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Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love - Guitar Lesson

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Bee Gees Pop Rock 2004 Eb major
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About How Deep Is Your Love

Few songs reward a clean, warm guitar tone quite like "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees. Written in Eb major and sitting at a relaxed 103 BPM, the song calls for smooth chord playing with careful attention to voice leading. The chord progression moves through rich major seventh and ninth shapes, so your left hand needs to be comfortable reaching those extended voicings without tension. Strumming is only half the picture here: the real challenge is keeping the dynamics soft and even, letting the harmony breathe rather than driving hard through each bar. This is a great piece for working on your right-hand control, specifically how lightly you can play while still producing a full, round tone. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop any tricky chord transition slowed down until the movement feels completely automatic. Playing in Pop Rock style, the goal is a flowing, legato feel from start to finish.

  • The song sits in Eb major, so if you want to use open chord shapes, a capo at the first fret and playing in D major positions is a practical option.
  • Extended chord voicings including major sevenths and ninths are central to the arrangement, making this a solid study in moving between those shapes cleanly.
  • At 103 BPM the tempo is comfortable, but keeping strumming dynamics consistently soft throughout is the main technical demand for guitarists.

How to Play How Deep Is Your Love

Tuning: E Standard · Key: Eb major · Tempo: 103 BPM

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 103 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Fender Stratocaster
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Fender Stratocaster

Session guitarist Alan Kendall used the Stratocaster's bright single-coils for lead work on Bee Gees tracks, delivering the cutting attack needed to slice through dense disco arrangements. The versatile pickup switching gave him tonal options for both rhythm and lead parts.

Fender Telecaster
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Fender Telecaster

Barry Gibb's white Telecaster was essential for the Bee Gees' disco sound, with its snappy bridge single-coil providing the precise, funky rhythm tone that defined 'Night Fever.' The Tele's clarity and bite let every ghost note and muted stroke cut through the arrangement.

Gibson SG Standard
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Gibson SG Standard

Barry Gibb's SG Standard delivered a fuller, warmer humbucker tone suited to the Bee Gees' earlier, more rock-oriented material before their disco shift. The thicker sound contrasted with the brightness of his later single-coil guitars.

Fender Twin Reverb
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Fender Twin Reverb

The Twin Reverb's massive headroom allowed the Bee Gees to achieve their signature sparkling clean tone without any breakup or compression. Its built-in spring reverb added the lush, shimmering depth essential to their studio productions.

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Fender Deluxe Reverb

The Deluxe Reverb provided the Bee Gees with clean, headroom-rich tone and integrated spring reverb for that glassy, pristine rhythm guitar sound. Its moderate power made it ideal for capturing every nuance of their funk-influenced disco arrangements.

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Boss CE-2 Chorus

The Boss CE-2 Chorus added the characteristic glassy shimmer and width to ballads like 'How Deep Is Your Love,' giving Barry Gibb's acoustic and clean electric parts an ethereal quality. Its subtle modulation enhanced their lush harmonic arrangements without overwhelming the signal.

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