{"id":2261,"date":"2022-11-25T12:19:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T20:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2022-11-25T12:20:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T20:20:48","slug":"5-levels-of-sweet-home-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/5-levels-of-sweet-home-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Levels of Sweet Home Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24163334\/qt-5-levels-of-sweet-home-alabama.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(Download the tabs &amp; sheet music)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few songs that can be considered rites of passage for guitarists. One of these is the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic \u201cSweet Home Alabama.\u201d Released on the band\u2019s 1974 album <em>Second Helping<\/em>, it is considered by many to be one of the greatest southern rock songs of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSweet Home Alabama\u201d isn\u2019t overly complicated to play on guitar, and even if you&#8217;re only ready for level one, you&#8217;ll still be able to play along with the original recording! If you want to get people up on their feet, dancing and singing along, it\u2019s a tune that\u2019s hard to beat. So without further do, let\u2019s get into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Sweet Home Alabama\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/7e89621JPkKaeDSTQ3avtg?si=90c7c93427224c57&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Chords<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything in this song revolves around just three open chords &#8212; D major, C add9 (C major), and G major. Let&#8217;s begin by getting comfortable playing these chords and changing between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161708\/sweet-d-1024x939.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161708\/sweet-d-1024x939.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161708\/sweet-d-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161708\/sweet-d-768x704.png 768w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161708\/sweet-d-1536x1409.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161708\/sweet-d-2048x1878.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161727\/sweet-c-1024x939.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161727\/sweet-c-1024x939.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161727\/sweet-c-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161727\/sweet-c-768x704.png 768w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161727\/sweet-c-1536x1409.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161727\/sweet-c-2048x1878.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161738\/sweet-g-1024x939.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161738\/sweet-g-1024x939.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161738\/sweet-g-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161738\/sweet-g-768x704.png 768w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161738\/sweet-g-1536x1409.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24161738\/sweet-g-2048x1878.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Moving Through The Levels<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For the remainder of this lesson, you&#8217;ll need to <a href=\"https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24163334\/qt-5-levels-of-sweet-home-alabama.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download the tabs<\/a> so you can follow along with the video. Things will start off pretty simple at level one and get increasingly challenging as we move through the levels. By the time you reach level five, you&#8217;ll be able to play the song just like the recording!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn songs like this one even faster with our interactive practice tool inside the Guitareo members&#8217; area. Start your 7-day free trial by clicking on the big green button below. <\/p>\n\n\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"join\" href=\"\/\/www.guitareo.com\/trial\\\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"background: #00c9ac;\">TRY GUITAREO FOR 7 DAYS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Download the tabs &amp; sheet music) There are a few songs that can be considered rites of passage for guitarists. 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