This song is referred to as “It is well”, “It is well with my soul”, or as the opening lyrics “When peace like a river”. This popular Christian hymn was written by Horatio Gates Spafford and composed by Phillip Bliss. We’ll first look at the chords you can use for this song, learn the melody … Read more
Jesus loves me is a popular Christian hymn written by Anna Bartlett Warner. This lesson covers the chords for this song, melody with tabs, and a fingerstyle guitar arrangement. Grab your guitar and let’s get started! How to read the guitar chord charts To clarify how to read the chord charts, the top horizontal line … Read more
Be Thou My Vision is a popular Christian hymn based on a poem by Dallán Forgaill. It was translated by Mary Elizabeth Byrne and then given verses by Eleanor Hull. This lesson covers the chords for this song, melody with tabs, and a fingerstyle guitar arrangement. Grab your guitar and let’s get started! How to … Read more
Blessed Assurance is a popular Christian hymn composed by Phoebe Palmer Knapp and written by Fanny Crosby. This lesson covers the chords for this song, melody with tabs, and a fingerstyle guitar arrangement. Grab your guitar and let’s get started! How to read the guitar chord charts To clarify how to read the chord charts, … Read more
What a friend we have in Jesus is one of the most popular Christian hymns, written by Joseph M. Scriven. This lesson covers the chords, melody with tabs, and a finger style guitar arrangement. Grab your guitar and let’s get started! How to read the guitar chord charts To clarify how to read the chord … Read more
Fur Elise is a popular classical piece written by Ludwig Van Beethoven. This song is less commonly known as Bagatelle No. 25. In this lesson, we’ll cover how to play the guitar chords for Fur Elise, sheet music for the melody and a finger-style arrangement with tabs. Grab your guitar and let’s get started! How … Read more
Canon in D is a piece written by Johann Pachelbel in the 17th century and is often played in wedding ceremonies and graduations. This song has a repeating bass line and series of chords while the melody develops and changes throughout. We’ll first look at the chords used in this piece, learn the progression and … Read more
Moonlight Sonata is one of most popular classical pieces composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven. This piece comes from his work, Piano Sonata No. 14 (Op. 27, No. 2) and is the first of the three movements in the sonata also known as Adagio Sostenuto. The spanish translation of this song is referred to as “Claro … Read more
When the Saints Go Marching in is a gospel/spiritual hymn which was most notably recorded by Louis Armstrong. This lesson covers the chords, sheet music for the melody including tabs, and a finger-style guitar arrangement. Grab your guitar and let’s get started! How to read the guitar chord charts To clarify how to read the … Read more
This lesson covers the guitar sheet music with tabs for an abbreviated version of the song “Messiah HWV 56” by George Frideric Handel, also known as the Hallelujah Chorus. If needed, check this link for more on how to read guitar notation symbols. You can get the PDFs of this song below. Hallelujah Chorus lyrics … Read more
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