Lessons

Down with the Sickness by Disturbed Free Guitar Lesson

Are you down with the sickness? If not, don’t worry Disturbed’s Dan Donegan is here with a video lesson of “Down with the Sickness” done for Guitar World. “Down with the Sickness” is tuned down to drop C# sharp tuning which is the guitar tuned a half-step down and then dropping the top string down another whole step. So, if you want to get down with the sickness, then watch this free guitar lesson brought to you by Guitar World. Here is how to play “Down with the Sickness” by Distrurbed:

Free Guitar Lesson: Chicken Fried by the Zac Brown Band

If you want to play the hit song “Chicken Fried” by the Zac Brown Band, then you are in luck because I have a free guitar lesson for you. “Chicken Fried” is a song that has been a huge success and it is just a simple 3 chord song. This song is tuned down a half-step on the album, but in this video lesson, posted on youtube by martysguitarfan, it is played in standard tuning. The chords are simple open chords and the part that makes the song on the guitar is the strum pattern. So, let’s check out the video and learn how to play “Chicken Fried” by the Zac Brown Band.

Hope that you enjoyed your free video guitar lessons. If you need any guitar equipment, be sure to check out this site. Be sure to keep checking back for more and let me know your favorite songs and artist, and I will get you the lessons!

Free Guitar Lesson: Island in the Sun by Weezer

Here is a great way to play the song “Island in the Sun” by Weezer on the acoustic guitar. Now, this isn’t the actual way that Weezer plays the song, but it is a simplified version so that beginners can learn the song and it sound great on the acoustic guitar. The video is done by one of the Youtube favorite teachers yourguitarsage (who you can find all of his videos there on Youtube, his site, and a couple of them on my site). Weezer is great at writing catchy pop rock songs that everyone remembers and can sing along and “Island in the Sun” is no exception. Let’s check out this video guitar lesson and learn how to play “Island in the Sun” by Weezer on acoustic guitar.

Hope that you enjoyed the free video guitar lesson. If you need more help with this song, you can always check out www.yourguitarsage.com. Keep checking back here for more free video guitar lessons as well as other useful information on playing guitar.

Free Guitar Lesson: Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix

Here is a Free Guitar Lesson on how to play the song Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix was (and still is) one of the most influential guitarist to live. His creativeness was way before his time, but in his short career he has inspired thousands and thousands of guitarist. One of his great songs is “Hey Joe.” I found this video lesson by clumsyguitarplayer and thought that I would share it with everyone. This lesson may be a bit advanced for some guitarist, but it is a great lesson on how to play a great song.

Here is the video guitar lesson on how to play “Hey Joe” by Jimi Hendrix:

Hope that you enjoyed your free video guitar lessons. If you need any guitar equipment, be sure to check out this site. Be sure to keep checking back for more and let me know your favorite songs and artist, and I will get you the lessons!

Maggie May by Rod Stewart Free Guitar Lesson

Here is a free guitar lesson and video for the song Maggie May by Rod Stewart. This video lesson is done by yourguitarsage, who I put a lot of his videos up on here from youtube because he is a great and entertaining guitar teacher. This is a basic beginner acoustic guitar song and one that everyone will recognize when you start to play it. This song has a whole lot of chord changes, but it is an easy song once you get all the changes. Let’s watch the video and learn how to strum along to Maggie May by Rod Stewart.

Hope that you enjoyed your free video guitar lessons. If you need any guitar equipment, be sure to check out this site. Be sure to keep checking back for more and let me know your favorite songs and artist, and I will get you the lessons!

How to Play I’m Broken by Pantera

If you missed the post recently made with Dimebag Darrell giving guitar lessons, and you are a Pantera fan, you definitely need to check out that post. This post will include a video lesson on how to play the Pantera song, “I’m Broken.” This video guitar lesson is great because it includes the tabs to go with the video. So, for all you guys who like to learn by tabs you will have that as well as the video and audio. This video is done by m169marroquin and he even goes over the weird tuning that was used for this Pantera song (…and many others). Anyway, let’s check out this video and learn how to play “I’m Broken” by Pantera!

Hope that you enjoyed your free video guitar lessons. If you need any guitar equipment, be sure to check out this site. Be sure to keep checking back for more and let me know your favorite songs and artist, and I will get you the lessons!

How To Play Hey Jude by The Beatles

Want of learn how to play “Hey Jude” by The Beatles? I found this video lesson by yourguitarsage that shows you how to play this great Beatles’ song. The song is capo’d at the fifth fret (Do You Need A Capo?) and has a very easy strum pattern that you can pick up in seconds. If you watch this video lesson, you will be play “Hey Jude” within ten minutes. “Hey Jude” is one of those songs that everyone knows and it is by one of the biggest bands of all time. Let’s get to watching this great video lesson.

Not that the song is in Key of F and you learned how to play it in the Key of C. And yes, some of the vocals and lyrics are wrong, but that was also stated in the video. Overall, yourguitarsage did a great job teaching this song. Be Sure to check out “Hey Jude” and other great Beatles songs on iTunes.

I Will Not Bow by Breaking Benjamin Guitar Lesson

Want to play “I Will Not Bow” by Breaking Benjamin? There is nothing like learning your favorite song by the guitarist who play them and thanks to Guitar World we are able to do that. Here is guitarist Aaron Fink of Breaking Benjamin showing you how to play “I Will Not Bow.” Remember, that the song is tuned down two whole steps and then the low string is dropped, so the tuning would be Drop A#. You will need some pretty thick gauge strings to play this song and have it sound good. Anyway, let’s get to the video – it is pretty easy to learn this song!

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Guitar Lessons with Zakk Wylde

Zakk Wylde is one of the guitar legends and has played with just about everybody that is worth playing with. What is the biggest thing that you can take away from this video? The point that perfect practice makes perfect. Zakk would sit at home for 10-12 hours a day and practice, practice, practice! He practiced pentatonic scales and his favorite songs – always playing to a metronome. And it sure seems that all of that practice paid off for him!

Let’s watch this video of Zakk Wylde giving some guitar tips and tricks of his own. He talks about practicing and how to do his trademark “squeal” picking. So, be sure to pull out your metronome and be ready to learn all these interesting tips and tricks.

How To Play Star Spangled Banner on Guitar

Here is a post just for the upcoming Holidays. This is a video lesson on how to play the Star Spangled Banner. This video is done by ericdg12345. The Star Spangled Banner has been played by hundreds of thousands of musicians – each adding their own uniqueness to the classic song. This song can really be played in any key.

So, let’s check out the video and learn how to play the Star Spangled Banner.

Hopefully, you enjoyed this great video lesson. Keep practicing and getting comfortable with the Star Spangled Banner. You can move to different keys and add in some licks of your own to make the song “your own.” You never know when this song will come in handy!

And one day you can go from that to this: