Bathtub Gin Guitar Lesson – Phish for Beginners – Part 1

In this lesson, you'll learn how to play the guitar parts for Bathtub Gin by Phish. This is a three part series that will cover every part of the song, including all of the rhythm and melody lines. Although this is a guitar lesson intended for beginners, I've transcribed Trey Anastasio's exact hand positions [...]

By |2018-01-11T14:41:21-05:00January 4th, 2018|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Trey Anastasio Guitar Tab – Free – Phish Live In Brooklyn 2004

In 2004, Phish called it quits and embarked on a summer tour that grossed nearly 23 million dollars in just 17 shows. Today, I'd like to share with you some of the reasons fans are so obsessed with this band, and some of the band’s musical approaches that keep us coming back for more, year [...]

By |2017-06-17T13:23:38-04:00June 17th, 2017|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Phish Waste Guitar Tab – Acoustic Lesson for Beginners

In this Phish guitar tutorial, I'll show you how to play the song "Waste." From the song's conception in 1996, the band performed this song live in the key of C, and etched it into stone on Billy Breathes in the same key. Rather than demonstrate this pre-1997 version of this song, I'll show [...]

By |2017-05-04T16:04:42-04:00May 4th, 2017|Song Studies|

Trey Anastasio Guitar Lesson – The Anchor Slide Improvisation Technique and the 12-9-95 You Enjoy Myself

This was supposed to be a short 5 minute guitar lesson about one of Trey Anastasio's signature techniques called The Anchor Slide. I was just going to transcribe "a couple" measures of the 12-9-95 Albany YEM because it contains an exceptionally beautiful demonstration this technique. But every next phrase that I paid attention to just got cooler and cooler [...]

By |2017-04-21T08:42:23-04:00April 20th, 2017|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Trey Anastasio Guitar Lesson – Limb By Limb Studio Solo Analyzed

In this guitar lesson, I’ll put Trey Anastasio’s solo on Limb By Limb from Story of the Ghost under the microscope, and break it down into 11 different licks. We’ll study the concepts behind this masterful piece of work, and then figure out how you can use these concepts in your own playing. [Title [...]

By |2017-04-11T09:43:45-04:00April 6th, 2017|Tune Breakdowns|
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