Released as a single in 1977, “Hotel California” is the title song from the Eagles’ album of the same name. The song topped the Billboard hot 100 singles chart for one week in May of 1977. Since the song’s release there have been many interpretations as to exactly what the lyrics are referring to, however, when asked, Don Henley had the following to say about the song’s meaning:
“It’s our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles” and later he reiterated “it’s basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about.”
Below I have posted two different videos and a Hotel California backing track that you can play-along with. Let me know how you make out ….
Hotel California – Intro Guitar Lesson
Hotel California – Complete Guitar Lesson
In the video guitar lesson below you will learn all the chords, picking patterns, strumming patterns and the lead guitar solo! Ben will explain each section step by step! Animated tab appears at the bottom of the screen, and chord diagrams help you learn the chord shapes.
Hotel California Backing Track
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25 responses so far ↓
1 Patrickakustisk // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
Its all abaout cracking the code of music, If you have come so long already i am delited, The man on this video is a thru entusiast and good teacher, Eagles is one of my band, Keep on and feel the joy of playing and you gonna be a very good guitarist, Hotell California is one of the peice of music that is a little complicated for beginners but if you learn it allmost everything els in Pop music is peanuts, keep on and enjoy music
Best regards
Patrick
2 iplanttrees8875 // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
Alrighty! Hero cookies for all the guitarists who can play this without a capo.
3 maheroho // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
can i have 1?
4 nakoah1995 // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
good for you.
5 beastbrb // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
Cookie…?
What the heck.
6 iplanttrees8875 // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
Would you like a cookie?
7 samuraifugitivo // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
capo only gives you a little bit more focused sound, in this case.
8 makaveli8s8 // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
frango mukang kulangot
9 beastbrb // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
playing it without a capo isn’t any harder than playing it with one…
10 nrique321 // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
i have only been playing guitar for months and i can play this without a capo.
11 Bennyboy291 // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
1. copy and paste
2. send this to other 9 videos
3. hold your breath for 10 seconds
4. press refresh twice
3. LOOK AT YOUR BACKGROUND IT WILL BE FREAKY
12 DEV0611 // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
Awesome…
13 Elinveitja // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
Beautiful song <3
14 Skulked // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
could you do a moon river cover
15 Shogunnnnnnnnnnn // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
Are there any follow up videos? I know he did quite a few for classical gas
16 apocatie34 // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
amigo solo te kiero avisar q el picking pattern que el usa esta mal…escucha la cancion otra vez para que lo compruebes
17 trueQ8 // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
I never played on a guitar before, this is actually my first lesson ever, and it is pretty straight forward and easy to follow. Thanks a million!
18 LILICHICK01 // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
I think the 7th
19 thelarzter // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
7th
20 giaioa // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
where is the capo? i mean in what fret?
21 digialco // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
Muchas Gracias, le escribo desde Colombia, realmente una gran ayuda para agilizar el ensamble con mi banda.
22 OMG1cc // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
The capo here is on the 7th fret, right? It’s possible that my guitar is a bit out of tune cause there are just a few notes that seem a bit off. I might have capo-ed the wrong fret
23 navneetpare // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
You, sir, are a genius…
i can’t thank you enough…
24 12345Ares12345 // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
thank you
25 Myavrick // May 11, 2009 at 7:43 am
This works! I was getting along pretty well and the words “The same pattern” was not working. I figured out what “tigerprawns” posted after I reran the video over 50 times…Still this is a good lesson for this 50 year old guitar rookie who was 18 when this song came out. First time I heard this song was spring break on the way to Panama City Florida…. Don Felder is a genius and the the other two idiots are just idiots.
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