British Invasion Songs
The British Invasion was a musical revolution of the 1960s of pop and rock groups from the UK that were in turn influenced by early US blues musicians. The excitement of the early tunes by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who and others lead the way. Get ready to play the tunes that launched the guitar driven rock and roll era!
Mike will show you this classic early rock tune based on R&B and the blues. This tutorial is beginner level using an acoustic guitar, but any guitar is suitable to learn the song this way. All the parts are adapted to simple open chords, and add an easy strumming pattern.
Published: 01/08/2015 UpgradeMike will show you the two guitar parts that make up this classic early rock tune based on R&B and the blues. There is an electric guitar that plays one of the most iconic rock riffs of all time, as well as some cool R&B influenced rhythm guitar. Guitar 2 is an acoustic guitar that plays a steady strumming groove throughout.
Published: 01/08/2015 UpgradeCaren will show you how to strum an easy guitar part along with this classic blues tune. She will show you the three chords required to play along with the tune. This is required material for just about any blues jam, and in this tutorial we'll learn an easy acoustic guitar part to strum along with the band!
Published: 03/14/2018 UpgradeMike will show you the two gritty clean electric guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is the rhythm guitar that plays some steady riffs and chords throughout. Guitar 2 combines complimentary rhythm parts with lead fills and a raging guitar solo.
Published: 01/18/2018 UpgradeMike will show you all the guitar parts to this rock classic: the single note melodies and riffs, open chords, acoustic strumming patterns, and even adapt the iconic sitar lines for guitar.
Published: 06/15/2015 UpgradeMike will show you all 3 clean electric guitars. There are distinctive riffs an iconic hook and bonus guitar layer that appears in the outro to mimic the "dive bomb" bass overdub heard in the original recording.
Published: 01/08/2015 UpgradeMike will show you a composite of all the guitar parts from the original combined into one distinct guitar part using a basic chord progression that can be played all the way through. The acoustic guitar is tuned to Open D Tuning (like the original recording), but he'll also include a bonus lesson that will teach you how to play the song in standard tuning.
Published: 11/05/2015 UpgradeMike will show you 2 clean electric guitar layers. Guitar 1 uses an arpeggiated approach to ouline the chord progression, while Guitar 2 adds some R&B and rock influenced chord stabs and punches. Guitar 2 also plays an aggressive and energetic guitar solo.
Published: 11/05/2015 UpgradeMike will show you the 2 guitar layers in this song. Guitar 1 is a gritty electric guitar that lays into a high energy riff throughout the tune. Guitar 2 is an electric guitar tuned to open E with a capo on the 5th fret that adds some interesting guitar layers to the arrangement.
Published: 07/28/2017 UpgradeDouglas will show you how to play the piano intro on guitar, the guitar parts from the record while employing some barre chord shapes, and the 12 string guitar solo. He'll also show you an easy chord version!
Published: 10/29/2015 UpgradeThis tutorial is all about "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", as made famous by The Animals in 1965. Henrik Linde will take you through the guitar tone, the types of chords used, the verse chords and rhythm, the chorus chords and tag, and then he'll play it all through for you in a final performance. For the finale, you'll play it yourself over the backing track.
Published: 08/16/2011 UpgradeIn this set of 9 guitar lessons, Henrik Linde will break down all the details to the song "It's My Life", as made famous by Eric Burdon & The Animals. Henrik will talk about getting the tone and vibe first, then start digging into the licks and chords in the intro, verse, and pre-chorus. Next you'll learn the chorus chords, and the overdubbed chromatic line. Finally you'll play through the song with Henrik, then on your own in the Jam Along.
Published: 02/15/2012 UpgradeThere are 2 lightly crunched electric guitar layers in this tune. Guitar 1 plays some double-stop laden riffs and a searing solo, while Guitar 2 is a rhythm guitar that holds it all down with some lower single note lines and power chords.
Published: 05/09/2017 Upgrade