In the first session of The Song According to Matt Munisteri, Matt starts with one of the most indelibly ingrained and iconic melodies we all share: “You Are My Sunshine.” He says, “The ultimate goal of this entire workshop is to facilitate your having more fun and enjoying more satisfaction with your guitar playing, and to that end, throughout the series of classes we’re going to be mining ‘the familiar’ for many of our discoveries. ‘You Are My Sunshine’ is encoded so deeply in our cultural DNA that any further examination of it might seem fruitless, but—Oh! —what bounties await! ‘Sunshine’ is a true Rosetta Stone, and we’ll unpack a treasure chest of beautiful lessons in harmony and counterpoint from its effortlessly brilliant construction.”
Download notation and tab for “You Are My Sunshine” below.
