Thanks! Lauren thank you so much for the Landslide finger picking lesson! It helped me get started for finger playing. Also thanks for the Zager guitar email. I will be buying one from them (I'm from NE too). Best regards.
Its actually a Am7 chord meaning the G string is left open when fretting that chord. The G string isnt fretted at all during the verse, its left open to ring using Cmaj, G/B and Am7.
I’ve been playing guitar for over 15 years but you have the honor of teaching me my very first finger picking song. I’m struggling over here but I’m starting to get the hang of it! Thanks a lot for uploading
@@LaurenBateman I’m so happy to finally be able to finger pick a song, especially one as iconic as this one. Now I can trick people into thinking I’m good at this 😆🤣
I’ve been working on this fingerpicking pattern for about a month after seeing this video, and it’s been great. The pattern is now automatic and I now have the confidence that I can learn any fingerpicking pattern. So this video has been very helpful for me. Thank you.
Thanks so much for posting this, Lauren! I'm still new to Travis picking and have been wanting to learn this song. I appreciated how you played both slowly and in real time with your singing. :)
No emotion at all till she started singing the words. This song somehow instantly breaks my heart everytime and I cry profoundly sad tears. Stevie and I share the same changes in our lives. Our children grow up and move away. And we are left alone. We realize we have given our lives for our kids and didn't think they would leave so soon and abruptly. So our heart is still emotionally attached to oir kids. And now we are faced with growing old alone.
I’ve been going through a real rut with my guitar playing, it’s not my first instrument so sometimes I can let it slide (no pun intended) then this came up in my suggested videos and it gave me a whole new song that I’ve always loved but never considered learning and was a fun wee exercise for me that has helped me rediscover a flame for my guitar. Cheers from Scotland 🏴❤️
This is a wonderful lesson! You teach at a good pace and the tabs on the screen and finger numbers helped a lot. I've seen 3 other videos on this song and yours is the best. Thank you! ❤
This helps with your Travis picking for sure. Dust in the wind as well just a little different of a variation on picking and chords. Thanks for this tutorial
I followed every inch of this lesson, and it was excellent. Thank you very much.. i love this finger picking style.. And by the way, when you played and sang it fully at the end of the video, it was stunning...
Thanks Lauren. Never figured I would be able to do this. 4 great things about this video is the Ninja Turtles, The 69 Camaro, the Duo Jet and you. Well done, at 67 I'm playing Landslide
Awesome lesson. Your teaching method makes this possible for us mainly strumming players. Thank You so much for breaking down these songs to a simple level. Your Sounds of Silence video was the first time I tried finger picking and I was able to do it. Keep bringing us joy with the wonderful lessons.
I have been practicing this for the last few weeks (my first try at a finger picking song), this is really helpful thanks. Didn't realise the transition to 6-4 for the chorus. Thanks!
I'm looking to get back into playing. I've only ever played chords before, I gigged but i always shyed away from any picking! So I wanted a good beginner's easy picking song and the universe put this on my feed. This song it is then! Good job I love it! Thanks for a brilliant lesson🙏
Fantastic breakdown!!! I watched a video of them and there is a bridge when she doesn't sing. I think it is the best part, do you know that part? It would be nice if you explained it, you have a great approach to teaching!!!
Great Video! For me, it would be helpful to have one brief shot of the overall chord progression by name. Even it if was just 5 secs still frame, it would let me write down the chord progression. Or at a minimum, put the chord names above the pattern. - but beautiful rendition and I appreciate you putting this together for us.
@@LaurenBateman Maybe you could add a full song demo at the end. Maybe I'm odd, but I find a beginning demo inspiring. It shows me the teacher can play the song like a pro. I like that. But I can understand how some folks would watch a true professional demo and say, “I could never do that.” Click. On to something that looks easier. I think it was Thomas Edison who said, “The person who thinks he can do something, and the person who thinks he can’t…are both right.”
Love this song and have had people request it, saying it would sound good with my folk style of singing/playing. Comfortable with my fingerpicking pattern and singing skills but... Will we be getting the guitar solo bridge for this song in an upcoming lesson? That's what I need to learn so I can put it all together, actually start performing it for others. Thanks.
You are a highly diverse young lady with a good taste for music. Your videos are heartwarming and inviting only valuing me with my Songwriting endeavors❤
I'm a hi-bread picker, meaning that I often use a pick, or my fingers, or both. Because this progression always sits on top of the actual open chords, you can also use a pick, to get comfortable with the overall tempo, or flow of the song, as well as developing other beneficial techniques. It quickly becomes hard to make "noticeable mistakes" I am not sure if this advice is actually helpful for beginners, or not, but it is worth a try, It can help you to develop pinkie strength in a more natural way. The habits we develop as beginners, are often a part of our own "style" later on, which is not always a bad thing...
I hear people say this a lot, “I tried playing guitar. It didn't work.” It usually means it was too hard initially, so I gave up. I came up with my own advice for people who are working hard and sticking with something until they achieve (not just find) success: “You have to tolerate being very bad along the path to joyous success. There are far more former guitar players than there are good guitarists who plowed thru being very bad.”
@@LaurenBateman The path to joyous success requires patience, persistence, determination, and frequent practice. Sadly, few people have all of that in their heart. I'm 72. And I've strummed chords for 56 years. Now, I'm finally determined to become a successful finger style guitar player with my newly-acquired Martin D-18. Thanks for helping me along the road.
I wish that you would have played a few bars at the beginning of your video. I love that song. Hearing a few bars would have positioned my thoughts to your content.
I agree, I was thinking the same thing. Other then that I subscribed because it was a great lesson. Great playing and she has a beautiful voice. A little practice on the pattern an I have a new song learned. Very great fun to the young woman.
Man, I like that guitar... It's a shame they don't make it in left-handed form -- *very* few of the Builder's Edition guitars are available in left-handed form. I love fingerpicking. I suck at it. But I love it. My problem is twofold: 1) it's far too easy to have a dead string, which you wouldn't really hear if you were strumming, but it's quite obvious when you're picking individual strings in the chord, and 2) I can't seem to change chords without stopping my picking hand while the chord change is in progress. Of course, I can't seem to do that even when I'm strumming, so I guess that's just a general chord-changing problem for me...
Great lesson! Excellent choice of beginner picking pattern! My experience, for what it's worth: Thing with fingerpicking is you need to practice enough so that it is automatic. Just as said near the end of the video, if you start thinking about your picking hand while playing you will probably mess up. A good habit is to start very slowly and repeat, snd repeat. Only when you can keep it up for a long time (minutes!) you increase the tempo (small increases!). Use a metronome to pace youself (smartphone metronome apps exists!). You might spend a few days on it, or a few weeks. You will probably sigh a lot etc, but stay with it. Because.. One day, suddenly, out of nowhere, it just starts to work without you thinking about it. You will now be free to use your active thoughts for your fretting hand. Takeaways: 1 - Practice the right way. 2 - Be patient. 3 - You WILL succed!
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Your clear instructions make learning this iconic song a breeze. Thanks for spreading the joy of music with such passion and skill! -Macy(Team Evan)
Wow, thank you!
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Thanks! Lauren thank you so much for the Landslide finger picking lesson! It helped me get started for finger playing. Also thanks for the Zager guitar email. I will be buying one from them (I'm from NE too). Best regards.
Oh wow. You are so welcome. And thank you so much for your generous donation. Really appreciate it. And from a fellow new englander. 🙂
One of the best - if not The best - tutorials of this song on the web. If I had a hat, I took it off ;-)
This is one of the easiest organized internet guitar lessons I have ever used. Absolutely splendid, thank's!
Wow, thanks!
Oh my god! Such a great song that I NEVER imagined I could play. With some practice, you make it seem possible. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Its actually a Am7 chord meaning the G string is left open when fretting that chord. The G string isnt fretted at all during the verse, its left open to ring using Cmaj, G/B and Am7.
Absolutely use the pinky!! Strengthens it a lot. Great lesson Lauren! 😊😊😊🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Thanks so much! 😊
I’ve been playing guitar for over 15 years but you have the honor of teaching me my very first finger picking song. I’m struggling over here but I’m starting to get the hang of it! Thanks a lot for uploading
Great to hear!
@@LaurenBateman I’m so happy to finally be able to finger pick a song, especially one as iconic as this one. Now I can trick people into thinking I’m good at this 😆🤣
It is a good trick! A little of this fingerpicking and a little slide action and people think I’m a guitar master, haha
I’ve been working on this fingerpicking pattern for about a month after seeing this video, and it’s been great. The pattern is now automatic and I now have the confidence that I can learn any fingerpicking pattern. So this video has been very helpful for me. Thank you.
Glad it helped!
Thanks so much for posting this, Lauren! I'm still new to Travis picking and have been wanting to learn this song. I appreciated how you played both slowly and in real time with your singing. :)
You're so welcome!
Easily the best tutor/ tutorial I’ve come across. Very easy to understand and pick up. Superb.
Thank you so much!
No emotion at all till she started singing the words. This song somehow instantly breaks my heart everytime and I cry profoundly sad tears.
Stevie and I share the same changes in our lives. Our children grow up and move away. And we are left alone. We realize we have given our lives for our kids and didn't think they would leave so soon and abruptly. So our heart is still emotionally attached to oir kids. And now we are faced with growing old alone.
Thanks for sharing
I’ve been going through a real rut with my guitar playing, it’s not my first instrument so sometimes I can let it slide (no pun intended) then this came up in my suggested videos and it gave me a whole new song that I’ve always loved but never considered learning and was a fun wee exercise for me that has helped me rediscover a flame for my guitar. Cheers from Scotland 🏴❤️
Thanks for watching!
@@LaurenBateman thanks for your content and effort.
Wow....was just listening to Everywhere...1987...by F Mac.... cheers from Canada....
Great song
This is a wonderful lesson! You teach at a good pace and the tabs on the screen and finger numbers helped a lot. I've seen 3 other videos on this song and yours is the best. Thank you! ❤
You're very welcome!
Well presented. A solid finger picking lesson of an iconic song. Nice voice too
This helps with your Travis picking for sure. Dust in the wind as well just a little different of a variation on picking and chords. Thanks for this tutorial
You're welcome!
Fantastic lesson video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
I followed every inch of this lesson, and it was excellent. Thank you very much.. i love this finger picking style..
And by the way, when you played and sang it fully at the end of the video, it was stunning...
Glad you're finding the videos helpful! Thanks for watching!
Thanks Lauren. Never figured I would be able to do this. 4 great things about this video is the Ninja Turtles, The 69 Camaro, the Duo Jet and you. Well done, at 67 I'm playing Landslide
Glad it helped!
Awesome lesson. Your teaching method makes this possible for us mainly strumming players. Thank You so much for breaking down these songs to a simple level. Your Sounds of Silence video was the first time I tried finger picking and I was able to do it. Keep bringing us joy with the wonderful lessons.
Glad it was helpful!
You have a gift for teaching, keep up the great work! Subscribed
I have been practicing this for the last few weeks (my first try at a finger picking song), this is really helpful thanks.
Didn't realise the transition to 6-4 for the chorus.
Thanks!
I'm looking to get back into playing. I've only ever played chords before, I gigged but i always shyed away from any picking! So I wanted a good beginner's easy picking song and the universe put this on my feed. This song it is then! Good job I love it! Thanks for a brilliant lesson🙏
You can do it!
Lauren, you have a gift for breaking down a song into an easy-to-follow format. Thank you.
Lauren that was great !! Going to practice until I have it !! Can you do " Neve Going Back Again " ? One of my all time favorites !
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Fantastic breakdown!!! I watched a video of them and there is a bridge when she doesn't sing. I think it is the best part, do you know that part? It would be nice if you explained it, you have a great approach to teaching!!!
Thanks for watching! I'll check it out!
Great Video! For me, it would be helpful to have one brief shot of the overall chord progression by name. Even it if was just 5 secs still frame, it would let me write down the chord progression. Or at a minimum, put the chord names above the pattern. - but beautiful rendition and I appreciate you putting this together for us.
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I really appreciate your channel.
You fill in the blanks 😊
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Thankyou so much.. please is this the same as Travis picking? If not what is the difference..
You deserve an award.. keep up the wonderful work.
It is. Yes.
Awesome lesson. Not only are you a great guitar player, but you also have a beautiful voice! Thank you for sharing this.
Glad you liked it!
Nice! My first fingerpicking too. Enjoyed the breakdown.
Glad you liked it!
Great teacher with a great voice
Thanks for watching!
You know these tutorials grab my attention far better if they start with a little demo of the piece.
Thanks
Thanks Pat. Unfortunately, I tested that and most people stop watching. 😕
@@LaurenBateman I must be perverse then, apologies
@@LaurenBateman Maybe you could add a full song demo at the end. Maybe I'm odd, but I find a beginning demo inspiring. It shows me the teacher can play the song like a pro. I like that. But I can understand how some folks would watch a true professional demo and say, “I could never do that.” Click. On to something that looks easier. I think it was Thomas Edison who said, “The person who thinks he can do something, and the person who thinks he can’t…are both right.”
Love this song and have had people request it, saying it would sound good with my folk style of singing/playing. Comfortable with my fingerpicking pattern and singing skills but... Will we be getting the guitar solo bridge for this song in an upcoming lesson? That's what I need to learn so I can put it all together, actually start performing it for others. Thanks.
That's a great little solo and breakdown. I love the live version.
awesome vid - thank you Lauren!!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Great lesson, I appreciate you , good explaining all the way through.
Glad it was helpful!
You play so clean!
Another great video and tutorial. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great step by step guide with excellent visuals to explain the song.
Glad you liked it!
You are a highly diverse young lady with a good taste for music. Your videos are heartwarming and inviting only valuing me with my Songwriting endeavors❤
Wow, thank you!
Very nice job, Lauren. 👍👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Great stuff, love the rhythm of this song. Thank you for teaching us.
Thanks for listening
Great tutorial, and your voice is perfect for the song.
Thanks so much!
Very nice video.. clear and easy to understand..
Glad it was helpful!
Loved the lesson, thanks 😊
Glad you liked it!
I'm a hi-bread picker, meaning that I often use a pick, or my fingers, or both.
Because this progression always sits on top of the actual open chords, you can also use a pick, to get comfortable with the overall tempo, or flow of the song, as well as developing other beneficial techniques. It quickly becomes hard to make "noticeable mistakes"
I am not sure if this advice is actually helpful for beginners, or not, but it is worth a try, It can help you to develop pinkie strength in a more natural way.
The habits we develop as beginners, are often a part of our own "style" later on, which is not always a bad thing...
Thanks for sharing
Nicely done, very clear explanation
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Lauren
Great vid lesson!
I play this already, but its very clear for beginners 🎸👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
You're very welcome!
Thanks for a brilliant lesson
Thanks for watching!
I hear people say this a lot, “I tried playing guitar. It didn't work.” It usually means it was too hard initially, so I gave up.
I came up with my own advice for people who are working hard and sticking with something until they achieve (not just find) success: “You have to tolerate being very bad along the path to joyous success. There are far more former guitar players than there are good guitarists who plowed thru being very bad.”
Thanks for sharing!
@@LaurenBateman The path to joyous success requires patience, persistence, determination, and frequent practice. Sadly, few people have all of that in their heart. I'm 72. And I've strummed chords for 56 years. Now, I'm finally determined to become a successful finger style guitar player with my newly-acquired Martin D-18. Thanks for helping me along the road.
Excellent tutorial. If you haven't already heard it, check out Bush's cover.
I wish that you would have played a few bars at the beginning of your video. I love that song. Hearing a few bars would have positioned my thoughts to your content.
I agree, I was thinking the same thing. Other then that I subscribed because it was a great lesson. Great playing and she has a beautiful voice. A little practice on the pattern an I have a new song learned. Very great fun to the young woman.
I appreciate when you play through the song. Thanks!
Great lesson !, thanks it helps a lot even for intermediate guitar player
Glad it was helpful!
I always like to learn Finger Picking Style. Thanks for sharing.
Rock on!
Beautiful, well done. This is a classic I do need to learn. ❤
Thank you so much, you are a VERY good teacher.
Thank you! 😃
Brilliantly clear !
Thanks for watching!
What kind of Taylor guitar are you playing with? Thanks!
Taylor 324ce Builders Edition
@@LaurenBateman Can I borrow $3000😂😀🤔
Excellent Lesson. Thank you Lauren.
Thank You for this AWESOME Interpertation
You're very welcome!
@@LaurenBateman more please thank you
Fantastic! Thanks!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
Bravo Bravo Applause
Great job! Very clear and accessible
Thank you for watching!
Nice lesson really good should do the solo as well.
Thanks for watching!
great video so wish i could sing and play it really helps to understand what you are playing
So beautiful and talented!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for all you do your a great teacher❤
You are so welcome :D Thanks so much for your support!
Lauren you are just awesome
Thanks for watching!
I like your style in classic cars. 69 Camaro. Do you have one ?
Super, so easy learning. Thanks🎉
Which Taylor Guitar is that? Its beautiful. (324 builders?)
Thanks for watching! It's Taylor 324CE Builder's Edition
Dude this one is good.
Glad you think so!
@ Thank you for all you do.
Ur the best❤
Thank you so much!
Perfect nice teacher Grazie 🙏
Thanks for watching!
enjoyed your video, you have a nice voice too. 😊
Wow, thank you!
Hi Lauren, Have you seen this guiter. The Police - Every Breath You Take
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Thank you Lauren, i will. Have a great day.
Thank you for this.
My pleasure!
What a delight indeed.
Pulgar → Thumb
Indice → Index
Medio → Middle
Anular → Ring
Fingers
Nicely done! 👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Isn't it an Am7 chord in the verses?
My teacher taught it to me as Am.
I learnt that Am or Am7 can be used, Am7 just gives a touch more tone on the melody/sound also Am is easier for beginners then progress to Septime
you're the best
Thanks for watching!
Thanks ! 😍
You're welcome 😊
Thank you! 🙏
Well Done!
Man your singing is awesome!
Could you not just use the index finger opting between the strings the same way the thumbs opting between the two bases?
If it's comfortable go for it
John Mayer style 😅
Hi am from sri lanka very nise play and sing
Merci.
Brilliant
Great lesson on a great classic song, definitely not one for beginners
Once the pinkie is introduced, I run.
😔😔
😂
I feel ya!😂
Awesome!
Still trying my best to learn Finger Picking Style....need lots of patience 😢😢😢
Keep it up!! You can do it 😊😊😊
Man, I like that guitar... It's a shame they don't make it in left-handed form -- *very* few of the Builder's Edition guitars are available in left-handed form.
I love fingerpicking. I suck at it. But I love it. My problem is twofold: 1) it's far too easy to have a dead string, which you wouldn't really hear if you were strumming, but it's quite obvious when you're picking individual strings in the chord, and 2) I can't seem to change chords without stopping my picking hand while the chord change is in progress. Of course, I can't seem to do that even when I'm strumming, so I guess that's just a general chord-changing problem for me...
Aww they don't. That stinks!
You don't stink. You are learning. It will get better with time.
Great lesson! Excellent choice of beginner picking pattern!
My experience, for what it's worth:
Thing with fingerpicking is you need to practice enough so that it is automatic. Just as said near the end of the video, if you start thinking about your picking hand while playing you will probably mess up.
A good habit is to start very slowly and repeat, snd repeat. Only when you can keep it up for a long time (minutes!) you increase the tempo (small increases!). Use a metronome to pace youself (smartphone metronome apps exists!). You might spend a few days on it, or a few weeks. You will probably sigh a lot etc, but stay with it. Because..
One day, suddenly, out of nowhere, it just starts to work without you thinking about it. You will now be free to use your active thoughts for your fretting hand.
Takeaways: 1 - Practice the right way. 2 - Be patient. 3 - You WILL succed!