Welcome to our first guitar course!
In this series, we will be exploring the song "A Horse With No Name" by the band America. Over the next seven videos we will look at the history, chords/strumming, solo, additional ways to play, and ways you can start using the songs in your groups right away!
In this video, we will look at the history and song structure.
Key Information in this video is:
A Brief History
Who are the musicians/singers on the track?
Instrumentation in the song
Original tuning of the song, mode, chords, and tempo
Song structure
In this video, we will focus on chording and strumming technique:
D 6/add9/F# chord
Strumming pattern with accents
Bonus: muting strings
Note: For this video, you may want to have the Quick Reference Guide open and your guitar ready!
In this video, we will explore techniques related to the solo and choose which solo line we want to play.
Techniques in this video include:
Hammer-ons
Pull-offs
Slides
Vibrato
Note: For this video, you may want to have the Quick Reference Guide open and your guitar ready!
In this video, we will look at ways to change the key and the way the song is played.
Note: For this video, you may want to have the Quick Reference Guide open and your guitar ready!
In this video, we will explore a variety of ways you can use the song in your groups.
In this video, we will look back at the key takeaways of this video series.