"Down On The Corner" Guitar Lesson + Tutorial | Easy 3-Chord Song with Simple Melody (Visuals + TAB)

Welcome to my "Down On The Corner" Guitar Lesson + Tutorial, by Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR). This easy 3-chord song is one of the easiest on guitar. I have simplified the rhythm, using the most common strumming pattern ever, to make it even simpler than the recording, and much easier to sing along to. On top of the basic chords & strumming, we will also learn the bassline/melody, which is really easy and repetitive. A perfect balance of rhythm and lead for a beginner, or any guitarist really.
"Down On The Corner" CHORDS: C, G, F
"Down On The Corner" STRUMMING PATTERN: D-Du-uDu
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"Down On The Corner" TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 - INTRO
1:37 - CHORDS+SWITCHING TIPS
3:25 - SWITCHING PRACTICE
4:20 - STRUMMING PATTERN
8:48 - VERSE PLAY-ALONG
9:30 - THE MELODY
13:05 - MELODY PLAY-ALONG
14:03 - SONG FORM
14:36 - RESOURCES
The lesson begins with the chord shapes: C, G, F. Sometimes F can be played as a barre chord but I have one of the easiest fingerings for it which makes this a super easy 3-chord song. In fact, this song could be one of the first that you learn on acoustic guitar!
We practice switching between each of the chords, making sure to note the tricks that you can use when going between C and G and C and F. There's a couple tactics that help make those switches so much quicker and smoother. Then we play the verse using downstrokes only and counting along with our chord progression to make sure we play each chord the right amount of times.
After that, we take a look at the strumming pattern, which is the most common strumming pattern ever. We practice the pattern by itself breaking it down, counting it out and then we apply it to our chord progression. When switching from G to C, we need to switch during the pattern. So it's really important to follow the exact steps and make this as smooth transition as possible.
Once we've worked out the chords and the strumming pattern separately, we put them all together and we can play through the verse in a really simple way.
Next we learn the chorus which requires more splitting of the strumming pattern between chord shapes. We figure it all out, we work through it and then we play it together nice and slow.
Finally, we learn the melody or the bassline for this song. It's a really simple part, it's very repetitive, just uses a couple fingers and technically it's quite easy. We work out the notes. Then we work out the rhythm, learning how to count it so that you can play this with the right groove and feeling. We play the melody together. And that's it!
At this point you have all the components that make up the song. It's just a matter of putting together the whole thing. We go over how you would play through this entire song from start to finish.
If you'd like to practice the entire song with me, there's a full playthrough available on my Patreon page, where I play through the entire song, start to finish. More information on that here: / 58273571
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[@Good_Guitarist]

What other classic riffs should I teach on my channel?

[@MustafaBaabad]

Delilah (by Tom Jones). It has a nice Riff too.

[@MustafaBaabad]

Another one with a very good riff is "Temple of The King".

[@dansyncox48]

Thank you for this. I would like to see a tutorial on “Tennessee flat top box” by Johnny Cash.

[@plasticbuzzardmodelshop9715]

@@dansyncox48 I'll second that!

[@Techumsa]

Steve Earl, Copperhead road

[@rowangedhill4511]

Great lesson.

[@nirmalamarak9386]

Thank you for teaching with much love n intetest. God bless you.

[@lclover77]

AWESOME ...greetings from Australia

[@davidbellamy5445]

Great lesson James, thank-you! Such a classic song.

[@MustafaBaabad]

Nice song. Thank you Chief. Down on The Corner by CCR. It reminds me when I was in high school around 1972. Cheers from Indonesia.

[@johnmac.6760]

Hi brilliant, as always thank you, I was listening to this track on the radio in the van the other day, and I thought, got too learn this, and, your listen comes up brilliant, thanks again 🎸👍🤘 John..

[@evakarjagin2413]

Absolutely great🌼

[@tedsaurman371]

Great lesson.By a great guitarest .I enjoyed your playing with John Prine and like all of hisfans im very broken hearted to lose john but happy to see you still active.What a great thrill it must of been to be around John P.

[@inayatsama6059]

Very brilliant useful this lesson great teacher thank you James for sharing 😍💯💯

[@ranjithkumara6888]

Wow great ......thanks and Greatings from Sri Lanka...

[@darrenbergeron5096]

Fmaj7/C.....f major7 with a C bass is the chord....not "F"......seriously? Thanx for the rest though.

[@mikewilson9862]

Quit the backing tracks please.