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“Heat Waves (Stripped Back)” Glass Animals Guitar Tutorial (Part 1)

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“Heat Waves (Stripped Back”) Guitar Tutorial.

This is the guitar/vocal version of “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals. Vocalist/Guitarist, Dave Bayley, Does a magnificent job on this stripped back version.

What is a stripped version of a song? Think of a song that is fully loaded. Then strip away all of the excess baggage. But, how do you know what the excess are? Think of layered synthesizers, drum parts, bass (sometimes), and vocal harmonies.

Here is the Guitar Pro Tab for reference: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13DuGkIKEhD7YugxsHuTEikY1kV9FP5_C/view?usp=sharing

I will have part 2 up soon. It will be the bridge and outro choruses. Then, I will also play through the entire song.

“Tears From Above” Ambient Instrumental Guitar

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The state of humanity, and the creator looking down at it all.

“Tears From Above” Music Video Download

Photo Credits:

Photo by Nik Shuliahin on Unsplash

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Notes:

For the writing of this work I used a Fender American Stratocaster, running into Logic Pro X. The effect on the guitar is Vahalla’s Smimmer, which is my all time favorite guitar effects. Not to mention that it is an incredible tonal experience.

“On My Mind” Jorja Smith (Acoustic Version Tutorial)

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In September 2017, Jorja Smith released “On My Mind”, an irresistible and jazzy track. She worked alongside producer, Preditah. The track first premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show. It was her first release that made it into the Official UK Charts reaching #54. It has been streamed well over 13 million times on Spotify alone.

If you haven’t played them yet, this track will introduce you to a few jazz chord forms. These moveable shapes are not hard to maneuver if you take your time and work out the fingerings. Do not rush through this arrangement. Patience and slow movement will more than pay off.

I did make a correction thanks to a YouTube subscriber. The second chord is an Fm7b5, and not an Fm7 as I say in the video tutorial.

Here is the tab, which I am in the process of completing. Thank you for your patience!

Here is a link to the Guitar Pro Tab/Score:

On My Mind Download

I will provide more help with video and audio clips.

Thank you!

Mark

“Shallow”. The acoustic guitar hits the pop scene in a big way.

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Click Here for the Tutorial:

“Shallow” Guitar Tutorial

Click Here for the Tab/Score for guitar:

Shallow

The acoustic guitar has had occasional spotlight moments reaching out and making itself known as a legitimate accompaniment instrument worthy of featured airplay. Eric Clapton scored big with his 1992 mega-hit “Tears in Heaven”. The song dominated the charts and made it cool to play acoustic guitar again. Decades before, the Mason Williams classic instrumental, “Classical Gas” roared up the charts. The song won three Grammy Awards for Best Instrumental Composition, Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, and Best Instrumental Arrangement.

“Shallow” is nowhere near the level of the aforementioned songs in structure or instrumentation, but it is a wonderfully written guitar part and engaging song to play.

Make sure to take care on the chord switches during the intro and verse sections. I will finish the score making sure to provide a version that is not fingerpicked for those of you just wanting to strum and easier version.