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A Horse with No Name – Easy 2 Chord Song

Hi Folks, today I’m going to teach you how to play “A horse with no name” by America. It was the bands first single and also their most popular one.

It’s a delightful song to play in all its simplicity. Once you get the hang of the strumming pattern you really get into the flow and the vibe of the song. You’ll love it.

A Horse with No Name – Easy 2 Chord Song

“A horse with no name” is an easy song that is a must song for beginner guitar players. The song contains 2 chords: Em and D6-9/F#. While the D6-9/F# chord name sounds complicated the chord itself is really easy to play.

Em = 022000

D6-9/F# = 2×0200

Here’s how to read chord diagrams and other chord notation like the one above.

A horse with no name – strumming pattern:

The song has two easy to follow strumming patterns:

Em = ↓↓↑↓↓↑

D6-9/F# = ↓↑↓↑↓↑↓↑

Watch the video guitar lesson below to learn the entire song step by step.

Enjoy!

Captivating Country Blues Lick

By Klaus Crow 2 Comments

Hi beautiful people, are you in for a captivating country blues lick? Sure you are :) Today is you’re lucky day. I’m got a mid tempo / fast country blues lick that also sounds great when you play it slow. It’s all good. Let’s dive in.

Country blues lick in the key of G

This country blues licks runs over the entire fretboard and really sounds just gorgeous. It has all the ingredients to make you want to play it over and over again. We got some slides and pull offs in here, so those are some good techniques to practice and improve on.

The lick is in the key of G, so you can play it over a chord progression in the key of G, play it at the end of a song for a nice finishing touch or just play the lick raw and naked, just the way it is…. Captivating!

Here below are the tabs and video lesson to give you all the details you need to learn this awesome lick.

Enjoy!

Easy Open String Blues Lick in the Key of E

By Klaus Crow 7 Comments

Hi Folks, it’s weekend!! Today I will treat you with a really cool easy open string blues lick in the key of E. You will love this one!

Easy Open String Blues Lick in the Key of E

What is an open string blues lick? An open string blues lick is a blues lick that uses a combination of fretted notes and open strings. Open string blues licks are widely used in blues and by blues guitar players. Stevie Ray Vaughan was a huge fan of open string licks.

See below for the blues licks tablature 🎶📋 and accompanying video guitar lesson 🎥📼

Don’t forget to share your feedback in the comments. I’d love to know who you are and how you’re doing. 💚

Enjoy!

G Major Scale – 5th Position

By Klaus Crow 3 Comments

Hi dear fellow guitar players, it’s time for the 5th position of the Major Scale series. The final CAGED shape position of the 5 positions. Also check out position 1, position 2, position 3, position 4 if you haven’t been able to do that yet. Now is the time to improve your skills and become an accomplished guitar player. 💪😊🎸

5th Position G Major Scale

We are going to learn the Major scale “5th position”, also referred to as the G-shape. Once you’ve practiced all these scale position thoroughly you have a broader understanding of the how the major scale works across the entire fretboard. The more you expand your knowledge of scales and music theory the more you will understand the overall picture of how music works and that will result into better playing, better soloing, better music composition skills, better everything guitar. So don’t waste your time and get to work.

See below for the scale diagram, tablature and guitar video lesson 🎶

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