 (play with high E)




such a cool song when played well

http://youtu.be/EbJtYqBYCV8

You can be my Yoko Ono

Cool tune with capo on fret 5



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Beat It - Michael Jackson

I love this song it seems pretty easy once you get a handle on teh small riff which is repeated throughout the song.



The actual song to play and listen to

Let It Be - Beatles

i really like this song because it has easy chords and even the two licks are not that hard..Marty again is a brilliant teacher. im saving this one to come back to and practice.

Don't Stop Believing

Easy song with a capo placed on forth fret

The strumming is fairly fast down strokes 1&2&3&4

Chords C, G, Am, F, Em

Verse: C G Am F C G Em F

Build on F

Chorus: F C F C



This version is without the capo and played with bar chords

Penatonic Scales and Bending Notes

Em Pentatonic Scale

Good video showing the scale

Mad World by Gary Jules

Chords Verse Em G D A
Chorus Em Am Strum 4/4 dddd

This version the girl capo's the third fret



Most versions I have seen they capo the first fret

Em                        G
All around me are familiar faces
D                           A
Worn out places – worn out faces
Em                                   G
Bright and early for their daily races
D                          A
Going nowhere – going nowhere
Em                            G
Their tears are filling up their glasses
D                        A
No expression – no expression
Em                                           G
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
D                       A
No tomorrow – no tomorrow

Em                              A                    Em
And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
Em                                    A                                       Em
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
Em                        A                              Em
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
Em                                      A
When people run in circles it’s a very very
Em                A
Maaaaaad world
Em                   A
Maaaaaaad world


Em                                            G
Children waiting for the day they feel good
D                               A
Happy birthday – happy birthday
Em                                     G
Made to feel the way that every child should
D                      A
Sit and listen – sit and listen
Em                                             G
Went to school and I was very nervous
D A
No one knew me – no one knew me
Em G
Hello teacher tell me what’s my lesson

D A
Look right through me – look right through me

Em A Em
And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
Em A Em
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
Em A Em
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
Em A
When people run in circles it’s a very very
Em A
Maaaaaad world
Em A
Enlarge your world
Em A
Mad world

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

I really love the way Marty Breaks down a song and makes small licks seem really easy thanks www.guitarjamz.com

Beginning: pluck 1fret3 and 3fret4
1fret5 and 3fret5
1fret7 and 3fret7
1fret8 and 3fret9
1fret10 and 3fret10
1fret12 and 3fret12

Chords are
G C G D
C D G Em C D G D

strum D D U U DUD

Jack Johnson - Taylor

Such a hard song so still working on it

Cat Stevens Father and Son

Cat Stevens- Wild world

Wild world- great song

Verse- Am D7 G C F Dm E G
Chorus - C G F G F C G (x2) Dm E to get back to verse

Cat Stevens - Peace Train

Peace train - playing chords in quick succession

The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkle

Great lesson and song to practice finger picking

Verse - C Am G G7 E D C Am G F C G F C

Chorus - Am Em Am G C

Strum Pattern - 5342 - 6342 - 5342 - 6342

Very Basic Beginners finger Picking Exercise

The first part of this basic exercise seems straight forward you play the base notes and then pluck the three bottom stings.

Finger Picking exercise

I will add notes later when I have watched this in more detail. This guy is pretty good and attempts to explain scales and note progressions.

Improve Picking

Improve your picking with this simple activity

I go to 3:30 in the clip to see the picking style

Rock Power chord progression

Power chord progression activity

Hotel California - The Eagles

Here is a baisc chord progression for Hotel California

You will need to have a capo placed on the second fret.

chords to play are

verse: Am E G D - F C Dm E

Chorus: F C E Am - F C Dm E The strum is - D D DU UDD du

Break: Am E G D - F C Dm E

Solo: Am E G D - F C Dm E

Stand by me - Great easy song to play!!

Stand by me - great song and not that hard to play - the f Bar chord is a little tricky




The actual song sung by Lennon gives a good indication of the rythem

Chord Progression Trick

Great easy chord progression trick from Marty Schwartz - something to practice and sounds really cool!

Cool Strumming Pattern using Percussion of Guitar

Great short lesson from www.expertvillage.com

Strum Chord Progression

Practice Bar chord and strum patterns

Bar Chord Progression

Dm 56775x (bar fifth fret)
Am 55775x (Bar fifth fret normal Am)
C 355533 (bar third fret)

Strum - down up down mute up down up



www.nextlevelguitar.com

Strum lessons

Lessons to practice strumming

Pattern 1 - down down - down up down up
Pattern 2 - down down up up down up



Pattern 3 - down down - down up up up



Great video for showing how strumming beat can sound cool

Eric Clapton - Stairway To Heaven

A difficult song that is made easy through this really good Youtube video.

This video is good as it shows the whole song however he goes a little fast when showing the intro.



This video goes through the second part to the song but a little fast. I had to stop and pause it quite a lot.


Intro and strings to pluck





A great version of the song to listen to and play along with