Londonderry Air (Irish Folk Song)

Londonderry Air

The following piece is an famous Irish Folk song. The melody was also used for the song ‘Danny Boy’. Below is the chord chart, as well as the play-along recording. Try playing along yourself. There is also a link to the PDF for you to download. Click here to download the PDF for Londonderry Air

Greensleeves For Guitar (Fingerstyle)

Greensleeves is a traditional English Folk song, dating back at least 400 years. It’s one of the most well known melodies of all time. The following sheet music is a Fingerstyle arrangement that I put together. You can view the sheet music, listen to the audio and download the PDF (and of course learn it …

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5 Technical Exercises to Build Your Technique

Exercise 21

No guitarist has ever developed serious technique without spending time practising technical exercises. Technical exercises allow you to focus in on a specific technical challenge and make deliberate progress with a specific technical skill. The following five exercises are simple, but challenging. Each one will help you develop your technique in slightly different way. Work …

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Lonesome Blues

Lonesome Blues

This piece features a chord progression based around open chords. It is a ballad that is arranged in such a way that the melody is con-structed from a combination of arpeggiating chords (playing the chord one string at a time) and embellishing the chords. The time signature of 3/4 gives this piece an understated, rhythmic …

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12 Bar Blues in C – Chord Chart

12 Bar Blues C

The 12 Bar Blues in the key of C contains the chords C7 (I chord), F7 (IV chord) and G7 (V) chord. Below is the 12 Bar Blues starting on C7. 12 Bar Blues in C (Jazz Variation) The Jazz variation of the 12 Bar Blues in C adds some extra chords. The 12 Bar …

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12 Bar Blues in B – Chord Chart

12 Bar Blues B

The 12 Bar Blues in the key of B contains the chords B7 (I chord), E7 (IV chord) and F#7 (V) chord. Below is the 12 Bar Blues starting on B7. 12 Bar Blues in B (Jazz Variation) The Jazz variation of the 12 Bar Blues in B adds some extra chords. The 12 Bar …

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