Bee Gees – I Started a Joke (Fingerstyle) Guitar Lesson Info
Learn how to play Bee Gees – I Started a Joke (Fingerstyle) note-for-note on guitar with our Bee Gees – I Started a Joke (Fingerstyle) Guitar Lesson.
Learn to play the Bee Gees classic I Started a Joke in a beautiful fingerstyle chord–melody arrangement. This lesson is designed for guitarists who want to capture both the melody and accompaniment on a single guitar, staying true to the emotional feel of the original recording.You’ll be working in Open G tuning (D G D G B E), which creates a rich, resonant sound and makes the arrangement both accessible and expressive. Every note of the vocal melody is woven into the chord shapes, so you can perform the song as a complete solo guitar piece—perfect for playing at home, for friends, or in performance.
The lesson is taught step-by-step, with clear video demonstrations and supporting TAB/notation PDFs. There are no barre chords or thumb-over shapes, so your focus can stay on smooth fingerpicking and phrasing. While the arrangement is intermediate leaning to advanced, patient learners will find it very approachable, and the payoff is a deeply satisfying solo arrangement of one of the Bee Gees’ most loved ballads.
Whether you’re a Bee Gees fan or simply looking for a soulful fingerpicking project, this chord–melody guitar lesson will give you everything you need to make I Started a Joke your own.
- Difficulty level: Intermediate leaning to advanced
- Barre chords: No
- Thumb over chords: No
- Playing Style: Fingerpicked
- Tuning: Open G (D G D G B E)
- Separate Solo: No
- Separate Bass Part: No
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Bee Gees – I Started a Joke (Fingerstyle) Download Details
The complete lesson contains a lesson video and a performance-standard play-thru video. It also contains the guitar tabs as PDF files and a songsheet with the chords and the lyrics of the lesson (if applicable), also as PDF files.
The videos are MP4 format and will play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
You’ll receive an email with a Zip file containing a total of 7 files as follows:
- Part 1: Guitar Video Lesson – Intro
- Part 2: Guitar Video Lesson – Verse 1
- Part 3: Guitar Video Lesson – Verse 2
- Part 4: Guitar Video Lesson – Bridge
- Part 5: Guitar Video Lesson – Verse 3
- Part 6: Guitar Tab
- Part 7: Performance-standard Playthru Video
Total Download size: 551.3 Mb
You’ll need to extract the MP4 and PDF files from the Zip file/s to be able to use them and you’ll need software to do so. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file. I use Peazip 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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