Song Study

A category of blogs discussing the art of learning songs efficiently and quickly.

How To Play Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”

How To Play Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” Apart from the solo section, there are really only 2 parts in this song: The main riff: this is the guitar part played in the intro and chorus The verse: power chords. Steve Lukather played all the rhythm guitar parts on “Beat it”. He’s one of my top-10 How To Play Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”

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Tapping Masterclass: Learn to Play Joe Satriani’s “Midnight”

Tapping: Joe Satriani’s “Midnight” This is one of the songs on Joe Satriani’s “Surfing With The Aliens” album. It’s a must-have in every guitar player’s music collection. Support artists: go buy the album. You can hear the studio version of “Midnight” here Here you can see Joe perform it live This is a great song Tapping Masterclass: Learn to Play Joe Satriani’s “Midnight”

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Learn The Chords to Prince’s “Purple Rain”

The Purple Rain Chords We all know of course that Prince was an outstanding musician. There is a lot we can learn from analyzing his songs, chord progressions, and solos. Today I want to go quickly go over the Purple Rain chords. I’m not intending to go into the very specific notes or note placements Learn The Chords to Prince’s “Purple Rain”

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Rhythm Skills: Learn The Doobie Brothers Long Train Running

Rhythm Skills: Learn The Doobie Brothers Long Train Running “Long Train Running” is one of my favorite Doobie Brothers songs. This is one of these songs that will do wonders for your time-feel and rhythm-playing skills. There are 3 main parts The main Gm7 chord funky rhythm part This is actually 2-3 overdubbed guitars. One Rhythm Skills: Learn The Doobie Brothers Long Train Running

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A Fun Tapping Song: Joe Satriani’s The Forgotten

A Fun Tapping Song: Joe Satriani’s “The Forgotten”. “The Forgotten” is a short 1-minute song that is a ton of fun to play. It’s on Joe’s amazing album “Flying In A Blue Dream”. If you’re crazy about guitar, then you absolutely want that album in your CD collection. You can hear the song here: I A Fun Tapping Song: Joe Satriani’s The Forgotten

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