As you learn to play this fingerstyle arrangement of Dreams, be sure to frequently return to the performance as a good reference point and guide.
This is the full fingerstyle guitar lesson for Dreams.
Stevie Nicks wrote Dreams and the song appears on Fleetwood Mac’s hugely successful 1977 album Rumours. The song went on to reach the number one spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 and still firmly remains one of the bands best-known and loved songs.
This arrangement is so much fun to play, a little tricky at times but well worth the effort required to learn it. Once you’ve got it down, you’ll love it so much you’ll be playing it for years to come.
Alright, let’s pick up our guitars and learn how to play Dreams!
As you learn to play this fingerstyle arrangement of Dreams, be sure to frequently return to the performance as a good reference point and guide.
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Join The Mailing ListIn this lesson we learn how to play the intro and the first verse of Dreams. I’ve employed a strumming/picking technique throughout which can be quite challenging but incredibly useful. I cover this technique extensively in The Complete Guide to Fingerstyle: Intermediate Level if you want to explore it further.
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Hopefully you didn’t struggle too much with the first lesson. In this lesson you’ll learn how to play the rest of the song – the chorus, the bridge and the outro. Let’s get to it!