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Playable Guitar Strikes a Chord in Warwickshire

Playable Guitar takes the fear and confusion out of learning music theory. Using Mnemonic “Blueprints” we demystify the often over complicated task

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Play Walk Dont Run by The Ventures

Use this scrolling tab and notation to play Walk Dont Run the electric guitar instrumental hit from The Ventures in 1960

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Free Electric Guitar TABS

Free Electric guitar TABS of a variety of styles and difficulty levels. Ranging from lead solos to solo arrangemments and recorded song versions of the hits

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Learn FBI By The Shadows From 50 Golden Greats by The Shadows Album

Use the FBI play-along video guitar tabs to practise this Hank Marvin classic from the Shadows 50 Golden Greats album

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Music Grades Untangled and Explained

Music Grades can be confusing. For guitar exams this is especially true. Find out what you really need to know all in one place here at PlayableGuitar.com

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Wonderful Land Easy Guitar Arrangement for Upper Level Beginners

A free playable electric guitar tab and notation arrangement of the classic Shadows hit Wonderful Land. With videos/audio at slower speeds,PDFand GP6 files

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Learn to Play Apache the Classic Shadows Guitar Hit

Want to learn a really great guitar friendly hit song to impress your friends? Apache by the Shadows is a pretty sure thing! Get the free lesson here.

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Learn Kon-Tiki by The Shadows with Play-Along Guitar Trainer

Using Kon-Tiki study notes for performance advice and the play-along video trainer even beginners can begin to play this classic guitar track

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Flat Key Signature

Master the knowledge of flat key signature with simple explanations and mnemonics. You can learn all the keys there are in minutes once you know how to

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Japanese Water Garden ABRSM Guitar Grade 4 Guitar Lesson

Japanese Water Garden is beautiful guitar piece. If you want to master this grade 4 level arrangement start here.

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