TARGET Members will have any Charts, TAB, and Guitar Pro Files
Ventura Highway is one of Dewey Bunnell’s and America’s most popular and recognizable songs. It features the colorful and cryptic line about ‘alligator lizards in the air’, really an innocent reference to cloud formations. This lesson goes over the chord progression, strumming patterns, and even into the lead guitar parts.
...Steeling a Beach Boys' line to say thanks for this great break-down of a riff (one of the very best there is) that I spent my whole life not being able to even hear right let alone play it! Really enjoying this....
written by neverfoundthetime, August 14, 2009
Another good lesson
The only thing is that I find the slowed down version is still too fast.
A half speed version would be really good.
Normally I find the slowed down versions to be a good speed for when learning the song, but I find this one too fast.
written by mark, June 08, 2009
Neil, the TABs only have the part that starts at the 10th and 11th frets and not the 5th and 7th frets part.
written by Ric Steffen, May 22, 2009
Great Job Neil! I love this song. Bring back many mems. from the 70's. For some reason I can't quite get the strum pattern as smooth as it needs to be. In fact it is something that I need to start paying more attention to on all songs that I play.(right hand strumming patterns). The correct strumming pattern totally makes the song.
written by John Hoelting, May 07, 2009
Great song! I've always wanted to learn how to play it but never got around to it until now. Your lessons were very, very good & I had the gist of it in no time, thank you! I'm Working on getting it down more cleanly now. I did however find that on the intro lead, instead of starting the double-stops up on the 10th & 11th frets of the 2nd & 3rd strings & hammering onto the 12th fret, I can move faster & cleaner starting on the 5th fret of the 1st string & 7th fret of the 2nd string. Then I just hammer on the 1st string with my pinky on the 7th fret. Just stay in the same position & hammer pinky on the 7th fret of the 3rd string. The rest is the same as Neil tabbed out. It sounds very close but you do lose a harmony note on the very first hammer-on. I know writing this is probably clear as mud but I find that looking for alternative voicings help me to: 1) learn more of the fingerboard & 2) give a song my own personal touch (pun not intended).:o
written by Kent McCluskie, April 29, 2009
Wow! This is so much fun. I have always wanted to learn this song, but it always seemed so difficult until now (not that it is easy for me yet). The only downfall to all of this is that Neil makes it look far too easy (LOL)! Thanks again for another great lesson.
written by Music Junkie, April 28, 2009
As with so many of Neil's videos, here is another song that I didn't know that I wanted to learn to play. lol Now that I can play it, I can't stop. Thanks Neil.
written by haoli25, April 27, 2009
My profile picture was taken in 1974 (junior year, I was 16/17)... and it shows me playing THIS SONG at a High School assembly with my partner (alas, cut off in the picture) Robert MacNeille. Robert had the *silkiest* syncopated rhythm pattern for Ventura Highway that I never could master - but I didn't do a bad job on lead... :-)
written by Jim Piunti, April 27, 2009
Admin: there's about 1:40 of black screen at the end of the 'slow it down' video. Thoght you might want to know...
> Jimmer
Put your face in our book
Follow Our Tweets
Visit Our blog
