What you will learn
Hammer and a Nail is the acoustic folk-rock hit that was performed by the Indigo Girls on the 1990 album, Nomads Indians Saints. This iVideosongs guitar lesson is a great exercise in acoustic rhythm strumming and features a clever melodic outro figure which is both tricky and fun to play. This intermediate-level, medium-tempo song can be played with a single steel string acoustic guitar in standard tuning and a capo at the 4th fret. In this title, instructor Steve Rieck explains the relatively easy chord strumming as well as the more intricate outro part. Tablature and chord grids are embedded in the video for all song segments along with a full song performance in sync with the backing track.