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Sound of Silence

IntermediateFingerpickingAndy Guitar
15:19/165K views/Feb 2024
15:19·165K views·Feb 2024·Released 1964·Taught by Andy Guitar
FingerpickingFolkKey of E minor104 BPM
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i-III-VII-VI

What you'll learn

  • How to play Sound of Silence fingerstyle
  • Open and barre chord shapes
  • Fingerpicking pattern for the song

About this lesson

▶ https://www.andyguitar.co.uk/ ◀ Learn guitar online with me! TAB https://www.guitar-pro.com/tabs/t/1771-the-sound-of-silence In this guitar lesson, we look at how to play 'Sound of Silence' by Simon and Garfunkel. This is a beautiful song, and the only tricky chord is the F chord really. The main focus here is to be able to follow a chord sheet that doesn't have barre lines on it by follow the words of the song, using the prompts on screen to help. We then look at the full fingerstyle intro, which play throughout all of verse 1. Get more help with learning fingerstyle here ▶ https://www.andyguitar.co.uk/courses/fingerpicking-patterns-for-fingerstyle-1◀ 🎬 SUBSCRIBE TO ANDY GUITAR on YouTube http://goo.gl/nDtSmJ 🙏 Help support Andy's free videos by donating https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=J3SP58NUHS55U ************************************************************************** ✅ FREE 10 DAY TRIAL of ALL my online courses (limited time!) ✅ ▶ https://www.andyguitar.co.uk/shop/subscribe/access-all-areas (risk-free for 60 days, and your first 10 days cost nothing)

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