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πΈ Learn to Fingerpick "If I Needed You" Step-by-Step
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β LESSON #608 βClick to watch free video lessonβ After many many requests for this song, the time has come! Happy to share this new lesson, where I break down this Townes Van Zandt classic and teach it in the style of Emmylou Harris & Don Williams, as played in their their 1981 duet. I include a few strumming tips, should you want to play a campfire version β but otherwise I dive into the Travis-style fingerpicking, showing four levels that slowly build up to the βfullβ version.
See my lesson webpage for all my additional materials for this song. This includes step-by-step practice guide, a link to the lyric sheet, and zoomed playthroughs (with tabs on screen) for each level of the fingerstyle I teach.
β More from Emmylou & Townes Van Zandt βReturn of the Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons β Emmylou's voice makes this one shine! One of my all-time favorite songs. β βTravis Picking Fun with Rex's Blues β another song written by Townes Van Zandt, but I teach the version played by Ramblinβ Jack Elliott featuring Emmylou Harris and Nanci Griffith. β βTownes Van Zandt Fingerstyle, Simplified (feat. Pancho and Lefty) β a few helpful ways to simplify difficult Travis-picking fingerstyle. I demonstrate with Pancho & Lefty, Graceland, and Don't Stop Believing. β β
Thanks and Enjoy! To the many of you who requested If I Needed You β enjoy the lesson! Feels great to finally have this one added to my library. Next up... an all-time classic Christmas song! Until then... have a good one my friends βοΈ David Browse all my lessons at songnotes.netβ |
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