Boston - More Than a Feeling - Guitar Lesson

About More Than a Feeling

Few Classic Rock songs pack as many guitar lessons into one track as this one. The opening acoustic riff in G major is the first thing to nail: it rolls through a clean, arpeggiated pattern that demands both right-hand precision and confident chord changes, so use the Practice Toolbar to loop it slowed down until the transitions feel automatic. Once the electric guitars kick in, the focus shifts to the twin-guitar harmony leads that carry the song's main melodic hook. Those harmony lines move fast enough at 120 BPM that picking accuracy and left-hand position shifts can easily come apart, and slowing them down with the Practice Toolbar will reveal exactly where your fingers are losing the line. Boston also layers a big, sustained lead tone over crunchy rhythm work, so getting a feel for balancing your pick attack between the two textures is part of playing this song convincingly. E Standard tuning throughout means no retuning is needed.

• The opening acoustic guitar riff is arpeggiated in G major and is the essential first section to practise before moving on to the electric parts.
• The signature twin-guitar harmony leads require precise picking and smooth position shifts, and are much easier to learn looped at a reduced tempo.
• The song sits at 120 BPM in E Standard tuning, making it accessible for intermediate players while still challenging on the lead harmony sections.