Dear Prudence Guitar Lesson - The Beatles - John Lennon Fingerstyle Guitar Tutorial

In this guitar lesson, I'll show you how to play Dear Prudence by The Beatles, taken from 1968's 'The Beatles' (AKA The White Album). Guitar Pro and PDF tabs are available to all members of my Patreon group (see below).

This is a beautiful acoustic guitar fingerstyle song that I've been meaning to learn for a LONG time.

John Lennon wrote this and plays the acoustic guitar in the original recording, which might explain the rather unorthodox approach to the picking pattern.

It was written for Prudence Farrow, sister of actress Mia, during The Beatle's time in Rishikesh, India studying Transcendental Meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The meditations were said to have made Prudence paranoid and too anxious to leave her chalet. The song describes The Beatles' attempts to coax her out!

We're in Drop D tuning for this one. You can check out my video lesson on tips for Drop D guitar tuning here -    • Drop D Guitar Tuning Tips (without a ...  

Have a listen to the Vocal, Guitar & Drums version on the 2018 re-release to get a clearer listen to the acoustic parts:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1WMVvs...

0:00 Video Intro
0:41 Picking Pattern Breakdown
2:22 Picking Pattern (70 BPM)
2:36 Picking Pattern (148 BPM - song tempo)
2:55 Intro Chords
5:50 Intro (70 BPM)
6:32 Intro (148 BPM)
6:51 Main Progression (Verse) Chords
8:21 Main Progression (70 BPM)
8:50 Alterative Chord Grips
9:44 Verse 1
10:18 Verse Ending Chords
11:28 Verse 1 (from 43s)
11:51 Verse 2
12:13 Bridge 1
12:28 Bridge Chords
13:05 Bridge (from 1m59s)
14:21 Bridge 1 (148 BPM)
14:55 Alternative Bridge Chords
15:58 Verse 3
16:18 Bridge 2 (Strumming)
17:12 “The Sun is Up” (3m18s)
18:25 Ending
19:05 TABs/Patreon Group
19:21 Shop/Fretboard Mastery
19:44 End Screen

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