Lydia the Tattooed Lady, Part 2: Melody

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

The Beatles’ classic “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” makes a great fingerstyle guitar piece. In this lesson, Stevie shows you how to get an alternating bass going (Travis style) and then find the melody on the treble strings. Learn the infectious signature melody and bass line that start the verse in Part 1.

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Lydia the Tattooed Lady

Lydia the Tattooed Lady, Part 1: Chords

Lydia the Tattooed Lady, Part 2: Melody

Lydia the Tattooed Lady, Part 3: Bridge

Lydia the Tattooed Lady, Part 2: Melody

Once you learn the chords, to “Lydia the Tattooed Lady” it’s relatively easy to add the melody, which most of the time is the top note of the chord you’re playing. And instead of alternating bass, the thumb is mostly just playing the bass note on the downbeat. Stevie walks you through the melody of the main section of “Lydia the Tattooed Lady” phrase by phrase in this video.

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