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Tab Benoit

Blues Guitar 101 Blues Artists

TAB BENOIT is a Louisiana-based blues guitarist, musician, and singer, whose style combines swamp blues, soul blues and Chicago blues. His 2006 recording “Brother To The Blues” was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album, although it has country roots as well.Read More »Tab Benoit

Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent

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Difficulty: Easy

Learn to play Ted Nugent’s signature riff! The main riff from the song Cat Scratch Fever is tabbed out below. In Ted’s original recording of the song the riff is played by two guitars, so there are slight variations throughout. It’s a great riff to experiment with come up with your own modifications. Give it a try!Read More »Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent

Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg

Top 50 Acoustic Songs

Intro This one is in 2/4 timing and set at 80 bpm (beats per minute). Here is what the entire riff sounds like : Video… Read More »Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg

Landslide by Fleetwood Mac

Fingerstyle Songs

Intro/Verse Riff This fingerstyle classic uses a capo on the 3rd fret, therefore all notes on the tab staff are relative to the capo. There… Read More »Landslide by Fleetwood Mac

Country Road by James Taylor

Songs In Drop D

Difficulty: Intermediate

Drop D Tuning

This song is in drop D tuning. In drop D tuning the low E string is tuned down one whole step to D. To tune your guitar to drop D tuning, first make sure your tuned to standard tuning. Then you’ll want to tune your low E string down two steps to D (we drop it down one step, hence the name).

“Plush” (Unplugged) by Stone Temple Pilots

Acoustic Songs, Guitar Tabs

Difficulty: Easy – IntermediateRead More »“Plush” (Unplugged) by Stone Temple Pilots

Personal Jesus by Johnny Cash

Just Acoustic

The intro is really the entire concept of this song. What you will have is a standard Em chord, played with some bass notes. The… Read More »Personal Jesus by Johnny Cash

Seventh Augmented Fifth Chord (7#5 )

Chords

Common chord symbols for this chord are C⁷⁺⁵, C^7♯5. This chord is an altered chord. An altered chord is when the fifth, ninth, eleventh, or thirteenth is chromatically altered.Read More »Seventh Augmented Fifth Chord (7#5 )

Dominant 9th Chords

Chords

9th chords are similar to 7th chords except we add the 9th scale step which is the same as the 2nd. There are 3 types of 9th chords. Dominant, major and minor. The dominant 9th chord is the most commonly used.Read More »Dominant 9th Chords

“Hate Me” by Blue October

00's, Acoustic Songs, Guitar Tabs

Difficulty: Easy

We are going to work on this song a little differently. The other guitars that are played in the song only mimic the actual acoustic guitar, so instead of playing those parts, let’s improvise. Below is the entire acoustic theme, from beginning to end.Read More »“Hate Me” by Blue October