Dan Fogelberg – The Sand and the Foam
Learn how to play Dan Fogelberg – The Sand and the Foam note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate (the guitar break is advanced but optional)
Barre Chords: Yes
Thumb-Over Chords: Yes
Playing Style: Fingerpicked throughout
Tuning: Standard
The lesson teaches Dan’s part from the original studio recording. The only exception to this is the guitar break in which Dan plays a normal accompaniment pattern, and you can too, but I’ve arranged the solo for fingerstyle guitar so that the solo singer-guitarist can play something a little more interesting in the guitar break.
The complete file contains 3 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 303 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.
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Daniel Wong says
Hi Jerry
Your arrangement of the guitar break is awesome but I would like to know the normal accompaniment patterns Dan played as well.
Can you send me the tab thru email?
Thank you.
Jerry says
Hi Daniel
Do you know the root notes of each chord? If so, play
Root 3 2 1 23 for each bar, and play these chords:
| Am7 | B7 | Em | Em | Am7 | B7 | Em | Em |
| Am7 | B7 | Em | C | Am7 | Bm7 | C | D |
Daniel Wong says
Thanks Jerry
Anonymous says
HI Jerry thanks for adding another wonderful song by Dan Fogelberg without question one of my top favorite artist, I hope you consider strongly to add a collection of his music, looking forward to the Crow another great song I am curious weather you will choose to do the live version or the studio version they are both great version you mentioned to me a while ago that you add “The reach” but I don’t see it on the list, thanks again
Eduardo
Jerry says
Hi Eduardo
‘The list’ is my big to-do list which I’ve now closed because it’s grown to over 1000 songs. The Reach is on it.
I’ll be doing the live version of Crow. I like to do versions with just acoustic guitar accompaniment when they exist.
Anonymous says
Thanks Jerry I actually like the live version better if given a choice, thanks for all your hard work, you always do an excellent job putting together all these songs and your method of teaching is the best I have seen and that we all appreciate greatly!
Some suggestions to put on the back burner
“Give me some time”
“Scarecrow’s dream”
Tucson, Arizona (Gazette)
Anonymous says
Yes, more older D Fogelberg tunes! Not Tucson, AZ. Impossible to play…
Lot’s more potential DF songs tho.
Jerry says
They’re not proving popular unfortunately (apart from Leader of the Band). Croce, for example, is far more popular. But I’ll do more DF anyway.
Anonymous says
Your Fogelberg lessons are great! Please keep them coming!
Daniel Wong says
Your fantastic site has inspired me to pick up my guitar again after so many years. As a die hard fans of Dan Fogelberg, I was so excited to learn that The Sand and the Foam is among the Coming Up Next list. I check your site everyday and finally there is it and also Crow is upcoming！ I hope you are planning to set up a collection for Dan.
May I ask a question that for example, if I had purchased a Jim Croce collection, then for any new songs e.g. Alabama Rain that is currently not included in the collection, do I need to pay for that song individually?
Jerry says
Hi Daniel
What happens with all collections is that previous collection purchasers are emailed with a coupon code when a new song is released in that collection.
It allows them to buy it at half price.