Randy VanWarmer – Just When I Needed You Most Guitar Lesson Info
Learn how to play Randy VanWarmer – Just When I Needed You Most note-for-note on guitar with our detailed step-by-step guitar lesson.
This lesson teaches Just When I Needed You Most by Randy VanWarmer as a fingerpicked acoustic guitar accompaniment, following the simple but highly effective guitar part that underpins the song. The lesson follows the re-make made by Randy for his Sun, Moon & Stars album, which is absolutely faithful to the original, but features just his voice and guitar, which means I can hear what he’s playing much more clearly than on the original.The arrangement is built around a series of straightforward arpeggios played over familiar chord shapes, creating a gentle, flowing accompaniment that leaves plenty of space for the melody and lyric to take centre stage. It’s a good example of how a relatively simple guitar part can contribute enormously to the emotional impact of a song.
There are no barre chords and no thumb-over chords, making this an excellent choice for players who have become comfortable with their basic open chords and are beginning to explore fingerpicking. The focus is on maintaining a steady picking pattern, making clean chord changes, and developing a relaxed, musical touch.
Although technically accessible, the arrangement sounds rich and satisfying when played well, making it rewarding for players at a range of levels. If you’re looking for a fingerpicking song that is approachable without sounding simplistic, this is an excellent one to add to your repertoire.
The download includes the full video lesson, a play-through performance, and detailed tab and chords so you can learn the arrangement exactly as demonstrated.
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Barre chords: No
- Thumb over chords: No
- Playing Style: Fingerpicked
- Tuning: Standard
- Separate Solo: No
- Separate Bass Part: No
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Randy VanWarmer – Just When I Needed You Most 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 4 files as follows:
- Part 1: Guitar Video Lesson
- Part 2: Performance-standard Playthru Video
- Part 3: Songsheet with tabs & lyrics
- Part 4: Guitar Tab
Total Download size: 298.4 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.
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