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🎸 Acoustic Fun with "Hey Joe"
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LESSON #607 ​Click to watch free video lesson​ In today’s lesson I’m excited to return to Hey Joe, one of the first songs I ever learned on guitar! More than 20 years later, it’s been a blast to return to this song and put together this step-by-step guitar lesson. I always assumed this song was a Jimi Hendrix original, but a recent request from a Song Notes member turned me on to this 1962 acoustic version from Billy Roberts. Hendrix released his own version in 1966, and was one of many artists playing this song in the early 1960s. I love that the Roberts acoustic recording sounds enough like Jimi’s famous version, but never gets too complicated. You can hear every note cleanly, and this makes the song so much more accessible to us mere mortals. Practice notes and play-along jam track also available! My guitar lesson will walk you through everything you need to play Hey Joe… whether you’re after the intro, strumming tips, licks & fills, or the bassline runs. I teach all of those things on my acoustic guitar, with plenty of helpful exercises & step-by-step tips to help you build up to the full version.
​Check out the new Hey Joe tutorial »​ ​ 'TIS ALMOST THE SEASON If there's any specific Christmas songs you've always wanted to learn, please let me know! It's about that time of year where I had a few more to my holiday songbook — and audience requests are always welcome. Also, let me know what style you're after, for any songs you send in. Fingerpicking? Campfire strumming? Lead guitar? This is always a big help. Thanks all – and here's to a great Thanksgiving week to those of you in the USA! David Browse all my lessons @ songnotes.net​
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Song Notes by David Pots
Learn to play guitar with weekly video lessons & print-friendly guides! Learn your favorite songs & techniques with step-by-step tutorials that actually explain how to get from here to there.
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