majdavids13
Verified buyer
08/13/24
Well done. All 3 parts shown ans easy to follow. Only wish he'd do a fingerstyle version.
Song Lesson: Ventura Highway
Learn How to Play "Ventura Highway" by America on Guitar with Tab, Video Lessons, and More!
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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 Ventura Highway Song Lesson, as performed by America, is presented by Chris Buono, one of TrueFire’s top educators.
This Song Lesson Series Includes:
3 Accurate Guitar Parts
1 Easy Guitar Strum-Along Part
The Backing Track Includes:
Vocals
Bass
Drums
Guitar
Click Track
This Ventura Highway Song Lesson, as performed by America, is presented by Chris Buono, one of TrueFire’s top educators.
This Song Lesson Series Includes:
3 Accurate Guitar Parts
1 Easy Guitar Strum-Along Part
The Backing Track Includes:
Vocals
Bass
Drums
Guitar
Click Track
About TrueFire’s Song Learning System
Taught by our top educators, TrueFire’s Song Lesson System is a hands-on contextual music-making experience designed to accelerate the song 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.
We designed the system with three distinct educational objectives in mind; 1) Teach accurate rhythm and lead guitar parts; 2) Prepare students for live performance settings; and 3) Emphasize key learnings from each song to advance students’ overall skills.
Meeting these three objectives called for a strict criteria when selecting the songs that we would teach. Whether they were classic or contemporary songs within a genre, they each had to offer key rhythmic, harmonic, and/or melodic techniques that students’ could apply anywhere.
We also had to take full advantage of our learning tools to craft a learning experience that not only met the criteria but also made the learning experience fun and gratifying.
Top Educators
All song lessons are taught by TrueFire’s top educators who not only perform the rhythm and lead guitar parts accurately, they are also experienced in the genre and can communicate the key learnings in a very accessible manner.
Backing Tracks with Vocals
Every song lesson features accurate, high-quality backing tracks including vocals so that you can learn and practice each of the guitar parts in a real-world musical context.
Lesson + Practice Session + Playalong
Every guitar part (some songs feature multiple rhythm and/or lead guitar parts) features a set of 3 videos including a guitar part lesson video, a practice session video, and a playalong video.
Easy Guitar Strum-Along
For players just starting out, every song lesson also includes an easy guitar set of lessons. After learning the easy guitar part, beginners can strum along with all of the backing tracks and vocals.
Advanced Learning Tools
All of the guitar parts are tabbed, notated and synced to the video. With TrueFire’s learning tools, you can also slow down or loop any section of the video to work with the lessons at your own pace.
Premium Only: Multi-Track
Mix, mute, or solo any of the video or audio tracks. Control the mix and immerse yourself!
What you'll learn
- Play open string chord voicings used in the song
- Perform a simplified four-chord strummed version
- Play all three authentic guitar parts from the original recording
- Study the rhythm and feel of classic folk-rock accompaniment
- Understand pacing and dynamics in a full song context
Release date: 01/04/2022 • 1h 05m runtime
Sample lessons
Full Song Performance
Reference Video of All Guitar Parts
What's included
14 lessons • 9 charts • 5 Jam Tracks
Ventura Highway
Hi! I’m Chris Buono and I’m here to teach you the song Ventura Highway by America. 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 Ventura Highway? Well grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Full Song Performance
We’ll be starting things off with a full performance of Ventura Highway 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 Ventura Highway 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 Ventura Highway. 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 Ventura Highway in its entirety. Join the band and show off your chops using the techniques you've learned along the way.
Acoustic Guitar 1 | Lesson
Now it’s time to tackle the Ventura Highway first acoustic rhythm guitar. This is the version of the guitar part you will want to learn if you are playing the tune solo or in a band with only one guitar player.
Acoustic Guitar 1 | Practice Session
In this video we will be practicing the first acoustic rhythm guitar part for Ventura Highway. 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
9 results
Gerness
Verified buyer
07/23/24
Ventura Highway review
Dave58
Verified buyer
09/06/22
Great!
There are a number of guitar teachers who want to dig a little deeper in their choice of songs. Chris Buono is one of these virtuosos. He is a breathtaking guitarist in every genre and a clearly intelligible teacher. With these separate parts of the song you can only grow in developing your guitar playing. The song is taught at every level as you hear it on the original record. Even a beginner can hit all the chords and get into the song faster. The backing tracks are taught at every level and since everything is easy to follow, you'll be in the wonderful world of modern country smoothness before you know it. Never thought what this America song had in it? Very surprising how gifted these three musicians were in writing a song. It's a fantastic driving country song that you will have a lot of fun with! Very clear and understandable instruction. great!
Rob H.
04/23/22
A great addition to Truefires library
Just learnt Ventura Highway for my band, great way to go to get the authentic sound of the tune.
ionio
Verified buyer
04/03/22
Ventura highway
Excellent course, broken down into manageable sections for all levels, with a bit of practice.
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