Peter Paul and Mary – If I Had a Hammer

Learn how to play Peter Paul and Mary – If I Had a Hammer note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Easy (leaning towards intermediate because of the quick chord changes)
Barre chords: Yes
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed
Tuning: Standard
There are two lessons in this one – one teaches Peter’s guitar part and the other Paul’s. You can play the song using either one of them or combine them with another player to create the full Peter Paul and Mary sound.
The complete file contains two lesson videos, two performance play thru videos, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 192 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.
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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