Learn to play Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.
You can listen to the song here on Spotify while you play along!
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Marty Music
Marty Schwartz provides another upbeat, yet patient and well structured lesson on how to play Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. This lesson has been viewed over 3 million times!
Every step from finger placement to strumming is slowly explained and repeated so that even a beginner can learn. Marty demonstrates on an acoustic guitar, but this can also be played on an electric guitar.
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GuitarZero2Hero
As always, GuitarZero2Hero provides not an in-depth tutorial, but an entertaining and informative one.
This is a complete lesson with the intro, all the chords, riffs and solos. Even the Tabs are provided!
00:00 INTRODUCTION
01:28 INTRO RIFF
10:17 VERSE CHORDS
12:03 GUITAR SOLOS
28:40 SONG DEMONSTRATION PLAYTHROUGH
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JustinGuitar
Justin has composed a beginner version of Wish You Were Here, so though it is a medium difficulty song he has made it easy to play.
Justin has a great understanding of how hard it is to learn to play guitar and teaches accordingly. He has over 1 million subscribers on YouTube. He breaks the song into seven parts that you can practice individually, before stitching them all together.
Video Chapters
00:00​ Wish You Were Here – Guitar Cover
00:40​ Wish You Were Here for Beginners
02:24​ How to Play Wish You Were Here – Part 1
03:35​ How to Play Wish You Were Here – Part 2
04:24​ How to Play Wish You Were Here – About the Rhythm
06:39​ How to Play Wish You Were Here – Part 3
08:46​ How to Play Wish You Were Here – Playthrough
08:54​ How to Play Wish You Were Here – Part 4
10:20​ How to Play Wish You Were Here – Rhythm Counting
10:53​ How to Play Wish You Were Here – Part 5
11:41​ How to Play Wish You Were Here – Part 6
12:20​ How to Play Wish You Were Here – Part 7
13:22​ How to Play Wish You Were Here – Practice