Syd Barret Style Lesson

Syd Barret Style

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  • -Guitar Lesson:
    This is a lesson for beginners level students. Here I show you how to play a song in the style of Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006). He was an English singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and painter. Best known as a founder member of the band Pink Floyd, Barrett was the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter in its early years. Here I play an arrangement of his song "Lucifer Sam", belonging to his debut album, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn”.

    -Music Style:
    Blues Rock

    -Tonality:
    F#m

    -Techniques:
    chords, riffs...

    -Sound:
    I play a Fender Telecaster Orange Nocaster 51 pickups, ENGL 570 + 840/50 amp, crunch channel, SM57 micro.

    -Tuning:
    Standard tuning: E,A,D,G,B,E

    -Tempo & Beat:
    140pm (Slows 70bpm)
    4/4

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