Lesson Count
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Music Practice Downloads
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Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Capo 1st Fret Verse: G, Em, C, D Chorus: Em, C, G, D End of chorus: G, D/F#, Em, D, C, D (Time: 1.53 & 4.23) Strumming: DU,D (pay attention to which strings your strumming) 
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Taylor Swift - I knew You Were Trouble
Capo 4th Fret Strumming: 123,123,12 123,123,12 on intro and verse Intro: D Verse: D, A, Bm, G Chorus: Bm, G, A, D, A Chorus Note: Bm,G,A 1 strum 4 beats. D,A 1 strum 2 beats Bridge: G, Bm, G, A |
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Rollin In The Deep - Grade 1 Rock School Guitar
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Dakota Stereophonics - Grade 1 Rock School Guitar
Learn a section and then practise at a slower speed to start maybe 75% then speed up until you get to 100%. |
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My Girl - Grade 1 Rock School
Learn a section and then practise at a slower speed to start maybe 75% then speed up until you get to 100%. |
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Green Onions - Grade 1 Rock School
Learn a section and then practise at a slower speed to start maybe 75% then speed up until you get to 100%. |
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The Man Who Can't Be Moved - Rock School Grade 1
See if you can learn and play this by next lesson! |
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Can't Stop - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
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Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Chords: C, D, G, Em Listen to the song and copy the rhythm |
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Bruises - Lewis Capaldi
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Can't Stop The Feeling - Boyce Avenue
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Domino - Jessie J
Verse: G, C, Em, C Pre Chorus & Chorus: C, Am, Em, D 
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Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N Roses
Practise intro at 50% and 75% speed to build up to 100%! 
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Soloing in other minor keys..
Figure out where the route note is and jam along adjusting all 5 scales into position accordingly.
Figure out where the route note is and jam along adjusting all 5 scales into position accordingly.
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Soloing in Em
Using the scales at the top of the page. Play along to this track. Or click on this link for more backing tracks.. www.youtube.com/results?search_query=backing+track+in+em |
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Back In Black - ACDC
Alternative for the second lick after the chords E: --7--4--7--5--7--6--7--7 Solo idea: repeat 4 times played over chords Em, D, A, Em E:--------------------------------3-0- B:------------------------------------- G: -9-7-9---7-6-7---6-4-6-------- |
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Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
H=Hammer On Verse & Chorus - See Tab Pre Chorus: Em x8, A x4, Dx4 Em x8, A x8 Em x8, A x4, Bm x4 Em x8, A x8 End of Chorus Bm, A, G, D/F#, Em, A, D |
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Let Her Go - Passenger
Capo 7th Fret Intro: G, F, G, Am Chorus: F, C, G, Am F, C, G Instrumental: Am, F, G, Em, Am, F, G Verse: Am, F, G, Em Am, F, G Bridge: Am, F, G (x2) Am, F, G, Em 
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Figure It Out
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All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
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American Idiot (clean version) - Green Day
Great song to start getting your fingers around playing rock chords (5ths) quickly! I have uploaded the clean version without the explicit language. Chord 1: strum x3 Chord 4: strum x1 Chord 2: strum x3 Chord 5: strum x1 Chord 3: strum x2 
Chorus.. strum each chord for 8 beats in time with the song!
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Guitar Solo... Ignore the A string.
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Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran (Acoustic Version)
Capo 4th Fret
Ideally we want to finger pick this song or part of it like we do in "Friends" add a guitar tap after each chord
Chords: Em, Am, C, D
Capo 4th Fret
Ideally we want to finger pick this song or part of it like we do in "Friends" add a guitar tap after each chord
Chords: Em, Am, C, D
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Shotgun - Ed Sheeran
Capo 5th Fret Chords: C, F, Am, G Strumming Pattern: D, D, D, DU |
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FRIENDS - Marshmello, Anne-Marie
Try to practise the bar with your first finger on the F chord! Chords: Am, C, F |
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Yellow - Coldplay
Try to add the additional notes to each chord during the intro.. Intro: G, D, C (x8 on each chord) Verse: G, D, C (x8 on each chord) Chorus: C (x4), Em (x2), D (x2) |
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Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n Roses
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Electric Guitar
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Acoustic Guitar
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Despacito - Luis Fonsi (feat. Daddy Yankee)
Chords: Bm, G, D, A
Chords: Bm, G, D, A
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Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams
Intro Chord: D Verse Chords: D, A Strumming Pattern.. you have 16 downward strums (quite fast) with emphasis on the 1st and 4th strum! Listen to the track. If you want to move on to the pre chorus here are the chords, have a listen and see if you can figure out an appropriate strumming pattern. Start by working out how many beats there are before the chord changes and doing 1 strum per beat on each chord, then see if you can make it more interesting with more up and down strumming. Pre Chorus Chords: Bm, A, D, G Bm, A, D, G Bm, A ... back to verse |
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Counting Stars - One Republic
Capo 4th Fret
Am, C, G, F
Strumming Pattern: D, D, D, DDU
Work on this strumming pattern, make sure your first strum of the next chord happens immediately!
Capo 4th Fret
Am, C, G, F
Strumming Pattern: D, D, D, DDU
Work on this strumming pattern, make sure your first strum of the next chord happens immediately!
Stitches - Shawn Mendes
Here's a song we have touched upon before but I want you to work on the strumming pattern.. with emphasis on the UP strums! Hopefully by working on a few different songs will arm you with a few different strumming patterns that you'll then be able to use again or adapt when playing new songs.
Note: Strum with the arm not the wrist
Capo 1st Fret
Chords
Verse: Am, G, C, F
Strumming Pattern: D=Down Strum U=Up Strum
DU, U, U, DU
Here's a song we have touched upon before but I want you to work on the strumming pattern.. with emphasis on the UP strums! Hopefully by working on a few different songs will arm you with a few different strumming patterns that you'll then be able to use again or adapt when playing new songs.
Note: Strum with the arm not the wrist
Capo 1st Fret
Chords
Verse: Am, G, C, F
Strumming Pattern: D=Down Strum U=Up Strum
DU, U, U, DU
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Castle On The Hill - Ed Sheeran
Chords + (Strumming Pattern) Intro: D (D,DU,DU,DU) Verse: D, G, Bm, A (D, D, D, DU) Pre Chorus: G, A, D, G Chorus: D, G, Bm, A |
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Slither - Velvet Revolver
NOTE: THIS SONG IS IN DROP D!! You will need to tune the E string (bass E) down to D Tricky riff, played quite quickly. I suggest using your first and second finger on your left hand to play majority of the notes. |
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God Save The Queen - Brain May
Part 1 / = slide up () = almost silent note .. shouldn't be heard h = hammer on |
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Top Gun
More Than A Feeling - Boston
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Hells Bells - AC/DC
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Sweet Home Alabama .. continued
Chords: D, C+9, G Take note of the finger picking and which fingers are used! |
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Get Lucky
Capo 2 Chords: Am, C, Em, D Strumming Pattern: D= Down U=Up D,D,DU, UDUDUDU |
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Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
Practise using a pic / = slide I tend to play just two 0 on the E string (see video) 
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T.N.T - AC/DC
Chords: Em, G, A, .... G, A, G watch video for strumming pattern and timing |
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Radioactive
Capo 2nd Fret Chords Am, C, G, D Strumming Pattern: D = Down, U = Up intro: D U D U, UDU verse: straight down strums in time with music |
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Mission Impossible
Fast forward 1 minute to see in slow motion |
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I Believe In A Thing Called Love
The Darkness Amp Settings - Distortion 
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