Don McLean – Prime Time
Learn how to play Don McLean – Prime Time note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Intermediate (the main part of the song is easy)
Barre chords: Yes but optional
Thumb over chords: Yes but optional
Playing Style: Strummed with a very few picked notes
Tuning: Standard
The lesson teaches Don’s guitar part from a version he played on the 70’s music show Top Pop. I used this version because he plays the song solo with just his guitar accompaniment.
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 270 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.
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