Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You
Learn how to play Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked (Travis picked)
Tuning: Standard
This lesson teaches Townes’ guitar part from the Live at the Old Quarter recording. The lesson is broken into 3 videos because, although the main song / verse part is consistent and simple, the intro and interlude are both very long and don’t follow any consistent picking pattern. That means that those who want to learn note-for-note what he’s playing are going to have to get down in the trenches and go through it bar-by-bar, and that’s what we do in this lesson.
The complete file contains a lesson video, a performance play thru video, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 328 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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NJ says
Thanks for a great lesson!!
Which version is this? Do you have a YouTube-link?
I have bougth this one, and the sound on three of the video files are corrupted when I play the files (except the intro) on my Android phone. They work fine on VLC Player on PC. All other files I have bought from you works fine on all devices.
Jerry says
Hi NJ.
It’s the Live at the Old Quarter version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n436t_zJPy4
I’m not sure what the problem could be with the sound on Android. I’ll see if I can replicate the problem here.
Joseph Stalin says
Эй, Джерри, сукин сын! Почему нет его лучшей песни – Buckskin Stallion Blues? Столько мусора, а этой красивой песни нет? Беспорядок! Срочно делай! Большое спасибо.
Jerry says
I do the songs that people request. I don’t choose which ones.
Now that you’ve requested that one, I’ll add it to my list.
Joseph Stalin says
Я не понимаю по английски. Но надеюсь, что вы написали что-то хорошее.
Ben says
Hello if I purchase this will it guarantee me to have sound the YouTube clips do not have sound
Jerry says
When I play the YouTube clips I hear sound. Are your speakers turned up?