The Grateful Dead – Uncle John’s Band
Learn how to play The Grateful Dead – Uncle John’s Band note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Barre chords: Yes
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed (rhythm part). Picked with a pick (lead part).
Tuning: Standard
Both the rhythm and lead guitar parts are taught in this lesson. There are two zip files to be downloaded (one each for the rhythm and lead parts).
The complete file contains four lesson videos, four 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 764.8 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. I use Zipeg 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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Dan says
Do the two parts of your “Uncle John’s Band” lesson, the rhythm and the lead, lend themselves to being combined while playing the song (by an intermediate player with no great musical talent)? In others words, to the playing of the important parts from each at their appropriate time in the song. I’m thinking particularly of the iconic first part of the lead part. It seems boring to just three chord strum the rhythm part, even though the strum is interesting. Perhaps that is in fact how you’ve set the lesson up, and do it in the play through. Or is this lesson only especially useful if there are two players? Thank you.
BTW, love your lessons. Would really love to see you do one for JJ Cale’s “I Got The Same Ol’ Blues.”
Jerry says
It teaches the rhythm and lead parts separately I’m afraid Dan.
It may be possible to incorporate some element of the lead part into a 1-guitar arrangement, but that isn’t how it’s taught.
I’ll add Same Ol’ Blues to the list.