Here are some favorites of mine I am working on that have other online lessons and offer some great learning opportunities.. Since TG has the most comprehensive lessons, it would be great for many of us to see them here:
Chicago: “Does Anybody really know what time it is?” Easy to sing along and great for jazz voicings, clever rhythm changes and key changes! Wonderful song!
Bobby Darin: “Beyond the Sea”. Great 2-5-1 with TRICKY dominant 7 substitutions and very fast chord changes. Great fun to sing along and complex swing rhythm!
Bobby Darin: “Mack the Knife”. WOW chord changes, constantly moving up a half step. Some tough chord voicings, not for the novice but what an awesome swing tune!
B, S & T: “You Make Me So Very Happy”. What a wonderful song! Upbeat, not too difficult, nice and slow so great for learning jazz voicings, lots of easy rhythm changes and so fun to sing along.
Ides of March: “Vehicle”. Great for rhythm work, not so many chords, awesome vocals and great solo, not too hard and pretty much straightforward pentatonic.
Lighthouse: “One Fine Morning”. Happy Hazz Rock st it’s best but whoa! The rhythm is not hard but the speed will require mastery of staccato strumming. Learn this song and funk will never scare you again! Chords are easy and straightforward. It is all about right hand technique. 16th notes at around 130 BPM…Oh my! The solo at the end is like “25 or 6 to 4”, but easier. All pentatonic with nearly all the rock cliche’ licks you have ever heard. What makes it hard is the tempo. You can learn the solo in pieces.
Last but not least,
The Beatles: “Got to Get You Into My Life”. What a wonderful song! Great walk down base lines, wonderful chords and can be played in 1st position (at least in part) using Neil’s favorite open G position. Solo is not complicated but really tricky to get the “Harrison-Lennon” complex interplay. It is all about tone control. Short but oh so sweet!
Well, I’m starting to sound like a commercial so ignore me if it bores you all.
