In this video
It’s Monday night campfire club, and this one’s all about autumn songs. Before diving in, I share some thoughts from my recent podcast with Chris Woods on why so many guitarists quit, and introduce a brilliant guitar pathways book from Noisy Clan that helps adult learners find their direction (use code ANDY20 for 20% off anything on their site).
From there, we get into what actually makes music feel the way it does, covering major and minor, tension and release, timbre, melody, rhythm and why the warm acoustic guitar tone is basically the sound of the season.
Songs covered include:
Pink Moon by Nick Drake - open tuning ECFGACGC, capo second fret, and how to approximate it in standard tuning
Harvest Moon by Neil Young - D major to Dmaj6 to Dmaj7 riff, natural harmonics at the 12th and 7th fret
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac - capo third fret, inside out fingerpicking pattern, G over B and Am7 shapes
The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel - inside out to outside in picking pattern, G, F and C in the key of G
Father and Son by Cat Stevens - key of C, down down down up strumming, simple chord progressions
Ten Years Gone by Led Zeppelin - two chords, expressive shapes, and finding your root notes
We also touch on Planet Telex by Radiohead, Fire and Rain by James Taylor, and take requests for future streams including Perfect Day, Norah Jones and some blues content.