Stairway

[Gabe DeHaven]

So this might sound crazy so most, but I have struggled to learn Stairway to Heaven. I’ve learned how to the rhythm parts to most of the rock songs I like (not much of a lead guy) and some of them are pretty difficult. But I cant ever seem to learn how to play Stairway and I can fingerpick. Just wondering if someone could maybe give me a different perspective on learning it other than guitar tabs. Thanks in advance

 

[Andrew Milner]

Hm...you could try and look at the tabs from a different perspective.

For example, the first bar is an Am chord, more specifically the E form of the Am chord. It then leads into the G form of the C major chord and then into a basic D chord and finally into an Fmaj7 chord.

When I say forms, I am referring to the ones from the CAGED system.

 

[Gabe DeHaven]

I get what you mean. I appreciate the help! Even after making an account on here most of my guitar journey has been self taught. I tried to learn all the fun stuff for a few years and I just now actually want to dive into learning everything. I’ll give this a shot

 

[Andrew Milner]

I hope it helps. Also, I forgot about the chord between Am and C, the one which transitions between them, which is an E+ or E augmented chord.

 

[idssdi]

Have you looked at the lesson on finger picking here in the school?

https://syngates.com/lessons/tracks/introduction-to-fingerpicking.22/

 

[Gabe DeHaven]

Have you looked at the lesson on finger picking here in the school?

https://syngates.com/lessons/tracks/introduction-to-fingerpicking.22/

No, I haven’t. I made an account on here and then fell into a bit of a slump w my guitar. I’ve just been starting to get back into it though. I’ll give it a look!

 

[Adin Shepherd]

My suggestion would be to learn the chord shapes used first and practice switching between them, once you have that down work on the picking.