Now Play It
Now Play It — Idlewild
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Idlewild
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No. of tutorials: 5
Now Play It — Full
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- Artist:
- Idlewild
- Title:
- American English
- Instrument:
- Guitar
- Tutor:
- Rod Jones, Allan Stewart
- Difficulty:
- 3/5
Title
Idlewild guitarists Allan Stewart and Rod Jones team up to provide you with a packed tutorial for Idlewild's song American English. This is a great one for anyone looking for a decent all-round guitar lesson. Rod's lead part in the song makes effective use of the delay pedal, which he describes as reminiscent of The Edge's guitar sound from U2's tracks. Alan's rhythm guitar consists of a relaxed, strummed part that features a combination of simple chords and more inventive inversions. This gives you a great selection of chords to learn and take away with you. Both guitar parts are suitable for beginners who have mastered the basics and cover a lot of technical ground with chords and techniques that can be applied to many other songs.
(TUTORIAL DURATION: 25.17 MINS)PREVIEW
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- Artist:
- Idlewild
- Title:
- Love Steals Us From Loneliness
- Instrument:
- Drums
- Tutor:
- Colin Newton
- Difficulty:
- 2/5
Title
Colin takes you through Idlewild's successful single "Love Steals Us From Loneliness", giving you a solid, straight-forward overview of the techniques used in the song. Not only are the different parts of the song explained thoroughly, but Colin also suggests ways in which you can add your own fills to the song, providing a basis for your own ideas - a great way for anyone to learn! The drum part to this song is ideal for beginners to pick up, with a lot of fundamentals explained so that you can play the song with a relatively simple drum beat.
(TUTORIAL DURATION: 10.58 MINS)PREVIEW
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- Artist:
- Idlewild
- Title:
- Love Steals Us From Loneliness
- Instrument:
- Guitar
- Tutor:
- Rod Jones, Allan Stewart
- Difficulty:
- 2/5
Title
Rod and Alan from Idlewild bring you a great two-teacher tutorial in their indie pop ballad, Love Steals Us From Loneliness. Rod gives you the lowdown on the song's lead part while Alan gives you a thorough explanation of the rhythm section, which consists of simple barred chords. Overall, the song is accessible for beginners and provides a great song for two guitarists to duet along to!
(TUTORIAL DURATION: 24.41)PREVIEW
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- Artist:
- Idlewild
- Title:
- When I Argue I See Shapes
- Instrument:
- Guitar
- Tutor:
- Rod Jones
- Difficulty:
- 3/5
Title
Idlewild's guitarist Rod takes you through their hit "When I Argue I See Shapes". Since they were all just starting out when they wrote it, the tutorial is ideal for beginners who have mastered the basics and are starting to feel at home on a guitar! The first thing to note would be the alternative tuning, referred to by Rod as "Jeff" tuning. It allows all sorts of chords to be played just by barring the open chord, and the picked part of the song can be played using just one finger. This lesson is a great balance between interesting, inventive techniques and a comfortable, steady learning curve.
(TUTORIAL DURATIONS: 33.22 MINS)PREVIEW
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- Artist:
- Idlewild
- Title:
- When I Argue I See Shapes
- Instrument:
- Drums
- Tutor:
- Colin Newton
- Difficulty:
- 2/5
Title
Idlewild's drummer Colin shows you how to play their early single "When I Argue I See Shapes". Keeping it simple, Colin proves to be a very good drum teacher - he manages to convey all of the techniques involved in the song without going into unnecessary detail. The drum part to this song is relatively easy to play so newcomers to the world of drums wouldn't have too much trouble with this. Colin demonstrates some good techniques for beginners, such as the different sounds obtained by using different parts of the stick when hitting the cymbal. He also explains some useful fundamentals such as keeping in time using the hi-hat as a metronome.
(TUTORIAL DURATION: 13.20 MINS)PREVIEW
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