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Today we’re starting you off with some basic finger picking, using the R.E.M. song, “Everybody Hurts.”
As always, you can hit our YouTube page for “high quality” video or just watch the normal quality here. If you missed our older lessons, check them out below. And don’t forget to drop a comment if you’ve got an idea of other things you want us to cover in future lessons.
Lesson No. 1 – Buying your first guitar
Lesson No. 2 – How to hold the guitar & playing your first chord
Lesson No. 3 – New chords and chord transitions
Lesson No. 4 – “It’s Only Rock’n’Roll” verse
Lesson No. 5 – “It’s Only Rock’n’Roll” chorus
Lesson No. 6 – How to read TAB and chord charts
Lesson No. 7 – Notes on the fretboard
Lesson No. 8 – Bar chords
Lesson No. 9 – “Jingle Bells”
Lesson No. 10 – Power chords
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Has anyone suggested an “Anyone Can Cook” series? I’m sure there are plenty of _floss readers who were told that courses like home economics were not for those on the “college track.” As a result, I’m sure there are plenty of readers who think “poaching an egg” means raiding an ostrich’s nest or something.
Btw, my recaptcha: feeling Mollie
posted by Paul on 1-12-2009 at 3:38 pm
Thanks for doing this series! I’m enjoying it. I like the Anyone Can Cook idea a lot too!
posted by Oliver on 1-13-2009 at 3:30 pm