John Moreland – Hang Me In The Tulsa County Stars Guitar Lesson Info
Learn how to play John Moreland – Hang Me In The Tulsa County Stars note-for-note on guitar with our John Moreland – Hang Me In The Tulsa County Stars Guitar Lesson.
Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars – John Moreland – Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson (Travis Picking)This lesson teaches Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars by John Moreland, arranged exactly as he plays it in performance. The guitar part uses steady Travis picking, with a thumb-led bass pulse and melody notes woven through the upper strings. The lesson covers the entire song, including the guitar break that Moreland plays as part of the accompaniment rather than a separate solo.
You’ll get:
-A note-for-note breakdown of the picking pattern and chord movement
-PDF tabs, including the guitar break and vocal accompaniment
-A full playthrough video and step-by-step teaching video
-Guidance on feel, timing, and tone to match Moreland’s understated style
-A great choice for intermediate players who enjoy Americana, folk fingerstyle, and songs in the storytelling tradition of artists like Townes Van Zandt and John Prine.
- Difficulty level: Intermediate
- Barre chords: No
- Thumb over chords: Yes (but optional – can be re-fingered)
- Playing Style: Fingerpicked (Travis Picked)
- Tuning: Standard
- Separate Solo: No – it’s woven into the guitar part
- Separate Bass Part: No
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John Moreland – Hang Me In The Tulsa County Stars 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 – Bridge
- Part 4: Guitar Video Lesson – Verse 3
- Part 5: Guitar Video Lesson – Guitar Break
- Part 6: Performance-standard Playthru Video
- Part 7: Songsheet with tabs & lyrics
- Part 8: Guitar Tab
Total Download size: 560.1 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.
John Moreland – Hang Me In The Tulsa County Stars Lesson Previews
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