Easy Guitar Songs "Lean on Me" - Bill Withers Lesson

Love this ! You have great style! Thx you!

learning this now! Thanks Rob !

Yes, this is great Rob! It's crazy, several times already I've been thinking of or already working on a song, and you come out with an awesome version! I so appreciate your clear teaching style and wonderful interpretations. Thank you!

Thanks for the positive feedback Paul. I’m always surprised when I hit a road block in performing a tune, and it is almost always due to rhythm or lack of coordination. Glad I figured out long ago that it’s really a matter of building muscle memory, and not trying to do two things at once.

It’s always fun to get funky with some “chicka-chicka” action haha. You’re right, playing a few strings in the chord is essential to good dynamics. I’m recommend experimenting with this, but also with volume and subtle tempo changes.

I also liked the intermediate extras - strumming, bass line, and theory. Very well done and it is the type of video I get the most out of. I believe you when you said you spent an hour on the chicka chika phrase. It really shows and it makes your videos much more quality/watchable than other channels where they are stumblin and fumblin. Thank you Rob!

Love the rhythm challenge and the scratches. Getting used to only playing some strings of a chord is also really useful; it seems to help not causing the music overpower the lyrics, if that makes any sense. Another great lesson.

Thank you Blair, more classics are on the way!

Hey Marlon, that's a Fishman Rare Earth pickup, highly recommended. The jack is built in, but I did have to drill a hole in my Guild GAD-30r, which was very easy, but terrifying to do. Here's the amazon link for the latest model, though the older models are great as well: <a href="http://amzn.to/2BNHz9X" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://amzn.to/2BNHz9X</a>

Excellent! Rob, what kind of pick up coil do you have? And what did you use for the jack? Thanks!

impressive the music that goes through your head !! bravo

My pleasure Pam. When I first decided to teach this song, I didn't realize any of these strange rhythmic qualities existed. Once I started counting out the changes, I was very surprised. Still, I think it's a pretty easy song, and many of you will probably be able to work out a pretty good version just by feel. Have fun!

This will be a great addition to the repertoire. I always love the way you take a "simple" song, add the embellishements that make it fun and interesting. Thanks so much, Rob