Learn how to play the song "Breathe" by Pink Floyd with this free video guitar tutorial taught by Marty Schwartz with GuitarJamz.com. This song was a collaborative effort amongst the members of the band with Richard Wright and David Gilmour writing the music and Roger Waters writing the Lyrics.  It is from the 1973 Album "Dark Side of the Moon", one of my favorites. This song has some easy … [Read more...]

In this lesson you will be learning how to play the song "Gloria" by Van Morrison.   This lesson is taught by the one and only Marty Schwartz with GuitarJamz.com. Gloria was written by Van Morrison but was actually recorded by Van Morrison's band "Them".  It was recorded in 1964 and released as a single on the B side of "Baby Please Don't Go". This is a great classic rock song aimed at all … [Read more...]

Fix You is of course a song written and performed by the alternative rock band Coldplay from Britian.  The song was written by all members and appears on their album X&Y.  X&Y is Colplay's third studio ablum released in June of 2005. This song reached number 4 on the UK singles chart as well as number 18 on the US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks.  I personally feel it should have done … [Read more...]

Learn how to play the song "What I like about you" by The Romantics with this free acoustic guitar lesson taught by Marty Schwartz with Guitarjamz.com.    This song was written by  Wally Palmar, Mike Skill and Jimmy Marinos.  This song is from the album The Romantics released in 1980.  It was recorded in 1979. The song is sung by the bands drummer Jimmy Marinos.  You can learn more about this song … [Read more...]

Learn how to play the song "Going up the Country" by Canned Heat with this free acoustic guitar lesson taught by the one and only Marty Schwartz with Guitar Jamz.  This classic rock/blues style song was released in September of 1968.  It was released as a single but also appeared on their album Living the Blues.   For this particular version of the song that Marty teaches in the video lesson … [Read more...]

Learn how to play the song "Ripple" by The Grateful Dead with this free acoustic guitar lesson by Marty Schwartz with GuitarJamz.com. Ripple is the 6th track from the Album "American Beauty" released in 1970.  The lyrics to this song were written by Robert Hunter and the music written by Jerry Garcia.  Although not an official performing member of the Greatful Dead, Robert Hunter collaborated … [Read more...]

Learn how to play the song "Tangerine" by Led Zeppelin with this free guitar lesson.  Tangerine was written by Jimmy Page and performed by Led Zeppelin.  It was released off of their 1970 album, Led Zeppelin III.  You can learn more about this song over at Wikipedia. This is a fairly easy song to play. It's a classic chord progression that is great for beginners and has no barre chords.  This … [Read more...]

Learn how to play the song "Light My Fire" by The Doors with this free acoustic guitar lesson by Marty Schwartz. This song was mostly written by Robby Krieger, lead guitarist, but credit for the song was given to the entire band.  It was recorded in 1966 and released in 1967.  It topped the charts reaching number 1 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. This song made Rolling Stone's 500 … [Read more...]