Paul Simon – Peace Like a River
Learn how to play Paul Simon – Peace Like a River note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Advanced
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked
Tuning: Downtuned by a full step
This lesson teaches Paul Simon’s principal guitar part from the album version.
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 445 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.
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Andy says
Having fun with this one :) How would you recommend learning the triplet runs in the guitar break? I am torn between playing the simple pattern over two bars in time but with no emphasis on the beats vs learning the thing triplet by triplet with an emphasis on the beats (the ‘one’ in ‘one-and-a’).
Jerry says
I practised them in 2-bar phrases, playing the whole phrase but very slowly until my right hand fingers had the pattern down. Bar 42 I practised separately at first because the left hand is more complicated.
Once you have the muscle memory developed, bring it up to speed a little at at time.
Mary Magdalene says
I don’t have a guitar, will I be able to play this tune on a comb?
Charlie says
YES!! Jerry thank you so much! Now I can learn this fantastic tune!