Song Lesson: Fame

Learn How to Play "Fame" by David Bowie on Guitar with Tab, Video Lessons, and More!

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Song Lesson: Fame

About this course

Taught by our top educators, TrueFire’s Song Lesson System is a hands-on contextual music-making experience designed to accelerate the learning process and simulate a full-band setting. Whatever level of player you happen to be, from beginner to advanced, there’s a rhythm or lead guitar part you can learn to play that sounds great in a full band context.

This Fame Song Lesson, as performed by David Bowie, is presented by DJ Phillips, one of TrueFire’s top educators.

This Song Lesson Series Includes:
1 Acoustic Guitar Part
4 Electric Guitar Parts
1 Easy Guitar Strum-Along Part

The Backing Track Includes:
Bass
Drums
Guitar
Piano
Vocals
Click Track

What you'll learn

  • Apply chord progressions and rhythm patterns in a real song context
  • Play along with a full band arrangement of 'Fame'
  • Develop ensemble playing skills
  • Practice maintaining rhythm and timing with a backing track
  • Develop timing and groove skills with backing tracks
Release date: 02/16/2023 • 2h 00m runtime
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Sample lessons
Full Song Performance
Full Song Performance
Reference Video of All Guitar Parts

What's included

20 lessons • 13 charts • 7 Jam Tracks

Fame by David Bowie
Hi! I’m DJ Phillips and I’m here to teach you the song Fame by David Bowie. In this lesson we'll be looking at how to replicate the artists playing on this tune by tackling it in bite size pieces then bringing it all back together at the end. I'll also show you an easy guitar part so that you can strum along to the whole song if you're just getting started. Ready to learn Fame? Well grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Full Song Performance
We’ll be starting things off with a full performance of Fame where you will be able to see and hear the multiple different guitar styles you will be learning in the tune. Keep a close eye on the text on the screen as it will indicate the guitar track currently being played.
Easy Guitar | Lesson
In this video we'll be breaking Fame down into simple guitar chords and patterns that you can play, even if you're a beginner. Everything I'm going to show you here will work well with the accurate guitar parts so that you can play along with the full band. The first will be the easiest version then we'll jump into a second rendition that will add a few more pieces and bring you one step closer to the authentic guitar part. Once you feel comfortable with this easier version, I encourage you to try to tackle some of the more sophisticated techniques in the accurate guitar parts as this is a great way to improve your skills.
Easy Guitar | Practice Session
In this video we will be practicing the easy guitar for Fame. Remember to take advantage of tab-sync to ensure you're hitting the proper notes and, if you find the tune is a bit too fast for you, utilize the speed feature to slow things down, get your timing right, and then work your way up to the proper tempo.
Easy Guitar | Playalong
In this video we will perform the tune Fame in its entirety. Join the band and show off your chops using the techniques you've learned along the way.
Electric Guitar 1 | Lesson
Now it’s time to tackle the first electric guitar part. Remember to take advantage of tab-sync to ensure you're hitting the proper notes and, if you find the tune is a bit too fast for you, utilize the speed feature to slow things down, get your timing right, and then work your way up to the proper tempo.
Electric Guitar 1 | Practice Session
In this video we will be practicing the first electric guitar part for Fame. Remember to take advantage of tab-sync to ensure you're hitting the proper notes and, if you find the tune is a bit too fast for you, utilize the speed feature to slow things down, get your timing right, and then work your way up to the proper tempo.

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Reviews

1 result

RyanHasan

02/16/23

All Song Course Should Have a Tone Lesson

This one does cover the signal chain, etc, in a cursory manner, in one of the lessons, but I feel all song lessons should have a dedicated tone lesson in them.

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