Lesson Guides

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Lessons Guides

About these Lesson Guides

IMPORTANT..It’s not about the tunes! Please remember, the tunes I have arranged below are simply a ‘frame work’ that contain especially selected techniques that will add greatly to your guitar playing ‘tool box’ no matter what style you normally enjoy playing. Practicing these techniques as part of a tune is more rewarding and educational than a stale repeating exercise! NOTE; the videos are an arrangement that should suit the majority of students. I often adapt to students needs abilities and preferences. There are so many lessons and tunes so I’ll upload more when I get round to recording them or when you ask me to upload the lesson/exercise you are working on.

The most helpful tips I can give you…. (1) Learn five songs from start to finish is a great first big goal. (2) Spend time fixing your weak areas technically and musically. (3) Play something on the guitar every single day. Some don’t do’s (1) Hopping from song to song, never really committing to any single one. This often means struggling for months or years without any songs to show for it. (2) Never putting in the time in the early days to play with proper technique (which leads to bad habits later on). If this is you, I urge you to fix this as soon as you can. (3) Playing a guitar that is just not suitable for you.

Lesson Guides (my compositions)

Lesson Guides (my arrangements for ‘one to one’ JE Music members)

Slow Country Gospel

JE1 - in the style of Silent Night

Slow Country

JE2 - in the style of Edelweiss

Bossa Nova (using the Harmonic minor scale)

JE3 - in the style of When the Saints go marching in

Walking with the Blues

JE4 - in the style of Wonderful Tonight

Nearly Home (country music)

JE5 - in the style of When you say nothing at all

Soul Ballad

JE6 - in the style of Sound of Silence + creating the solo.

‘Southern Country’ Blues

JE7 - in the style of Auld Lang Syne

Honk Tonk Fun!

JE8 - in the style of Albatross

Take it Slow

JE9 - in the style of I recall a Gypsy Woman

Happy Blues

JE10 - in the style of Take these Chains from my Heart

Country Lead (Lap Steel guitar style)

JE11 - in the style of You do something to Me

Sicilia Latin style ballad

JE12 - in the style of The Power of Love

JE13 - in the style of Candle in the Wind

Miscellaneous Lessons

JE14 - in the style of Georgia (on my mind)

JE15- in the style of The Circle of Life

Rhythm Guitar practice

JE16 - in the style of A Space Man came Travelling

Scales need not be boring (Video lesson)

JE17- in the style of Always on my Mind

G Major chord progression “Practice your improvising and soloing creativity”.

JE18 - in the style of Happy Birthday

‘Pink Floyd style’ backing Track “Practice your improvising and soloing creativity”.

JE19 - in the style of Brothers in Arms

JE20- in the style of The Godfather

JE21 - in the style of Ghost Riders in the Sky

JE22 - in the style of Amazing Grace

JE23 - in the style of Let it Be

JE24 - in the style of Can you Feel the Love Tonight

JE25 - in the style of Fly Me to the Moon

JE26- in the style of Everything I do, I do it for You.

JE27 - in the style of Right Here Waiting

JE28 - in the style of Angels

JE29 - in the style of The House of the Rising Sun

JE30 - in the style of Bed of Roses

JE31 - in the style of My Heart will go on (Titanic theme)

JE32 - in the style of Nothing Compares to you

JE33 - in the style of KonTiki

JE34 - in the style of Apache

JE35 - in the style of Atlantis

JE36 - in the style of Guitar Tango

One of my favourite quotations: “Learning to play an instrument is like climbing a huge mountain. You may never get to the top but the journey is great fun. So now and again stop and look at what you’ve achieved, See how far you’ve come - and smile”!

Many of the Instrumental ‘cover’ lessons are subject to Copyright Law so they cannot be played in public for free. Therefore I have attached a “Password” to ‘my arrangements’ of the tunes so they are available only to our ‘one to one’ in class members. My compositions are my property so anyone is free to view & play.

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About Lesson Guides

These ‘Lesson Guides’ are not lessons in themselves, they are to remind you how the tunes are played according to how you’ve been taught in your ‘one to one’ sessions. Feel free to experiment and be creative, and if it works make sure to play it to me. That’s what ‘making music’ is all about! IMPORTANT..It’s not about the tunes!Please remember, the tunes I have arranged below are simply a ‘frame work’ that contain especially selected techniques that will add greatly to your guitar playing ‘tool box’ no matter what style you normally enjoy playing. Practicing these techniques as part of a tune is more rewarding and educational than a stale repeating exercise!Note; the videos are an arrangement that should suit the majority of students. I often adapt to specific needs, abilities and preferences.There are so many lessons and tunes so I’ll upload more when I get round to recording them or when you ask me to upload the lesson/exercise you are working on.

The most helpful tips I can give you…. (1) Learn five songs from start to finish is a great first big goal. (2) Spend time fixing your weak areas technically and musically. (3) Play something on the guitar every single day. Some don’t do’s. (1) Hopping from song to song, never really committing to any single one. This often means struggling for months or years without any songs to show for it. (2) Never putting in the time in the early days to play with proper technique (which leads to bad habits later on). If this is you, I urge you to fix this as soon as you can. (3) Playing a guitar that is just not suitable for you.