Headless Guitar Player
I regularly upload videos to my channel that might help you learn the parts created by the guitar heroes of my youth, including Johnny Marr, John Squire and others.
I create videos that use a combination of a play-along cover plus animated tab. Usually I focus on the way the tunes are played live, given that some artists often used lots of overdubs and intricate parts on the original recordings. I also create a backing track with drums & bass to play over.
Using the magic of the ‘Playback Speed’ feature in YouTube you can now slow down videos to whatever speed you desire whilst retaining the correct pitch. This makes the animated tab approach a very effective way to quickly learn songs. I’m not the only person using this technique in YT videos of course. What makes mine different are the behind-the-scenes effort that you don’t see; the detective work that goes into getting the parts down so that they can be transcribed as accurately as possible.
Accept Yourself by The Smiths | Complete Guitar Lesson | Tab
Creating A Johnny Marr Guitar Lesson | The Transcription Process
You've Got Everything Now by The Smiths | Complete Guitar Lesson | Tab
Signal Fades by HGP
Forward Motion by HGP
HGP Clips | #4 - You've Got Everything Now by The Smiths
HGP Clips | #2 - Girl Afraid by The Smiths
HGP Clips | #1 - Reel Around the Fountain by The Smiths
How I Generate Backing Tracks
Nowhere Fast by The Smiths | Guitar Cover
The Headmaster Ritual by The Smiths | Guitar Cover
William, It Was Really Nothing by The Smiths | Guitar Cover
You've Got Everything Now by The Smiths | Guitar Cover
Accept Yourself by The Smiths | Guitar Cover
Girl Afraid by The Smiths | Guitar Cover
The Smiths - In F# Standard
Fruit Tree by Nick Drake | Cover
Little America by R.E.M. | Guitar Cover | Tab | Lesson
Pretty Persuasion by R.E.M. | Guitar Cover | Tab | Lesson
Harborcoat by R.E.M. | Guitar Cover | Tab | Lesson
West Of The Fields by R.E.M. | Guitar Cover | Tab | Lesson
Laughing by R.E.M. | Guitar Cover | Tab | Lesson
Talk About The Passion by R.E.M. | Guitar Cover | Tab | Lesson
Moral Kiosk by R.E.M | Guitar Cover | Tab | Lesson
The Smiths | Compilation of Guitar Covers (Unfiltered)
Money Changes Everything by The Smiths | Guitar Lesson
One Love by The Stone Roses | Guitar Lesson
Nowhere Fast by The Smiths | Guitar Lesson
This Night Has Opened My Eyes by The Smiths | Guitar Lesson