Blackbird (Downloadable) Learn the guitar part to this Beatle's classic without using music, tab or video. The lesson includes a full demonstration of the guitar part followed by a detailed "note-by-note" and "phrase-by-phrase" lesson describing frets and fingering completely "By Ear!" You will also learn two different ways to play the unusual picking pattern that Paul McCartney used on the original recording. This lesson is rated as a level one which is suitable for most first year students of the guitar.