Douglas Showalter
emailDouglas Showalter is a skilled player on both acoustic and electric guitar who is gigging, touring, and recording out of the Electric City: Los Angeles. Douglas's versatility lends itself to teaching a wide variety of songs (from metal to funk to singer/songwriter), as well as artist studies, soloing, chords and rhythm, and new age guitar. He has toured extensively with Van Hunt (appearing on the Tonight Show), and has been active on the Nashville scene of late.
- Instructor Since:
- September 16th 2008
- Total Lessons:
- 599
- Latest Lesson:
- Bang the Drum All Day
Songs
- All You Wanted
- Backwater
- Bang the Drum All Day
- Be Like That
- Black Horse & The Cherry Tree
- Breaking the Law
- Cat's In The Cradle
- Change the World
- Closer
- Come As You Are
- Crawl
- Dog & Butterfly
- Don't Know Why
- Dust in the Wind
- Everything
- Face Down
- Falls On Me
- Father And Son
- Follow
- Gives You Hell
- Hanging by a Moment
- Headstrong
- Here In Your Bedroom
- Hey There Delilah
- I Don't Care
- I Ran
- It's Your Thing
- I Walk Alone
- I Wanna Testify
- I Will Buy You A New Life
- Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous
- Living After Midnight
- Love Is On The Way
- Moonshadow
- More Than Words
- No Rain
- On Call
- Runaway Train
- Stellar
- Still In Hollywood
- Sugar We're Goin' Down
- Surrender
- Sweet Thing
- Swing, Swing
- The Anthem
- Unholy Confessions
- Unwell
- Walking Disaster
- Welcome To My Life
- What It's Like
- What's My Age Again?
- Wide Open Spaces
- With Me
- Word Up
Chord Concepts
Scales, Intervals, and Soloing
Rhythm Guitar
Artist Studies
Triads and Inversions
New Age Guitar
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Bang the Drum All Day
In this set of song lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Bang the Drum All Day", by Todd Rundgren. Doug will start off with a song introduction, then discuss gear and tone a...
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Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
In these song lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness", by John Prine. After a song overview and the gear and tones, you'll learn the song...
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Crawl
In these lessons Douglas Showalter will teach you "Crawl", by Kings of Leon. After a song introduction and talking about the gear and tones, you'll learn the intro effects that...
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Love Is On The Way
In this set of song lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Love Is On The Way", by Saigon Kick. Doug will introduce the song and talk about the acoustic nylon string tones,...
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On Call
In this series of lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "On Call", by Kings of Leon. We'll start with the usual overview and gear and tones, then look at the guitar intro....
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Dog & Butterfly
In this song tutorial, Doug Showalter will teach you "Dog & Butterfly", by Heart. Starting with a synopsis of the lessons and a look at the acoustic tone, we'll then learn the...
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Moonshadow
In this set of lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Moonshadow", as made famous by Cat Stevens. Doug will give an overview of the song then talk about the acoustic tone and...
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Wide Open Spaces
In these lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Wide Open Spaces", by The Dixie Chicks. Douglas will introduce the song and talk about the gear and tones, then break down the...
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Change the World
In this set of lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Change the World", performed by Eric Clapton. After an introduction and a look at the gear and tones, we're off to the...
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Unwell
In this set of lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Unwell", as made famous by Matchbox Twenty. After a song overview and a look at the gear and tones, we'll get into the...
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Walking Disaster
In these 13 guitar lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Walking Disaster", as made famous by Sum 41. After giving you a song over view and a look at the gear and tones,...
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Everything
In this song tutorial, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Everything", by Lifehouse. After a song introduction and a look at the tones and effects, you'll learn the song intro and...
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Closer
In this series of lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Closer", by Kings of Leon. First we'll take a glance at the song as a whole, then look at the gear, tone, and effects....
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Falls On Me
In this set of lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Falls On Me", by Fuel. First off is an overview of the song, then a look at gear and tones. Douglas will then get into...
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All You Wanted
In these eleven lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you the parts to "All You Wanted", by Michelle Branch. Douglas will be using a capo at the first fret, and will start with...
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Hanging by a Moment
In these 12 videos, Douglas Showalter will be breaking down the parts to "Hanging by a Moment", by Lifehouse. After the tones and tuning, we'll get right into the signature riff...
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Be Like That
In this song tutorial, Douglas Showalter will be teaching you "Be Like That", by 3 Doors Down. After a synopsis and gear and tones, Douglas will break down the acoustic intro and...
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Runaway Train
In this song tutorial, Douglas Showalter will be teaching you "Runaway Train", by Soul Asylum. First off is an overview, then a look at the gear and tones. Then we'll break down...
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Gives You Hell
In this series of lessons, Douglas Showalter will be taking you through the song "Gives You Hell", by The All-American Rejects. Douglas will be teaching you the keyboard parts on...
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Here In Your Bedroom
Here's a super fun uptempo song: "Here In Your Bedroom", by Goldfinger. Douglas Showalter will teach you this one; the song intro with its ensemble licks, the ska rhythms, the...
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Cat's In The Cradle
In this set of eight lessons, Douglas Showalter will take you through the acoustic folk classic "Cat's in the Cradle", recorded by Harry Chapin. Douglas will how you how to play...
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What It's Like
In these lessons, Doug Showalter will take you through the acoustic hip hop song "What It's Like", recorded and performed by Everlast. This centers around an easy chord...
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I Will Buy You A New Life
In this set of twelve lessons, Douglas Showalter will lay out all the parts to "I Will Buy You A New Life", as made famous by Everclear. This one has multiple guitars, and you'll...
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Come As You Are
In this song tutorial, Douglas Showalter will teach you the ins and outs of the classic grunge song "Come As You Are", as made famous by Nirvana. You'll learn the great, instantly...
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Change the World
In this set of lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Change the World", performed by Eric Clapton. After an introduction and a look at the gear and tones, we're off to the...
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Dust in the Wind
In this tutorial we are going to learn how to play "Dust in the Wind" as made famous by Kansas. We'll focus on the musical elements that have made this song a long standing...
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Hey There Delilah
You may not recognize the song title, but no doubt you've heard this song many times on the radio in the last few years and are familiar with it! This is a great song for learning...
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Moonshadow
In this set of lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Moonshadow", as made famous by Cat Stevens. Doug will give an overview of the song then talk about the acoustic tone and...
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Love Is On The Way
In this set of song lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Love Is On The Way", by Saigon Kick. Doug will introduce the song and talk about the acoustic nylon string tones,...
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Breaking the Law
In this tutorial we are going to take a look at how to play the metal tune "Breaking the Law" by Judas Priest. This song includes some great rhythm guitar techniques along with...
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Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
In these song lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness", by John Prine. After a song overview and the gear and tones, you'll learn the song...
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Dog & Butterfly
In this song tutorial, Doug Showalter will teach you "Dog & Butterfly", by Heart. Starting with a synopsis of the lessons and a look at the acoustic tone, we'll then learn the...
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No Rain
Blind Melon's "No Rain" is an early 90's hit that has one of the most memorable guitar hooks in rock-n-roll. While the hook itself is an essential part of the song, there are...
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Triads, Inversions, Arpeggios, and Extensions
In this tutorial, I'm going to introduce you to the world of triads, inversions, arpeggios, and chord extensions. We'll take a very thorough, step-by-step approach working with...
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Runaway Train
In this song tutorial, Douglas Showalter will be teaching you "Runaway Train", by Soul Asylum. First off is an overview, then a look at the gear and tones. Then we'll break down...
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Surrender
In this tutorial we're going to show you how to play the song "Surrender" as made famous by Cheap Trick in the late 1970's. Both a live and studio recording success for the band,...
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The Jack Johnson Style
In this tutorial we'll be covering topics ranging from moving chord shapes, to hammer-ons, to right hand strumming techniques. Each lesson will help showcase a different aspect of...
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Black Horse & The Cherry Tree
"Black Horse and The Cherry Tree" is a hit from the mid 2000s, made famous by KT Tunstall. This high energy but simple track features some really cool rhythm guitar techniques and...
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Living After Midnight
"Living After Midnight" is a metal classic from the early 80's that is considered, along with many tracks off of the same record, to be the beginning of heavy metal. In this...
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Crawl
In these lessons Douglas Showalter will teach you "Crawl", by Kings of Leon. After a song introduction and talking about the gear and tones, you'll learn the intro effects that...
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Unholy Confessions
In this tutorial we are going to take a look at how to play "Unholy Confessions" as made famous by Avenged Sevenfold. This modern metal song features a ton of great rhythm guitar...
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Father And Son
In this song tutorial you'll learn "Father and Son" as made famous by Cat Stevens. This is a great acoustic song that is writeen as a conversation between - you guessed it - a...
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More Than Words
"More Than Words" was made famous by Extreme in the early 1990s. This is a beautiful tune, done as a duo with acoustic guitar and great vocal harmonies. We'll look at the form and...
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Bang the Drum All Day
In this set of song lessons, Douglas Showalter will teach you "Bang the Drum All Day", by Todd Rundgren. Doug will start off with a song introduction, then discuss gear and tone a...
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The John Mayer Style
Focusing on Mayer's style on acoustic guitar, this tutorial provides 10 examples, all of which showcase a different element of his style on guitar. By the end of these lessons,...
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Cat's In The Cradle
In this set of eight lessons, Douglas Showalter will take you through the acoustic folk classic "Cat's in the Cradle", recorded by Harry Chapin. Douglas will how you how to play...
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Follow
This lesson is about the techniques and chords used in "Follow" as made famous by Richie Havens. Played in open D tuning, this great singer/songwriter track is played fairly...
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Chord Tone Soloing
In this tutorial I am going to give you an introduction to the world of "Chord Tone Soloing." In short, "Chord Tone Soloing" means that when soloing you are only using notes of...
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Rock Guitar Level 2 Introduction
Following the lessons of Rock Guitar Level 1, you have now landed into the musical world of Rock Guitar Level 2. Before moving forward into this section, make sure you take the...
Douglas Showalter
