This is a free lesson for acoustic guitar by Peter Vogl. We will learn how to play the chord progression featured on Track 17 (G Ballad) of the Let's Jam! Unplugged CD. Learning the chords and strum patterns to this song will help you develop your rhythm guitar skills. To learn a solo for this song check out Peter's G Ballad Solos lesson.
Watch the lesson: Quicktime, Windows Media, or Youtube
Let's start by reviewing the chords used in this song

Here is the strum pattern that we will use.

After you've mastered these strum patterns try playing along with Track 17(G Ballad) of the Let's Jam! Unplugged CD.
G Ballad Solos by Peter Vogl is a downloadable Quicktime video lesson that will teach you how to play a couple of acoustic guitar solos over the jam track G Ballad from the Let's Jam! Unplugged CD. These solos can be played on an acoustic or electric guitar and use the G Major Pentatonic, G Major Diatonic, and G Blues scales. Included in the download are tabs for both solos as well as an .mp3 of G Ballad so you can practice these new soloing ideas. $4.99