Learn Jethro Tull's Aqualung on Guitar

Learn the classic rock song "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull. Playing a good old classic is the best way to bring back good memories of the past.
 

Jamplay has kindly offered this video guitar lesson to you guys FREE and Mark Brennan is the guitar instructor as he takes you through a step by step guitar lesson in learning the song.

This is the FULL version of the song. Nothing is held back in this guitar lesson.

Note please: This song is ONLY for advanced players who have mastered electric guitar lessons.

Points to take note of when learning to play Aqualung

1 - Learning to play cover songs can be a fun thing to do. However, what I do not advice students to do is to learn a song blindly. For example, when you are learning the guitar solo for Aqualung, instead of blindly following the solo note for note, what you should do is to understand the theory behind the music. In this example, the G minor pentatonic is used to play the solo. It would be advisable for you to understand minor pentatonic scales so that you can improvise or play the song in your own style.

2 - In the acoustic part of the rhythm playing, the string raking technique is used. You need to take note that this raking shouldn't be done anywhere or anyhow. The placement of your fingers actually cause noise ( as well as harmonics ) to be formed. Don't believe me? Try raking the strings at different positions of the guitar. You'll get different sounds and pitch.

3 - Break up your learning into chunks. It is always easier for the human brain to understand and process information when it is given in smaller portions. For a long solo, tackling it by parts will actually help you learn the solo faster. After you had learned the different parts, simply piece together the different portions of it to form the complete guitar solo.

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