Eva Cassidy – Woodstock Guitar Lesson Info
Learn how to play Eva Cassidy – Woodstock note-for-note on guitar with our Eva Cassidy – Woodstock Guitar Lesson.
Eva Cassidy’s version of Woodstock transforms Joni Mitchell’s classic into something intimate and deeply soulful — and this lesson shows you exactly how to capture that same magic on guitar.Played in standard tuning and built around a beautifully flowing fingerpicked pattern, this arrangement mirrors Eva’s gentle pulse and her instinct for phrasing.
You’ll learn every nuance of Eva’s approach — the subtle dynamics, the shifting emphasis between bass and melody, and how she uses touch and timing to create that unmistakable emotional atmosphere. It’s an intermediate-level piece, perfect for players who want to explore expressiveness as much as technique.
You’ll receive:
- A detailed step-by-step lesson video, broken down into 5 parts for ease of navigation
- A full performance play-through video
- Complete tab, chords, and lyrics sheet
By the end, you’ll be able to perform Woodstock as Eva Cassidy played it. A contemplative, quietly powerful fingerpicked arrangement that feels as moving to play as it does to hear.
- Difficulty level: Intermediate
- Barre chords: No
- Thumb over chords: Yes
- Playing Style: Fingerpicked
- Tuning: Standard
- Separate Solo: No
- Separate Bass Part: No
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Eva Cassidy – Woodstock 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 8 files as follows:
- Part 1: Guitar Video Lesson – Intro
- Part 2: Guitar Video Lesson – Verses 1 & 2
- Part 3: Guitar Video Lesson – Chorus 1 & 2
- Part 4: Guitar Video Lesson – Verse 3
- Part 5: Guitar Video Lesson – Chorus 3
- Part 6: Performance-standard Playthru Video
- Part 7: Songsheet with tabs & lyrics
- Part 8: Guitar Tab
Total Download size: 463.6 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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