"My Girl" Verse 3- Lead and Rhythm Guitar

The Temptations

  • Lesson Type

    song

  • Instructor

    Scott Goldbaum

  • Time to Finish

    4:49

The third verse of “My Girl” is very similar to the previous ones, but it’s modulated up a whole step. In this lesson, we’ll show you how to play both the lead and rhythm guitar parts. We’ll be using the same techniques as before, just in a brand new key!

By the end of this lesson you will have learned:

  • D and G chords
  • Quarter note strum
  • Fret hand string muting
  • Accented strumming
  • Arpeggio picking
  • Alternate picking