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Anyone who plays guitar like this can claim to be a champion. The famous Queen classic has be rendered into a classical arrangement on one guitar, it boggles the mind how people are so talented. This is an Edgar Cruz arrangement and I will try to track down a lesson at some stage. If you ...

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One of Tommy Emmanuel's famous and most requested arrangements. This Beatles remake of Lady Madonna and Day Tripper oozes class, technique, skill and sheer talent. One wonders if he plays guitar in his sleep. Emmanuel learned while young the thumb picking technique and it is in full swing h...

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Brian May proves he is one of the greatest guitarists of his generation. This is a very simple technique but sounds so cool. I think we will look more into pedals in the coming weeks and how they can be used to come up with cool effects. His sound when playing for Queen was so distinctive and...

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f you haven't already guessed, I like Dispatch. The music, the lyrics, the guitar work are all top notch. The cool thing is you can play it any way you like, they can be manipulated and interpreted how you like. Here is the song and there is a lesson below that takes you step by step. ...

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This song combines air tapping with hammer ons and pull offs and is a great song! Just watch and enjoy! Just imagine, you could have heard him play this song for free back in his busking days. it gives all you busker's out there hope! <object width="425" height="344"><pa...

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One of the prettiest songs around... If you have a good singing voice you should definitely take the time to learn this one. Hopefully from watching this video you can pick it up - if not, just enjoy the melody. "IRIS" <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movi...

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Found Sungha Jung on Youtube - he is so talented for someone so young... Here is his blurb... Hi, I'm Sungha Jung from South Korea. My dream is to become a professional acoustic fingerstyle guitarist. I had been watching my dad play the guitar for awhile before I finally jumped on it myse...

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Calling all guitarists and people who love music - We want to start a Guitar website for Guitarists, by guitarists. If you want to learn how to play guitar, or just watch some amazing guitarists in action, this is the site for you! (See all the other previous posts) Everybody is welcome, from...

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Now for those of you who have been putting off learning guitar, check this guy out! He proves if there is a will there is a way and what a great "feat of achievement" it is.. Okay bad jokes aside this is pretty impressive. I'm not exactly sure he does it, he might use a different tuning to ...

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This song was written for Tommy Emmanuel's second daughter Angelina. It is such a pretty song and here is the complete guide to play it. Watch the videos, get the tab and start learning this song. It will take a while to get it down, but it is really rewarding when you start to pull it off. ...

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The essential Guitar song.... more attempted than chopsticks, ferre elice and Heart and Sole combined... And whilst I vomit anytime I hear the mentioned piano songs - Classical Gas is brilliant - but have you ever heard it played like this? I doubt it. "Just because I can" <object ...

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Something a little left field - I love dispatch - they are a bit alternate - but you can have great fun with this song. This won't be the last Dispatch post - but here's the trick - the actual song is easy to play - it is the intro people have trouble with, but there are plenty of places to g...

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This is one of Metallica's most famous songs - and most attempted by budding guitarists. Even if you are not a Metallica fan - I admit they are up and down with me - this is an awesome track - and if you can play this you are well on your way to becoming a good guitar player. Every met...

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This song is so cool! Everybody knows the words and wish they could sing it properly, it doesn't stop us from trying though! Anyways, I will endeavor to teach this song somewhere down the track, for now, enjoy an acoustic version of the Goo Goo Dolls hit, Iris. Note, this song is not ...

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Learn from Emmanuel himself! I have watched this over and over and it is rewarding when you can start to play this cool little blues riff. I love these little type's of licks, and it leads straight into any blues solo you like, (see post about Blues in E!) This should give you good ammu...

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