Byron Santos
Recording Artist & Engineer
New Orleans, LA

"Received Jamie’s new "Path" book yesterday, WOW! I must say she has done it again...explained the unexplainable.

I wish that I had this book when I was learning how to read music. It would have saved me a lot of time and headaches. Just the chapters on rhythm are worth the cost of the book!

Oh, and the chord chapters. I could have saved a few years of practicing chords just with those pages. It is definitely a first to have information like that in print!

With Jamie’s books aiding musicians in learning, a “new breed of musicians” is being born; the level of musicianship even from beginners in the next few years will be extraordinary."

Great Book Jamie,
Byron Santo

 

 

Happy Birthday
Here are the chords you need to play & sing Happy Birthday to that special someone!
(entire song below)

 

 

There are easy ways of doing these chords and of changing from one to another smoothly. These are little "secrets" good players use, but for some reason, are never found in the guitar books. If you would like to learn them......just download the free video lesson below!

 

The strum lines are placed over the words they go with. All strums are in an even "1-2-3" even if they are widely spaced. That is because (as in all songs) some syllables are sung faster than others. Just keep the foot tapping a steady beat. If you have trouble, say "1-2-3" as you go along.

You will find more practice guidelines below...

 

 

 

Practice Guidelines For Happy Birthday

Do the special exercise for fingers 2 & 3 given in the free video lesson for this song to teach your fingers to easily get into the D chord.

Practice the D to A7 over and over super slowly (see video).

When changing from D to G, hold 1 down on the 3rd string of the D chord UNTIL the 2nd finger of the G is down.

Copyright ©1999. Jamie Andreas. All Rights Reserved.

 

 

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