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Reggae Backing Track 1

There are 4 different backing tracks in the video and I'm going to make them available in 4 separate posts. 

This one is a simple G to A minor groove. 

Adrian Attempts: Reggae

Hello all,

Today I'm continuing my occasional "Adrian Attempts" series with a look at reggae guitar. The basic premise of this series is that I'm going to be looking at artists or styles of music that are slightly outside my usual musical comfort zone.

But essentially this video is a beginner's guide to reggae guitar. It's a fascinating style of music to explore and hope this might inspire some of you to get into it a bit more deeply.

Tab can be found below; I think most of ...

Introduction to DADGAD Tuning

Hello all,

This week I'm taking a look at one of my favourite alternate tunings: DADGAD. I first discovered this tuning through listening to Jimmy Page, way back when I first started playing guitar. It sounds beautiful, and is relatively easy to get started with since a lot of great sounding chords can be played with just one finger. 

I've tabbed out most of the examples found in the video below. I've also written out the little piece I play right at the start of the video.&n...

Wichita Lineman Backing Track

Here's my backing track. Use it to practice my arrangement, maybe have a go at working up an arrangement of your own, or perhaps try improvising over the chords. Hope you enjoy playing along. 

Wichita Lineman

Hello all,

Hope everyone's doing well. There was a great response to last week's Patreon-only video, so that's certainly something I'll start doing on a semi-regular basis. Next up will probably be some kind of Q&A session next month.

This week, I wanted to take a look at one of my favourite songs, a song often put forward as one of the greatest ever: Wichita Lineman, originally recorded by Glen Campbell. There are 3 parts to the video: I go through the basic chords for those ...

Patreon-only Studio Tour

Hello all,

Something slightly different this week: a lo-fi, Patreon-only video, in which I give you a brief update on what I've been up to lately as well as a little tour of my studio setup. Hope some of you find it interesting. 

The main tutorial videos will of course still be the main focus of what I do, but I thought it might be nice do the odd more spontaneous and relaxed video like this one. Let me know your thoughts about this, and I can try and make it a semi-regular t...

Baby Lemonade by Syd Barrett

This week, a tune from one of my favourite songwriters, Syd Barrett. I set to do a simple acoustic strumming kind of lesson, but got a bit carried away and ended up  doing a full version with extra electric parts on top. 

Here's the link - 

https://youtu.be/rd48wczdj4M

The acoustic parts are pretty easy if you know your major barre chord shapes. For more of a challenge you can try improvising...

Raw Power by Iggy & The Stooges

Hello all,

I wanted to keep it simple and - I hope- fun this week with a look at another track from one of  my favourite records ever: Raw Power by Iggy and The Stooges. Here's the link to the video - 

https://youtu.be/lXYOz5FemNk

Nothing fancy here, just some incredible riffs and wild soloing from the great James Williamson. I've tabbed out the 3 basic riffs and made a few soloing suggestions. (D...

T-Bone Shuffle Backing Track

Here's the backing. It's really just a 12 bar in G that goes round and round, but there's a 4 bar intro on G before the 12 bar cycle starts. Use it to practice the main theme, T-Bone's solos, or just have some fun doing your own thing. 

T-Bone Shuffle

Hi everyone. This week, a must-know blues track from the hugely influential T-Bone Walker. It's full of great bluesy and jazzy-bluesy vocabulary, and I particularly like his rhythm and phrasing during the solo. 

Here's the link to the video:

https://youtu.be/Fp1bLOHwN98

The tab can be found below. And the backing track will be in the next post.

Hope you enjoy working on it. 

- Adrian&n...

Some of my favourite country licks...

Hi all,

Some country guitar this week! I've put together a short solo that contains many of my favourite country licks and devices. There's lots to get stuck into here: melodic double stops, hybrid picking, mixing minor and major sounds, steel bending, outlining the chord changes...

As I say in the video, this is not just for country players; the things you learn from this style can be fairly universally applied to any musical situation. 

Here's the link -

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Baja by The Astronauts Backing Track No Guitars

And here's a version of the backing with no guitars at all, in case you want to play it with another guitarist, or work on the rhythm parts.

Baja by The Astronauts Backing Track No Lead

Here's the backing track, minus the lead guitar. 

Baja by The Astronauts

Hello all, 

I wanted to do a surf tune this week - it's been a while. This is a fabulous early 60s track from Colorado band The Astronauts, which I recently discovered was written by the great Lee Hazlewood. 

There's a great palm-muted main theme, some tremolo picking, and a lovely melodic bridge section. 

Here' a link to the video -

https://youtu.be/MoMbTLWA-aE

Tab can be found b...

My Best Friend's Girl Backing Track: no rhythm

This version of the backing omits the rhythm guitar part. So use this if you're working on the Ocasek part. 

My Best Friend's Girl Backing Track: no lead guitar

This version of the backing contains none of the lead parts, so use it if you're working on any of the Elliot Easton parts. Maybe try and play it as EE does live, combing the various parts you hear on the studio recording. 

My Best Friend's Girl Backing Track: no guitars

I'm going to upload 3 versions of the backing, and you can use the one that fits best with what you're working on. This one has no guitars at all. Use it if you're playing the song with another guitar player and just need a simple backing, or if you want to record all the parts on top yourself. 

My Best Friend's Girl by The Cars

Hello everyone. This week, an in-depth look at a proper classic. This one is so epic in terms of the guitar parts that I've given it the full 2-part treatment. In the first video I look at all the rhythm parts and fills:

https://youtu.be/hzk8GZv_sow

Then, in part 2 I look at Elliot Easton's awesome guitar solo:

https://youtu.be/HjxxauD2xY0...

Practice ideas and inspiration for 2023

Happy New Year all! As is customary, my first video of the new year is all about practice. In the video I give you some general thoughts on practice, and I also talk about the kind of things that I'm planning to work on myself this year. Here's a link to the video:

https://youtu.be/-buvW0-FB8o

Hope you find it interesting, and I hope that there are one or two ideas in there that will be helpful. 

The n...

New video coming Sunday

Hello all!

Hope everyone's doing well. I just wanted to let you know that this week's video will be launched on Sunday. It's a New Year-themed video, with ideas about what to practice in 2023, so I thought it made sense to put it out on New Year's Day rather than the usual Friday. 

Speak Sunday,

-  Adrian 

Just Like Christmas by Low

Hello all. It's Christmas Special time. And this year I decided to try putting together a solo guitar version of one of my favourite Xmas songs, from one of my favourite Christmas records: the Low Christmas album. If you don't know this album, do check it out, it's wonderful -

https://open.spotify.com/album/1SITmIj0Gjx12n077CU0XC?si=tGSuvuNfS-e7EnKFhYtRBg

Here's ...

Hand Clapper Backing Track

Here's the backing. Arrangement is as per the original recording. Have fun playing along!

Hand Clapper by Link Wray

This week, another fantastic track from Link Wray. I always enjoy looking at his stuff, and this one contains, I think, some of his best playing. 

Here's the Link link (ha):

https://youtu.be/mYGK182m6XM

And the tab is attached below. 

The backing track is going to be in the next post. 

Hope you enjoy!

 - Adrian 

If I Needed You by Townes Van Zandt

I realise there's not been much acoustic stuff lately, so I thought I'd fix that by looking at a beautiful fingerstyle track from one of my favourite singer-songwriters, Townes Van Zandt. Here's the link - 

https://youtu.be/gPjWoZ_1swU

There's nothing too tricky to play here, provided you know a few basic fingerpicking patterns. (If you don't, then check out the lesson I did a while back on fingerstyle essen...

Delay Pedals Backing Track

Here's a quick backing I made to play over at the start of this week's video. Key of E, with a descending Portishead-y kind of bass line. Anything in E minor will work well over this, particularly E minor pentatonic and E blues stuff. Have fun!

My favourite delay pedals & how I use them

Hello all. This week something slightly different, and a video focusing on gear and tone. Specifically, I'm showing you 5 or 6 of my favourite delay units and talking about some of the ways I like to use them. Here's a link to the video - 

https://youtu.be/YLfBIdc3Rzk

Hope you find it interesting. And if anyone's interested in playing over the backing track I use at the start of the video, you will be able t...

Sparky's Dream by Teenage Fanclub

This week, a bit of Teenage Fanclub. This band has been much requested by people on here and in the YouTube comments, and I've  finally got round to making a video about one of their greatest tracks. 

The link is here: 

https://youtu.be/R-NGQkZT_Ro

This one is excellent for working on your intermediate level rhythm guitar skills. And it's also a masterclass in melodic, Beatle-esque songwritin...

Babylon's Burning by The Ruts

I thought I'd do a bit of punk this week. The song is a bit of a British punk classic, I think. There are some great riffs, and it's reasonably easy to play. And it's also a nice workout for many of the most essential rock/punk techniques. 

Here's the link - 

https://youtu.be/ohP151wWEbc

Tab can be found below. (No backing track this week, as I decided to play this one unaccompanied.)

Have f...

Memphis by Lonnie Mack backing track

Here's my backing track. The arrangement is the same as the original. 1 bar count in. Enjoy playing along! 

Memphis by Lonnie Mack

Hello all,

Hope everyone's doing well. This week I'm looking at a guitar instrumental classic that was until quite recently unknown to me. It's been a lot fun learning this one and putting together the video. Here's the link - 

https://youtu.be/0C8D8qe4KZs

The tab is below, more or less note for note from the recording. (My play-through is close to the original, but I think I departed from the tab in o...