Coldplay on 'nowplayit.com' Courtesy Of Outside Line

Outside Line, a London-based media & PR company are still working with Coldplay, Coldplaying.com can exclusively reveal. You may remember their recent work on the official Coldplay site.

One of the companies in Outside Line's group, 'Now Play It', have recently worked with Coldplay on their downloadable music tuition site, http://www.nowplayit.com. You can check it out at http://www.nowplayit.com/index.php?section=artistpage&artist_id=17 [thanks Chris]

Now Play It' is a new and exciting way to learn and play your favorite songs. This unique video service features real music and real artists all backed by real learning techniques. It has been developed to help offer a more instant and direct way of learning, for every range of musician. 'Now Play It' aims to get people as close to the artist and songs they love as simply as possible.

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face: This quintessentially spacey Coldplay song features an interesting chord sequence which is enjoyable to play no matter how long you've been playing the guitar. It not only serves as a fun song to play, but also provides a good demonstration of some intriguing aspects of guitar playing, with the unconventional tuning system and the simple yet effective chord shapes

Talk: This song works really well played either electrically or acoustically. Perfect for the beginner who’s mastered some of the basic chord shapes and wants to explore bar chords. 6 chord positions will get you through the entire song, covering some of the better known major & minor bar chord variations.

Yellow: Learn to play the smash hit from the album Parachutes. Great for the intermediate acoustic players, this track gives a nice introduction and explanation to using alternative string tuning, it’s also a great track for working on your use of dynamics as the song changes between loud, powerful strumming to more delicate, quiet sections.

Shiver: Coldplay’s breakthrough single is here for you to learn. Uses dropped D tuning and some unconventional chord shapes. There’s info in the lesson on how to tune your guitar to dropped D if you’ve never done this before.

Speed Of Sound: With this tutorial, there is a beginner’s insight into playing chords that incorporate a simple riff. A song that would work equally well strummed on a single acoustic or played electric with a full band backing you up.

The Scientist: Learn to play this classic Coldplay track. Ideally suited to acoustic guitar. Can be played using a mixture of strummed and picked rhythm parts.