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# Guitar Lessons and Performance - Paul Elwood

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- [How to play beyond the sea](https://paulelwood.com/play-beyond-the-sea/) - play beyond the sea for solo acoustic guitar. The French original was an ode to the sea. Composer Jack Lawrence turned it into an English language love song.
- [Wish You Were Here](https://paulelwood.com/wish-you-were-here-2/) - chords and lyrics for the first part of "wish you were here"
- [Gift Certificates for guitar lessons](https://paulelwood.com/gift-certificates-for-lessons/) - Gift certificates for guitar lessons- online or in-person! Each one comes with a custom personalized video, introducing me to your recipient. Makes a great birthday gift!
- [America the Beautiful](https://paulelwood.com/america-the-beautiful/) - a solo acoustic rendition of "America the Beautiful"
- [Bohemian Rhapsody](https://paulelwood.com/bohemian-rhapsody/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [How do I transpose guitar chords?](https://paulelwood.com/how-do-i-transpose-guitar-chords/) - A bass player I played with for a while showed me this neat trick. Thanks Lenny! First make a row of notes like this, a half-step apart. we’ll start with C. Notice that we’re listing all the notes, not just the C scale notes. What key do we want to transpose to?How about E? Rewrite
- [Scotch and Soda](https://paulelwood.com/scotch-and-soda/) - fingerstyle solo lesson for how to play scotch and soda on guitar. intermediate level guitar lesson. A cool song with a mysterious past.
- [Can't Buy Me Love](https://paulelwood.com/cant-buy-me-love/) - Can’t Buy Me Love “Can’t Buy Me Love” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in March 1964 as the A-side of their sixth single. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The song was included on the group’s album A Hard Day’s Night and was featured in a scene in Richard Lester’s film of the
- [San Francisco Bay Blues](https://paulelwood.com/sanfrancisco-bay-blues/) - https://paulelwood.com/wp-content/uploads/Sanfrancisco-Bay-Blues.mp3 Sanfrancisco Bay Blues “San Francisco Bay Blues” is an American folk song and is generally considered to be the most famous composition by Jesse Fuller. Fuller first recorded the song in 1954, which was released by the World Song label in 1955. A “one-man band” rendition of the song featuring a kazoo solo was recorded by Fuller during a
- [Dinner at the Alabardero](https://paulelwood.com/dinner-at-the-alabardero/) - https://paulelwood.com/wp-content/uploads/Dinner-at-Alabardero-1.mp3 Dinner at Alabardero by Paul Elwood is written in a Chamber Jazz and Gypsy Jazz (Jazz Manouche) fusion style, heavily incorporating elements of traditional European folk, blues, and classical counterpoint.The piece is scored as an instrumental duet for Classical Guitar and Acoustic Bass. It blends traditional jazz harmony with an avant-garde, chromatic compositional approach.
- [Autumn Leaves](https://paulelwood.com/autumn-leaves/) - Lesson for autumn leaves finger style played on a classical guitar. autumn leaves solo guitar. I rely quite a bit on a blues progression
- [Deep Elem Blues](https://paulelwood.com/deep-elem-blues/) - fingerstyle solo lesson for how to play deep elem blues guitar lesson, beginner/intermediate, play guitar. how to play deep elem blues- Robert Johnson
- [What is the best instrument to play around a campfire?](https://paulelwood.com/what-is-the-best-instrument-to-play-around-a-campfire/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Wonderful Tonight](https://paulelwood.com/wonderful-tonight/) - chords and lyrics for Wonderful tonight. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Hot For Robot](https://paulelwood.com/hot-for-robot/) - experimental acoustic guitar and a ton of filters. "Hot For Robot" is heavily modified and filtered. Please enjoy my little experiment if you like!
- [Every Time We Say Goodby](https://paulelwood.com/every-time-we-say-goodby/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Why do bass guitars even exist?](https://paulelwood.com/why-do-bass-guitars-exist/) - chords and lyrics for Stand by me
- [Ken lockwood Gorge](https://paulelwood.com/ken-lockwood-gorge/) - music composition inspired by ken lockwood gorge
- [song lessons for guitar students (by artist/composer)](https://paulelwood.com/song-lessons-for-guitar-students/) - song lessons produced for students over the last few years. these include video, pdf lead sheets with chord pictures, lyrics, notation and or tablature
- [On The Bus To Galway](https://paulelwood.com/on-the-bus-to-galway/) - an original tune inspired by a trip to Galway in Ireland
- [New Orleans Weekend](https://paulelwood.com/new-orleans-weekend/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Upside Down in the Boneyard](https://paulelwood.com/boneyard/) - upside down in the boneyard, an original tune about the end of democracy.
- [Song Lessons For Guitar Students (alphabetically by title)](https://paulelwood.com/song-lessons-for-guitar-students-alphabetically-by-title/) - Song Lessons. Here are some of the songs my students and I have looked at together. Many have a video lesson, pdf chord and lyric charts and/or tabs and notation. Lessons for any level of experience or aptitude. If you’re looking for a video lesson you don’t see here, just reach out- I’m always adding
- [Crudo Manana](https://paulelwood.com/crudo-manana/) - https://paulelwood.com/wp-content/uploads/Crudo-Manana.mp3 Crudo Manana "Crudo Manana" is a highly engaging, syncopated chamber piece written by New Jersey guitarist, teacher, and composer Paul Elwood. Based in Voorhees, NJ, Elwood leverages his extensive background in fingerstyle techniques, classic standards, and ensemble performance to craft an arrangement that bridges jazz-adjacent chord structures with a distinctly accessible, rhythmic folk character.
- [Composition 071324](https://paulelwood.com/composition-071324/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Composition 022725](https://paulelwood.com/composition-022725/) - a 12-bar form which mirrors the traditional structure of a short jazz standard with a highly cinematic and modern harmonic palette.
- [Composition 061026](https://paulelwood.com/composition-061026/) - original composition
- [History of the Guitar](https://paulelwood.com/history-of-the-guitar/) - Regular folks playing guitar: history of the guitar
- [Composition 011323](https://paulelwood.com/011323/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Boat's got a hole](https://paulelwood.com/boats-got-a-hole/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Lover Girl](https://paulelwood.com/lover-girl/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Yankee Doodle](https://paulelwood.com/yankee-doodle/) - chords and lesson for Yankee doodle on guitar. This is a cool old tune you can trot out every 4th of July!
- [God Bless America](https://paulelwood.com/god-bless-america/) - Lesson for God Bless America
- [How to play  "Country Roads" fingerstyle on guitar](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-country-roads-fingerstyle/) - how to play country roads fingerstyle on guitar. This great John Denver piece easy to play hand-friendly chords- share this great "campfire" tune with friends
- [Chord of the Day: Am6](https://paulelwood.com/chord-of-the-day-am6/) - chords and lyrics for Stand by me
- [Continental Divide](https://paulelwood.com/continental-divide/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [How do lessons with Paul work exactly?](https://paulelwood.com/how-do-lessons-with-paul-work-exactly/) - guitar lessons online or in person, beginner to advanced. Paired lessons available
- [G major scale](https://paulelwood.com/g-major-scale/) - guitar lesson G major scale. G and C are adjacent to one another on the Circle of Fifths. Think of a clock face. C is at 12:00 and G would be at 1:00.
- [How do you start a Hammond Organ?](https://paulelwood.com/how-do-you-start-a-hammond-organ/) - How do you start a Hammond organ? Depends on the model. Check the side of your organ. Is there a button, or perhaps a switch? On older models there may be a handle attached to a rope, which you must pull while bracing one foot against the bench. Also they can be notoriously hard to
- [Can you learn to play guitar on any kind of guitar?](https://paulelwood.com/can-you-learn-to-play-guitar-on-any-kind-of-guitar/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [How do you stay motivated as a older beginning guitarist?](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-stay-motivated-as-a-beginning-guitarist/) - how to stay motivated as an older beginning guitarist
- [Folsom Prison Blues](https://paulelwood.com/folsom-prison/) - Download PDF with tabs, chords and lyrics folsom_prison_blues “Folsom Prison Blues” is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, based on material composed by Gordon Jenkins. Written in 1953, it was first recorded and released as a single in 1955, and later included on his debut studio album Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! (1957), as the
- [Why are all the strings used if you only need three notes?](https://paulelwood.com/why-are-all-the-strings-used-if-you-only-need-three-notes/) - Uncover the magic of voicing and how it makes chords sound rich and full. Perfect for beginners eager to explore guitar harmony.
- [What are the 4 types of musical instruments?](https://paulelwood.com/what-are-the-four-types-of-musical-instruments/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [which musical notation software is best for a guitar-playing songwriter?](https://paulelwood.com/which-musical-notation-software-is-best-for-guitar-playing-songwriter/) - what is the best tool for a songwriting guitar player?
- [What should I do if my neighbor plays loud music?](https://paulelwood.com/what-should-i-do-if-my-neighbor-plays-loud-music/) - ...barring that my friend, there are two other choices. One light, one dark. One heaven-sent, one spawned by hellish voices. So:
- [Guitar Hat](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-hat/) - it's quite OK to wear a hat when playing your guitar- it helps your audience to see precisely who you are...
- [Why don't folk songs have key changes?](https://paulelwood.com/why-dont-folk-songs-have-key-changes/) - Why do folk songs not change the key signature? Well I dunno for sure, but my guess is, to keep them fairly simple. A musically simple song, more people can enjoy it. They can sing them or hear the song’s story without being distracted by unnecessary musical ornamentation (like a key change). Think about holiday
- [Common Chord Progressions](https://paulelwood.com/common-chord-progressions/) - common hand-friendly chord progressions for guitarists
- [Honey Don't](https://paulelwood.com/honey-dont/) - Honey Dont “Honey Don’t” is a song written by Carl Perkins, originally released on January 1, 1956 as the B-side of the “Blue Suede Shoes” single, Sun 234. Both songs became rockabilly classics. Bill Dahl of Allmusic praised the song saying, “‘Honey Don’t’ actually outclasses its more celebrated platter-mate in some ways.” It has been covered by more than 20 other artists, including the Beatles, Ronnie Hawkins and Johnny Rivers. The
- [How hard is it to learn the acoustic guitar?](https://paulelwood.com/how-hard-is-it-to-learn-the-acoustic-guitar/) - How hard is it to learn the acoustic guitar and how much time will it take learning it on your own (I mean to be able to play full length songs including riffs, strumming, etc.)? It depends! :-) Start with hand-friendly chords, a simple 3-chord song and a patient friend who already knows how to
- [Stand By Your Man](https://paulelwood.com/stand-by-your-man/) - chords and lyrics for Stand by Your Man by Tammy Wynette. easy chord changes and fingerings for solo guitar
- [armadillo](https://paulelwood.com/armadillo/) - In Texas and Louisiana, the disease caused by M. leprae is present in armadillos and has been linked to human cases of leprosy. Armadillo burger? Maybe not.
- [Caribbean Moose](https://paulelwood.com/caribbean-moose/) - You can't repel a moose in love by blowing through a tuba. Not even when you're camping on the island of Aruba...
- [Why Do Guitars have Tuning Pegs?](https://paulelwood.com/why-do-guitars-have-tuning-pegs/) - Why do stringed instruments have tuning pegs? To keep the strings from tangling We peg them in their places. Or else they’d drag across the ground like bad behaved shoelaces. The other ends we twist ’em tight! around each tuning post well not too tight- but just enough- to E A D G B and
- [Witchcraft](https://paulelwood.com/witchcraft/) - witchcraft lead sheet “Witchcraft” is a popular song from 1957 composed by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. Frank Sinatra recorded “Witchcraft” three times in a studio setting. The first recording was in 1957, for his single release, and was later released on his compilation album All the Way (1961). Sinatra re-recorded “Witchcraft” for 1963’s Sinatra’s Sinatra, and finally recorded it as a duet with Anita Baker for Duets (1993).
- [For Kathy](https://paulelwood.com/for-kathy/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Georgia on My Mind](https://paulelwood.com/georgia-on-my-mind/) - chords and lyrics for Georgia on My Mind
- [hands on the wheel](https://paulelwood.com/hands-on-the-wheel/) - hands on the wheel, Willie Nelson
- [Music Theory after 10 years?](https://paulelwood.com/music-theory-after-ten-years/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [MIDI guitar, changes in D](https://paulelwood.com/midi-guitar-changes-in-d/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [that old black magic](https://paulelwood.com/that-old-black-magic/) - that old black magic, PaulElwod Trio at Parker Stonegate. downloadable lead sheet pdf
- [The Role of Patience and Consistency](https://paulelwood.com/the-role-of-patience-and-consistency/) - My missus brought this home from her Tai Chi class and I was struck by how well it works if you substitute “learning guitar” for “Tai Chi”. Well, for guitar students, anyway. From an article by Luo Shiwen in Qi magazine: Throughout the long path of learning Tai Chi, “patience” becomes one of the most
- [How to play bye bye blackbird](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-bye-bye-blackbird/) - how to play bye bye blackbird for solo acoustic guitar
- [Fly Me To The Moon](https://paulelwood.com/play-fly-me-to-the-moon/) - how to play fly me to the moon for solo acoustic guitar. A great tune made famous by Frank Sinatra. "Fly Me to the Moon" was written in 1954 by Bart Howard.
- [Your Song](https://paulelwood.com/your-song/) - your song chords and lyrics Your Song” is a song written by British musician Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It was John’s first international Top 10 chart single. “Your Song” was first released by American rock band Three Dog Night in March 1970 as an album track on It Ain’t Easy. John was an opening act
- [My Favorite Things](https://paulelwood.com/my-favorite-things/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Stars Fell on Alabama](https://paulelwood.com/stars-fell-on-alabama/) - a beautiful tune, covered by many many fine artists.
- [Summertime](https://paulelwood.com/summertime/) - How to play summertime. Extemporaneous playing is an ongoing process! It has taken a while to develop my summertime but I am playing a little more expressively
- [Hot Dog](https://paulelwood.com/hot-dog/) - chords and lyrics for Hot Dog guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Across the Alley (from the Alamo)](https://paulelwood.com/across-the-alley-from-the-alamo/) - chords for Across the alley from the alamo guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Help me Make it Through The Night](https://paulelwood.com/help-me-make-it-thru/) - chords and lyrics for help me make it through the night
- [Sweet Home Alabama](https://paulelwood.com/sweet-home-alabama/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Sweet Georgia Brown](https://paulelwood.com/sweet-georgia-brown/) - Bernie came up with the concept for the song's lyrics after meeting Dr. George Thaddeus Brown in New York City...
- [Sunny](https://paulelwood.com/sunny/) - Sunny “Sunny” is a soul jazz standard written by the American singer and songwriter Bobby Hebb in 1963. It is one of the most performed and recorded popular songs, with hundreds of versions released (BMI lists “Sunny” No. 25 in its “Top 100 songs of the century”.) and its chord progression influencing later songs. Bobby
- [How to play "Sultans of Swing"](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-sultans-of-swing/) - chords and lesson for sultans of swing
- [Star Spangled Banner](https://paulelwood.com/star-spangled-banner/) - star spangled banner, francis scott key. patriotic song
- [Stand by me](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-stand-by-me/) - chords and lyrics for Stand by me
- [Spiderman](https://paulelwood.com/spiderman/) - spiderman chords and lyrics “Spider-Man” is the theme song of the 1967 cartoon show Spider-Man, composed by Paul Francis Webster and Bob Harris. The original song was recorded at RCA Studios in Toronto (where the cartoon was produced) featuring 12 CBC vocalists (members of the Billy Van Singers, and Laurie Bower Singers groups) who added to the musical backing track supplied by RCA Studios, New
- [How to play Someone to Watch Over Me](https://paulelwood.com/someone-to-watch-over-me/) - how to play someone to watch over me on fingerstyle guitar. this great Sinatra tune is loads of fun to play and not too hard to get for solo guitar
- [How to play "Something" part 1](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-something/) - chords and fingerstyle lesson for something by the beatles on solo guitar
- [Smile](https://paulelwood.com/smile/) - Download “Smile” PDF Chaplin, who composed the song with the help of composer David Raksin, was inspired by a sequence in the first act love duet from Puccini’s opera Tosca, beginning with Cavaradossi singing “Quale occhio al mondo può star di paro”. John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954. In the lyrics, based on lines and themes
- [silent night](https://paulelwood.com/silent-night/) - silent night chords and tabs video
- [Margaritaville](https://paulelwood.com/margaritaville/) - how to play margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett. guitar lesson, intermediate/advanced, play guitar, solo fingerstyle follk/country/parrothead
- [I'll Be Your Baby](https://paulelwood.com/ill-be-your-baby/) - chords and lyrics for i'l be your baby
- [Persistence of Vision](https://paulelwood.com/persistence-of-vision/) - Something I've been noodling with for a while. Some guitar distortion and a drum track in Logic Pro.
- [Hello Dolly](https://paulelwood.com/hello-dolly/) - chords and lyrics for Hello Dolly. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [How to play "Sloop John B" for solo guitar](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-sloop-john-b-for-solo-guitar/) - how to play Sloop John B for solo guitar guitar. Voicing chords differently to follow the melody. Strumming and picking melody notes in the key of G.
- [Eight Days a Week](https://paulelwood.com/eight-days-a-week/) - Paul McCartney has attributed the inspiration of the song to one of Ringo Starr's malapropisms: "He said it as though he were an overworked chauffeur"
- [Help](https://paulelwood.com/help/) - Help! is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles and the soundtrack to the film Help!. It was released on 6 August 1965 by Parlophone. Seven of the fourteen songs, including the singles “Help!” and “Ticket to Ride“, appeared in the film and take up the first side of the vinyl album. The second side includes “Yesterday“, the most-covered song ever
- [tuning your guitar](https://paulelwood.com/tuning-your-guitar/) - Tuning your guitar
- [Why Don't You Do Right?](https://paulelwood.com/why-dont-you-do-right/) - Peggy Lee recorded in 1937 accompanied by Benny Goodman and made one of her signature songs.
- [First 10 things I should learn on the guitar?](https://paulelwood.com/first-ten-things/) - Guitar Lessons and Performance - Paul Elwood here are the first 10 things to learn on guitar, if you're interested in playing guitar
- [Common musical terms for guitarists](https://paulelwood.com/common-musical-terms/) - common musical terms for guitarists
- [Brokedown Palace](https://paulelwood.com/brokedown-palace/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [How to play Box of Rain](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-box-of-rain/) - how to play Box of Rain solo fingerstyle
- [Franklin's Tower](https://paulelwood.com/franklins-tower/) - chords and lesson for franklins tower. playing over the chord changes with pentatonic notes
- [Panama Red](https://paulelwood.com/panama-red/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Cumberland Blues](https://paulelwood.com/cumberland-blues/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Casey Jones](https://paulelwood.com/casey-jones/) - chords and lesson for casey jones
- [Monkey and the Engineer](https://paulelwood.com/monkey-and-the-engineer/) - chords and lyrics for how to play Monkey and the Engineer on guitar. this great dead tune is easy and fun to play!
- [L.O.V.E.](https://paulelwood.com/l-o-v-e/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Angel Eyes](https://paulelwood.com/angel-eyes/) - "Angel Eyes" performed by the Paul Elwood Trio at Parker Stonegate, March 1, 2024. Arturo Paguer on double bass, Patrick Kersson on Piano
- [Miss Celie's Blues](https://paulelwood.com/miss-celies-blues/) - chords and lyrics for Miss Celie's Blues
- [Teddy Bear's Picnic](https://paulelwood.com/teddy-bears-picnic/) - https://paulelwood.com/wp-content/uploads/teddy-bears-picnic-C75.mp3 “Teddy Bear’s Picnic”, Bratton/Kenney in C at 75 BPM. Download the PDF: Teddy Bears’ Picnic “The Teddy Bears’ Picnic” is a song consisting of a melody written in 1907 by American composer John Walter Bratton, and lyrics added in 1932 by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy. It remains popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom as a children’s song, having been
- [Come Together](https://paulelwood.com/come-together/) - The song's been covered by several artists, including Ike & Tina Turner, Aerosmith, Eurythmics, Michael Jackson, Joe Cocker, Arctic Monkeys, and Gary Clark Jr.
- [What is Life](https://paulelwood.com/what-is-life/) - “What Is Life” is a song by the English rock musician George Harrison from his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass. In many countries, it was issued as the second single from the album, in February 1971, becoming a top-ten hit in the United States, Canada and elsewhere, and topping singles charts in Australia and Switzerland. In the United
- [How to play "Eleanor Rigby"](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-eleanor-rigby/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [All My Lovin'](https://paulelwood.com/all-my-lovin/) - PDF chord sheet linked below. all my lovin “All My Loving” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their second UK album With the Beatles (1963). It was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and produced by George Martin. Though not officially released as a single in the United Kingdom or the United States, the song drew
- [let it be part 1](https://paulelwood.com/let-it-be/) - let it be, part one. solo fingerstyle melody
- [Bye Bye Love](https://paulelwood.com/bye-bye-love/) - chords and lyrics for Bye Bye Love. Guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Blackbird](https://paulelwood.com/blackbird/) - Blackbird-tabs “Blackbird” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as “the White Album”). It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, and performed as a solo piece by McCartney. When discussing the song, McCartney has said that the lyrics were inspired by hearing the call of a blackbird in Rishikesh, India, and by
- [How to play best of my love](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-best-of-my-love/) - how to play best of my love for solo guitar
- [Blowin' in the wind](https://paulelwood.com/blowing-in-the-wind/) - fingerstyle solo lesson for blowin in the wind guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar. how to play blowin in the wind
- [Bright Side of the Road](https://paulelwood.com/bright-side-of-the-road/) - “True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.” -George Gershwin Interested in guitar lessons for 2026? First lesson is always free! click here!First Lesson is Free! song lesson list Share this: Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share
- [How to play over beautiful love changes](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-beautiful-love/) - how to play beautiful love changes using a backing track. Thumb/finger method. Play over chord changes melodically. A simple way to accompany yourself.
- [Alice's Restaurant](https://paulelwood.com/alices-restaurant/) - chords and lesson for alices restaurant onn guitar, fingerstyle
- [Doom Scrollin'](https://paulelwood.com/doom-scrollin/) - chords and lesson for doom scrollin' on guitar
- [Cenote Afternoon](https://paulelwood.com/cenote-afternoon/) - original song, spanish-style
- [Wishflower](https://paulelwood.com/wishflower/) - chords and lyrics for wishflower. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [auld lang syne](https://paulelwood.com/auld-lang-syne/) - how to play auld lang syne on guitar. this lesson has a video for the tune in C and an easy to play lead sheet with tabs and chords
- [It's a Jungle Out There](https://paulelwood.com/its-a-jungle-out-there-2/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Way Down in the Hole](https://paulelwood.com/way-down-in-the-hole/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [I think Robin Williams saw it coming](https://paulelwood.com/i-think-robin-williams-saw-it-coming/) - robin williams saw it coming chords and lyrics. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Jira Jira Jira](https://paulelwood.com/jira-jira-jira/) - jira jira jira original tune
- [monkey gets in the way](https://paulelwood.com/monkey-gets-in-the-way/) - monkey gets in the way- an original tune
- [funk on a classical guitar](https://paulelwood.com/funk-on-a-classical-guitar/) - chords and lesson for funk on classical guitar with lead example
- [Six String Shrink](https://paulelwood.com/six-string-shrink/) - 6 string shrink, an original tune
- [Composition 030125](https://paulelwood.com/composition-030125/) - guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar, composition
- [Dead Flowers](https://paulelwood.com/dead-flowers/) - Dead Flowers “Dead Flowers” is a song recorded by the Rolling Stones. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it appears on their 1971 album Sticky Fingers as the fourth track of side two. Recording of “Dead Flowers” took place in April 1970 at the Olympic Studios in London. The lyrics to the song are notably dark, and feature the line, “I’ll
- [Catzilla](https://paulelwood.com/catzilla/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [All that love for you!](https://paulelwood.com/all-that-love-for-you/) - I worked this up to a built-in drum track in logic pro. We'll substitute a track that my son makes in Beats for the logic pro drums.All that love for you!
- [Hey Jude](https://paulelwood.com/hey-jude/) - chords and lyrics for Hey Jude
- [Santarantula](https://paulelwood.com/santarantula/) - What if Santa Claus was a tarantula? He'd be "Santaratula" of course! Listen to the tale of Santarantula as he crawls down from the North hole.
- [Finding other musicians to play with](https://paulelwood.com/finding-other-musicians-to-play-with/) - Finding other musicians to play with. Some suggestions for finding bandmates or casual music friend to jam with. Play music in good company to improve skills!
- [Practice](https://paulelwood.com/practice/) - guitar practice regimen makes perfect
- [Three ways to play D](https://paulelwood.com/three-ways-to-play-d/) - Three ways to play a D chord. Just like the C chord, there a a few different ways to play D. We usually learn it first high up on the neck, using the open D string and the 2nd, 3rd and 2nd fret of the 3,2 and 1 string respectively. This is an easy one
- [Goals for guitarists](https://paulelwood.com/goals-for-guitarists/) - Regular folks playing guitar: goals. Short, medium and long-term goals and their respective value for guitar players. Short-term: understand the guitar neck.
- [Building major chords from the 5 string](https://paulelwood.com/building-major-chords-from-the-5-string/) - Regular folks playing guitar: building major chords from the 5 string
- [Chord Construction Using Modes](https://paulelwood.com/chord-construction-using-modes/) - Chord construction using modes. The first mode of any major scale is called the Ionian mode; “do re mi fa so la ti do”. We know the intervals for that! They ...
- [travel guitars](https://paulelwood.com/travel-guitars/) - travel guitars: If you travel and can’t bring your guitar with, there are a few “travel guitar’ solutions... and some of them sound pretty good!
- [Ripple](https://paulelwood.com/ripple/) - how to play ripple on ukulele.
- [Blues for ukulele](https://paulelwood.com/blues-for-ukulele/) - Muddy Waters meets Tiny Tim... Am Blues. This blues will be in Am. Using a 1/4/5 pattern, we can use our pentatonic minor scale to play over the chords!.Looking for online ukulele lessons? First one is free! Muddy Waters meets Tiny Tim… Ukulele Am Blues. “Muddy Waters meets Tiny Tim”, as my friend and teacher John LaGreca said. This blues will be in Am. Using a 1/4/5 pattern, that gives us Am for the 1, D, for the 4 and E for the
- [How to play Fields of Athenry](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-fields-of-athenry/) - chords and lesson for how to play fields of athenry on solo guitar, fingerstyle. This beautiful traditional song is not too difficult to play and accompany
- [Resources for ukulele players- where to find songs](https://paulelwood.com/resources-for-uke-players/) - places online to find songs and tabs for ukulele. resources for ukulele players for chord sheets, video lessons, songs and tabs
- [blues finale](https://paulelwood.com/blues-finale/) - This is pretty good sounding and simple to play exercise with descending chromatic power chords. use the PDF tablature to get the lick the way you want it.
- [How to play Love Potion Number 9](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-love-potion-number-9/) - how to play love potion number 9: fingerstyle guitar lessons. Lots of fun to play in a hand-friendly key on guitar. how to play love potion number nine
- [Come Rain Or Come Shine"](https://paulelwood.com/come-rain-or-come-shine/) - how to play come rain or come shine
- [Over the Rainbow](https://paulelwood.com/over-the-rainbow/) - chords and lesson for how to play over the rainbow on ukulele, strumming and picking
- [Nutshell](https://paulelwood.com/nutshell/) - "Nutshell" is an Alice in Chains from Jar of Flies. Jerry Cantrell dedicates "Nutshell" to Alice in Chains' Layne Staley & Mike Starr during concerts.
- [Midnight rambler](https://paulelwood.com/midnight-rambler/) - how to play midnight rambler in E using first position chords
- [Let It Be Me](https://paulelwood.com/let-it-be-me/) - chords and lyrics for Let It Be Me. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar. "Let It Be Me" is a 1960 single by The Everly Brothers from a French tune.
- [King of the Road](https://paulelwood.com/king-of-the-road/) - King of the road “King of the Road” is a song written by country singer Roger Miller, who first recorded it in November 1964. The lyrics tell of the day-to-day life of a traveling hobo, who despite having little money (a “man of means by no means”), revels in his freedom, describing himself humorously and cynically as the “king of
- [play "East Of The Sun"](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-east-of-the-sun/) - East of the sun is a great old standard tune with some interesting chord changes. Well worth looking at!
- [Take Me Out to the Ballgame](https://paulelwood.com/take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [All My Exes](https://paulelwood.com/all-my-exes/) - All_My_Exes lead sheet and tabs “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” is a song written by Sanger D. Shafer and Lyndia J. Shafer, and recorded by American country music singer George Strait. It was released on April 10, 1987 by MCA Records as the second single from Strait’s seventh studio album, Ocean Front Property, following the album’s title track. Becoming his 11th number one
- [How to play Ukulele! introduction](https://paulelwood.com/hello-ukulele/) - tuning your uke and play C scale on one string and in the first position
- [how hard to press the strings](https://paulelwood.com/how-hard-to-press-the-strings/) - how hard to press the guitar strings
- [Push Off](https://paulelwood.com/push-off/) - chords and lesson for Push Off by the Palms for easy guitar
- [Am I Blue](https://paulelwood.com/am-i-blue/) - “Am I Blue?” is a 1929 song composed by Harry Akst (music) and Grant Clarke (lyrics), and published by M. Witmark & Sons. It was featured in four films that year, most notably with Ethel Waters in the movie On With the Show. It has become a standard covered by numerous artists. As a work from 1929 with its copyright renewed, it entered
- [Let It Snow](https://paulelwood.com/let-it-snow/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [The Christmas Song](https://paulelwood.com/the-christmas-song/) - the christmas song lesson with chords, lyrics, tabs and notation.
- [we wish you a merry Christmas](https://paulelwood.com/we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas/) - chords and tab for "we wish you a merry christmas" on ukulele and guitar, fingerstyle
- [Picture To Burn](https://paulelwood.com/picture-to-burn/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [How to play "Hey soul sista"](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-hey-soul-sista/) - chords and lesson for hey soul sista on guitar, fingerstyle
- [wildflowers](https://paulelwood.com/wildflowers/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Tennessee Waltz simple melody part 1](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-tennessee-waltz/) - chords and lesson for Tennessee waltz, guitar lesson. A great song and not too difficult to get under your hand. How to play tennessee waltz
- [Last Dance with Mary Jane](https://paulelwood.com/last-dance-with-mary-jane/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [House of the Rising Sun](https://paulelwood.com/house-of-the-rising-sun/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Dock of the Bay on guitar](https://paulelwood.com/dock-of-the-bay/) - chords and lyrics for how to play dock of the bay a great otis redding song. good fun and not too hard to do using hand friendly chords!
- [Donkey Riding](https://paulelwood.com/donkey-riding/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Moon River](https://paulelwood.com/moon-river/) - chords and lyrics for moon river guitar lessons, play guitar
- [Come As You Are](https://paulelwood.com/come-as-you-are/) - Come as you are by Nirvana
- [Heart Of Gold](https://paulelwood.com/heart-of-gold/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Creep](https://paulelwood.com/creep/) - experimenting with some chords on the neck and a midi voice that sounds kind of "creep-ish"
- [jingle bells](https://paulelwood.com/jingle-bells/) - jazzy version of jingle bells
- [How to play la grange](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-la-grange/) - how to play la grange by ZZ Top, part 1. A lesson on how to play the distinctive guitar part fingerstyle
- [Straighten Up and fly Right](https://paulelwood.com/straighten-up-and-fly-right/) - A great Nat King Cole trio tune
- [Crazy](https://paulelwood.com/crazy/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [We are gonna be friends](https://paulelwood.com/we-are-gonna-be-friends/) - “We’re Going to Be Friends” is a song by American alternative rock band the White Stripes from their album White Blood Cells. It was released in 2002 and tells the story of meeting a new friend at the beginning of a school year. “Suzy Lee”, who is mentioned in the song in “We’re Going to Be Friends”, makes recurring appearances
- [Misty](https://paulelwood.com/misty/) - a great Johnny Mathis tune
- [Happy Birthday](https://paulelwood.com/happy-birthday/) - What's more fun than playing "Happy Birthday" at a party? I think every guitar player should be able to trot out this old chestnut whenever they need it.
- [Molly Malone](https://paulelwood.com/molly-malone/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Our Song](https://paulelwood.com/our-song/) - "Our Song" is by singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and is the third single from her debut studio album. She wrote "Our Song" for a high school talent show.
- [It's a Jungle Out There](https://paulelwood.com/its-a-jungle-out-there/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Ten Years Gone](https://paulelwood.com/ten-years-gone/) - A great Zeppelin song! Start playing the first bit of "Ten Years Gone". Chords & tabs at https://paulelwood.com/wp-content/uploads/ten-years-gone-1.pdf
- [Lola](https://paulelwood.com/lola/) - chords and lyrics for Lola
- [Ladies of the Canyon](https://paulelwood.com/ladies-of-the-canyon/) - https://paulelwood.com/wp-content/uploads/Ladies-of-the-Canyon.mp3 Ladies of the Canyon Use the downloadable tabs and the attached mp3 file & video to understand how to play “Ladies of the Canyon” for solo guitar. Ladies of the Canyon is the third studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on Reprise Records in 1970. It peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard 200, and has been
- [Ring of Fire](https://paulelwood.com/ring-of-fire/) - ring of fire is a wonderful Johnny Cash tune and a good simple workout for a finger style guitar piece. It also shows how to use inversions to our advantage.
- [Little Wing changes](https://paulelwood.com/little-wing/) - how to play blues patterns over little wing changes. These are fundamentally the same scale notes in various places on the neck with some bends and repeats
- [Trashy Women](https://paulelwood.com/trashy-women/) - A great Jerry Jeff Walker tune, not too hard to get under your hand
- [It Had To Be You](https://paulelwood.com/it-had-to-be-you/) - A great Isham Jones tune! Chord changes download
- [Nearness Of You](https://paulelwood.com/nearness-of-you/) - guitar accompaniment for "The Nearness Of You" in F @ 95 bpm
- [Honeysuckle Rose](https://paulelwood.com/honeysuckle-rose/) - Honeysuckle rose leadsheet “Honeysuckle Rose” is a 1929 song composed by Thomas “Fats” Waller with lyrics by Andy Razaf. It was introduced in the 1929 Off-Broadway revue “Load of Coal” at Connie’s Inn as a soft-shoe dance number. Waller’s 1934 recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. During a visit to the West Side of Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1928, Waller wrote the song with Razaf
- [Nobody Knows You](https://paulelwood.com/nobody-knows-you/) - chords and lyrics for Nobody Knows You. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar. how to play Nobody Knows You on guitar
- [How to play "Take it to the limit"](https://paulelwood.com/take-it-to-the-limit/) - chords and lesson for take it to the limit
- [How to play "When I Paint My Masterpiece"](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-when-i-paint-my-masterpiece/) - picking and strumming patterns for When I Paint My Masterpiece by Bob Dylan. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar.
- [will you still love me](https://paulelwood.com/will-you-still-love-me/) - Will you still love me tomorrow “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (sometimes also titled “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”) is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was first recorded in 1960 by the Shirelles for their album Tonight’s the Night; released as a single that November, it became the first
- [Moonglow](https://paulelwood.com/moonglow/) - Harmonic movement is an ascending circle of fourths / descending chromatic substitutions. There is also movement between thirds or major/minor seventh chords.
- [Lessons for guitar students](https://paulelwood.com/lessons-for-guitar-students/) - A collection of videos and printable pdf flies for anyone interested in playing guitar, or playing guitar better. Lessons for guitar students.
- [I Saw Mommy Kissin' Santa Claus](https://paulelwood.com/i-saw-mommy-kissin-santa-claus/) - a Christmas song by Tommie Connor, first recorded by American singer Jimmy Boyd in 1952. The song's been covered by many artists including the Jackson 5.
- [silver bells](https://paulelwood.com/silver-bells/) - https://paulelwood.com/wp-content/uploads/Silver-Bells.mp3 “Silver Bells” is a Christmas song composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. It debuted in the motion picture The Lemon Drop Kid (1951), where it was started by William Frawley, then sung in the generally known version immediately thereafter by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell. The first recorded version was by Bing Crosby
- [Caught somewhere in time](https://paulelwood.com/caught-somewhere-in-time/) - introduction. This piece speaks to our focus on the Em scale, which is the relative minor for G. You can consider this tune to be written in either G or Em, as they both have one sharp. The G major scale: G. A. B. C. D. E. F#. G 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
- [While My Guitar](https://paulelwood.com/while-my-guitar/) - “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as the “White Album”). It was written by George Harrison, the band’s lead guitarist, as an exercise in randomness inspired by the Chinese I Ching. The song conveys his dismay at the world’s unrealised potential for universal
- [Night In Tunisia](https://paulelwood.com/night-in-tunisia/) - https://paulelwood.com/wp-content/uploads/Night-in-Tunisia.mp3 “Night In Tunisia” Dizzy Gillespi, Dm120 All My Lovin’ And I Love Her Beyond The Sea Come Together Cry Me A River Honeysuckle Rose Nearness of You Night In Tunisia Teddy Bear’s Picnic While My Guitar “It’s been very important throughout my career that I’ve met all the guys I’ve copied, because at each
- [First Principles](https://paulelwood.com/first-principles/) - January 16, 2026 January 16, 2026 First Principles This article is aimed at a very specific audience- that is, guys who play guitar and want to get better at it. There are a lot of guys like us! If that’s you too, well, you’re in my tribe because that’s what I like to do too.
- [Bb Blues](https://paulelwood.com/bb-blues/) - Part of my practice regimen is to play extemporaneously – that is, just by ear- over a backing track, and here’s an example of that. Andy Usher’s tracks are just excellent for this kind of thing, and if money’s tight, he has lots of quality tracks that are available for free. You can hear his
- [Judas  (Part 1)](https://paulelwood.com/judas/) - https://paulelwood.com/wp-content/uploads/Judas-beginning.mp3 Download the PDF here: Judas beginning, 2nd week “Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything.” – Joe Pass Interested in guitar lessons for 2026? First lesson is always free! click here!First Lesson is Free! song lesson list Share
- [Growing Up (part 1)](https://paulelwood.com/growing-up-part-1/) - https://paulelwood.com/wp-content/uploads/Growing-Up-002.mp3 Download the PDF here:Growing Up “Growin’ Up” is a song by American musician Bruce Springsteen from his 1973 album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.. It is a moderately paced tune, concerning an adolescence as a rebellious New Jersey teen, with lyrics written in the first-person. The lyrics feature a chorus that is progressively modified as the song continues, with
- [Long train runnin'](https://paulelwood.com/long-train-runnin/) - If you’re a serious student of guitar (like me) you might consider playing extemporaneously over a backing track as part of you practice regimen. It doesn’t have to be complicated- the best ones to get started with are simple, like a 1/4/5 change you can run your blues riffs over. Don’t forget to experiment with
- [Wagon Wheel](https://paulelwood.com/wagon-wheel/) - “Wagon Wheel” is a song co-written by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show. Dylan recorded the chorus in 1973 while Secor added verses 25 years later. Old Crow Medicine Show’s final version was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 2013. The song has been covered numerous times, including charting versions by Nathan Carter in 2012, Darius Rucker in
- [Diatonic root notes, pentatonic pattern](https://paulelwood.com/diatonic-root-notes-pentatonic-pattern/) - https://paulelwood.com/wp-content/uploads/Diatonic-root-notes-pentatonic-pattern.mp3 Download the pdf sheet: Diatonic root notes, pentatonic pattern “A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one.” – Dmitri Shostakovich Interested in guitar lessons for 2026? First lesson is always free! click here!First Lesson is Free! Theory and Technique Share this: Share on Bluesky (Opens
- [C Scale First Position](https://paulelwood.com/c-scale-first-position/) - Download the PDF: C scale first position “The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of a larger idea, never returns to its original size.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Interested in guitar lessons for 2026? First lesson is always free! click here!First Lesson is Free! Theory and Technique Share this: Share on Bluesky (Opens in new
- [Notes at the top of the Neck](https://paulelwood.com/notes-at-the-top-of-the-neck/) - It’s useful to have an idea about the notes at the top of the neck, meaning, closest frets to the nut. This is where our first few chords will be made, and being able to refer to the notes will be helpful for learning some chord theory at the same time. Download the PDF: guitar
- [Paper Roses](https://paulelwood.com/paper-roses/) - Paper Roses" is a popular song written and composed by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre. It first was a top five hit in 1960 for Anita Bryant. Marie Osmond recorded it in 1973 and took her version to number one on the US country chart.
- [Teach your Children](https://paulelwood.com/teach-your-children/) - “Teach Your Children” is a song written by Graham Nash in 1968 when he was a member of the Hollies. Although it was never recorded by that group in a studio, the Hollies did record it live in 1983. After the song was initially recorded for the album Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969, a much more enhanced version of
- [Flip Flop and Fly](https://paulelwood.com/flip-flop-and-fly/) - “Flip, Flop and Fly” has an arrangement similar to Big Joe Turner’s 1954 number 1 R&B chart hit “Shake, Rattle and Roll”. Music critic Cub Koda suggests that “leftover verses [from the ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll’ recording session] were then recycled into Turner’s follow-up hit, ‘Flip, Flop and Fly.'” Both are up-tempo twelve-bar blues with a strong backbeat. “Flip, Flop
- [Ghost Riders in the Sky](https://paulelwood.com/ghost-riders/) - Download the PDF: ghost riders in the sky “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” – Confucius, c. 500 B.C. Interested in guitar lessons for 2026? First lesson is always free! click here!First Lesson is Free! song lesson list Share this: Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share
- [Man Who Sold the World](https://paulelwood.com/man-who-sold-the-world/) - “The Man Who Sold the World” is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was the title track of Bowie’s third studio album and was released in November 1970 in the US and in April 1971 in the UK by Mercury Records. Produced by Tony Visconti, the track was recorded at Trident and Advision Studios in London in May 1970, towards the
- [the Thrill is Gone](https://paulelwood.com/thrill-is-gone/) - “The Thrill Is Gone” is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins’s recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951. In 1970, “The Thrill Is Gone” became a major hit for B.B. King. His rendition helped make the song a blues standard. B.B. King rendition B.B. King recorded his
- [White Room](https://paulelwood.com/white-room/) - “White Room” is a song by British rock band Cream, composed by bassist Jack Bruce with lyrics by poet Pete Brown. They recorded it for the studio half of the 1968 double album Wheels of Fire. In September, a shorter US single edit (without the third verse) was released for AM radio stations, although album-oriented FM radio stations played the full album version. The subsequent UK single release in January
- [Night and Day](https://paulelwood.com/night-and-day/) - Download the Night_and_Day Lead sheet “Night and Day” is a popular song by Cole Porter that was written for the 1932 musical Gay Divorce. It is perhaps Porter’s most popular contribution to the Great American Songbook and has been recorded by dozens of musicians. NPR says “within three months of the show’s opening, more than 30 artists had recorded the song.” Fred Astaire introduced “Night
- [Broke Down Palace](https://paulelwood.com/broke-down-palace/) - Interested in guitar lessons for 2026? First lesson is always free! click here!First Lesson is Free! Share this: Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Share on Pinterest (Opens in
- [stretching](https://paulelwood.com/stretching/) - Simple stretching is useful for guitar players. Here are some exercises to get you started stretches for guitar players Interested in guitar lessons for 2026? First lesson is always free! click here!First Lesson is Free! Share this: Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Share on
- [Three ways to play C](https://paulelwood.com/three-ways-to-play-c/) - Three ways to play a C chord. Often we learn first to play a C chord at the top of the neck it what is known as “first position”. That simply means that the first finger will be responsible for the notes on the first fret, second finger for notes on the second fret and
- [At Last](https://paulelwood.com/at-last/) - “At Last” is a song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Sun Valley Serenade (1941). Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded the tune several times, with a 1942 version reaching number two on the US Billboard pop music chart. In 1960, rhythm and blues singer Etta James recorded an arrangement by Riley Hampton that improvised on Warren’s original melody. Etta James’s rendition was the title track
- [Cowboy chords](https://paulelwood.com/cowboy-chords/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [A Chord](https://paulelwood.com/a-chord/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Grownin' Up](https://paulelwood.com/growin-up/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Natural Minor Scale](https://paulelwood.com/natural-minor-scale/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Chim Chim Cheree](https://paulelwood.com/chim-chim-cheree/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [How High The Moon](https://paulelwood.com/how-high-the-moon/) - how high the moon lead sheet “How High the Moon” is a jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue Two for the Show, where it was sung by Alfred Drake and Frances Comstock. The earliest recorded hit version was by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, featuring vocalist Helen Forrest. It was recorded on February 7, 1940, and
- [Lean on Me](https://paulelwood.com/lean-on-me/) - chords and lyrics for Lean on Me by Bill Withers
- [In My Room](https://paulelwood.com/in-my-room/) - Download the sheet music PDF: “In My Room” is a song written by Brian Wilson and Gary Usher for the American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released on their 1963 album Surfer Girl. It was also released as the B-side of the “Be True to Your School” single. The single peaked at number
- [The way you look tonight](https://paulelwood.com/the-way-you-look-tonight/) - chords and lesson for the way you look tonight on guitar. how to play the way you look tonight fingerstyle solo guitar
- [Stormy Monday](https://paulelwood.com/stormy-monday/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [How to play "Ain't Misbehavin'" on guitar](https://paulelwood.com/aint-misbehavin-on-guitar/) - how to play ain't misbehavin on guitar. This great Fats Waller song is easy to play and has some interesting changes. another great american songbook tune
- [Practicing with a metronome](https://paulelwood.com/practicing-with-a-metronome/) - Practicing with a metronome: timing is everything! Using a metronome to help you get a handle on tempo is just smart. If there is a piece you are working on but you can’t play it accurately at speed, it just takes some practice to get “up to speed” with the correct notes and the correct
- [How to play wonderful world- Sam Cooke](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-wonderful-world/) - play wonderful world for solo acoustic guitar, Sam Cooke version. Composed by Lou Adler/Herb Alpert
- [Dream Lover](https://paulelwood.com/dream-lover/) - a solo acoustic rendition of "Dream Lover"
- [C scale in the first position](https://paulelwood.com/c-scale-in-the-first-position/) - The first scale we learn because we can play open string notes at the nut & no sharps or flats. This cale helps us understand chord theory
- [Blue Moon](https://paulelwood.com/blue-moon/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [L.A. Freeway](https://paulelwood.com/la-freeway/) - how to play LA freeway solo fingerstyle guitar
- [clap for the wolfman](https://paulelwood.com/clap-for-the-wolfman/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Dream a Little Dream](https://paulelwood.com/dream-a-little-dream/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Can't help falling (in love)](https://paulelwood.com/cant-help-falling/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Turn The Page](https://paulelwood.com/turn-the-page/) - "Turn the Page" is by Bob Seger for his Back in '72 album in 1973. A mainstay of album-oriented rock radio stations, it still gets "classic rock" airplay.
- [People are Strange](https://paulelwood.com/people-are-strange/) - “People Are Strange” is a song by the American rock band the Doors. It appears on the band’s second studio album, Strange Days, released in September 1967. The song was written by the Doors’ vocalist Jim Morrison and guitarist Robby Krieger, although all of the band are credited on the sleeve notes. The track was
- [Beyond The Sea](https://paulelwood.com/beyond-the-sea/) - "Beyond the Sea" has been recorded by many artists, but Bobby Darin's version released in late 1959 is the best known, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 15 on the US R&B Chart, No. 7 in Canada (co-charted with "That's The Way Love Is"), and No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart in early 1960.
- [White Christmas](https://paulelwood.com/white-christmas/) - chords and lyrics for white christmas
- [Too Close for Comfort](https://paulelwood.com/too-close-for-comfort/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [Desperados Waiting for a Train](https://paulelwood.com/desperados-waiting-for-a-train/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Mr. Bojangles](https://paulelwood.com/mr-bojangles/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Edelweiss](https://paulelwood.com/edelweiss/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Hallellujah](https://paulelwood.com/halellujah/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Whiskey in a Jar](https://paulelwood.com/whiskey-in-a-jar/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Silver Wings](https://paulelwood.com/silver-wings/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [In The Pines](https://paulelwood.com/in-the-pines/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Unchain My Heart](https://paulelwood.com/unchain-my-heart/) - A tune I wrote inspired by a trip to New Orleans
- [Pentatonic exercise: 1 and b3 over 1/4/5 in Gm](https://paulelwood.com/1-and-b3-over-1-4-5-in-gm/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [How to play Peter Cottontail](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-peter-cottontail/) - a fun approach to play peter cottontail
- [Oh Christmas Tree](https://paulelwood.com/oh-christmas-tree/) - A jazzy version of this traditional christmas song for two guitars, and It'll be just as gaudy next year as it is now. A very cost-effective holiday decoration!
- [Oh Darlin'](https://paulelwood.com/oh-darlin/) - chords and lyrics for the Beatles Oh Darlin' on guitar- easy solo guitar lesson!
- [Winter Wonderland](https://paulelwood.com/winter-wonderland/) - "Winter Wonderland" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith. It's been covered by over 200 different artists.
- [How to play "La Vie en Rose" fingerstyle on ukulele.](https://paulelwood.com/la-vie-en-rose/) - chords and lesson for la vie en rose on ukulele
- [Find the name of a chord?](https://paulelwood.com/find-chord-name/) - How do I find the name of any chord? Chord namer! The chord namer will automatically name a chord shape (if a valid chord shape is supplied.) Simply select the circles on the fret board that correspond to where your fingers go and hit “Go”. A few things to watch out for: Strings that aren’t
- [how to play pink houses part 1](https://paulelwood.com/pink-houses/) - how to play pink houses part 1. this lesson is for just the beginning strumming pattern for Pink Houses
- [parts of the guitar](https://paulelwood.com/parts-of-the-guitar/) - Regular folks playing guitar: Naming the parts of the acoustic guitar. It's useful for guitarists to have a common way of referring to the parts of the guitar
- [You Belong to Me](https://paulelwood.com/you-belong-to-me/) - you Belong to Me You Belong to Me” is a popular music ballad from the 1950s. It is well known for its opening line, “See the pyramids along the Nile”. The song was published in Hollywood on April 21, 1952, and the most popular version was by Jo Stafford, reaching No. 1 on both the UK and US singles charts. Conception and composition “You Belong to
- [Building chords from the 5 string](https://paulelwood.com/building-chords-from-the-5-string/) - building chords from the 5 string. you can build major and minor chords easily and quickly from the 5 string using some simple rules
- [Major Intervals](https://paulelwood.com/major-intervals/) - guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [Four Frets, Two Octaves. Major scale form](https://paulelwood.com/major-scale-form/) - Practice this major scale form up and down the neck, making sure you say the name of the scale, the intervals between the notes or the degrees of the notes.
- [scrambled eggs and bacon](https://paulelwood.com/scrambled-eggs-and-bacon/) - It's possible to improve the way you think about rhythm and melody by thinking about notes as syllables. The phrase "scrambled eggs and bacon" can help!
- [Don't know why](https://paulelwood.com/dont-know-why/) - how to play dont know why by Jesse Harris. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar. A beautiful song and not to difficult to learn to play
- [Key to the Highway](https://paulelwood.com/key-to-the-highway/) - Key to the highway has been performed and recorded by many artists. First recorded the song in 1940. Big Bill Broonzy's arrangement that is now the standard.
- [Arturo Baguer bassist](https://paulelwood.com/arturo-baguer/) - Arturo Baguer bassist, bass and ukulele teacher
- [Counting for guitar players](https://paulelwood.com/counting-for-guitar-players/) - Counting for guitar players. Measuring the passage of time is a cornerstone of good guitar playing. It improves with practice so will your guitar playing!
- [Tabs](https://paulelwood.com/tabs/) - Playing guitar tabs. Tabs are super useful for helping us remember where to put our fingers! download a helpful PDF.
- [Diminished Chords](https://paulelwood.com/diminished-chord/) - chords and lyrics for Eleanor Rigby. guitar lessons, beginner, simple, play guitar
- [How to play "Three White Horses"](https://paulelwood.com/play-three_white_horses/) - How to play Three White Horses, guitar lesson, lesson, fingerpicking
- [In Spite Of Ourselves](https://paulelwood.com/in-spite-of-ourselves/) - A jumped-up version in E. I was playing this boogie-woogie and I heard the "rainbow" line in my head, so I thought to try the lyrics against the chords.
- [What a wonderful world](https://paulelwood.com/what-a-wonderful-world/) - picking and strumming patterns how to play what a wonderful world. guitar lessons, beginner, fingerstyle, strumming, play guitar.
- [Momma Tried](https://paulelwood.com/momma-tried/) - A great Merle Haggard tune
- [Saturday Night](https://paulelwood.com/saturday-night/) - chords and video lesson for "saturday night" by the Misfits on guitar
- [Feelings](https://paulelwood.com/feelings/) - a great morris albert tune
- [Jingle Bell Rock](https://paulelwood.com/jingle-bell-rock/) - chords and lesson for jinglebell rock on guitar-how to play jingle bell rock for easy guitar solo fingesrtyle
- [Danny Boy](https://paulelwood.com/danny-boy/) - danny boy “Danny Boy” is an Irish folk song with lyrics written by English lawyer Frederic Weatherly in 1910, and set to the traditional Irish melody of “Londonderry Air” in 1913. In 1910, in Bath, Somerset, England, the English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly initially wrote the words of “Danny Boy” to a tune other
- [When Irish Eyes are Smilin'](https://paulelwood.com/when-irish-eyes/) - chords and lyrics for Lola
- [How do I transpose a key for guitar?](https://paulelwood.com/transpose-key/) - Download the pdf: transpose-guitar A bass player I worked with for a while showed me this neat trick. Thanks Lenny! First write down the notes in a row like this. I’m starting with C because that’s the key I want to transpose from. C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B
- [That's Life!](https://paulelwood.com/thats-life/) - "That's Life" was first recorded in 1963 by Marion Montgomery. Despite the ups and downs of life, don't give up because soon you'll will be "back on top."
- [How to play "Navajo Rug"](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-navajo-rug/) - chords and lesson for navajo rug on guitar
- [Down to the river to pray](https://paulelwood.com/i-went-down-to-the-river-to-pray/) - how to play this great old time bluegrass tune. it's not too hard to fingerpick the sweet melody. play down to the river to pray fingerpicking
- [How to play "Fools Fall in Love"](https://paulelwood.com/fools-fall-in-love/) - chords and lyrics for cant help falling in love
- [radio garden](https://paulelwood.com/radio-garden/) - Ever wonder what kind of tunes radio stations all over the world are playing? Check out Radio Garden. This app is fascinating! Each of the dots on the globe represent a radio station and you can click on that and listen to what’s on the air. Got a yen to find out what on the
- [blues in Am](https://paulelwood.com/blues-in-am/) - 8 measures in Am to discuss phrasing, target notes and bent notes
- [Spooky Numbers](https://paulelwood.com/spooky-numbers/) - Arpeggiating Am, Cm and Gm from the 6 string is a cool, spooky-sounding exercise that can also help us be more deliberate about finger position.
- [Introduction](https://paulelwood.com/regular-folks-playing-guitar-introduction/) - Regular folks playing guitar: introduction. A little about the program and what you can expect.
- [why play guitar?](https://paulelwood.com/why-play-guitar/) - Regular folks playing guitar: Why play guitar? If you’re interested in music and your own health, you’re in luck: playing guitar checks both of those boxes
- [How to play Gentle on my mind](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-gentle-on-my-mind/) - how to play gentle on my mind by Glen Campbell. guitar lesson, intermediate/advanced, play guitar, part 1 with tabs "Gentle on My Mind" written by J. Hartford.
- [How to play lets stay together](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-lets-stay-together/) - how to play lets stay together by Al Green. A great R&B song, not too hard to to
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- [First online Guitar lesson is FREE!](https://paulelwood.com/free_online_guitar_lesson/) - Online guitar lessons aren't for everyone. To make sure I am a good fit for you, your first online lesson is FREE!
- [My Religion](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-my-religeon/) - easy "My Religion" chords for guitar
- [Eb Rhythm Changes](https://paulelwood.com/eb-rhythm-changes/) - This is a terrific exercise for working out your extemporaneous playing over rhythm changes. Eb is a pretty cool and commonly used key in jazz playing.
- [Keeping a Guitar/Ukulele journal](https://paulelwood.com/guitar_ukulele_journal/) - keeping a journal for practice and notes
- [Guitar Lesson: strumming guitar](https://paulelwood.com/strumming-guitar/) - strumming guitar is one of the first skills that guitarists learn- but every guitar player can learn to strum better! more accurately and more interestingly
- [How to play Eyes of the world on uke](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-eyes-of-the-world-on-uke/) - how to play eyes of the world on uke. This great Dead tunes sounds pretty cool on ukulele!
- [How to play the Ukrainian National Anthem](https://paulelwood.com/ukrainian_national_anthem/) - how to play come rain or come shine
- [Wavin' flag guitar lesson](https://paulelwood.com/wavin-flag-guitar-lesson/) - wavin flag part 1 guitar lesson in C hand friendly chords. this is a fun, uplifting song and very easy to play
- [Blues Guitar](https://paulelwood.com/blues-guitar/) - Regular folks playing guitar: blues guitar
- [Custom Video Lessons](https://paulelwood.com/custom-video-lessons/) - Let me help you with a custom video lesson! just tell me what song you want to learn and what level of player (beginner, intermediate or advanced) you are.
- [Tune your Ukulele!](https://paulelwood.com/tune-your-ukulele/) - Beginners often have trouble tuning to standard tuning. Knowing which note to tune to and whether the tuner indication is higher or lower than that is helpful.
- [Travis picking example](https://paulelwood.com/travis-picking/) - travis picking example
- [How to play "love of my life" fingerstyle on guitar](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-love-of-my-life/) - chords and lesson for brokedown palace on guigar
- [How to play Donkey Riding](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-donkey-riding/) - chords and lesson for donkey riding on ukulele | Paul Elwood Ukulele Coach. How to play donkey riding
- [How to play "Your Song"](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-your_song/) - chords and lesson for your song on guitar
- [How to play "I Will Wait"](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-i-will-wait/) - chords and lesson for I will wait on guitar
- [How to play "8 days a week"](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-8-days-a-week/) - chords and fingering for "8 days a week" fingerstyle solo acoustic guitar
- [How to play "Bye Bye Blackbird"](https://paulelwood.com/bye-bye-blackbird/) - chords and lyrics for bye bye blackbird
- [Health Benefits from Guitar Lessons!](https://paulelwood.com/health-benefits-from-guitar-lessons/) - Health benefits from guitar lessons. good for your body and your mind! Relaxing and stimulating at the same time, this is a great way to unburden yourself.
- [C scale open strings](https://paulelwood.com/c-scale-open-strings/) - a tab diagram showing the C scale with open strings on guitar
- [Learning an instrument is great for your brain!](https://paulelwood.com/learning-an-instrument-is-great-for-your-brain/) - the value of playing music to retain brain function
- [Simple Strumming Patterns](https://paulelwood.com/simple-strumming-patterns/) - Simple strumming patterns for ukulele and bass. simple strumming patterns can improve your playing greatly! Here are a few to get you started
- [Hotel California](https://paulelwood.com/hotel-california/) - How to play Hotel California. Easy chords for guitar and fingerstyle example. This eagles tune can be played solo fingerstyle or chords accompany singing, etc.
- [C and his excellent minor relative, Am](https://paulelwood.com/c-and-am/) - C scale and Am scale, the relative minor for C
- [Power chords!](https://paulelwood.com/powerchords/) - power chords simple explanation
- [How hard do you press on the strings?](https://paulelwood.com/how-hard-do-you-press-on-the-strings/) - when learning to play guitar, how hard do you press down on the strings?
- [How to play "ring of fire"](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-ring-of-fire/) - Ring of fire is a great old standard tune with some interesting chord changes. Well worth looking at!
- [How to play love and marriage](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-love-and-marriage/) - how to play love and marriage. A great tune, made popular again by the TV show "married with children"
- [How to play I've got the world on a string](https://paulelwood.com/how-to-play-ive-got-the-world-on-a-string/) - how to play I've got the world on a string. Thumb/finger method. This great old love song was made popular by Cab Calloway
- [Play more melodically with this simple technique](https://paulelwood.com/play-more-melodically-with-this-simple-technique/) - Melodic playing is no mystery! Get out of the habit of thinking about the guitar as a lead/rhythm instrument. play more melodically with this simple technique
- [pentatonic power chords](https://paulelwood.com/pentatonic-power-chords/) - pentatonic power chords are a piece of cake if you understand a little about how the guitar neck works, and the relationships between the 5 notes of the scale
- [play better- by thinking about movies?](https://paulelwood.com/play-better-guitar-by-thinking-about-movies/) - You can make real progress by slightly changing the way you think about what you are doing. Play better guitar!
- [Playing over backing tracks](https://paulelwood.com/playing-over-backing-tracks/) - playing over backing tracks, E scale. Try this in the first position. Mixo. in E major, that starts at B. In the first position, start at 2nd fret of A.
- [There can only be one... But it is also eight.](https://paulelwood.com/number-theory/) - Any note can be the "one" note! That one note has two functions at the same time! It is the tonic and its octave, in musical number theory.
- [After You've Gone](https://paulelwood.com/after-youve-gone/) - Download after you’ve gone chords tabs, notation and lyrics After You’ve Gone” was recorded by Marion Harris on July 22, 1918, and released by Victor Records. The song became so popular that the sheet music was later decorated with tiny photographs of the 45 men who made the song famous, including Paul Whiteman, Rudy Vallée,
- [Thinking In Numbers](https://paulelwood.com/thinking-in-numbers/) - Looking for a New Year's resolution? Try numbers as a system for understanding how to move around the neck! Start with a pattern played over a progression.
- [Drive (part 1)](https://paulelwood.com/drive-part-1/) - "Drive" uses a 1/5/6/4 chord progression in B: B, C#, D#, E, F# G# A# and B. The 1/5/6/4 progression then for B will be B (1) , F# (5) , G#m (6) and E (4).
- [Strangers In The Night](https://paulelwood.com/strangers-in-the-night/) - how to play strangers in the night
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- [Electronic Press Kit](https://paulelwood.com/epk/) - Information about the kind of music I perform for residents of assisted and independent living facilities- EPK
- [Guitar Coach](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lessons-in-person-or-online/) - Paul Elwood Guitar Coach. Paul provides guitar lessons in-person in his Voorhees NJ studio or online. Learn more...
- [Learn to play guitar!](https://paulelwood.com/learn-to-play-guitar/) - learn to play guitar! materials and video instruction for learning to play a guitar. free online introductory session
- [Learn to use MuseScore](https://paulelwood.com/learn-to-use-musescore/) - Musescore is a program that many prominent music schools use to teach music. learn to use musescore for music fundamentals to complex composition
- [Resources for ukulele players](https://paulelwood.com/ukulele-lessons-2/) - Interested in ukulele lessons? you've come to the right place! Ukulele lessons in Voorhees NJ
- [Learn to Play a Ukulele](https://paulelwood.com/learn-to-play-ukulele/) - learn to play ukulele. Lessons and instruction from guitarist Paul Elwood. downloadable materials and videos:
- [Paul Elwood Trio](https://paulelwood.com/trio/) - Paul Elwood Trio. Guitar, Keyboards, bass and vocals - musical entertainment for private & public events. songs from the great american song book, blues & jazz
- [About guitar lessons with Paul Elwood](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lessons-and-performance/) - Private lessons and performance training for any level guitar student. Several styles, electric, nylon string and acoustic. in person/online. Voorhees, Marlton
- [Online guitar lessons!](https://paulelwood.com/online-guitar-lessons/) - Guitar lessons in person. Wouldn't it be great if you could stop the video at a certain point and asks the guitarist "what exactly is that"? Well now you can.
- [House Concerts](https://paulelwood.com/house-concert/) - A unique blend of musicality, sea stories and doggrel. Enjoy a house concert evening with Paul Elwood, guitarist/songwriter
- [Paul Elwood, solo guitarist](https://paulelwood.com/solo/) - Solo guitarist. Musical entertainment for private events, restaurants and wineries. Great American songbook to modern pop music. Also available as duo or trio
- [Price of guitar lessons](https://paulelwood.com/price-of-guitar-lessons/) - Price and terms for guitar, bass and ukulele lessons with Paul Elwood guitar coach. Private, in-person or online lessons... and the first one is free!
- [sing and play guitar!](https://paulelwood.com/sing-and-play-guitar/) - Often guitar students want to play along on guitar while they sing a favorite song. I can help you learn how to do that! Sing and play guitar!
- [8 Weeks to better Blues Guitar](https://paulelwood.com/8-weeks-to-blues-guitar/) - 8 weeks to blues guitar! Learn the basic forms, scales, rhythm and chord patterns. Understand how to to play what you hear and love what you play!
- [Distance Guitar Coaching FAQ](https://paulelwood.com/distance-guitar-coaching-faq/) - distance, online personal guitar lessons and your first online lesson is free. A great home school music option
- [Ukulele lessons](https://paulelwood.com/ukulele-lessons/) - Ukulele is a fun instrument and easy to learn to strum a recognizable tune. Need help getting started? I in-person, on-line and in-home lessons.
- [Fingerstyle guitar lessons](https://paulelwood.com/fingerstyle-guitar-lessons-2/) - Online or in-person finger-style guitar lessons. You've come to the right place! Bass and ukulele lessons too!
- [Paired Guitar Lessons](https://paulelwood.com/paired-guitar-lessons/) - Paired Guitar Lessons - Siblings, parent & child, partners. Father and daughter lessons, couples lessons. Learn to play guitar with someone you love!
- [Paul Elwood Guitar Coach](https://paulelwood.com/paul-elwood-guitar-coach/) - Paul Elwood guitar coach. Guitar lessons in the Voorhees area and online from anywhere. Any genre, any style, any level of ability or interest.
- [Seniors](https://paulelwood.com/musical-entertainment-for-seniors/) - Solo, duo, trio, or quartet! Specializing in musical entertainment for senior centers, assisted and independent living facilities.
- [guitarist Paul Elwood](https://paulelwood.com/guitarist-paul-elwood/) - guitarist Paul Elwood is available as solo entertainment and in a duo or trio as well. Offering a range of genres and styles, solo, duo or trio.
- [Trio for corporate events](https://paulelwood.com/trio-for-corporate-events/) - Paul Elwood, vocals and guitar, Art Bageur on bass and Patrick Kerssen on keys: together we are the Paul Elwood Trio. Jazz standards from the Great American Songbook and a mix of classic and current Americana, popular, blues and rock tunes.
- [Guitar students lessons and free downloadable charts and tools](https://paulelwood.com/student-lessons/) - Paul Elwood guitar and ukulele student lessons, video and downloadable materials
- [Bio](https://paulelwood.com/bio/) - Paul Elwood's bio. Where do all these crazy songs come fron?
- [Sitemap for paulelwood.com](https://paulelwood.com/sitemap-for-paulelwood/) - sitemap for paulelwood.com songs, lessons, tips training. anything related to guitar playing
- [Paul's Artwork](https://paulelwood.com/pauls-artwork/) - Paul's artwork. couple of decades of illustration, line work, graphic design airbrush and technical illustration both digital and traditional
- [FAQ for fingerstyle guitar](https://paulelwood.com/faq-for-fingerstyle-guitar/) - FAQ for fingerstyle guitar is challenging and fascinating!there are many ways to play guitar but fingerstyle is my all-time favorite. Interested? Let's chat.
- [Guitar Lesson Twelve](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lesson-twelve/) - guitar lesson twelve - Getting started with the guitar. We can also make our own tablature to help us remember our own music. Video and blank tab available.
- [Guitar Lesson Eleven](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lesson-eleven/) - Guitar lesson eleven: All major triads share the same characteristics. They have three notes: the 1, 3 and 5 degrees of the scale; C,E and G for C.
- [Guitar Lesson Ten](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lesson-ten/) - Guitar lesson ten: Getting started with the guitar. Stacking notes into chords
- [Guitar Lesson Nine](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lesson-nine/) - Getting started with the guitar. Time Signatures guitar lesson nine
- [Guitar Lesson Eight](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lesson-eight/) - Getting started with the guitar. building chords guitar lesson eight
- [Guitar Lesson Four](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lesson-four/) - Guitar Lesson Four Getting started with the guitar. how to play a C major scale in the first position
- [Guitar Lesson Three](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lesson-three/) - guitar lesson three Getting started with the guitar. how to play a C major scale in the first position
- [Guitar Lesson Five](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lesson-five/) - Guitar lesson five: Getting started with the guitar. how to play C major scale notes at the top of the neck
- [Performance](https://paulelwood.com/musical-performance/) - Solo, duo, trio, or quartet, providing enjoyable musical performance. Specializing in musical entertainment for all variety of senior community centers and restaurants.
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- [Guitar Lesson Six](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lesson-six/) - Getting started with the guitar: guitar lesson six. C chord in the first position and the 3rd position.
- [Guitar Lesson Two](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lesson-two/) - Getting started with the guitar: guitar lesson two. How to play a major scale on the open strings by understanding the intervals as half and whole steps
- [Guitar Lesson Overview](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lessons-overview/) - Guitar lessons overview: getting started with the guitar. What to expect from your early lessons and how to track success.
- [chord sheets and lyrics for guitar music](https://paulelwood.com/chord-sheets-and-lyrics/) - download easy to read chord sheets and lyrics for popular songs. Many of these tunes also have a youtube video
- [paul elwood guitar coach blog](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-coach-blog/) - Guitar coach blog: Paul Elwood articles, lessons and tips. Check out song charts, videos, chord and lyric sheets and more.
- [Musical Entertainment for Seniors](https://paulelwood.com/entertainment-for-seniors/) - Musical entertainment for seniors. senior centers and assisted and independent living facilities in NJ and PA
- [How do I Play this Song?](https://paulelwood.com/how-do-i-play-this-song/) - how do I play this song? Downloadable materials and videos help you to learn to play a song on your instrument. Lessons and instruction from guitarist Paul Elwood
- [privacy policy](https://paulelwood.com/privacy-policy/) - Privacy Policy How We Collect and Use InformationWe collect the following types of information about you: Information you provide us directly:We ask for certain information such as your real name, address, phone number and email address when you take lessons, or if you correspond with us. We may also retain any messages you send
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- [Guitar Lesson One](https://paulelwood.com/guitar-lesson-one/) - Getting started with the guitar. Identifying parts of the guitar and tuning your guitar

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## FAQs

- [How do you stay motivated as an older beginning guitarist?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/how-do-you-stay-motivated-as-an-older-beginning-guitarist/) - How did you stay motivated as a beginning guitarist (who is over 50 years old)? Two pieces of advice I offer all my students, regardless of their age. First: manage your expectations! You cannot expect to master this in weeks or months, it is the work of a lifetime. You can, however- and this is
- [What musical instrument is best to learn first?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/what-musical-instrument-is-best-to-learn-first/) - I may be biased, but by far- the best to start on is guitar. The reasons? too numerous to count. So here are just a small amount: it’s portable, it’s cool (and cheap- to buy one you don’t need pockets deep) With six or seven chords at hand play tons of songs by any band.
- [How do we get started with lessons?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/how-do-we-get-started-with-lessons/) - How do we get started? How to get started with distance guitar coaching, personal online lessons? Just reach out and we’ll set up an online session. The first one is generally to get acquainted, make sure the technology is comfortable for you, get a baseline on your skill level and for me to understand what
- [Is a string winder necessary?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/is-a-string-winder-necessary/) - Is a string winder necessary to change guitar strings, or can you just use your hands? Time saver for sure. But I think there may be some value to winding your strings by hand, at least until you know you know how to do it. There is a certain – elegance – to the ritual,
- [how do lessons with Paul work, exactly?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/how-do-lessons-with-paul-work-exactly/) - How does this work exactly? You’re probably interested in playing a particular song, or maybe a couple of ’em. You’ll give me a couple of choices; I’ll pick one and break it down into manageable sections*. We tackle it one piece at a time, at a comfortable speed for you. During the online lesson I’ll
- [how do I play a major scale on guitar](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/how-do-i-play-a-major-scale-on-guitar/) - How do I play any major scale on the guitar? Well you can do 5 of ’em right off the bat and I like to do this with my starting guitar students. You know intervals? the space between the steps in a scale? Major scale intervals go: whole step, whole step, half step, whole step,
- [Can I learn to play guitar from a book?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/can-i-learn-to-play-guitar-from-a-book/) - Can I learn how to play the acoustic guitar from a book? well, yes… but to really learn guitar lute, banjo or sitar there’s one method that I recommend by far: if you follow my advice, you’ll be sounding pretty nice! and be on your way to playing above par (like a star). books are
- [What is the coolest technique you use on guitar?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/what-is-the-coolest-technique-you-use-on-guitar/) - Claude Debussy What is the coolest technique you use while playing guitar? French composer Claude Debussy famously said, “Music is the space between the notes.” I still try to shoehorn as many notes as possible into a piece but I play more musically when I think about the spaces too. Phrasing is more interesting to
- [Do you use a metronome when practicing?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/do-you-use-a-metronome-when-practicing/) - Do you use a metronome when practicing music? I always keep one handy, though more for students than myself these days. I still pop it on for myself- I’d say, weekly. Playing to a metronome is a wildly valuable way to practice playing your instrument! You can of course use a drum track and a
- [Can I learn guitar in 2 months?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/i-wanted-to-learn-guitar-is-it-possible-to-learn-the-basics-of-guitar-in-2-months/) - I don’t know anybody who gets the neck without a lot of hard work. You’re in good company, certainly. Keep at it! But manage your expectations, too.
- [Is it too late to start learning guitar after 40?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/4433/) - I would not concern myself too much with "mastery". Instead, how about making yourself happy?
- [Why can't I change guitar chords properly?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/why-cant-i-change-guitar-chords-properly/) - Because you are trying to do it too fast. Try this: slow waaaay down. Put your fingers in position for the first chord and play that, Now slowly move all your fingers to the next chord
- [What's the best guitar for a beginner?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/whats-the-best-guitar-for-a-beginner/) - Wide neck, so easy to see when your fingers are supposed to be, whether you have little skinny kid fingers or big fat hand sausages. And nylon strings are so...
- [Is it easier to play guitar sitting or standing?](https://paulelwood.com/faq-items/is-it-easier-to-play-guitar-sitting-or-standing/) - What is easier, playing a guitar standing or sitting? If you are a sit-down guitar player you should make an effort to practice playing standing up as well. Two good reasons for that: it will make it more difficult to look at the neck when you play and consequently you’ll learn the neck in a

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