Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale Guitar Lesson Info
Learn how to play Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale note-for-note on guitar with our Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale Guitar Lesson.
There are three lessons here:
1. The rhythm part which is an adaptation of Gary Brooker’s piano part onto acoustic guitar
2. The lead part which is a transcription of Matthew Fisher’s organ part for lead guitar
3. The bass part which is an exact transcription of David Knights’ bass part from the record
If you want to play a solo guitar and voice version, the rhythm part will be the one to learn.
- Difficulty level: Intermediate
- Barre chords: No
- Thumb over chords: Yes
- Playing Style: Rhythm Part: Fingerpicked. Lead Part: Picked with a pick. Bass Part: I use fingers but can be played with a pick
- Tuning: Standard
- Separate Solo: Yes
- Separate Bass Part: Yes
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Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale 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 10 files as follows:
- Part 1: Rhythm Part Guitar Video Lesson
- Part 2: Rhythm Part Performance-standard Playthru Video
- Part 3: Rhythm Part Guitar Tab
- Part 4: Lead Part Guitar Video Lesson
- Part 5: Lead Part Performance-standard Playthru Video
- Part 6: Lead Part Guitar Tab
- Part 7: Bass Part Guitar Video Lesson
- Part 8: Bass Part Performance-standard Playthru Video
- Part 9: Bass Part Guitar Tab
- Part 10: Songsheet with tabs & lyrics
Total Download size: 762.1 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.
Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale Lesson Previews
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