Walk Don't Run TAB Play Along with Chords and Notation By The Ventures (also a cover by the Shadows

Learn Walk Don&Run, this seminal pre-Surf Guitar Rock instrumental by The Ventures (also later covered by Hank Marvin and The Shadows) It seems that Walk Don’t Run was The Ventures first widely released single. It appears to be their flagship hit song that propelled them on to international fame with an amazing career longevity. A little research shows that The Ventures are apparently the best-selling instrumental band of all time with over 100 million records sold. I never knew that! Walk Don’t Run has lived on throughout and still gets a lot of play to this day. While they predated the advent of the terms surf guitar or surf rock, and they do not consider themselves a surf rock group, they were a major building block of surf music, if not the first to play the style. Guitar Player magazine, in an article titled "20 Essential Rock Albums", cited elements of their 1960 Walk, Don&Run album which foreshadowed the coming surf trend. The Technique The technique required would be suitable for almost anyone who is willing to start at a tempo appropriate for their own comfort zone and level. Saying that this is a great song for upper level beginners. The melodic source scale for Walk Don’t Run is simply A Natural Minor. This all the natural or “white key” piano notes from A to A. I have transcribed this as usual to keep it beginner friendly in the open position. The chords can be played with any fingering comfortable for individual players. All open position chord...