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During the Coronavirus crisis, William King has decided to use the time indoors to good effect and teach himself the guitar from scratch. Check out his diary of how he's getting on and maybe join in with him. Independently produced, not a Manx Radio production.

  1. 05/29/2020

    Episode 19 - How Far I'll Go

    After a little time away from the guitar - this is an attempt to sing and play the chords for How Far I'll Go from Moana.

    6 min

  2. 05/19/2020

    Episode 18 - The Rainbow Connection

    After a short break, it's time for some Muppets. Using chords G, Em, Am, D, C, Bm7, B7, and E, I attempt The Rainbow Connection from The Muppets.

    4 min

  3. 05/10/2020

    Episode 17 - This is How it Feels

    With my newest chord, B7, I attempt the tune "This is How It Feels (to be lonely)" by Inspiral Carpets.

    4 min

  4. 05/06/2020

    Episode 16 - Galway Girl

    In my first attempt to play a full length song, here's a go at singing Ed Sheeran's Galway Girl. Used chords E minor, G maj, C major, Cadd9 (the theory of which we discuss at the end of the podcast), D major and A minor.

    7 min

  5. 05/05/2020

    Episode 15 - Baked Potato

    Used chords C major, G major, E minor and D major to sing Matt Lucas' Baked Potato. It is an amazing song. Be careful though - if you listen to it too much, it will stick in your head forever.

    3 min

  6. 04/29/2020

    Episode 14 - Common People

    To demonstrate improving chord changes, today it's a trip to 1995 and the whopping three-chord song "Common People" by Pulp

    3 min

  7. 04/25/2020

    Episode 13 - Acapella

    For this episode, we've experimented with the app "Acapella" which simplifies the process of layering up a song. William uses the guitar, a keyboard for the trumpet sound, piano, voice and percussion.

    6 min

  8. 04/19/2020

    Episode 12 - Hey Ya!

    Whilst working on speeding up the chord changes, William uses chords Gmaj, Cmaj, Dmaj and Emaj, to try and play Hey Ya! by OutKast.

    3 min
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During the Coronavirus crisis, William King has decided to use the time indoors to good effect and teach himself the guitar from scratch. Check out his diary of how he's getting on and maybe join in with him. Independently produced, not a Manx Radio production.

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