Mass Appeal Guitars 2024: Guitarists Invade Union Square With Songs Of Awesome

Mass Appeal Guitars: Guitarists Unite and Perform Songs Of Awesome in Union Square NYC on Friday, June 21. In Association with Union Square Partnership and Make Music New York, hosted and sponsored by NYC Guitar School.

JOIN A MASSIVE GUITAR JAM IN UNION SQUARE

SCHEDULE:
4:30-6:30 tutorials and open small group jams.
6:30 gather on the steps of Union Square South for a mass play and sing along. HAVE FUN!
7:00 hang out and enjoy live music from four of our very own SPECTACULAR NYC Guitar School community rock bands Help! I Left My Bright Blue Car in Brooklyn, The Eclectics, The Paperweights, and Resonance, and/or return to the city we love with the flame of awesome burning within you!

TO JOIN:

STEP ONE: RSVP for the play along by clicking the RSVP button on the top right of this page. And TELL YOUR FRIENDS by sharing this link:

https://www.meetup.com/mass-appeal-guitars/

STEP TWO: LEARN TO PLAY OR SING ONE OR MORE OF THE BEGINNER FRIENDLY SONGS

PERFECT (Ed Sheeran)
LINGER (The Cranberries)
CREEP (Radio Head)
FAST CAR (Tracy Chapman)
STAND BY ME (Ben King)

STEP THREE: Show up to Union Square Park South by the steps on Friday, June 21st anytime starting at 4:30pm to practice--there will be separate areas for each of the five songs, plus lessons available for absolute beginners. You can practice all or just some of the songs...Then we play EN MASSE at 6:30pm! There will be room for about 100 people on the steps...you can also bring your own chair or guitar strap to play standing up.

Check in at the welcome table near the steps to pick up song charts and enter a drawing for prizes like 3 months of guitar classes, T-shirts, and more.

Come early because we will have lots of guitar teachers giving free 15 minute mini-lessons and leading song practices from 4:30 to 6:30pm. Use that lesson to learn the very basics of guitar-or to work on a song.

Bring your guitar, uke or other instrument. Electric guitarists and bassists are welcome to bring battery powered amps (no supplied power is available.)

Bring water, sunscreen, a hat or whatever it takes to be comfy. And keep in mind that Union Square is a crowded urban park-we recommend gig bags with name tags to avoid confusion.

RESOURCES:

Check out the ONE PAGE CHEAT SHEET OF AWESOMENESS to get started with super-broken-down-simple-versions of the songs.

Note: we won't play songs note-for-note (although YOU are more than welcome to)-we will be doing simpler beginner-friendly versions.

For full lyrics/charts for the songs, you can download charts like these from Sheet Music Plus (They cost $2-$5)

• PERFECT CHART (note the original is capoed at the first fret, we will play it the same except with NO CAPO)
• LINGER CHART
• CREEP CHART
• FAST CAR CHART
• STAND BY ME CHART (note, this version is in the key of A--we will be playing our version in the key of G)

If you want to go more DIY, below are VIDEO TUTORIALS and Ultimate Guitar links.

• PERFECT - VIDEO TUTORIAL - TAB
• LINGER - VIDEO TUTORIAL - TAB
• CREEP - VIDEO TUTORIAL - TAB
• FAST CAR - VIDEO TUTORIAL - TAB
• STAND BY ME - VIDEO TUTORIAL - TAB

Questions? Want to volunteer? Want to bring a group? Message us!

PS Here are videos of Hey Ya & Satisfaction from a previous Mass Appeal in Union Square.
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