Guitar Lessons

Music has to be fun, and we want our students to play well.  We teach using tablature, traditional note-reading and music theory, all at appropriate levels.  Our teaching methods incorporate a performance-based approach. We use basic guitar methods by publishers Hal Leonard, Mel Bay and Alfred.  We use materials by Wolf Marshall andTroy Stetina; all students must work from an appropriate guitar method.  At the String Connection, we are serious about guitar and serious about students having fun while they learn. 

Click the links below to find songs in our teaching repertoire by style.

Rock/Blues

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 Eric Clapton

•   "Sunshine of Your Love"

•   "Had To Cry Today"

•   "I Shot the Sheriff" (Bob Marley)

•   "Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door" (Bob Dylan)

•   "Wonderful Tonight"

•   "Layla"

The Eagles

•   "Hotel California"

•   "Lyin' Eyes"

•   "Peaceful Easy Feeling"

•   "Desperado"

Jimi Hendrix

•   "Purple Haze"

•   "Hey Joe"

•   "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan)

The Beatles

•   "Come Together"

•   "Get Back"

•   "Day Tripper"

•   "Revolution"

•   "Lady Madonna"

•   "Let It Be"

•   "Yellow Submarine"

•   "In My Life"

•   "Here Comes the Sun"

•   "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"

•   "Yesterday"

•   "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

•   "Imagine" (John Lennon)

Guns ‘N Roses

•   "Welcome to the Jungle"

•   "Sweet Child o' Mine"

Deep Purple

•   "Smoke on the Water"

•   "Highway Star"

Led Zeppelin

•   "Stairway to Heaven"

•   "Heartbreaker"

•   "Moby Dick"

•   "How Many More Times"

Pink Floyd

•   "Wish You Were Here"

•   "Learning to Fly"

•   "Money"

•   "We Don’t Need No Education"

•   Other songs from The Wall

Ozzy Osbourne

•   "Iron Man"

•   "Crazy Train"

•   "Paranoid"

Fleetwood Mac

•   "Oh Well"

Green Day

•   "Wake Me When September Ends"

•   "Espionage"

•   "Holiday"

Metallica

•   "One"

•   "Enter Sandman"

•   "Unforgiven"

Stevie Ray Vaughn

•   "Voodoo Chile" (Jimi Hendrix)

•   "Cross Fire"

•   "Life By the Drop"

Van Halen

•   "Ain’t Talkin’ About Love"

•   "Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison)

Tom Petty

•   "I Won't Back Down" 

•   "Running Down a Dream"

•   "Free Fallin'"

Country & Folk:

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•   "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash

•   "El Paso" Marty Robbins

•   "Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffet

•   "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" by Danny O'Keefe

•   "El Condor Pasa" by Paul Simon

•   "The Boxer" by Paul Simon

•   "Cecilia" by Paul Simon

•   "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Paul Simon

•  "Cover of the Rolling Stone" by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show

•   "Kaw-Liga" by Hank Williams

•   "Country Roads" by John Denver

•   "Rocky Mountain High" by John Denver

•   "They're Gonna Put Me in the Movies" by Buck Owens

•   "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem!" by Kenny Chesney

•   "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

•   "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas

Oldies & Twang:

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•   "The Hey Song" (Rock & Roll Part II) by Gary Glitter

•   "Pipeline" by The Ventures

•   "Walk, Don't Run" by Johnny Smith

•   Theme from Peter Gunn

•   Theme from The Twilight Zone

•   "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers

•   Themes from James Bond

•   "Wipeout" by The Surfaris

•   "Tequila" by Chuck Rio

•   "Rebel Rouser" by Dwayne Eddie

•   "Sleepwalk" by Santo and     Johnny

•   "Out of Limits" (a.k.a. "Outer Limits")

•   "Ghost Riders in the Sky"

Praise & Worship:

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•   "Heaven" by Los Lonely Boys (or Salvador)

•   "I Can Only Imagine" by Mercy Me

•   "When I Finally Make It Home" by Mercy Me

•   "Blessed Be Your Name" by Matt Redman

•   "Shine" by Collective Soul

•   "Shine" by The Newsboys

•   "Breakfast" by The Newsboys

•   "Forever" by Chris Tomlin

•   "Awesome God" by Rich Mullins

•   "How Great is Our God" by Chris Tomlin

•   "The Wonderful Cross" by Chris Tomlin

• Check out the website www.fqworship.com

Plus Many, Many More!