Bars & Beats! Today, we start working on a new song in Mary Wells’ My Guy. This 1964 Motown smash hit was an early peak in Wells’ career that she never bettered. A...
Playlist - My Guy
Verse! The first part of the verse, which moves around a Bb chord is what we study here, we leave the D7 for now. Here’s a loop to practice along to. Use this to...
Bridge! Today we dive into the bridge. As always, start by playing exactly like the TAB loops, then try improvising over this band-only loop. Don’t stare yourself blind...
Turnaround! Let’s work out some options for the turnaround section of My Guy. Here’s a loop to practice along with. Use it once you can play to the TAB loops. In the...
Verse, Bridge & Turnaround! There was a lot of TAB in the last few lessons, today there’s even more! Luckily it is the same concepts repeated, and they all build on...
M8 & Instrumental! You need a loop to practice the M8, here it is. For the first three examples, we just play chords using the same rhythm as the bridge had. We also...
Complete song! Today, you’ll find out how well all that preparation paid off as it’s time to play the full song. Below you find TAB for what I ended up playing in the...
Live band backing track! You could still use the TAB when you play on your own with the band, but it would be better if you didn’t. Instead, aim to explore the fret...
