House of the Rising Sun Guitar Lesson – The Animals Nate shows you how to play House of the Rising Sun by The Animals. In this guitar tutorial, you’ll learn a strategy for developing a step-by-step approach to playing this song – chords first, then strumming, then applying a picking pattern to the chord progression. … Continue reading “House of the Rising Sun Guitar Lesson”

Learning the Essential Guitar Chord Progressions Songs are not just composed of chords alone – but of chord progressions. A chord progression is a series of chords played from one chord to the next in a tempo / rhythm / smooth and fluid succession. So, we’ve laid out 4 extremely common and popular chord progressions … Continue reading “Guitar Chords Lesson #6 | Essential Chord Progressions”

Essential Guitar Chords G D Em C Am Here are the 5 essential guitar chords G D Em C Am that you will need to learn your favorite guitar songs! Nate also discusses the best strategies for which fingers to use in order to make the smoothest transitions between the chords, and keep your songs … Continue reading “Guitar Chords Lesson #5 | Essential Chords G D Em C Am”

More Blues Guitar Chords! Here are some more seventh chords (7th chords) for playing blues on guitar. This lesson is optional as far as mastering and performing it to complete perfection, but you should go through the chords and give each progression a try. Experience these chords for a few days of practice, and get … Continue reading “Guitar Chords Lesson #4 – Optional-ish”

CLICK HERE for Tabs In this lesson, I’ll teach you how to play Running Down a Dream by Tom Petty – rhythm guitar parts. I’ve made a combination of lead and rhythm guitar parts so you can play smoothly through the recording and get the most out of your performance, which is also a great … Continue reading “How to Play Running Down a Dream by Tom Petty”