James Taylor – The Water is Wide
Learn how to play James Taylor – The Water is Wide note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Barre chords: Yes
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked
Tuning: Standard
The lesson teaches James’ guitar part from the original studio version.
The complete file contains 4 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 490 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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Mary C says
Hi Jerry,
Thanks for teaching J.T.’s version. I’ve played it in C for a long time and look forward to learning this version! Cheers to you!
Donald Paul says
Very nice sounds just like James Taylor’s arrangement