Pink Floyd – Fat Old Sun

Learn how to play Pink Floyd – Fat Old Sun note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate. Rhythm part is easy. The lead part is a bit trickier (intermediate) – about average as Dave Gilmour’s solos go.
Barre Chords: Yes
Thumb Over Chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed (acoustic part) Picked (lead part)
Tuning: Standard
Separate Solo: Yes
This preview video contains the introduction taken from both lessons for the song Fat Old Sun by Pink Floyd.
The complete lesson contains 2 lesson videos (one for the the acoustic rhythm part, one for the lead guitar solo), 2 play thru videos, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download it which will download as a zip file of 339 Mb containing all the lesson content. Note that the lead solo in the original is long. The lead lesson covers the first minute of the solo before it extends into the fade.
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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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Jerry says
Hi Michael. Hope you enjoy it. That is a good solo to start with.
Michael says
Hello.
Wanting to learn to solo, David Gilmour style. What better way to start than, Fat Old Sun.
I subscribed to your YouTube page, so we’ll see how it goes.