An all-time acoustic classic from TVZ. If you have some basic fingerpicking skills, this one’s not too hard to play. Tab on Patreon.
Fingerpicking
Christmas Eve by Gorky’s/TFC
For this year’s Xmas special I’m taking a look at the beautiful song Christmas Eve originally recorded by Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, and covered wonderfully by Teenage Fanclub. Hope you enjoy it. Merry Christmas!
The Last Steam Engine Train by John Fahey
Here’s my take on the John Fahey classic. An essential piece for anyone’s fingerstyle repertoire.
Music/tab
Detailed and accurate tab is available on my Patreon page.
Strolling Down The Highway by Bert Jansch
In this lesson I’m taking a look at a 1964 fingerstyle blues track from the wonderful Bert Jansch.
Music/Tab
Can be found on my Patreon page.
River Man by Nick Drake
Here’s my take on the beautiful river Man by Nick Drake.
Here are a couple of interesting videos where it’s a bit easier to hear the guitar. In the first one you can more clearly hear the little fills during the instrumental section and the dissonant chords towards the end.
This is from a 1969 Peel session. The quality isn’t that great, but you can clearly hear the transitions between the chords. Also some slight differences between this and the studio recording – he doesn’t play the higher strings on the Aadd9, and there are some slight variations to the bass line.
Music/Tab
Is on my Patreon page.
Vestapol – Acoustic Classic
In this lesson I’m investigating the finger-style blues standard that goes by the name of Vestapol. It’s quite mysterious piece of music that many people have played in many different ways. I attempt to get to the bottom of things with a nice, playable arrangement of the tune.
I realised I inadvertently failed to discuss the way I play the V chord in the first chorus – it must have got accidentally chopped out when I edited the video. I hope you’ll be able to figure out what’s going on by watching the slow play through. The tab for that bit is shown below. The thumb sticks to the 4th and 5th strings.
Full tab can be found on my Patreon page.