Cat Stevens – Where Do The Children Play
Learn how to play Cat Stevens – Where Do The Children Play note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Easy
Bar Chords: No
Thumb-over Chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed
Tuning: Standard
The lesson teaches a hybrid arrangement for one guitar based on an amalgamation of Cat Stevens’ part and Alun Davies’ part. Not a complete beginner’s song due to some additional finger movement within chord shapes, but not difficult to play.
The complete file contains a lesson video, 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 131 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.
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Julien says
Hi,
just purchased “Where do the children play” and noticed that you use a different G on the lesson and play thru, with the open 5th string. Did you find a better sound at some point :) Thanks, love the lessons.
Jerry says
Sometimes I play G with the 6th string finger just touching (and thereby muting) the 5th string. The note that would be on the 5th string (B) is already in the chord on the open 2nd string. It’s not necessary to replicate my habit. Either fingering will work just fine. Just make sure you don’t hear the open G.
Eduardo Guillen says
Thanks for adding Where do the children play by Cat Stevens to your selection , one of my favorite songs of all times, I love this hybrid version of it you put together that include those distinctive base notes on the song.
Excellent work Jerry as always from the best guitar teacher online
Regards
Anonymous says
Jerry … Many thanks to you for providing superb guitar teachings. I have always wanted to add fingerpicking style to my flatpicking basics on guitar.
With Katmandu, Moonshadow and The Wind by Cat Stevens, I am well on my way.
If You decide to add any more of Cats songs to the collection, may I reccomend
” If I Laugh ” and ” Into White ” …. two absolutely beautiful fingerstyle Cat classics.
Regards Gary
Jerry says
Hi Gary.
Both of those are coming. If I Laugh will be quite soon, although I don’t think it’s fingerpicked.