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Most smart phones (Apple & Android) have the ability to screen-mirror to a smart TV set. This feature allows you to & hear and see the videos in "big screen" right from your mobile device. The ROKU brand of set top boxes and various "smart" TVs that have the ROKU Operating System built in (such as the Hisense brand) make it easy to project (mirror) your phone's little screen and little speaker onto the Biggest Screen and Biggest Sound in your home.

If you have a decent computer and at least some musical knowledge, you can transpose an entire tune (.wav or .mp3 audio file) from one key to another, including the vocal, without altering the song's tempo. A good example of this is below on Taylor Swift's beautiful "Bigger Than The Whole Sky" song which is presented in both the keys of "F#" and "G" (* at the bottom of this page). Guitarists and vocalists alike will appreciate the flexibility and ease with which the free downloadable Audacity software makes this trick possible. The "G" version of Whole Sky is just one example of Audacity's set of remarkable audio abilities.

ALERT: Some lyrics & videos below may be "PG-13": Too  Mature  (suggestive, disturbing, etc.) for pre-teens. Hot or not, all are useful for learning new chord progressions, vocal presentation styles, and rhythm variations. There are ample tunes below to fill a 4-hour set.

Since my Band Days (1960s), I have spent countless hours figuring out chords from records, CDs, and music videos. In the .pdf links below I've already done all that work for you, and the chords shown match (to the best of my musical abilities) those actually used in the videos (violins and all).
  **   Marks my very, very favorite ones!

Many have been played and proven (by me) in front of a live audience. Other of these songs are here because my favorite guitar student wanted to learn them (and I hope you will too). I love them all; they are part of the double helix of my musical DNA.

GUITAR TIPS  And... Oh, My Sweet Lord, I Want This Guitar

If there's a song below that you've never heard, please audition the video now. Even if you recall a song below, and didn't like it before, play the video link (please). You may have different ears these days.

Enjoy and MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE


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TITLE ARTIST LYRICS & CHORDS VIDEOS KEY
 **  21 SUMMER BROTHERS OSBORNE 21_Summer.pdf  
If you were born in the 20th Century you can remember your own 21 Summer. Listen, and recall it now with all your heart.
tinyurl.com/zcmjt7s D
 **  AMBER DREAM  --for my son Seekers Of His Grace AMBER.TXT
 "Gentle beauty filled the air around You.
  An amber Glow surrounds Your face.
  Ten thousand wing-ed Hosts rode on a moon beam,
  And as You softly spoke, I started to dream.
"
Amber_Dream.mp3

More about SCOTT
G
 **  ANDERTON BLUES Anderton Music Anderton_Blues.pdf tinyurl.com/ajc8ry8 Anderton_Blues.mp3 Em
 **   ADORE YOU 
An awesome song from a sweet girl gone wrong.
MILEY CYRUS AdoreYou.pdf
When I'm scared and you're near me,
  I feel like I'm standing with an
  Army of men armed with weapons."
  tinyurl.com/mmbe2qj   C
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM EVERLY BROTHERS DreamDream_EverlyBros.pdf   
It uses

C Am F G
"the most important chord family you will ever learn"
tinyurl.com/nbuxmy9 E
ALL TOO WELL TAYLOR SWIFT AllTooWell_TaylorSwift.pdf
 "After plaid shirt days and nights
  When you made me your own
  Now you mail back my things and
  I walk home alone
"
tinyurl.com/owrp23w C
  **   BEAUTIFUL WORLD ELIZA GILKYSON BeautifulWorld_Am.pdf tinyurl.com/ah4mxkz Am
BEST DAY TAYLOR SWIFT BestDay_Db.pdf tinyurl.com/qyw397o Db
  **   BIGGER THAN THE WHOLE SKY  TAYLOR SWIFT BiggerThanSky_TS.pdf
  "Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
   You were bigger than the whole sky
..."
https://tinyurl.com/2s3zdsnt F#
BIGGER THAN THE WHOLE SKY  TAYLOR SWIFT BiggerThanSky_TS_G.pdf BiggerThanSky_TS_G.pdf G
 BITTERSWEET  BIG HEAD TODD Bittersweet.pdf tinyurl.com/ath2dkw G
BO JANGLES CHET ATKINS The late Chet Atkins plays Bo Jangles and
afterwards [@ 03:00], gives you a personal
guitar lesson in his own voice and
with his own hands from beyond...
[When YouTube Attacks]

Bo Jangles Lessons Here
C
BO JANGLES JOHN DENVER Bojangles.pdf tinyurl.com/ath2dkw Eb
BO JANGLES NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND Bojangles.pdf tinyurl.com/ntdp8nj G
BROTHERS IN ARMS Mark Knopfler BrothersInArms.pdf
  "There's so many different worlds
  So many different suns,
  And we have just one world
  But we live in different ones."
https://tinyurl.com/4nekv7h5 E
CHINA   JOAN BAEZ CHINA_Joan_Baez.pdf
"And Wang Wei Lin, you remember him
 All alone he stood before the tanks"
tinyurl.com/38hej8st Bb
CLEANIN' MY GUN MARK KNOPFLER CleaningMyGun.pdf
"We're gonna might need bullets should we get stuck
  Any which way, we're going to need a little luck
"
tinyurl.com/bdh45he3 Db
 **  DIAMONDS
    AND RUST
JOAN BAEZ DiamondsAndRust.pdf
"It's all come back too clearly,
 Yes I loved you dearly
 And if you're offering me diamonds and rust,
 I've already paid "
tinyurl.com/oysus5z
    or,
tinyurl.com/ydbojbt8
Fm
DREAMS FLEETWOOD MAC Dreams.pdf   
"Thunder only happens when it's raining
  Players only love you when they're playing"
tinyurl.com/pppp56t
[Alternate by Vasquez]
Am
 **  ENDLESS PARADE GOV'T MULE Endless_Parade_GM.pdf
"Every heart you ever broke,
 all the people you've betrayed...
 Yeh, the circus clown's in town,
 ...I guess he wants to stay !"
tinyurl.com/4dxbmxy8
    
Cm
 **  EVER ON DAN FOGELBURG Ever_On.pdf
 May the trail rise up to meet you
 May your heart rejoice in song
tinyurl.com/zvyy3n5a Ever_On_D_Fogelberg.mp3 A
FRAGILE STING Fragile_Sting.pdf
 Nevermore to strike with gun or sword
 More flowers, fewer funerals,
 and children not at war
 Show that love ... can always mute the roar.
tinyurl.com/d8l8yx4 Em
FUNERAL, THE BAND Of HORSES The_Funeral.pdf tinyurl.com/lobxs26 C
  **   GHOST TOWN CHERNOBYL HUNS & Dr BEEKER ghost_town_Em.pdf
"Mama where are you? Papa where did you go?
 And where are all the children
 Who used to play here, Only Heaven Knows."
tinyurl.com/ybyvyl3r F#m
GOODNIGHT CALIFORNIA Kathleen Edwards Goodnight_California.pdf tinyurl.com/mr4dzbt8 Eb
GUITAR MAN BREAD Guitar_Man.pdf tinyurl.com/nnhv8eo G
  **   HALF YOUR ANGELS CROSBY & NASH Half_Your_Angels.pdf
 "Send me half your angels,
  We're running out of time.
  Send me half your angels,
  I'll send you half of mine."
tinyurl.com/2xvdurd Dm
HAVANA CAMILA CABELLO Havana.pdf
tinyurl.com/ybuv3gnh Gm
  **   HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN? DARRYL WORLEY have-you-forgotten_G.pdf
"Have you forgotten ?  How it felt that day?
 Have you forgotten ?  When those towers fell ?"
tinyurl.com/nyj8jjd G
HELPLESS KD LANG helpless.pdf tinyurl.com/oeq5quk D
HELPLESSLY HOPING Crosby, Stills, & Nash Helplessly Hoping.pdf tinyurl.com/r8xtasz5
Karaoke Version
G
I Am Sailing Joan Baez I_Am_Sailing.pdf I Am Sailing Video B
 I NEED YOU NOW  LADY ANTEBELLUM I_Need_You_Now.pdf   
"...Reaching for the phone
'cause I can't fight it any more.
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind?
For me it happens all the time
."
tinyurl.com/3exlrhg

tinyurl.com/mrpejuym
E
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS FOREIGNER whtluvis_E.pdf tinyurl.com/n77hxj3 "E"
  **   IF I DIED TODAY TIM McGRAW If_I_Died_Today_TM.pdf
 "I wonder who I'd see
  Cryin' standin' over me
  Who would just send their regards"   "
VIDEO: If I Died Today Bm
IS IT LIKE TODAY ELIZA GILKYSON IsItLikeToday.pdf tinyurl.com/bgvz3j9 G
JESUS IS KING Dan Martin (Lyrics) JESUSKING_G.pdf a midi file G
JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL CARRIE UNDERWOOD JesusTakeWheel_D.pdf tinyurl.com/lyamo8c D
  **   KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR Bob Dylan & Mark Knopfler KnockinOnHeavinsDoor.pdf tinyurl.com/ho5wzz9 G
LAMENT IN E MINOR Dan Martin Lament_in_Em.pdf tinyurl.com/hacfrd9 Em
LET IT BE ME EVERLY BROS Let_It_Be_Me_G.pdf tinyurl.com/my23akc G
LIGHTS ELLIE GOULDING Lights_Abm.pdf tinyurl.com/y9t89rq Abm
LOOKING FOR THE SUMMER CHRIS REA LookingForSummer.pdf tinyurl.com/on5a5wf Bm
  **   LOST YOU IN THE CANYON MARC COHEN LostYouInTheCanyon_Gm.pdf tinyurl.com/23jpstpa Gm
LOVE STORY TAYLOR SWIFT LoveStory.pdf tinyurl.com/d8jflls D
NEAPOLITAN DREAMS LISA MITCHELL NeapolitanDreams.pdf Video C
NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR JACKSON BROWNE NextVoiceUHear.pdf tinyurl.com/npjhaxj F#m
  **   NON-BELIEVER LONDON GRAMMAR Non-Believer_LG.pdf
  "All that we are, all that we need;
   They're different things"
tinyurl.com/2ds6mfm4 Cm
  **   OLD LANG SYNE DAN FOGELBERG [SameOld]LangSyne.pdf
 "We drank a toast to innocence We drank a toast to now
  And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
  But neither one knew how."
tinyurl.com/mfufxtb C
ONE THAT GOT AWAY KATY PERRY OneThatGotAway.pdf tinyurl.com/pkncdot E
 [THE] PARTY'S OVER  ELIZA GILKYSON PartysOver.pdf tinyurl.com/y6ogjxox G
POOR SIDE OF TOWN JOHNNY RIVERS
Chord Charts
PoorSideOfTown.pdf YT Video Emaj7
SEA CHANGE

ATTN: Resident 0'Bidumb
Turin Brakes Sea_Change_Turin_Brakes.pdf
 "It's just your back against the wall
  Now do you walk or run?
  If we don't do this NOW
  Nobody else will   ... NOBODY ELSE WILL"
tinyurl.com/6zjnuyw2 Em
SEA FEVER William Topley & Mark Knopfler Sea_Fever.pdf
 "I must go down to the seas again
  To the lonely sea and sky
  And all I ask is a tall ship
  and a Star to steer her by."
tinyurl.com/zwcjzbp Am
SEPARATED ELIZA GILKYSON Separated.pdf
"I want to get close to the flame
 I want to feel love course in my veins
 Though I reel with the pleasure and pain..."
tinyurl.com/yypayt5z G
  **   SEVEN BRIDGES ROAD JOAN BAEZ SevenBridgesRoad.pdf
"I loved you like a baby
 Like some motherless child
 I loved you in a tame way
 And I can love you wild."
tinyurl.com/mcynq2c A
  **    SILENT PARTNER  BOB CHEEVERS Silent Partner.txt
"Me with my head in the stars, And you in my shadow...
Now that it's started, Nothing else matters"
tinyurl.com/ye28dy62 Dm
  **    SILENT RUNNING  MIKE & THE MECHANICS SilentRunning_M&M.pdf
 "Teach the children quietly
  For some day sons and daughters
  Will rise up and fight while we stood still!"
tinyurl.com/lr8gkes Dm
SILVER DAGGER JOAN BAEZ SilverDagger.pdf tinyurl.com/n2qrstv Db
SLOOP JOHN B BEACH BOYS Sloop_John_B.pdf tinyurl.com/nwbgalw Ab
SO INTO YOU ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION So_Into_You.pdf tinyurl.com/hn3bctm Fm
  **   SOLITAIRE The Carpenters Solitaire.pdf tinyurl.com/3e8uybn5 E
  **   SOUTHERN CROSS CROSBY, STILLS, & NASH Southern_Cross_A.pdf
"My love is an anchor tied to you with a silver chain.
 I have my ship and all her flags are a flyin'
 She is all I have left and Music is her name."
tinyurl.com/chj6eay A
STARKVILLE INDIGO GIRLS Starkville_Indigo_Girls.txt
"I slipped out of my room into the rain
 and went running for my health
 I watched those headlights turned to moonlight,
 finally I was running by myself."
STARKVILLE in F#

STARKVILLE in G
F#
STOP LONNIE MACK
[RIP]
stop-83.pdf tinyurl.com/m265y6s Dm
  **   THE ROAD Emmylou Harris The_Road_ELH.pdf
"How could I see a future then,
 Where you would not grow old?
 Went looking for the answers
 with just three chords and the truth"
tinyurl.com/2u9jcujz E
  **   TRY THAT IN A SMALL TOWN JASON ALDEAN Try_That_In_A_Small_Town_JA.pdf
 "Try that in a small town"
  See how far ya make it down the road
  'Round here, we take care of our own..."
  ...IN A SMALL TOWN Cm
UNBOUND ROBBIE ROBERTSON Unbound.pdf Unbound on YouTube Em
UNSHAKEN D'ANGELO Unshaken_DA.pdf
"Oh traveler What have you seen?
 Were there crossroads Where you been?"
D'ANGELO Version
    or,
Geoff Castellucci Version
Gm
UNCHAINED MELODY RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS Unchained_Melody.pdf and in in .html tinyurl.com/7tpmjd3 C
VIA DOLOROSA SANDI PATTY Via_Dolorosa.pdf tinyurl.com/p8vdrd7 G
WHO KNOWS...
WHERE THE TIME GOES
EVA CASSIDY
JUDY COLLINS
WhereTheTimeGoes.pdf
WhereTheTimeGoes_JC.pdf
Eva video
Judy Video
E
Eb
  **    WHY  LONNIE MACK WHY.pdf tinyurl.com/zbz3bsc Dm
WICHITA LINEMAN GLEN CAMPBELL Wichita_Lineman.pdf
 "I need you more than want you,
  And I want you for all time..."
tinyurl.com/pvgtexb G
 WILDEST DREAMS  TAYLOR SWIFT Wildest_Dreams.pdf tinyurl.com/nc8bwrx Ab
  **    WRECKING BALL  MILEY CYRUS WreckingBall.pdf
 "I came in like a Wrecking Ball
  I never hit so hard in love..."
  tinyurl.com/pu4nna5  F

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Check back for new additions I will add from time to time.

Guitar is an excellent instrument to learn at the same time as keyboard. Their two unique sounds and scales are very much complimentary. What is "practice" and drudgery on one is joy on the other. Every young musician should learn both guitar and piano.

Students will discover the guitar is far more portable around the campfire or in the dorm room. Parents will appreciate the lower price (1/10th) compared to a piano.

Perhaps the easiest lesson, and least revealed secret in learning to play the guitar is this:

 KEEP IT OUT !!  

Keep the instrument out of its case and on a stand near your bed or where you most often sit.

It must always be tuned and near to hand so you can indulge yourself in its intimate touch.
Hide the case in the crawl space or the attic. It is only to be used for travel!

You can find the "secret" to learning the chords to almost any song you hear by reading the Simple Tips that explain the colorful Cycle Of 5ths graphic below right.


Click the image at left. They are the most important chord family you will ever learn. Know them in every key. Know or learn all the chords named in the .pdf files on your guitar or keyboard (preferably both)
- and know how to transpose them to a different key (or capo your guitar) to fit your own vocal range.

For example:

   C   Am   F   G in the chart above transposes (same family sound, different key) to:
   G   Em   C   D   and also to:
   A   F#m  D   E

"Am" above means A minor. Learn more about chords and how to make their various 'flavors' here

And then there is the comprehensive, interactive ChordFind.com that will graphically help you discover every type of chord for guitar, piano, banjo, uke, etc.
In fact, I used screen-grabs from it to build the "the most important chord family you will ever learn" that you see at left, above.

Some of the .pdf files above have built-in guitar chord charts.

Some of the .pdf files may show alternate chords and/or capo placement for guitarists. A few have even links to the full .mp3 audio files to the song. Such extra features are random (you'll have to look inside each .pdf file to see them).

For more in-depth study of guitar note-layouts and chords you should click over to Ryan Naylor's tutorial website.

You will also find links to songs and many YouTube guitar lessons from Ryan. Here's just one example: Ain't No Sunshine.

Here is the original tune as originally performed by Bill Withers himself.

Two other excellent YouTube guitar trainers are Paul Davids and Rotem Sivan See them bouncing jazz licks off each other in this JAZZ GUITAR ESSENTIALS collaboration video. An excellent followup from Rotem Sivan is his pleasant and informative YT video explaining THE Double Stops on guitar. No matter your skill level you will be mesmerized and enlightened!

And, please, take time to study and marvel at the mind of Rick Beato as he dis-assembles The Most COMPLEX Pop Song of All Time. Cuddle up with your own jazz box and play along! Rick just exudes JOY as he swoons over the beauty and construction of this other, little known, late 90s tune. Share his joy and learn a lot at the same time.

Finally, click the image at left for a Practice Schedule to print and pin to your wall. Keep practicing!

It helps if you like the tune you're playing, but it is what the audience likes (they're paying you) that really counts!

The .pdf files (lyrics & chords) can be downloaded with a right-click. YouTube ads will preceed the videos   ...a necessary annoyance for the otherwise free and beneficial resource. Please advise me of any broken or misdirected links via email to: dan at dansher dot com

You are welcome to pass the address of this web page along to other musical friends who might enjoy it.

If you are reading a printed version of this web page, the links as printed won't always work. Specifically, the .pdf files shown in the Lyrics & Chords column won't work directly because you do not know the preceeding URL to type into your web browser. For example, the complete URL for Havana.pdf is: https://www.dansher.com/audio/Havana.pdf  ... this will be true for all the .pdf files shown in the Lyrics & Chords column. Fortunately, all the "tinyurl" links shown in the Videos column are complete and can be typed directly into your browser address field.

If you have words and chords to a song(s) you like, and have a link to a video that matches those chords and lyrics, just send the information along to me at the email address above and I may post on this page for the benefit of all.

The various links shown all worked when posted but, by now, some videos may have been moved or deleted by YouTube or the person who posted it.

I own no rights to any of the songs presented above; all are used without permission or credit of any kind.
But I give you the right to learn how to play and enjoy them!

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Happy Twanging!

Like friends, one can never have too many guitars!

Dan Martin   - "Leader Of The Band"

So what to buy... Acoustic, Electric, Resonator, Classical, Bass, 4,5,6,7,8 strings - there are just so many kinds of guitars! Take 15 minutes to watch and listen to this instructional video by Sir Mark Knopfler, one of the last living Guitar Masters. It is Sir Mark playing lead guitar on the KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR and SEA FEVER tracks, further above. One YouTube Commenter said of him (and I concur):

"Since 1977 I can't get enough of solos by Magic Mark Da Vinci Knopfler! Guitar's Whisperer, Musical Poet's Poet, Innovator and Genius of Unparalleled Musical Sensations..."

As for me, I was a fair renderer of "The Blues" genre of guitar music. My hands are showing the gnarles of arthritis these days and I don't play so well any more. I leave you with this text file with links to a half dozen videos from Mr. Joe Bonamassa. Please audition them and if you're a new player I hope you will choose to follow in our footsteps.

NOTE: If I were buying a new guitar, for me, it would be this one. The beautiful Zeus Acoustic Guitar by Kiesel (pictured at left). Listen to its high-def sonic clarity and sustain in this YouTube Zeus Acoustic video demo (go full-screen and crank it up!). Finally[!], an acoustic with an easily adjustable bridge for perfect intonation (individual string-lengths) and easy playing action (individual string heights). Far as I know, this is a first for steel string acoustic/electric hybrid guitars. Where Can I get One?

Want to know more about tuning and playing an 8-string guitar?
Here's a very thorough two part video that tells all about it: Part 1 and Part 2. About 15 minutes (each) and well worth your time.

But what about the new Fender Acoustasonic guitar ($2000)?

Like the Kiesel Zeus Acoustic ($1850), the Fender Acoustasonic is American Made and in addition offers an instantly recognizable - and way more traditional - form.

I have not played either, but the FA seems more "electric" (both piezo and magnetic pickups) than acoustic. The FA will have more tonal possibilities than the ZA (one piezo pickup), but FA will definitely have a steeper learning curve for optimal recording and live-performance.

The biggest disadvantage of FA is that it has a non-adjustable "Pin & Saddle" fixed bridge. That bridge design is traditional pure-accoustic (and allows for an under-saddle piezo ribbon pickup) but that was the one [and only] drawback that made me sell my beautiful and beloved Carvin AE185, third on my left in the picture further above. It had three pickups (2 mag and 1 piezo), plus blend, coil-splitter, and phase controls! To keep from losing it I even tried splitting the one-piece saddle into six mini-saddles in a failed attempt to optimize string action and intonation. No joy.

Of the two, ZA and FA, I will pick the Zeus Acoustic because of its fully-adjustable (height, length) bridge - and save a few hundred bucks too.


LAP STEEL & PEDAL STEEL GUITARS: INFORMATION, DEMOs, PLAYLIST, & PRICES
A secret desire of mine has always been to own and learn to play pedal steel guitar. Only in 2023 did I learn there was a far less expensive - and way less complicated - alternative: The Lap Steel Guitar. I urge you to audition this Steel Guitar Playlist that I have gathered on YouTube. Over 100 short clips on both Pedal Steel and Lap Steel guitars demonstrate how to tune and play both varieties. The PlayList has video instructions for both setup and playing by professionals. Of particular interest are the many videos that feature Lap Steel "benders" ...simple mechanical levers (2-5 can be installed) that let a Lap Steel sound just like a Pedal Steel guitar.

Listen now to two of Neal Young's folk masterpieces: "Heart Of Gold" and "Old Man" from that Playlist now.
And here is Loretta Cox playing Wicked Game on her Duesnberg Lap Steel guitar.

Lap Steel guitars start at an affordable 200 $USD (on Amazon). Adding a set of Certano Benders will give any of the inexpensive Lap Steel guitars an unmistakable "pedal-steel" sound. ALERT: Be sure the bridge area has enough wood behind it (3"to 4") for new Certano bender hardware to be mounted. Check the Certano website above.

I have picked the Duesenberg "Fairytale" Lap Steel Guitar as my favorite among them all . A major feature of the "Doozy" is that it comes with two of the all-important "benders" already installed. I like the longer 25 1/2" scale (distance from nut to bridge) and dual pickups too. The budget lap steels generally have a scale length up to three inches shorter which in my opinion will make playing in true pitch a bit more demanding. Different scale lengths are one of the primary reasons why some guitarists prefer either Fender (25.5" scale) or Gibson (24.75" scale). More information on the Fairytale Lap Steel, as demonstrated by a professional musician, is here. The next link is an independent YouTube video fully demonstrating the stunning Duesenberg Lap Steel guitar which is so so beautiful in both sound and aspect. Be sure to read the comments to the video as well. The Fairytale is $2,200 USD.

"The minute I picked up the Duesenberg Lapsteel I was hooked. This is a lapsteel that is a complete joy to play, even if you've never picked up a slide before." - John Mayer

-- Is the Duesenberg price a little steep?

Then the Gretsch G5700 Electromatic Lap Steel ( $350 on Amazon ) is an easy choice and has room for installing Certano benders at the bridge.
Or, build your own lap steel with this $60 Lap Steel kit from Amazon. You supply your own 2x4 !!

At this Link you will find a text file with additional information on Lap/Pedal Steel Guitar Strings & Tunings.



As a parting gift of inspiration, I leave you with this .mp3 tune from the 1960s, played by the Late and very Great Mr. Glen Campbell: If This Is Love. It has one of the most melodic guitar solos I have ever heard. I hope one day you will learn to play it to honor his genius.

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* Demonstration of Key Shifting Effect is included in Audacity audio-editing software.