THE BOXER

What we’ll be covering

The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel is one of the most famous songs to come out of the American folk/pop scene in the 1960’s. Instantly recogniseable with its cool intro, travis style finger picking and single word chorus vocal line. The song takes the art of travis picking and adds some complexity with some cool syncopated hammer on’s and moving bass melody. It’s a fantastic song for those at a higher level who want to perfect their techniques and play the original, but you can also simplify it and just strum the chords for a simpler version.

It’s definitely a singalong song and still goes down great at open mics, and professional gigs alike.

We’ll be looking at the complete song, showing you just how Paul Simon played it, while also giving you a unique way to add the solo string melodies onto the guitar to really impress your friends.

Who’s this session suitable for?

This online course is aimed at Low Intermediate and up players.

It’s really for acoustic guitars but electric guitars are fine.

Materials

This online course includes:

• Lead sheet TAB/music PDF
• Access to a Zoom recording of the complete live lesson

What’s in all four sessions? 

Lesson 1 – Mrs Robinson & Cecilia

Lesson 2 – Homeward Bound / The Sound Of Silence

Lesson 3 – See above

Lesson 4 – Bridge Over Troubled Water solo guitar arrangement

Attending the sessions

By default, you’ll start every session with complete anonymity i.e. with your mic muted and your camera switched off. You have total control of these at your end.

You can ask questions at any time:

• Using the online Chat facility
• Simply unmuting your mic
• Switching on your camera and unmuting your mic

It’s all very friendly and there isn’t such a thing as a daft question – they usually lead to deep, interesting streams of very relevant stuff!

Can’t Attend

If you want to come along but can’t make the sessions just book in and you’ll receive the full materials and lesson video.

IMPORTANT POINTS

• You will receive the Lesson PDF just prior to it being run.
• The lesson video will only be available after the session has run. It is usually uploaded and the link sent to students 1 to 2 days after the lesson.
• If you don’t want to be on the live video recording keep your camera switched off. 
• If you’ve missed a course you can still purchase it as part of the group of lessons.
• If you want to be part of the online session, please avoid booking in on the day of a course. This ensures that you’ll get the Joining Instructions in time.

BUT this shouldn’t put you off booking in as you’ll receive the full materials including the video of the complete live session.

Start slowly – if you decide to book just one session but then become interested in other sessions just buy them on the website.