So should you buy this? If you like Creedence Clearwater Revival you should. If you like rhythm guitar you should.
Some of the best rhythm guitar ever. Lots of these songs you can play acoustically too where ever you roam.
People know these songs too all over the world and many grew up with them.
Bad Moon Rising is first and the Rhythm guitar tuned down a whole step. From EADGBE to DGCFAD.
That's called "dropped standard tuning" Neil Young does it a lot I read. Its for singers and your guitar sounds' bottom end.
I wonder what would happen if I tuned my acoustic guitar that way? Could I improve my singing register? Anyway Doug says the 'lead' guitar stays in standard tuning.
Bad Moon Rising is an almost simple 1-4-5 rhythm and a good use of triad shapes to make distinctive melody.
Now here is the thing with this guitar lessons' presentation: it offers 4 screens. I am always complaining about camera angle and here we get too many of them and I get vertiginous because three of the angles are reversed. You can live with it but it takes some getting used to. Wide view with Tab is most normal. See the back cover this page.
Born on the Bayou is next and in the Key of E and Doug tells us that Creedence opened Woodstock with this song. They have on screen chord charts to make up for the fact that you still cant clearly see the fingering even upside down. What a waste but at least they give you the chord chart.
Down on the Corner in the Key of C using 3 bar chords CGF. Doug teaches us the tune defining opening riff and it follows the 4 and 5 chords. He also shows us the dead simple rhythm that requires stamina and good time!
1969's Fortunate Son lyrics echo the Vietnam war. We have to tune down as before from EADGBE to DGCFAD. Wow I have always wanted to play those harmonic intervals he does and now have a good excuse - the tuning thing! Its so simple! Like Soul Man by Sam and Dave kinda. How embarrassing. Now we know!
Green River has to be one of the coolest songs ever! This alone is worth the price of admission. Standard tuning.
Lodi Again with tuned rhythm guitar down one whole step from standard. Harmonized thirds in the key of C. No wonder this song gives me trouble when I try to figure it out off the record!
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