Mad World - Gary Jules | Fingerstyle Guitar Tutorial + Arrangement

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In today's fingerstyle guitar lesson we learn how to play "Mad World" by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules. Originally written and released by Tears For Fears, this song was again made popular 20 years later for the film Donnie Darko. This lesson takes us from beginner to advanced. We start with a beginner-friendly fingerstyle pattern throughout the whole song which uses only four chords. Then, we learn the hook in a solo guitar approach where we essentially play the piano part on guitar. We do this in two octaves before jumping into a more advanced approach of chord melody where we play the sung melody on the guitar in two octaves.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Demo
02:40 Lesson Introduction
03:50 Solo Guitar Arrangement
05:40 Brief Note
06:20 Verse (Chords + Finger Pattern)
09:01 Playthrough of Verse
09:30 Chorus
10:05 Hook (low octave)
12:48 Hook (high octave)
14:27 Verse (Chord Melody in low octave)
16:13 Verse (Chord Melody in high octave)

[@anthonyangelis1094]

Really appreciate that you sing the lyrics with your lessons. Most UA-cam channels don’t do that. As a relative beginner it really helps me identify where the chord changes are.👍👍

[@radiantmind8729]

That was beautiful.

[@drorhovav392]

Great lesson, amazing song, this guitar have deep sounds...YAMAHA

[@daveelson213]

donnie saved the world

[@graftino]

We need some more thumbs up for this video. And the chord melody on the Patreon is gold. Thx MT!

[@MTGuitar]

Thanks so much Nick!

[@graftino]

Didn’t plan on watching Donnie Darko this Friday evening but 🤷🏻

[@moogoomoogoo5990]

So helpful

[@anthonyangelis1094]

Really enjoy your channel and your lessons thank you again

[@joshchapman4753]

I really like the sound of this song on that nylon string, well played and nice singing.

[@MTGuitar]

Thanks I’m happy with how it turned out as well. Appreciate it!

[@jonnasalves2433]

Please,teaches music 'magic' Coldplay. I'm from Brasil.

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

You go too quickly, but this is the best version.

[@sweetgav9163]

Awesome.