Tears In Heaven Guitar Lesson

Learn how to play Tears In Heaven finger style!

The finger style arrangement is minimalistic, yet complicated throughout Tears In Heaven.

This style of guitar arrangement is almost piano like in its approach, bass notes are alternated with the rest of the the chord.

Adding techniques as hammer on and pull off with the left hand for chord embellishment, your right hands main aim is to make this song sit rhythmically.

Practice Tears In Heaven

Practice with a metronome, loop sections over and over again until it sounds natural.

Then work on putting sections together.

A steady pace and getting the role between the thumb playing the bass notes and the chord should first be established.

Closely study the rhythm guitar angle in the video and you shall see how it is consistent, yet constantly changing.

Moving between playing licks and chords, maintaining a steady feel is what may be most difficult.

Should this all feel too overwhelming, try some easier finger style tunes like Ain’t No Sunshine and Hey There Delilah.

Tears In Heaven is a bench mark and there are more than one guitar lesson in this one, take your time, explore!