Get a more natural acoustic tone with Woodtone Strings Learn More

How to Play Happy Birthday on Guitar

how-to-play-happy-birthday-on-guitar
Lesson ID: A0200

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play “Happy Birthday” on guitar. This bday arrangement combines picking and strumming, and it has a little bit of a country feel to it. You can download the Happy Birthday Tablature below the lesson video for free. Thanks for watching!

Lesson Video

Texas Swing Chord Progression on Guitar

two step down to texas guitar lesson
Lesson ID: A0199

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn a jazzy Texas swing rhythm guitar progression. First we’ll take a look at a must-learn Texas swing strumming pattern. Then we’ll work through a practice progression in the style of “Two-Step Down to Texas” by Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, and Jon Randall. Overall this is a great lesson for working on jazzy chord shapes and Texas swing rhythm guitar.

Overview

Playthrough with TAB

Listen

**Capo 2nd fret to practice along with this video

The Best Acoustic Guitar Strings for Country?

12-bar-bluesy-country-guitar-solo-merle-haggard-a0182

I’ve tried several different acoustic guitar strings over the years and I think I’ve just found my new favorite strings so I thought I’d post a quick demo video so you can check them out!. You can watch the demo video below and you can find the strings at https://woodtonestrings.com.

Demo Video

Easy Flatpicking Intro – Grateful Dead

ripple-chords-grateful-dead-guitar-solo
Lesson ID: A0197

In this guitar lesson, we’ll take a look at some simple rhythm and lead from the song “Ripple” by Grateful Dead. First, we’ll work through two basic chord progressions in G and we’ll add some vocals for those of y’all wanting to sing with this song. Then, in the second half of this lesson, you’ll learn a nice guitar intro that mixes the melody of “Ripple” with country & bluegrass strumming.

Overview

Flatpicking Intro

Video 1 – Playthrough with Tablature – Flatpicking Intro

Video 2 – Full Breakdown – Flatpicking Intro

Video Start Time Lesson Topic
00:00 min Measures 1 through 4
04:16 min Measures 5 through 8
07:49 min Measures 9 through 12

Listen