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In the lessons in this song tutorial, Tom Finch will be teaching you "Sister Golden Hair", by America. Tom will first look at the gear and tones, then he'll launch into the intro of the song. Then it's straight through the rest of the form, examining the role of each guitar in the verse, the chorus, and outro. Tom will lead you through a play along, then you take over and jam by yourself with the backing track.

Published: 02/29/2012 Upgrade

In this tutorial, Tom Finch will teach "Ventura Highway", by America. Tom will introduce the song and talk about the acoustic tone, then break down the iconic melody and chords in the intro. We'll break down the verse chords and melody next before heading to the chorus. You'll learn the post-chorus next, then the outro; then we'll do full and single guitar performances and end with a jam along.

Published: 12/04/2013 Upgrade

Caren will show you lovely song that has some some fun challenges for acoustic guitar strumming.

Published: 08/10/2015 Upgrade

Caren will show you the acoustic guitar part in this song that uses open chords as well as barre chords with an upbeat, shuffled strumming pattern.

Published: 02/07/2017 Upgrade