Use this PlayAlong+ Resource from Musical Futures to learn how to play Shotgun by George Ezra.

The PowerPoint features instructions and audio clips for guitar (including simplified chords), bass, keyboard, ukulele and drums.

Use PlayAlong+ to help students learn each instrumental part for a whole-class performance of Shotgun by George Ezra. The full track interactive slide features instructions for all the instruments, plus lyrics, all in one place.

There’s also an instrumental version to try and a click track version. If you have a keen ukelelo soloist, there’s also instructions for that part.

Shotgun by George Ezra

Use this PowerPoint to explore riffs, melodic construction and what you can hear and copy. This supports students to become more confident with composing and improvising

The easy guitar, ukelele and piano chords you’ll need to know are: G, C, Em and D. The bass notes you’ll need to know are G, C, E and D. The drum part uses hi-hat, snare and the kick drum.

Musical Futures’ popular playalongs provide a library of over 100 songs for guitar, ukulele, keyboard, bass and vocals.

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