Course Category: Songs

House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)

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“The House of the Rising Sun” is a traditional folk song, sometimes called “Rising Sun Blues”. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by…

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Brahms Lullaby Fingerstyle Step-By-Step

This classic bedtime song was originally known as “Wiegenlied: Guten Abend, gute Nacht”, which means “Lullaby: Good evening, good night”. It was written by the…

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Oh Susanna Fingerstyle Solo

Here’s a fingerstyle version of a well-known folk song. Suitable for advanced beginners. You need to login or register to bookmark/favorite this content.

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Away In The Manger | Fingerstyle Solo

Here’s an easy fingerstyle solo version of this classic holiday song broken down step-by-step. You need to login or register to bookmark/favorite this content.

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Scarborough Fair (Simon and Garfunkel)

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This is the strumming version of the English traditional ballad made famous by 1960’s pop rock duo Simon and Garfunkel. “parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme”….

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Amazing Grace (John Newton)

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You’re going to learn an easy 3-chord version of Amazing Grace on the guitar. I’ll show you the chords, the strumming, and even a little bonus at the end.

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Happy Birthday Fingerstyle

Here are a couple of fingerstyle versions of Happy Birthday. The first is fairly simple and a good place to start. The second swing version is a little more “Jazzy”… A more complex arrangement but fun.

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Picking Style Of Dust In The Wind

Learn this classic fingerpicking pattern that’s used for the song Dust In The Wind by Kansas. In addition, it’s a great fingerpicking lesson that will help you play fingerstyle guitar.

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Happy Birthday & Changing Keys

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A two-for-one… A simple version of Happy Birthday, then I use this to explain how to change the key to make it easier to sing depending on your voice. This is an important lesson if you want to play and sing.

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Rainbow Dance Fingerstyle

Here’s a song exercise that is designed to help you work on hammer-ons, pull-offs and playing arpeggios. It just happens to sound cool also because it uses a chord pattern that has been used in many popular songs.

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Fisherman’s Dream (Fingerstyle)

A fingerstyle song to work on playing solo guitar… the melody and bass notes together. Each lesson video focuses on one section of the song. In the end, we’ll put it all together.

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