Duet Play-Along: Ode to Joy from Volume 1 Method

ByBradford Werner
2020

Ode to Joy Play-Along Duet Video with first left hand notes for beginner guitar from my Free Classical Guitar Method Volume 1. Ode to Joy by Beethoven is the theme from his 9th Symphony. This one uses new left hand notes on the top three strings and is the 3rd duet in the book for absolute beginners. I’ll play the duet and then play the teacher part so you can play along. Using the YouTube Link might be easier for skipping back for retries.

1st Time: Teacher part (includes the melody from the student part)
2nd Time: Teacher Part with Counting
3rd Time: Teacher Part without Counting

Lesson: Five Melodies & Ode to Joy – The songs covered in this lesson are:

The Mountain
Theme by Joseph Haydn
Lightly Row
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
The Fox.
Ode to Joy (can be played as a solo or duet)

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.