Level: Intermediate

How To Play Lonely Avenue On Guitar | Ray Charles Guitar Lesson + Tutorial

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In this lesson we'll learn how to play "Hit The Road Jack" as recorded by the great Ray Charles. This song has one main chord progression, and I am going to show you two different ways of playing it. The first way I am going to show you is using some standard electric rhythm guitar chords played as bar chords, then I'll show you an easy acoustic strumming version using a capo as well.

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How To Play Mary Ann On Guitar | Ray Charles Guitar Lesson + Tutorial This song is a 12-bar blues in the key of C and goes back and forth between a funky latin inspired feel and a traditional swing feel. In this lesson I'll break down a rhythm approach for each groove, and show you the chord shapes and strumming patterns I would use to play this song.

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In today's lesson we'll learn how to play "I Got A Woman" by Ray Charles on guitar. This song has an incredible groove and we are going to play a number of jazzier chord shapes using 6th and 7th chords, I'll break down each section of the song so you can get playing it today!