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If one thing makes my videos special, it's my experience - over 30 YEARS teaching beginning guitarists. I've gone from teaching 40 students a week in the basement of a music shop to teaching 40 students a week in my OWN music shop (not in the basement!) After decades of buying Hal Leonard guitar books I now have my own Hal Leonard book out - Easy Guitar Chord & Lead Tricks, available at www.song-bike.com (and through Amazon for international orders.) I have 500+ RU-vid videos and I'm approaching 200k subscribers! Not bad for a drummer (no joke, all my formal training came in 7 years of drum lessons!) Whether you are brand new to the guitar, picking it up again after many years or somewhere in between, I know I can help you out on your journey. Please check out my website and become a member: www.song-bike.com. Lots of good stuff in the works.
Love this video. You actually put the tabs on-screen the whole time you were practicing the bit, so that I didn't need to pause the video every time. Thank you
On an Apple Computers a screen shot would be: 'Shift - Command - 4' for the entire page and a 'Shift - Command - 3' for putting a window around a specific area on the screen. Hope this helps!
Short, sweet, and basic. No one does it better! Thanks so much. It really helps that you can so quickly get me up and running, or in this case, up and strumming.
Catching up after Nutcracker rehearsal. I have to say that John Prine is my spirit animal. I put him up there with Dylan... and in some ways, more relatable for us regular folks... Sorry! Long day! ;-)
It is interesting what you are teaching. I find the tempo slow but more than that I should find it much better if you play more the guitar and show that to us ' students' There is much talking. It is ment to be constructive criticism. I like the pattern very much.
Thanks, Jonathan. This is outstanding! I just bought and downloaded the book. As a semi-retired artist/teacher, I'm pretty frugal, but this is worth so much more! Your demos on the new guitar are really helpful and sound fabulous!
I'm really looking forward to the release of your new chord-melody songbook, Jonathan. 👍👍👍 I really love playing songs in the chord-melody style. ❤ It's just so much fun, and I really hope more of these songbooks are in our future. 💪👊
Yes Bought an Acoustic Electric for the reason of playing open mic 7 years ago. No I write my own songs. You were my first refresher teacher in 50 years when I was relearning you C D G trick really helped. I remember when you got your 10k subscribers RU-vid plaque. I am grateful to you. God Bless You!
Revisiting some of your older lessons after a long, semi-frustrating day. This was just what the doctor ordered! I've been playing around with this for over an hour. All troubles forgotten. Thank you! The check's in the mail! 😉
Your video is incredible. I went through 6 or 7 other videos before I found yours. Perfect explanation and the tabs and strumming indications were perfect. I will look for more of your videos.
Wow. Without a doubt one of the best tutorials I have ever seen here on YT. Your easy explanation of powercords is perfect. Thank you Jonathan, You ROCK!!!
Just getting back into playing after taking a few decades off 😂 Stumbled across this and liked and subed. The blues have always been my musical love, and with any luck and tons of practice, I'll get better. It's just a lot harder doing this at 70 vs 19..
I don’t think you should sell out Pepsi the pause the refreshes …Maxwell house good to the last drop. Light up A lucky? Nah …keep on rockin in the free world …
This is your work it’s what you do and it’s totally outstanding ..you give it your all with cool style and grace Totally professional .. but your one of us as well a cool cat Well done ….
