John Mayer - The Heart of Life Guitar Lesson
The Heart of Life
Hunter Hall teaches you how to play "The Heart of Life" by John Mayer.
Taught by Hunter Hall in Songs with Hunter seriesLength: 23:00Difficulty: 3.0 of 5
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Found in our Beginner Lesson SetsHunter Hall loves the acoustic guitar, and in this lesson series he will teach you some of the top acoustic guitar songs.
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Why Georgia
Learn the John Mayer song "Why Georgia."
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The Heart of Life
Hunter Hall teaches you how to play "The Heart of Life" by John Mayer.
Length: 23:00 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Hunter Hall is a musician through and through. He has been interested in music ever since a child, where he developed his love for opera and the guitar. This lifelong love of music has stuck with him, as Hunter is currently attending Denver University and enrolled in their music program. He also sings Opera around the Denver area and recently traveled to Europe to sing in many different professional level theaters. Hunter has a vast understanding of guitar and the underlying music behind it which is what differentiates him from many guitarists, and makes him a valuable asset for JamPlay.com.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.I've wanted to learn this song for quite some time and I've seen versions of online. I thorougthly Mr Hunter's lesson. The hardest thing about the song for me, was the getting the right syncopatioon and rhythym
Awesome. This is the coolest teaching resource ever! Can't wait for the library of songs to grow. Awesome song, excellent teacher. More more more! I request John Mayer, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz. Thank you.
I want moooooore!!!! ;)
Great lesson, more mayer songs would be good. I know 'Stop this train' is very similar in style to this song so that should be easy to add on. Also for Hunter: Is the Heart of Life tuned down a half step when Mayer plays it?
Great lesson. More Mayer! More Mayer!
Cool lesson! Definitely would like to see some more Mayer songs with Hunter though.
I think jamplay is great, but i was disappointed with this lesson, as it is incomplete. It does not teach the melodic line that is played during the verse, or the outro where mayer progresses up the neck and back down again...I would have liked to have learnt the whole song, but thanks
Great lesson, can you do some more Mayer songs?
Hey excellent lesson-this was my first one using jamplay. One question though-could he teach us the lead also? I really like the lead solo in this song and would it would be awesome to know how to play it.
I think hunter should have more videos..he is more professional than most of the other teachers
I really thought this was a great lesson with the picking pattern and chords ; any chance to write out the chord progression with chord diagrams
on my list of songs why does the icons say song taught on acoustic but the song is electric
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