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Free PDF sampler pack

Here’s a free sample pack of some of the songs I’ve written up nicely formatted PDFs for. Download these as you please, and print them out! They’re designed to fit well on notebook-sized paper. If you find these helpful, please consider tossing a few dollars into my Paypal tip jar. If you want access to PDFs for all new lessons I create, please consider supporting me on Patreon ($3/month).

• House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
• Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler
• Layla by Eric Clapton
• Game of Thrones theme song
• Tuesday's Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Harvest Moon by Neil Young
• About a Girl by Nirvana
• Where Did You Sleep Last Night by Nirvana
• Feeling Whitney by Post Malone
• High and Dry by Radiohead
• Runnin' Down a Dream by Tom Petty
• Learnin' to Fly by Tom Petty
• Honky Tonk Heroes by Wayon Jennings

Premium PDFs available to Patreon supporters

All those supporting me on Patreon ($3/month) have access to this growing list of PDFs I’ve been creating since August 2018. I have been adding ~2 new lessons a week (video and PDF), while also adding PDFs for older videos that are requested by fans. Here’s what’s currently available. Is there a song you want to request I add as PDF? Let me know! Send an email to play.songnotes@gmail.com

Warm Up Exercise PDFs:

• Riffs with Circular Bass Notes
  Jul 25, 2020 • Lesson #314
• Happy Birthday triad exercise (Key of G)
  Jul 23, 2020 • Lesson #312
• Backwoods Pull-Off Exercise (Key of C)
  Jun 1, 2020 • Lesson #304
• "I've Just Seen a Face" by The Beatles (intro riff)
  May 8, 2020 • Lesson #299
• Country Bass Line Exercise in 6/8 Time
  Apr 26, 2020 • Lesson #297
• Walk-down exercise inspired by the Turnpike Troubadours
  Mar 15, 2020 • Lesson #290
• Sierra Ferrell "In Dreams"-inspired riff
  Jan 21, 2020 • Lesson #278
• Practicing Walk Ups & Walk Downs in G
  Jan 7, 2020 • Lesson #276
• 2-string blues riffs for beginners (step by step)
  Dec 14, 2019 • Lesson #271
• "Death By 1000 Cuts" Fingerstyle Walkdown Exercise (Key of C)
  Oct 26, 2019 • Lesson #264
• D-Cadd9-G riffin' on "Thank You" and "Can't You See"
  Sep 21, 2019 • Lesson #259
• Latin Bassline Groove from "Seniorita"
  Sep 8, 2019 • Lesson #257
• 4-finger magic with E major
  Aug 24, 2019 • Lesson #253
• Colter Wall's Sleeping on the Blacktop intro riff
  May 11, 2019 • Lesson #237
• Breezy strumming on E-Bsus4-Asus2
  Apr 15, 2019 • Lesson #231
• Triad exercises using A, D, & E
  Mar 29, 2019 • Lesson #228
• Cowboy chords and walking bass lines
  Feb 22, 2019 • Lesson #219
• Barre Chord Exercise for Smells Like Teen Spirit
  Feb 13, 2019 • Lesson #215
• Open chords in key of D w/ major & minor triads
  Feb 9, 2019 • Lesson #214
• "Blue on Black" grooving on D5-Cadd9-G
  Jan 26, 2019 • Lesson #210
• Open chords in the Key of A
  Jan 12, 2019 • Lesson #206
• Open chords in the Key of E
  Dec 26, 2018 • Lesson #202
• Backyard grooving in E-major ("Posters" by Jack Johnson)
  Nov 20, 2018 • Lesson #193
• A-minor pentatonic walk-down groove
  Nov 6, 2018 • Lesson #189
• "One Horse Town" intro riff
  Oct 27, 2018 • Lesson #186
• Transitioning between Em7 - D/F# - G
  Oct 7, 2018 • Lesson #185
• Mudfootball G-D7 Shuffle
  Oct 7, 2018 • Lesson #180
• Murder ballad groove in A-minor
  Oct 1, 2018 • Lesson #179
• Blaze Foley country strumming
  Sep 21, 2018 • Lesson #176
• "Sultans of Swing" chorus lick
  Sep 18, 2018 • Lesson #174
• Easy E Fingerpicking Fun
  Sep 2, 2018 • Lesson #171
• "I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash (Intro riff)
  • Lesson #262

Practice Log PDFs:

• 4 tips for learning Blackbird
  Nov 3, 2019 • Lesson #265
• Meditative fingerpicking practice, inspired by "The Wind" by Cat Stevens
  Sep 15, 2019 • Lesson #258
• Fingerpicking C-G-Am-F (based on Vampire Weekend's "Hold You Now")
  Jul 16, 2019 • Lesson #247
• How I composed a multi-part fingerstyle guitar arrangement
  Apr 12, 2019 • Lesson #230
• Travis picking finger technique (right-hand index & pinky)
  Mar 18, 2019 • Lesson #227
• A-minor blues improvisation w/ backing track
  Feb 20, 2019 • Lesson #217
• Adding fills to the Wild Horses intro
  Jan 24, 2019 • Lesson #209
• Improvised guitar pickin' on "The Gambler"
  Jan 16, 2019 • Lesson #207
• Practicing with a backing track (feat. Tennessee Whiskey)
  Dec 1, 2018 • Lesson #195
• How to spice up a 2-chord song (feat. Tennessee Whiskey)
  Nov 14, 2018 • Lesson #191
• Adding pinky accent notes to a chord progression
  Nov 11, 2018 • Lesson #190
• The "Pretty Woman" lick, played 4 different ways
  Oct 13, 2018 • Lesson #183
• Learning to Travis Pick with "Clay Pigeons"
  Sep 13, 2018 • Lesson #173
• "The Chain" and Double-Drop D tuning
  Aug 6, 2018 • Lesson #168

Tips & Technique PDFs:

• How to silence the strings with your left hand
  Jul 18, 2020 • Lesson #311
• Travis Picking vs. "Normal" Fingerstyle
  May 16, 2020 • Lesson #302
• Syncopation and Sus Chords
  Mar 19, 2020 • Lesson #289
• 12 easy ways to modify the A-major chord
  Nov 23, 2019 • Lesson #267
• How to read & write strumming patterns
  Oct 6, 2019 • Lesson #260
• 2-finger chords in the key of C
  Aug 2, 2019 • Lesson #249
• Ring Finger Barre Strength Exercise
  Jun 25, 2019 • Lesson #245
• Fingerstyle F with wrapped thumb
  Jun 21, 2019 • Lesson #244
• An easier way to play F#m (no barre chord)
  Jun 4, 2019 • Lesson #241
• Add easy flourish to C-F-G-Am
  Mar 4, 2019 • Lesson #223
• Guitar chords on a ukulele
  Dec 13, 2018 • Lesson #198
• Slap strumming basics (percussive rhythm technique)
  Dec 7, 2018 • Lesson #197
• Playing A-major with big fingers or a small fretboard
  Nov 27, 2018 • Lesson #194
• How to play F#m (F sharp minor)
  Nov 18, 2018 • Lesson #192
• Palm muting basics
  Oct 30, 2018 • Lesson #187
• How to play Fadd9
  Sep 24, 2018 • Lesson #177
• Walking up & down between the E, A, and B7 (bass note transitions)
  Feb 27, 2017 • Lesson #49

199 PDFs, and counting!

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