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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Guitar Lesson – Learn a Bluesy Version of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot on Guitar – EP271

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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a bluesy version of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” that’s played fingerstyle. This is also a solo composition that requires no accompaniment AND it sounds great on acoustic or electric guitar. I’ll also share my thoughts on how you can go about creating your own solo guitar compositions like this.

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  3. Roger A says

    Hi Brian, I’m an old English guy and a veteran of many guitar sites. I have to say that, for me, your lessons are far and away the best. You have a great ability to pull together chords, scales, licks and riffs into usable chunks and not teach lessons with no context. Your ‘takeaways’ are always useful and you’ve managed to make some concepts I’ve struggled with understandable and most importantly ,playable. Wish I’d found you years ago Thanks so much.

  11. Tom says

    Can’t say enough how nice it is to have you taking a look at some of these old traditional pieces. More….. I was all set to start another one then you post and dangle this in front of me. Now I can’t get it out of my head. There is only one cure I have found for that.

  13. Blind Lemon M says

    Like these bluesy versions of classic tunes for solo guitar with no accompaniment (currently working on Amazing Grace) More please eg Precious Lord take my hand, How Great Thou art, I’ll Fly Away, etc etc

  14. JoLa says

    I absolutely LOVE your bluesy arrangements, Brian and especially played fingerstyle! You have such gift for adding just enough sparkle but keeping it simple at the same time, Swing Low Sweet Chariot never sounded so good to me before. What a great lesson, I can never thank you enough and you never cease to amaze me!

  16. Deuan says

    Oh my lord! I am just getting the first two bars down.. and when every now and then it flows. I am transported into some kind of nirvana. Indescribable feeling. Wow! Nice one Brian (best laid out website for guitar anywhere ever!)

  17. Iman A says

    Hi Brian You again challenge your followers to play without pick by the way great lesson and i have to say the sound of your guitar is much better i wonder you change the ampli or not?
    Cheer
    Iman

  21. Kevin M says

    Brian…
    You are obviously a very good person… giving so much out for free in these terrific lessons… and humble enough to call this a ‘Bluesy Version’ of this traditional piece. But I’ll just call what you’ve arranged here, The Blues… straight up..!
    Thank you for all this.
    -KM

  24. Benedikt says

    I think the real star her is the right hand. You are always maintaining a claw position with your right hand and finger with “the right” or lets say very proper technique. I would really like to see a video on a picking technique lesson focusing on the right hand. Because in my beginning of playing guitar I think I have developed some bad habits. So this is a really good lesson for me to train the right hand.

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