Check out this How To Play “I’m a Believer” by The Monkees – Easy Guitar Song Lesson For Beginners from Guitar Control instructor Matias Rengel. Step by step video instruction and the free tabs will have you rockin’ this classic in record time.
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Introduction
Hey this is Matias Rengel with Guitar Control and today you’re gonna be learning I’m a believer by the monkeys. As usual there’s a link in the description where you can download the tabs so make sure you click on it and let’s get down to it.
I’m A Believer Riff
So for this How To Play “I’m a Believer” by The Monkees lesson we have a riff and a chord progression that is happening, we have a verse and a chorus. So the first thing that I would like to show you is the riff because it’s the coolest part. So the riff goes a little bit like this… So what’s happening here we have the index finger on the third fret of the fifth string, coming on to the fifth fret of the fifth string.
Then what you’re gonna put your index finger a little bit like this, bending a little bit and you’re going to play the third fret of the fourth string just like that. So repeat that and then you’re going to play it at the same speed, but now the third time you want to believe it faster. So that’s for the beginning of the song and this part is also going to appear at the end of the song. Okay so now for the verses for How To Play “I’m a Believer” by The Monkees.
Verse
We have a G major; middle finger on the third fret of the six, index finger on the second fret of the fifth, third finger on the third fret of the 2nd and pinkie on the 3rd for the first. Now the rhythm that we’re going to play with this song, specially in the verse, is going to be down, down, up, down, up and down… so that’s going to be for the G. Then we’re going to go into a C and we’re going to do down, down, up, down, up, down and then we go back to the G and we’re going to repeat the G twice. Okay now to the chorus for How To Play “I’m a Believer” by The Monkees.
Chorus
For the chorus we start with the G and we’re going to divide this in groups of four chords. It’s going to easy, so we have down, down, down and then we go to the C, down, down, down, again to the G, down, down, again to C, down, down and we’re going to repeat that four times. Now you repeat the riff that the song starts with.
Conclusion
There you have it. That’s I’m a believer by the monkeys. I hope you enjoyed this lesson. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel. I have over 150 lessons here and they are uploading new lessons every week by me by other teachers. Thank you so much for watching.
Hey, how’s it going this is Jon McLennan with Guitar Control, I want to give you a guitar lesson today in the style of Steely Dan’s“Kid Charlemagne”. The entire band is amazing on this track and the guitar part is a really great worthwhile study and you can see how he uses jazz shapes and great chords for playing funk on the top four strings.
I start off with my first finger on the 8th fret of the 6th string then I put my third finger on the 10th fret of the 5th string, middle finger right on the 9th fret 3rd string and then pinky on the 11th fret 2nd string, so this gives you a C7. Now I’m only playing those notes that I’m fretting then you go to an A minor chord, now what I’m going to do first is to try and keep all these notes on four strings just to keep it real and consistent.
So I’ve got A minor 7, 5, 5, 5, then I go to a G6 which is 5, 4, 5, 3, then an F 6, 9, which is 7,7, A, A, and last to a B flat 13 which is 6, 7, 8, one finger on each note so all these chords for the most part like this one here that they don’t have a lot of times real low strings being played because you’ve got a bass player you’ve got keyboards you’re just trying to stay on the upper strings to kind of stay out of the way so basically each chord is one measure long one and then what I’m doing is playing the 16th note patterns with my right hand so this will be like a motor it’s just going through the changes and then as I feel I actually push so it’s real just about you know that kind of ticking sound those clicks than it is getting the cord clean and you’re more of playing a rhythmic rule then you are like a harmonic roll but then when we do and when we look at those actual chords they’re are really sophisticated chord.
You know it’s complex harmony, and don’t forget to keep practicing those shapes and just keep going until each one is so smooth and effortless you don’t have to think about changing between them there’s also an amazing guitar solo on this track you should check out Larry Carlton is the guy who played it and be sure to hit subscribe on our You Tube Channel and we’ll see you in our next video lessons, thanks for watching.
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Hey, this is Matias Rengel with Guitar Control, we’ll be learning this song called “California Dreaming” by The Mamas and Papas.
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The first thing we’re going to be learning is the arpeggio of the song so for that we’re going to use an A minor chord and we’re going to be altering it a little bit so for the A minor chord we have the open 5th and the open 1st and we have the middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 4th and 2nd fret of the 3rd string then we have the index finger on the 1st fret of the 2nd string just like that.
Now what we’re going to play the 4th string and the 3rd string and then we’re going to play the 2nd string but we’re going to play it open after removing the index finger so and then we’re going to play once again the 3rd string then we’re going to bring down the pinky to the 3rd fret of the 2nd string and then you remove the pinky and play the 1st fret of the 2nd string and open fret open 2nd string so we repeat that part.
Basically that’s like what the main guitar is doing and then repeats that three times and then at the end you bring down the middle finger to the 2nd fret of the 5th string in that’s your E7 suspended 4. Now the second guitar is actually coming in in the recording coming in like a little bit later and he’s a so right you got this one and then the chord starts, so I mean I guess you could potentially play both of them together if you can figure it out.
I mean original is they are playing it separately but from there we go into the chord part for the core part we have an A minor and then you’re going to a G for each each you place your middle finger on the 3rd fret of the six index finger on the 2nd fret of the 5th and ring on the 3rd fret of the 2nd string and pinky finger on the 3rd fret of the 1st string just like that.
Now from there you’re going to an F major you have the index finger on the 1st fret all the strings and then you got the ring finger on the 3rd fret of the 15 key finger on the 3rd fret of the fourth and middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd so then from there you’re going to repeat the G and you’re going to go into E7 suspended 4 that we learn at the beginning the one that had the middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 5th and ring finger on the 2nd fret of the third you can remove the ring finger and leave the index on the 1st fret of the 3rd turning it into an E7 instead of E7 suspended 4, so we are G, E7 suspended 4 from there we’re going to play an F so the F is going to be the final chord we’re going to say that that’s part of this group of chords that we just played.
Now for the next part were going into a C and then the feed you have a the ring finger on the 3rd fret of the 5th wheel pin on the 2nd fret of the 4th open third and index finger on the 1st fret of the 2nd and open first.
Going to E7 back to A minor going to 87 back to a minor then to an F7 suspended 4 and now is going to start repeating check what’s going to happen A minor, G, F, G, E7 suspended 4, E7 and repeat again. Basically you have three different that are happening you have A minor, G, F, G, E7sus4, E7 and F. Now the 2nd progression comes E7, A minor, F, E7sus4, E7. Now the 3rd progression comes and repeats three times A minor, G, F, G, E7sus4, E7 and you repeat that one time.
Now for the rhythm, what I like to play this rhythm for this song so we got down, down, up down, down, up down. so basically the only one that changes in the E7sus4 you go down you keep going down upon the ground so we could say one against the one it’s only down and then to see for his down, up, down, up, so run down three four. Now from there you went to E7 and you play down, down, up, in a F in the same with the next one, now the second time we do the next progression I’m the other ones if we’re not going to do since we don’t have the F anymore whenever we go into the E7 suspended 4 and then were going to repeat the same way progression the same rhythm.
That’s your “California Dreamin” by the Mamas and the Papas, a super easy song I mean I think it’s really cool once you like what I would recommend is that you write down write this, you can download and tell which has the probably has the progression on the chords and their page that are playing but I would recommend you the that you download the tab and that you analyze what I’m doing and that you divide this in three different progressions in that C however you want to see it in your brain in your mind and just like and see it visually don’t try to like be like oh there’s the name and see it as a combination of chords okay what I like to do I like to see the roots of the course electricity a dis an a G Ness G so that helps me visually to see what is the next core and like a drawing of the different progressions that are happening but remember that this song is originally play on the 4h fret with the capo so if you want to follow along do that and I believe that it’s not in exactly in 440 in the tuning it’s not accepting 440 I think it’s different so I am not sure what it is maybe 436 437 you could tune it to exactly play along with the song but I would recommend that you find the key that works best for your voice and just playing that key I think that would be the best actually they chose that and it’s not you’re not less of a player if you don’t play an original T just find the key that works for you for singing and that’s it hey but anyways that’s it for today.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this lesson there’s a link in the description make sure you download it to their what I just showed you remember to subscribe to our You Tube Channel and we’ll see you in our next video lessons, thanks for watching.
Guitar Control presents a Killer Tapping Licks In The Style Of EVH – Lead Guitar Lesson w/ Robert Baker. With step-by-step video instruction and the included free tabs (just click the link), you will be rockin’ these licks in record time.
Introduction
Welcome to GuitarCcontrol.com, my name is Robert and today we’re gonna be talking about some basic tapping licks in the style of Eddie Van Halen; the master of it all and other than that if you want tabs those are down below in the description and let’s go ahead and get tapping.
EVH Style Tapping
Okay so here’s what we’re gonna be working on today. We’re gonna be going through these Killer Tapping Licks In The Style Of EVH… I’m sorry; I’m kind of holding my hand a lil bit awkward, I want to make sure you can see both fingers. So what is happening exactly here, well if you’re not familiar with tapping; basically tapping is a two-handed technique where you are physically doing hammer-ons with your right hand as well as with your left hand. So the lick itself is very similar, I’m just tapping with my middle finger on my right hand, you can also use your index finger like Eddie if you want to. I tap my 12th fret and I pull-off to an open high E string now with my left hand I hammer-on to 5; so it’s kind like a hammer-on from nowhere because there’s nothing really helping our left hand get into this. So now the trick is you have to come back and tap the 12th fret again then you have to release your left hand and pull-off to an open and hammer-on back onto the 5th fret. So it requires a lot of synchronization, but once you get it it’s a great technique and it just sounds very musical… Now it’s important to note a couple of things that are happening because we’re gonna be moving across the strings here soon. My right hand, see how I’m actually grabbing the guitar neck? I do this because I’m actually muting all the strings above the string that I’m not playing. So if I was to play the strings now they are all muted right now other than just that high E string and then as I continue up the strings you’ll notice I’m kind of laying my left hand fingers across the strings to mute all the strings below the one that I’m playing. This is gonna save a lot of ringing out; you also see some people use like hair ties for this on their guitar or like fret wraps, but with open strings it really doesn’t work though. So you have to have some muting chops kind of worked into your playing. So we’ll do the first one again now you’re gonna do is move up a string, you just go to the B string, everything stays exactly the same, that’s what’s so great about this one… So when I land on that string I’m muting those other strings; so then we move up to the D, up again to the A… you can move these Killer Tapping Licks In The Style Of EVH all over the place.
Conclusion
I hope you guys enjoyed Killer Tapping Licks In The Style Of EVH. Eddie is a personal favorite of mine and he’s actually why I play guitar. So if you are unfamiliar with some of his work by any chance or just not used to his style, it’s a great style, I think he’s one of the most unique guitar players in the world and other than that make sure you get the tabs and I will see you next time. Thanks for watching Killer Tapping Licks In The Style Of EVH.
Check out How to Play “Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys – Easy Song Guitar Lesson from Guitar Control instructor Matias Rengel. Be sure to get the tabs to go along with the video instruction, just click the link and you will be rockin’ this classic in record time.
Hey this is Matias Rengel with Guitar Control, we’ll be learning “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys.
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The first thing that I would like to show you is the little lick that I played that that’s happening at the beginning, basically it’s just a progression that’s happening in there going down from D minor to C major E flat major to A major. So what’s happening is we are start with the D minor aim for that little riff then you’re going to go 7th fret of the 4th string, 5th fret of the 5th string and 7th in the fourth string.
From there, this is going to be a pattern that is going to be repeated, so I’m going to show you from there you’re going to go 5 on the 5th string, 7 on the 5th string and 8 on the 5th string. Check this out if you were to move this entire shape two frets down, same thing in every little thing that you play you play two frets down below you’ll get that, so instead of playing where the pinky finger lands instead of doing that we’re going to move the pinky finger one fret up, so it would be everything is the same but two frets down except the pinky is going to fall one fret up. From there we’re going to go two frets down with this exact shape and you’re going to play that now this will be the logical way to play a dry like I mean you make sense in terms of shape but you could of course to play instead of playing the pinky there you could play the open fourth it’s the same note so that makes more sense for you can totally do that.
Now for the final one it will be the same as if you were like one fret below and you get that 2nd fret of the 4th string open 5th, 2nd for the 4th string and open 5th, 2nd fret on the 5th and 4th fret of the 5th. There are many ways to play this like for example instead of playing the beginning you can play here very simple. Second for the lesser open 4th, 2nd fret, of the 3rd then 2nd fret of the or you can play it like this for example, but I think it will be easier in terms of not moving your fingers a lot but this will make sense since their self in terms of shapes you know because it’s always the same, it’s not just moving like this so that’s another thing that you should keep in mind this is almost like playing your power chords.
Now this repeats twice but the difference is that the second time it repeats when it goes here into the last chord it doesn’t do this, the last time it does. So for that you will get open 5th, 4th fret on the 5th 2nd fret on the 4th 3rd fret on the 3rd 2nd fret on the 3rd open turn 3rd fret on the 4th and then 2nd fret of the 4th. So there you go and repeat that, now here comes the difference, now after that what’s going to happen is we’re going to move into another section which is this one, so what you’re going to do here is we’re having a pattern that is repeated, actually this one we start on the 1st fret of the 6 and then we play.
Let me let me show you the actual notes that are playing then I’m going to show you what’s happening with the pick, so first we’re on the six 3rd fret of the 4th for the 4th open, 4th then 1st fret of the 6, 3rd fret of the 6, 1st string on 5th and 3rd fret of the 5th.
What I want you to do are like this, almost with the shuffle so you’re going to do one in one twice. Up and down and up, so one and two and two to get it done. Now what I you want to do after that you’re going to move this entire shape two frets up exactly like this, so if we’re playing we play here 3rd fret to 5th fret. Now we used to play the open, so that has moved from open to 1st to 2nd fret. What you could do is you could have this ready with the fingers like this so what you want to do you’re going to play it from there two frets up you’re going to play it four times and you’re going to move this twice and this one twice.
Now I’m playing a little bit open so you can understand it. You should focus on the tone on this, so for the first thing you want to keep it open you want to make it a little bit plucking and for the second part you want to make it a little bit muted that’s basically a song that’s “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys.
What I would suggest you are that, you see in terms of shapes and just how the shapes are moving as opposed on the 3rd fret of the 1st fret just see the shapes and usually guitars have these little dots right here for reference to see the fret numbers. One more thing is this song originally has a capo on the 1st fret. So I’m in the 5th fret when you play along with the song you want to put a capo there and still the 5th fret but relative to the capo so it wouldn’t be here fifth it will deck the fifth fret relative to this one which would be the six but it makes sense when you have the capo, I mean you should see the power chords here and see the shapes
It’s a drawing you know don’t see the fingers see the drawing see like little cone it seem like a little line connecting everything and how it goes I can’t emphasize this enough see the shapes. I hope you enjoyed it one more thing, I would love to know what’s your favorite song like old school song from the fifties sixties rock or rock n’ roll do you have any do you have any favorite songs that you recently discovered leave a comment down below with your answers. Don’t forget to subscribe on our YouTube Channel and we’ll see you in our next video lessons, thanks for watching.
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