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"Love Me Tender" – Two Different Ways to Play This All-Time Classic!
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Hey there, friends – I'm excited to share TWO new lessons with you today! They both tackle the all-time classic Love Me Tender, but take very different approaches. Take your pick, or learn 'em both! –David LESSON #623 ▶️ Click to watch lesson #623 This first lesson teaches you to sing & strum Love Me Tender as it's heard in the Elvis recording. I'll start by teaching you the chords, measure-by-measure... then shift into the world of alternating bass notes. There are a few quietly tricky chords you'll need, but for each one I share some of my favorite work-arounds that simplify things while still sounding good. LESSON #624 ▶️ Click to watch lesson #624 My second lesson teaches you to play the Love Me Tender chords & melody at the same time! Unlike my separate strum & sing tutorial for this song, I’ll change things up and use Key of C chords (capo 2) in this lesson. This lets us use slightly easier chord shapes and add the melody notes… which isn’t as simple when we’re in the Key of D. Learn Faster by Following Along! Don't miss out on all the excellent practice aids I've created for these two lesson! These include a print-friendly study guide with chord shapes, finger positions, and plenty more helpful diagrams. I also have a few different zoomed play-throughs for each lesson, showing a demonstration of what I teach at different skill levels. View all Love Me Tender lesson resources » Enjoy! I hope everyone is doing well with guitar, and otherwise, as we roll into June. My kids both finished school over a week ago, and I very enjoying the summer groove after an incredibly busy May. Until next week! David Browse all my lessons at songnotes.net |
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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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