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“Unwell” by Matchbox 20

Riff Rundown

Difficulty: Intermediate 

This song is about people who claim to not be crazy even though they’re suffering from various occurrences that could lead them to be labeled as such.

Rob Thomas said that he wrote the song as a metaphor for humanity in general, a song for people who are “messed up and feel alone like that. We all feel a little messed up sometimes… you’re not alone.”

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Hero by Chad Kroeger

Verse Riff How To Play It Part 1 Part 2 Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Hero” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Hero” (Power Tab)

Songwriting Tips

Being prepared when inspiration hits.

Scenario # 1. You are strumming your acoustic guitar, freshly polished, new strings and perfectly tuned. The sound is bright and crisp. You are playing a few chords that you have learnt from Guitar Alliance when bam! A brilliant chord progression hits you like a bolt of lightning.

You rush to find a pen and paper and grab a pen that hasn’t been used since your primary school days. You etch down your chord progression on an old scrap of newspaper dated January 7th 1994 that you found under a pile of magazines, yellowing from age. By the time you finally get the pen working you have forgotten the chord progression and have managed to get blue ink all over your hands and freshly polished guitar.

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Changing Chords

The most important thing to remember when playing chords is that each note in a chord must be pressed down as a unit, not separately.

Here I will give you a couple of exercises that will help you establish the habit of pressing down each chord as a unit.Read More »Changing Chords