Learn to Play Sweet Child of Mine

Master a class rock legend using these simple and tested methods

This course is a step by step guide to learning how to play one of the most famous songs ever written for guitar - "Sweet Child O Mine" by Guns 'n Roses. We'll work step by step to help you realize that goal of playing this awesome song for your friends and family.

Master A Classic Rock Legend Using These Simple And Tested Methods

Develop the ability of both hands to play notes
Familiarize yourself with the guitar
Learn to read guitar tablature
Master the song "Sweet Child O Mine"
Explore a variety of techniques for learning and mastering any song
This is a course aimed at getting you from whatever starting point you may be at to playing through the song "Sweet Child O Mine" without being distracted by unnecessary information. The course content is focused and goal oriented, with all the material directly tailored to getting students to a particular well defined target.

The song has been hailed as a Rock classic, and frequently tops lists of best rock songs and best guitar songs. The intro riff is instantly recognizable and regarded as one of the defining moments of Rock guitar playing.

We begin with a few exercises to get your left and right hands moving comfortably on the guitar. By starting with the basics, we ensure that your hands and fingers have enough strength and dexterity to manage the more challenging parts of the song.

From here we introduce some basic chords - particularly the power chords. These chords are extremely popular in Rock and Pop music and mastering them will allow a student the ability to play a large amount of new music. I introduce you to a method for slowly building up power chords, which if applied you will be able to play power chords consistently and cleanly.

Once the basics have been covered, we dive right into the song. We slowly work through the various riffs and parts, and I share some simple methods for getting the parts up to speed. By using the simple method, you can learn and master not only this song, but any other song you can think to learn. I demonstrate the method and show how it applies to this song.

We also have a glance at some lead guitar playing technique and explore some of the lead riffs that are used in the song. We look at bends and slides as a way to make notes sound more interesting and by using them, you will be able to take your playing to the next level.

From there we gradually start putting everything together, so that the various parts can be combined to form the complete song.