>>New Target and Pay Per Lesson release - Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

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tgjameela
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Mon Nov 18, 2013 2:20 pm

Hi Everyone,

Today's Target and Pay Per Lesson release is now live.

Sweet Caroline is one of the greatest sing-a-long songs of all time. It was released as a single in 1969 then subsequently added to Neil Diamond’s album of the day, Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show, as an afterthought.

This lesson goes over the chord progression and shows a relatively easy way to play it in the key of A, as well as a more embellished version bringing in many of the other instruments’ parts. It also covers different voicings of common chords and barres from families other than E and A.

Enjoy this level 6 lesson!

http://www.totallyguitars.com/target-so ... esson.html





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Mon Nov 18, 2013 3:11 pm

Oh so very cool, this one is going to be popular.
It reminds me of what you did with the Mrs Robinson intro.
Great work!
Dean


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Mon Nov 18, 2013 3:20 pm

Okay!!! The move(other house) is behind us,,well a bit more feeling home on our new place and its allright..

Man do I like this lesson on a very favo song of mine(pity you did'nt sang it),,you made a very very nice arrangement and I put on top of my list(many are on top..lol)
Love it :woohoo: B)
Willem




EDIT: If I could I give you a 1000 likes on FB...


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Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:33 pm

Wow

This is brilliant, thanks !!

Not only a favourite song but looks lie a super cool lesson with it !!

Dermot

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Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:05 pm

Sweet!!!! I love this song. It's such a happy song with a fun rhythm. Going onto my must learn list right away.



P.S. I just watched all of the lesson parts and feel like I can pick this up quickly. Unfortunately I am traveling w/o a guitar this week.



P.S.S Love the shirt and really like the fact that you matched the guitar pick color to your shirt! That is real class :)


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Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:01 am

What a lovely song. thanks for the lesson Neil. Also love the intro and the voicing during the chorus.

It is on the top of the list

Marc


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Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:11 pm

This looks so fun!! I'm going to start it tomorrow!


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Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:06 pm

Neil Thanks for this lesson. 4 years ago this Saturday our Granddaughter Caroline was born. I looked everywhere for a lesson, found some chords out there and made an attempt in this song. Nothing out there sounds as good as your version of this song. I don't have time to learn it by Saturday, but my little princess Caroline will hear it soon!
Pete


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Wed Nov 20, 2013 2:53 pm

Way to go Pete. Even if it's next birthday, she will love you playing the song for her!

Good luck....
Bart


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Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:58 pm

Hey gang,

Thanks for the comments on this lesson. I had a lot of fun putting it together, I even made Nani listen to it while it was under construction, which rarely happens. It really came about accidentally as I had pretty much written the song off years ago as not having enough teaching moments. But, as I was working on today's lesson I gave it another listen and thought about taking the approach of how I would play it to accompany a singer, trying to incorporate as much of the original arrangement as possible. As soon as I tried the intro in A, with the muted bass line and harmony parts I was hooked. As you can probably surmise, there may be more from Neil Diamond in the near future.

Neil


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