“While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” Part 4: Unusual Chord Shapes

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Learn to play fingerstyle guitar, from traditional Travis-picking tunes to arrangements of contemporary fingerstyle tunes, song accompaniment and more, with acclaimed performer, teacher, and entertainer Stevie Coyle.

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

The Beatles’ classic “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” makes a great fingerstyle guitar piece. In this lesson, Stevie shows you how to get an alternating bass going (Travis style) and then find the melody on the treble strings. Learn the infectious signature melody and bass line that start the verse in Part 1.

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Part 1

While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Part 2

“While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” Part 3: The Chorus

“While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” Part 4: Unusual Chord Shapes

If you had any trouble fingering some of the unusual chord shapes in the arrangement of the chorus of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” Stevie gets a little more in depth here, with advice on how best to finger some of the chords to get all the notes to ring cleanly.

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