🎸 Sound of Silence • Guitar lesson w/ tabs for fingerstyle & strumming (Simon & Garfunkel)

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In is guitar lesson, I will teach you how to play The Sound of Silence, the 1966 classic from Simon and Garfunkel. I will be using a capo on 6th fret, matching how they play it. The song uses fingerstyle in verse 1, and is strummed for verses 2-5, all of which the same chord progression. I'll teach you everything you need to know to play it: the chord shapes, the progression, how to approach the fingerstyle (beginner & advanced techniques), and a few different ways to tackle the strumming. Lastly, I cap it all off with a full playthrough showing you everything put together in one package.
Because this is such a classic song, I wanted to go deep and be complete - hence this one being a little bit longer than normal. But with my timestamps, I trust you'll be able to find what you're looking for quickly. good luck, and enjoy!
Video timestamps:
- 0:00 Song preview & lesson summary
- 3:19 Capo and chord shapes
- 4:17 Verse basics, w/ simple strum tab
- 7:44 Fingerstyle technique crash course
- 11:49 Fingerstyle tab (basic)
- 18:04 Fingerstyle tab (advanced)
- 20:46 Strumming patterns (basic)
- 23:04 Strumming pattern (advanced)
- 27:41 Chord progressions
- 29:50 Full playthrough w/ lyrics
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👉 Get my PDF chord sheet for this lesson @ playsongnotes.com/lessons/358 Video timestamps: - 3:19 Capo and chord shapes - 4:17 Verse basics, w/ simple strum tab - 7:44 Fingerstyle technique crash course - 11:49 Fingerstyle tab (basic) - 18:04 Fingerstyle tab (advanced) - 20:46 Strumming patterns (basic) - 23:04 Strumming pattern (advanced) - 27:41 Chord progressions - 29:50 Full playthrough w/ lyrics

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It's really helpful seeing the lyrics with the chord progression, gives it all context

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[@jonmaclennan]

Such a great song! Outstanding job David!

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Thank you for helping me. I more then year struggled with singing 5. verse, now you mentioned there are 2 bars of C and now "The words of the prophets are written on the subway" should fit in.

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This is one of my all time favorite songs and a song I've always wanted to learn. You're an awesome guitar teacher David! Thank you so much!

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You're very welcome, Steve!

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Just brilliant, David. Wonderfully explained and illustrated. The song that started and has accompanied most of my adult life, and now I feel I can play it, thanks to this. Thank you!

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What great lesson! That rhythmic introduction with chords and simple strumming is so helpful to understand the pattern of the song. I've checked out a few other tutorials and I'm going to stick with this one. Thank you so much!!!

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Great stuff, David! Paul Simon is brilliant and Art Garfunkel has an unparalleled voice.

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Maybe some songs from Big Lebowski...bowling songs to go with your bowling aid?

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@Song Notes by Daivd Pots ... Another great guitar lesson David! Thank you. This is one of my all time favorites. When you played the walk down at 19:22 ... it reminded me of the "Hallelujah song." And sure 'nuff ... you've got a lesson on that one too. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGHaZKt_aaZja5Y

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