How to play "Thinking Out Loud" EXACTLY like Ed Sheeran | Acoustic Guitar Lesson, Practice Along
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2016
- This week I'm going to show you how to play "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran, exactly the way he plays it. This famous fingerpicking song uses some easy chord shapes and the strum slap technique (just like in the song "Love Yourself").
I transcribed the song from the album recording ( • Ed Sheeran - Thinking ... ) and from this studio session ( • Ed Sheeran - Thinking ... ). When he plays it, he obviously doesn't play it the exact same way every time, but I think I managed to extract the essence of what he's doing in the live studio recording quite accurately so now you'll be able to learn to play this song exactly like Ed!
"Thinking Out Loud" Sheet Music/TAB no longer available due to copyright issues, but I have something even better!
► FULL PLAY-THROUGH (entire song, start to finish) available on my Patreon page:
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► Need help with the basic chords and strumming? My beginner guitar course will help you build a solid foundation one step at a time: goodguitarist.com/beginner-gu...
► My Fingerstyle course covers everything from beginner to intermediate (and even a bit of advanced) in a practical, song-learning sorta way:
goodguitarist.com/fingerpicki...
► "Barre Chords Made Easy" shows you a gradual path from the power chord (a simple barre chord anyone can play) to the real deal: goodguitarist.com/barre-chords
► And don't forget to grab your copy of my free eBook: goodguitarist.com/learn-rhyth...
Other Ed Sheeran guitar lessons you might be interested in:
"Thinking Out Loud" (Fingerstyle) - • How to play "Thinking ...
"Thinking Out Loud" Electric Guitar Solo - • "Thinking Out Loud" Gu...
"I See Fire" (Intermediate Fingerstyle) - • I See Fire - Easy Guit...
"Perfect" (SUPER Easy Beginner Fingerstyle) - • "Perfect" Guitar Tutor...
"Photograph" (Easy Chords & Strumming) - • Photograph Guitar Tuto...
"Happier" (Fingerstyle) - • "Happier" Guitar Tutor...
"Shape of You" (Easy Chords & Strumming) - • "Shape Of You" Guitar ...
"A-Team" (Percussive fingery-strummy sorta thing) - • "The A Team" Easy Guit...
"Castle On The Hill" (Fast strumming) - • "Castle On The Hill" E...
"Lego House" (Thumb + Finger style) - • How to play "Lego Hous...
"Everything Has Changed" (Straight up strumming) - • 'Everything Has Change...
"Give Me Love" (Strumming w/ Embellishments) - • "Give Me Love" Guitar ...
The chords are pretty simple for the most part so it's the strumming and fingerpicking that will probably require most of your attention. He combines a few methods (strumming in various ways, fingerpicking, string smacking) and uses them all quite fluidly so be sure to take your time and carefully learn the movements if you want this to sound its best! The one technique I'd recommend brushing up on (or learning) is string smacking - here's a video where we go over that (and there are some play-along tracks you can try out as well) - goodguitarist.com/the-strum-sl...
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“Slightly touch a string to mute it”, finally something I’m natural at
Haha
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Yep! Got that part down . Usually I get all six!
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Been there 😭😭
i do take my hat off to all you guitarist who give up their own free time to teach lessons....its so admirable :)
Hey Christopher, thanks for the support. I do all the filming, editing, and graphics, etc by myself, and it is very time consuming. So a comment like yours goes a long way. Thanks again.
Ummm....they get compensated based on number of views
I don't think it matters Al Marzetti, you are getting what you are paying for. I'm very pleased with this tutorial... Thanks Good Guitarist.
Al Marzetti based on minutes watched more than anything but yeah you’re right, still it’s probably not worth all the editing time and planning and just everything. The money is shit.
From the bottom of my guitar strings.. Thank you so much for making such a in-depth, produced and explained tutorial on my favorite Ed Sheeran song.
So much detail. Forget one on one live coaching when you have videos like this! Keep up the good work!
Hey Joseph, I'm always happy to help. - James
Best tutorials I've ever seen, thank you so much James! I got really frustrated and stopped learning/practicing because I couldn't find any good tutorials that I could understand but watching yours re-ignited my passion to learn and I'm grateful for your lessons :)
Hey Steven, thank you for your comment. I'm grateful for your support and I am very happy to hear that my lessons gave you to passion to learn again! I'll keep them coming so don't stop! :) - James
I couldn't agree more, playing/learning guitar can be very frustrating at times, but when you have a great teacher like James the process of learning is actually enjoyable.
5:40 that’s how I’ll be pricking all of my chords... my heart dropped right there.
The ad placement at 6:25 was timed perfectly I applaud I applaud 👏
I haven't touched my guitar in years and you actually made me enjoy it again. Thanks :)
Hello Katharina, wow, comments like this make me want to keep going with the channel. Cheers.
After learning live yourself I was so confident that I followed along this video and learned this on my first try. Feeling happy for first try is because I just started learning the guitar and am a natural at it.
6:08 9:05 *Verse* D D/F# G A
11:15 12:55 *Prechorus* Em A7(1.5 beats) D Em A7(4beats) Em A7(1.5 beats) Bm Em A7
15:22 *Chorus* D D/F# G A x4 then tag 16:13 Bm A G D/F# Em A D
What the frick ur here already?
I can now play thinking out loud thanks!!
Dude, u are awesome, u deserve more subscribers
Hey thank you for stopping by! - James
"I DON'T CARE" ACOUSTIC VERSION by Ed Sheeran with LYRICS AND CHORDS for GUITAR ua-cam.com/video/lNNKo_FCyeY/v-deo.html
Wow! What an amazing tutorial, thank you so much! Everything could not have been broken down more. You are a phenomenal guitar player and teacher, with great anticipation of possible mistakes! I look forward to seeing more!
You did an excellent job of teaching me to play this song! Love your style out of 100’s of tutorials I have seen. Thank you!
This is great man, 1 week later playing perfectly! 👌🏾Very simply broken down, you're a good teacher👍🏾
Dude, you don't know how clear and concise you are.. Just perfectly what i needed.. I have a jam tonight I might try it out.. thank you! Subscribed!
Your the only one teaching correctly! I've watched him play this 100 times & I knew know one was teaching it correctly. Good job again buddy!
Just picking back up guitar after not playing for five years. I love Ed Sheeran's music so this song was one that I really wanted to learn. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this helpful video!
Awesome video! Thanks for the hard work😎
please never stop teaching us, you are the only person that takes the time to actually teach us. Thank you so very much
Great tutorial! Softly spoken voice is soothing..
Only channel on UA-cam that does everything right lol awesome dude thanks mann
You are the best instructor out there on youtube man. Keep up the good work! learned Love yourself in just two days from your videos!
Bravo! You do an excellent job with precise and clear instruction - breaking everything down into small segments - very understandable.
Thank you this is a great tutorial I’ve never had a guitar lesson in my life but I wanted to learn this song so I found this tutorial and decided to try I can now finger pick the whole song perfectly and do the extra lick at the and of A
This is such a calming video
Great tutorial! One of my favorite Ed Sheehan songs. Thanks!
Great lesson, thank you.
Thank you for the concise lesson. Your time is greatly appreciated by me. It seems to me that much like you it’s time to cut to the chase for me all to often! I only had a small amount of time to learn this for my daughters wedding. You helped a lot. Again, thanks.
Great tutorial man. It was easy to follow along with and you took us through every part of the song without over simplifying things. Appreciate your channel a lot and you just got a new sub.
Awesome lesson!
Your amazing bro! thank you!
Absolutely love your teaching style, please keep these amazing videos coming!
Nice job son! You're a nice mellow guy and I've looked at a few of these just for fun and giggles and without tuning down half step, your lesson is the best! I never seen you before but I just wanted to say great job and you doing it the right way I've been teaching for like 30 years now and I watch these videos and they're all the same and unfortunately they never get them right! So good job cheers mate! ☮️
Great stuff! No personal blah-blah and every detail covered. We don't have to play it note-for-note as long as we KNOW what the total product is. And now we do!
This is my first time learning a song on guitar and your video is SOOOOOO helpful ! I’m very grateful so thank you very much 😭❤️
Really well explained - thanks so much
This is such a wonderful song. Now I know the exact chords. Thank you for teaching us!! Nova Scotia is my home!
My God. James is always just so perfect, no flaws, maybe unlike the others who simply try to take the shorter path and grab the compliments...
Thank you so much buddy for such gr8 lessons, bro
You're the best. The best tutorial on UA-cam
Hey Saurav, thanks. I try!!
great work thanks!!
Thanks for your time and patience in making me look good when I play this to my friends.
Love your teaching method! Great version! It’s difficult but worth to learn and play. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, I don't lie and say it's easy. If you want to do a good job you need to practice, but practice all of the details as I teach here. You're so welcome!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. Thank you also for taking your time to properly teach us. You’re really awesome 👏
I'm 3 minutes in and already this video is way better than others out there. Well done and thanks!
Actually the most helpful guitar tutorial I subbed as I learn this one I’ll definitely check other songs explained by you thanks mate
This was awesome Michelle! ❤️🤗
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Great work mate. I have a lot of practising to do to get the licks down and smooth. Sounds great and easy to follow. Thank you
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Amazing breakdown!! 2nd song I’m learning in guitar 🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🏾
I LOVE these EXACT series !!! Please do more of them from Other ED SHEERAN'S songs
Thank you for this lesson it took me a while to play the riff but I finally got something resembling it and it's great thanks !
this guy deserve more subs!! keep it up bro. Thanks
Hey man, thank you so much! Thanks for watching and commenting.
You really know how to break it down and make it simple thanks so much!!!
Hey Gabriel, yes, so many tend to over complicate, you're so welcome. - James
Plz don't stop your lessons r the best
Love your teaching styles. Well done - thanks.
Best lesson ever seen, congrats, really a Good Guitarist :)
Wow You are explaining it sooo good, took some time but I learned everything :D
Finally someone who does it the right way lol
Thank you so much for the tutorial, it was so helpful for me, as a beginner, keep going with the channel, good job!👍
Perfectly done buddy.... So helpful
Hello Rushi, cheers brother. - James
Like the way you explain things. Nice video! thanks for this!
nice teaching,thank you
This was really helpful. Thankyou!!!
Thanks for everything, I've learned a lot watching this video!
Hey Ariel, I am glad it was helpful for you!
Awesome!!!!
Perfect tutorial!! Really easy to follow and understand
Hello Chase! Glad you enjoyed! - James
Thanks for the lesson.
Amazing tutorial and channel ! Thank you !
Thanks so much for this! It's a great help!
Thank you for your wonderful tutorial.
No worries!
AWESOME!!! I learnt a lot
Great job!🎵🎶 I like the way you break it down. Thank you...
Hello Robert, step by step, right! Glad the pace/content was right for you. Always nice to hear feedback. - James
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Do you know how to play la casa rantal, better yet do you know how to teach that song?
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I'm glad you like it
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Hey, cheers man!
I really like your way of teaching. Very helpful thank you
Thank you for your dedication .
thx man. Without your stellar explinations I wouldn't have got it.
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Hey Shekhar, the BEST guitarists are humble :) But it's about me showing how to be a good guitarist, not be being the good guitarist :)
bro ur work is superb
that was so detailed and structured, great job, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed the lesson! How's the practicing coming along?
Good Guitarist , coming along well:) this song is learned and sounding pretty
This is one of the best tutorials out there
Hey thanks Kobe
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Glad I could be of help.
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Came across your video
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Hey Huu Hung, thanks for the comment!
I loove the way you talk 😂
It’s so peaceful. Thank you for the lesson!
Great tutorial thank you!
i already know it but i love to learn with this good clear lesson hope to continue giving lessons Sir Job well done
Hey Joshua, yeah, the more you explore how others play the songs you know, the deeper you can go, and you might notice some little tricks along the way
Amazing lesson. thank you for taking the time to do this. You are very talented.
Thanks, Rudy!
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That was some awesome instruction.U didn,t talk all around it.And really stuck with ur instructions.That was really tight.
Very Nicely demonstrated, thank you!😊
Hey Anuj, you're welcome bro