The Smithereens had a hit on their hands with “Blood & Roses,” the first single off debut albumEspecially For You. Fender Play instructor Barrett Wilson takes you through this classic that has five chords (E minor, G, C, D and A minor). In this lesson, you’ll use pivot fingers an...
The Easy Hits Ukulele format provides melody, chords, and lyrics for easy "strum and sing" performance---plus suggested strum patterns and TAB for any integral "hook" parts. This Classic Rock edition features songs spanning three decades from such artists as Chicago, The Rolling Stones, ...
Dominant chords are an essential part of the jazz sound but are also important for other genres, like rock, blues, and classical music. Rock, blues, classical, and jazz musicians and composers use dominant chords to resolve chord progressions, change keys, and add the “blue” sound to their...
Some of the ukulele chords of “Last Christmas” by Wham may be a bit more exotic than the basic minor and major chords used in many of the other ukulele songs on this list. However, once you get the hang of less basic chords such as Bm, A7sus4, and A7, this well-known pop song...
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The ukulele is wonderful for playing oldies tunes and many classic songs are simple and easy to play. Everything here is pre-1970s. Easy Country/Folk Ukulele Songs Traditional country and folk songs tend to be based on “three chords and the truth” as the saying goes. If you cantranspose...
Never has bad mojo sounded so happy and upbeat than on the peppy Creedence Clearwater Revival classic "Bad Moon Rising," with its steady, basic strumming. This timeless rock tune is a great start to learning some basic chords (D, A and G) and chord switching. ...
In the first section of the SongPack, Chris teaches you the easiest way to play the chords and strumming patterns. Each of the songs is presented in 4 segments; Song Overview, Song Performance, Song Breakdown, and Playalong with the Band. ...
Learn to play three more fun and easy riffs from the 1970s with Guitar Control instructor Darrin Goodman, aka Uncle D. Be sure to get the free tabs to go along with the step by step video instruction and you will be rockin’ these classic 70s riffs tonight!
(Dsus4); so I’m gonna put my pinky down on the on the third fret of the high E string and this one’s kind of a tricky, there’s lots of variations on stuff that does with the suspended chords with D, lots of different riffs, this one’s a little unusual. So what we’re ...