The Byrds Style Lesson

The Byrds Style

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  • -Guitar Lesson:
    This is a lesson for beginners or mid level students. Here I show you how to play a song in the style of The Byrds, an American pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. I make an adaptation of their song "Turn! Turn! Turn”, Included in the second album released in December 1965 by Columbia Records.

    -Music Style:
    pop

    -Tonality:
    D

    -Techniques:
    chords, scales, melody, hybrid picking, sixths intervals

    -Sound:
    I play a Fender Telecaster Orange modified Nocaster 51, Mesa Boogie Rectoverb 50, sat channel, SM57 micro.

    -Tuning:
    Drop D tuning: D,A,D,G,B,E

    -Tempo & Beat:
    125pm (Slows 75bpm)
    4/4
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