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Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Guitar Tutorial Easy

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What a beautiful day to learn “Have you ever seen the rain by” by CCR! 🎸🌞

Creedence Clearwater Revival, or CCR for short, is a legendary band that helped define the sound of classic rock in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One of their most popular and enduring hits is “Have You Ever Seen the Rain,” a song that’s still played on the radio and covered by musicians today.

If you’re a beginner or intermediate guitar player, learning how to play “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” is a great way to dive into the world of rock music, and you know what? There are always people who are gonna ask you if you can play a song by CCR, Always! So this song has to be in your repertoire ;)

The song features relatively simple chord progressions and strumming patterns, but it also has a catchy melody and easy to sing along lyrics that make it a crowd-pleaser.

Chords & Strumming Pattern

In the video lesson I’ll break down the chords Am – F – C – G, explain the strumming pattern ↓↑↓↑↓↑↓↑ and walk you through the song step by step, so you can start learning it on your guitar. I’ll also provide some tips and tricks to make the song sound even better. Whether you’re a fan of CCR or just looking to expand your musical horizons, this guide will help you master one of the most iconic rock songs of all time.

With a little practice, you’ll be able to play this song with confidence and really make it your own.

Enjoy!

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Exclusive Premiere: New Song by Klaus Crow

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Hi Folks, today I’m sharing a new song that I wrote. To be fair, this is one of the 10 songs I wrote a while ago, but due to life I haven’t been able to record them yet. As John Lennon would say “Life happens while you’re busy making other plans”, and so it is.

Since I don’t want to leave the songs on the shelf (I’m certainly not planning to) and start putting the songs out in the world, I thought I begin to share one with you. I just took my guitar right out the case and started playing and singing. Afterwards I added the lyrics and some clips to convey the emotion and feeling of the song. I hope you like it.

Enjoy!

New Song: “Stepping Away” ~ Klaus Crow

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Best Uptempo Feel Good Guitar Songs

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Sometimes you want to play some fun, uptempo guitar songs that make you feel good inside, songs you can strum and sing along with in a good solid tempo that puts a smile on people faces.

The tempo of such a song will usually be somewhere between 100 and 140 bpm (beats per minute).

I selected some of the best upbeat songs with accompanying guitar lessons, chords and tabs.

Have a great time!

We Can Work it Out – The Beatles

This song has such an amazingly good vibe it will make you instantly happy listening to it. “We can work it out” is played in the key of D and consists of the following chords: D – Dsus4 – C – G – A – Bm – Bm/A – F#7sus4 – F# – Bm/G – Bm/F#. The song has not only a lot of chords in it, it also contains different rhythm / strumming patterns which makes the song really fun to play. It’s definitely worth the practice to nail this beautiful song.

Check out the chords and lyrics here: We can work it out chords

Mr. Jones – Counting Crows

Mr. Jones is a great strum and sing along tune with a good solid uptempo beat. The song consists of 5 chords: Am – F – Dm – C – G. The strum pattern is also pretty straight forward and follows the pattern: down-down-down-up-down-up, counting 1-2-3&-4&.

Check out the chords and lyrics here: Mr. Jones Chords

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To Love Somebody Guitar Lesson

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Today I’m going to teach you one of my favorite songs “To Love Somebody” by The Bee Gees. This song is covered by lots of people including Janis Joplin, Michael Bolton and my favorite cover version by Damien Rice & Ray La Montagne.

To Love Somebody – Guitar Lesson

I’ll teach you the most simplified version of this song, so it’s going to be in the key of D. The chords for this song are D – G – Em – C – A.

I will teach you two different strumming patterns, a very common strumming pattern for this type of song and a simplified strumming pattern for beginners.

common strumming pattern: ↓↓↑↑↓↓↓↑ = down – down – up – up – down – down – down – up 

Simple strumming pattern: ↓↓↑↑↓↓ = down – down – up – up – down – down  

Watch the video guitar lesson below to learn this amazing song. This is a must-learn-song! ;)

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