A songwriter’s guide to arranging and performing other people’s songs

Learn Jason Mraz's original guitar arrangement, his redo in an alternate tuning, and a standard tuning version that includes the intro riff.

A new alternate-tuning guitar arrangement of the Pink Floyd classic “Wish You Were Here.”

Learn a rocking arrangement in dropped-D tuning with an instrumental break.

Learn a complete arrangement of Shawn Colvin hit, complete with instrumental riffs based on the original recording.

Learn a two-guitar arrangement that simulates the hypnotic textures of the original recording.

Learn a complete arrangement in dropped-D tuning that includes an instrumental break plus a feature of Prine's own rendition that almost no one—not even Bonnie Raitt—includes in their covers.

Learn a bluesy guitar arrangement of the Stevie Wonder classic in a cool dropped-C tuning.

Learn a complete acoustic arrangement of the Grateful Dead classic, with a chord melody intro and instrumental break.