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By The Guitarist - Rich Hawthorne - February 18, 2012

I am really enjoying this book! If you're wondering if you can learn to play the guitar later in life, you may want to read this.

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White Sandy Beach Ukulele

By The Guitarist - Rich Hawthorne - May 14, 2020

Here is a beautiful song by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole called White Sandy Beach. This is a shortened version arranged for two ukulele's - melody and rhythm. If you want to play the melody and rhythm at the same time, look no further than the intro. The melody to the verses is woven through the chords in the intro. Aloha!

Wish You Were Here - Lesson

By The Guitarist - Rich Hawthorne - June 26, 2012

Here's a great "Campfire" strum for Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. D D U U D D U U D = Down U = Up Here is a video of the melody. You can play this for the intro to the song and you can play it as the interlude between the verses. I'll add another video soon with the chord strums between the melody notes. And here's a video adding one simple strum on beat two of each measure.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Strumming Pattern

By The Guitarist - Rich Hawthorne - April 10, 2013

Here's a great strumming pattern for Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day. This pattern is in Four Four time. The count goes like this: one two and a three four and a The version of this song I use in class comes from the American Idiot broadway play. You can find it here:

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