Arlo Guthrie – The Motorcycle Song
Learn how to play Arlo Guthrie – The Motorcycle Song note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate. A couple of the alternate licks are advanced but they’re optional.
Barre Chords: No
Thumb-Over Chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked throughout
Tuning: Drop D
The lesson teaches Arlo’s guitar part from the studio version, plus incorporating the lead riff for the verse. There is a separate video breaking down some alternative licks that you can use, taken from live performances, but these are optional.
The complete file contains 2 lesson videos, a performance play thru video, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 301 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.
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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