Welcome to this week’s coaching session. As a brief reminder, these short weekly sessions are designed to get you playing your guitar on a regular basis. I’ll be covering a wide range of subjects (at different playing levels), including Riffs, Techniques, Skills and just stuff that’s fun to play.
In most cases, the sessions are linked to other material in your Members Libraries, so I hope these stimulate your interest in learning more or playing whole songs with me and the full band!
In today’s session we’ll be looking at a simple chord routine and how to embellish the chord changes with a simple melody line. This is taken from the song Refugee by Tom Petty. It’s a great song, so I hope you’ll want to play the full song with me and the Band – it’s in your song library (Pro Members).
So here it is! Let me know what you think by leaving me a comment at the bottom of the page.
Introduction and chord basics
Adding the Melody line
The play along session
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For more details on this, just click the button on the image below. Thanks, and I’ll catch up with you again next week. Andy.
OK I hope you had fun with this and keep practicing. I’ll be back next week with something new for you!
Andy
PS If you have thoughts or suggestions for future Coaching Sessions then do leave me a comment at the bottom of the page.
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May 9, 2012 at 7:41 am
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Chris
9 days ago
I played this for the first time in a front-room jam the other night. Great fun.
Add a bit of flavour after the two F#m chords – play them both quite firmly, then on the low E string, hit 2nd fret, 4th fret as a walk-up to the A chord. Sounds great if you add just a bit of fuzz!
Teck Looi
84 days ago
Hi Andy
Really good lesson. However I am a beginner and was unable to catch the rhythm. Is it possible to spell out the strumming pattern?
Thanks
Teck
Mike Atkinsin
91 days ago
Watched the site for a couple of days, it seems like what I’ve been looking for.
Joined last night. Very impressed, mainly with the way the instruction is structured.
Best thing I’ve come across – I’m sure this will help.
Mike Atkinson
Jim
92 days ago
Hi Andy
Am new to your website but have enjoyed your teaching so far and your free lessons.
Any chance of including some easy “On the porch” acoustic BLUES lessons.
Thank you
Jim
Graham
92 days ago
Better than the original, well done guys.
Phil Rosier
92 days ago
Hi Andy keep up the good work,iv’e been a guitarist now for over 50 years and have found your way of teaching very good.keep on rockin .regards Phil..
dennis
93 days ago
i LOVE THIS SONG you made it easy to understand cool
Ted
93 days ago
Andy I think your method is brilliant, you make everything look so easy and explain it so very well.
Thank you Ted
Tony
93 days ago
As ever very interesting, Andy, thank you.
Frank
93 days ago
Again excellent tuition from an excellent guitarist.
john lee
93 days ago
Great one Andy thanks now off to the town to busk and suplement my old age pention
John
liquidblue
93 days ago
great stuff the singer is right on ..and your drummer ah very nice!! I do alot of tom because like bob Dylan and bon scott, steven tyler,ect. it’s all about a great written song.. and refugee was one …