Grateful Dead – Mountains of the Moon Guitar Lesson Info
Learn how to play Grateful Dead – Mountains of the Moon note-for-note on guitar with our Grateful Dead – Mountains of the Moon Guitar Lesson.
This lesson breaks down the intricate acoustic guitar part played by Jerry Garcia in Mountains of the Moon by Grateful Dead.
The arrangement is fingerpicked throughout and sits at an intermediate level. While the part has Garcia’s characteristic movement and detail, it remains very playable once the patterns are understood. There are a couple of short barre chords, but no thumb-over shapes, and the left hand stays relatively comfortable.
The guitar on the original recording is tuned down a full step, likely to suit the vocal range. However, this is optional. The lesson, tab, and chord sheet all work perfectly in standard tuning, so you can choose whichever suits your voice or setup.
The focus of the lesson is on:
-Understanding the flowing fingerpicking patterns.
-Navigating the chord changes cleanly.
-Capturing the light, almost lute-like feel of the accompaniment.
This is a great piece for players who enjoy more detailed acoustic arrangements and want to develop control, accuracy, and musical phrasing within a structured fingerpicking framework.
- Difficulty level: Intermediate
- Barre chords: Yes
- Thumb over chords: No
- Playing Style: Fingerpicked
- Tuning: Downtuned by a full step
- Separate Solo: No
- Separate Bass Part: No
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Grateful Dead – Mountains of the Moon 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
- Part 3: Guitar Video Lesson – Chorus
- Part 4: Guitar Video Lesson – Outro
- Part 5: Performance-standard Playthru Video
- Part 6: Songsheet with tabs & lyrics
- Part 7: Guitar Tab
Total Download size: 404.8 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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