How To Play Joy To The World Easy Fingerstyle Guitar
In this video, I�m gonna teach you an easy fingerstyle solo version of Joy to the World.
Let�s do this.
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with others and have fun. It could be a lot of fun to learn music for the holidays and
its a great way to connect with others. Learning Christmas songs and playing for others can
bring up fun memories of time with family and friends and warm feeling. Today, were
gonna learn a fairly easy version of Joy to the World fingerstyle solo that I specifically
created to be both simple but sound pretty good. And its a good stepping stone to a more
elaborate version that I�ve created.
First I�m gonna play the entire song for you so you can get a chance to see what we�re
aiming at. Then were gonna break it down into sections and I�ll give you tips on each
section on how to play it properly. Then finally stay till the end because I�ll give you
a chance to download the notes and tabs to help you. Okay lets break it down.
Were gonna start with the first section which is the first four measures and sounds like
this. You�ll gonna make a G chord and make the G chord with your second, third and pinky.
Will start with the pinch, the first string and the sixth string then use your first finger
second fret for the melody. Open, no base note there and then the pinky on the second
string, base note and then on the upbeat. The first finger on the B string the second
string, open, pinch with the base note. Now switch your second and third finger around
to the second fret. I�m on the sixth string and the third string that�s a pinch and
then back to the sixth string third fret with the third finger and then I�m gonna play
up open third string okay. Now that�s the first section four measures but there�s
a pick up at the end of that measure right there to go into the next section. So I�m
using my pinky on the second string third fret and here goes into the second section.
Base note, now I�m on the D string and G again. That was the second section. Let�s
break that down. So we will start with the pick up there on the first section it goes
into the C chord. I got my base note on the fifth string using my thumb and pinching.
First string for the melody. Again base note, on the upbeat melody again the E to the D
chord. By the way, you don�t really have to make the D because I�m really only using
this note. But I make the D chord partly out of a habit and partly because I do have a
more advanced version where you�ll gonna need more notes. So if you ever go to that,
you�ll already have the D form there. You�re playing the melody on the high E string second
fret. Base note again and melody and go to the G chord, pinky on the third fret first
string. And then there�s a little � really only need the first finger and again it�s
a habit to go like that even on not hitting that string so again. Base note and D chord
up and G and then there�s a pick up again to the
third section and here we go until the third section.
You can tell were just going down the scale. And again, you don�t actually have to make
the whole G. I�m only using the base note here but its a habit and its easier for me
to just stick with making the G chord than to try to remember to tick my second finger
off. It�s just not necessary. So I�m going down the scale -- that�s the melody. I�m
holding the base note with my third finger using my pinky, second finger, pinky, first
finger. Here we go, pinch, melody, pinch, melody second string, third fret and upbeat
there and then down, pinch open second string. Again, so that phrase just repeats twice and
its the end to the third section.
Now into the fourth section, there�s a pick up, open B string and I double the speed of
the base notes here so that�s twice as fast .
To that same switching the fingers around that�s actually form of a D chord. And then
into the fourth, fifth section , sixth section and final section so let�s do that again.
That�s all the second string and the melody and I�m just holding the G base note down.
Base note, now switching around the D chord will call it. Open B second string, first
finger C, open to the third string, G and into the fifth section. Here�s the fifth
section. Switch around and end it. Okay start with the third string here, pinky on the third
fret, first string open, second string third fret, base note going down first string finger,
open, switch them around, to the second fret, third finger on the second fret third string
and then back third string. Switch them and back and on the fourth string.
A good way to learn this piece is to practice each of the sections separately and then try
adding one section to another and then practice the two together. Then add the third section
and practice those and keep doing that till you get to the whole song. I also recommend
that once you played the song all the way through you go back and play the beginning
again and go all the way up into that into that first part until the end of the eight
measure. I put a little symbol at the beginning of the eight measure _____ 7:33 its called
to let you know where you would stop if you�re playing the first part again the second time
around.
Thanks for hanging out with me to this video lesson. Hey, did you find this particularly
difficult or maybe it was too easy for you. Let me know. Leave me a comment below. I look
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Bye for now.