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🎸 Pink Floyd, Acoustic! Learn "Breathe" with Simplified Chords, Riff, and 16th Note Strumming
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Hey there, friends! Coming at you today from the Texas gulf coast, where we're celebrating my wife's birthday. The sun came out just in time for the beach today — which was a nice gift! Today's new lesson looks at Pink Floyd’s classic Breathe, from their all-time classic album Dark Side of the Moon. In my tutorial, I’ll teach things as Pink Floyd plays them — but also include a ton of handy tips for simplifying the chord shapes, riffs, and strumming patterns. This will let you play the song in a way that suits your skill level perfectly, whether you’re earlier along in your guitar journey or a bit more experienced. Here's what I tackle in the video linked above:
​ Don't Miss the Bonus Content! To accompany my free video lesson, I also made a few bonus items to help you with this song. This includes my practice notes in print-friendly format — with all the chord voicings I use, strumming tips, etc. I also made two different play-along video practice tracks — which you can use to practice the chords, strumming, or even lead guitar. 👉 Get the bonus content​ ​ Thanks and Enjoy the Weekend! Special thanks to Scott, whose email with a few specific questions about tackling this song inspired today's lesson. Scott, I hope you find it helpful! With that, I'm off to a family dinner to celebrate my wife's birthday. Here's a pic of her beautiful birthday smile, along with her dad – who is here at the beach with us. This is the first vacation where I packed an electric guitar in addition to my GS mini — which my father-in-law and I will be using to play some tunes over the next couple days. I'll try to have someone take a video or two. Hope you have yourself a good one, wherever you are! ✌️ David Watch todays new lesson @ https://songnotes.net/lessons/544/​ Browse all my lessons @ https://songnotes.net/​ ​ |
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Learn to play guitar with weekly video lessons & print-friendly guides! Learn your favorite songs & techniques with step-by-step tutorials that actually explain how to get from here to there.
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