America – A Horse With No Name
Learn how to play America – A Horse With No Name note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Easy. The solo would slip into intermediate level.
Barre Chords: No
Thumb-Over Chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed throughout
Tuning: Guitar on:e DEDGBD – Guitar two: Standard
Separate Solo: Yes
There are 3 lessons in total. Guitar 1 is a 6-string in an altered tuning. Guitar 2 is a 12-string in standard tuning. The third lesson is the guitar solo.
The complete file contains 3 lesson videos, 3 performance play thru videos, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 221 Mb containing all the lesson content.
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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.
The videos are mp4 format and should play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
They will download as Zip files. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file. I use Zipeg which you can get free, here.
If you want to download to an iPad or iPhone you’ll need an app to do so, please read here to know more about it.
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Andy says
Why charge me for this when I can barely afford to maintain an old classic Fender Strat and Fender Bandmater amp I bought from a blind jazz player who needed food money and got the pair for $150…..so you can see I got little cash after that deal to pay for anything and now Cornvirus will get me soon as I’m over 67 with fever and cough …….so please help for just one song…..
I am retired and need something to do and learn least I commit suiside from boredom in my flat on upper eat side near the Dakota where Lennon lived and having no friends as the few I had either are dead or can’t stand me……all I wanted to know was chords for Horse with No Name…….if you can help great if not life goes on for some of you 😵🔫☠
Jerry says
A Horse With No Name is free. Just download it.
Mike says
Jerry:
Your lessons and materials are great but please slow down when showing the strumming and picking patterns. Thanks.
Robert Hockensmith says
Hello Jerry~I wanted to drop you a line to say “Hello” from the U.S. I just went through your video library, and notice that several of the artits that you cover, are groups that my brother Hadley has either played with or for. He played on the America album that had the song You Can Do Magic on it; played on a cpl of Gordon Lightfoots albums; played with David Gates and Bread for about 4 years. Hadley was Neil Diamonds lead guitarist for the past 37years. There were one or two others on the list, but I can’t remember the names. Anyway, I thought that as a musician yourself, you might find that interesting. btw: you might enjoy hearing Hadley on you tube, under Hadley Hockensmith or Neil Diamond. In any event, I want to say that I enjoy your site, and I will be purchasing numerous tutorials in the very near future. Cheers! R. Hockensmith
Jerry says
Hi Robert.
How cool is that. Your brother could teach me a few things, no doubt. I’ll check him out on YouTube for sure. Thanks for letting me know.
Cheers
jerry
Jorge says
Your teaching is great. Thanks. It is my first Acoustic Guitar attempt after playing a bit in classic
cataclop17 says
Thank you. I’am very happy to be able to learn to play this wonderful song
Mike B. says
Thanks for A Horse With No Name. When I first tried, it sounded horrible, until I realized I had tuned to D# instead of D on the 1st and 6th strings. Once that was fixed it sounded pretty good straight away. I still need a bit (a lot) of practice to get the solo up to speed, but you really did make this song easy.
AllenK says
Am I right in this? Why tune the high E to D when you have to hold the E string down at the 2nd fret constantly? Leave it at E, it’s still right if you don’t hit the 2nd fret, and if you’re doing a single your set for the lead part without having to do any weird adjustments because of the tuning?
Newbie here just making certain I’m right. Thanks
Great job by the way – Ramblin On My Mind was a great lesson. Took awhile but I got it. Thanks
Jerry says
I agree Allen. I just did it the way Gerry Beckley said that they tuned for this song in a 1980’s interview.
Jim smith says
You have the best ear ever!
I don’t purchase a lot but I am impressed with all your work,
Great work!!