Oakland, California – September 2010 – This month the web’s home for online video guitar lessons, GuitarTricks.com, began offering its much anticipated Sweet Home Alabama guitar lesson. The southern rock classic made famous by Lynyrd Skynyrd was originally released in 1974, and has since become an anthem, appearing in clubs all over the country and being featured in many popular films as well.

These Sweet Home Alabama guitar lessons follow the Guitar Tricks HD video guitar lesson format, featuring a professional guitar instructor with traditional sheet music and guitar tablature (tab) notation. Each song on Guitar Tricks is broken down by guitar teachers into short video lessons that walk the student through the learning process step by step. This makes learning songs much easier than the traditional method of reading guitar tabs that are very often inaccurate.

Featuring elements of blues, rock, and country guitar, Sweet Home Alabama combines many different musical styles. Some of the guitar licks even take cues from bluegrass, with the “boogie” rhythm heard during the songs chorus sections. For students working to learn guitar, the song offers a great example of useful techniques like ghost notes, interesting chord tones and pentatonic lead playing.

While most can instantly recognize the famous guitar riff and catchy chorus line, many probably don’t know that the song was actually in part a response to the songs Southern Man and Alabama by Neil Young. The Sweet Home Alabama lyrics include direct reference to Neal Young. While this style of lyrical back and forth is commonplace today, in 1974 it was quite revolutionary.

As a student guitarist, staying inspired is the best way to progress. For this reason, learning guitar fundamentals along with favorite songs like Sweet Home Alabama is a good strategy. Most people that learn this song learn the introduction rhythm guitar part, and leave out everything else. As Anders Mouridsen explains, these guitar riffs make the song interesting, and learning them will allow playing the song with others. A good example of the often forgotten guitar parts is the second rhythm guitar, which is very low in the studio mix. When listening closely though, this guitar is heard with a double acoustic guitar, playing a part that’s very cohesive with the rest of the song

About Guitar Tricks:

Since 1998, the online guitar lessons and unique web tools at Guitar Tricks have made over one million people better guitarists. Its diverse group of instructors from top music schools around the country, combined with technologies like the Jam Station and Ultimate Chord Finder make learning the guitar easier and more fun than ever.

Besides its rapidly growing list of popular song lessons, GuitarTricks.com also features thousands of other lessons to help people learn guitar, on topics such as artist studies, guitar fundamentals and guitar styles.

Whether the student is a beginner picking up the guitar for the first time, or a seasoned player working on advanced material Guitar Tricks tutorials are great for challenging yourself and having fun.

Author Bio: For this Sweet Home Alabama guitar lesson, and other Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar lessons, please visit GuitarTricks.com.

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