Finally! A good close up where you can actually see how to do it correctly - thanks a lot. I'm pretty sure this is the way it's supposed to be played. Can't understand the thumbs down's. Thanks again!
lol at the beginning the camera goes pretty well, but when you speed up youre going so fast that it gives weird screens sometimes and the sound doesnt go at the same time anymoreXD
I'm forwarding anyone who comes across my old tutorial to here until i update it, one question, when you pick the g string... is it more of a slap? or just a dead note because when i speed it up it kinda sounds like a muted dead note...! cheers anyway!
I like learning new songs and must say that this one beats all. Just found this video and will start working on it now. Could take months! Wish someone would show the chords. Excellent video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
dude i dont see why you need to cross your thumb to play the "g" string. when you hit the gstring you should hear a slap aswell thats because john doesnt play the G string with his thumb he plays it with his index finger in a downward strum while his thumb slaps the low c simultaneously. watch the turorial on stop this train and heart of life on you tube where the dude explains this technique.
Stop this train and Neon use different techniques. This is guy is playing neon the same way I've been playing it for five years. John explained how to play neon in a few issues of Acoustic Magazine. It was an "alteration between thumb and index finger" just like this video. Good Job to the player.
thank you for this. I learned this song about two years ago, and got fed up with trying to play it because it never sounded quite right. now I have it down perfect.
I love how everyone has a lesson for this and all they show is what their right hand is doing. I really want to learn this song, but only knowing the slap motion isnt getting me anywhere. Can someone please post a full lesson close up showing the the LEFT hand fingering.
Ahh, I've looked at every video and I can't find which chords to use anywhere, I've looked all over and found alot of tabs but none of them sound right.
Dude, I don't know y but this song's hard 4 me 2 play. I can play stop this train, heart of life, and the hurt with no prob. I even play some of his blues songs... but this 1 kicks my ass.
this is a song that ive wanted to play so much but always couldnt get my head around the riff. this is an inspiring vid and well chuffed that i accidentally found it.
this is so cool,wow, I've been trying to learn this but is way beyond my skill level. This is super slow, and I'll start that way, your fingers went kinda crazy towards the end..... I wish mine were crazy.
thanks for the feedback, bro, i appreciate it. yeah, the chords are a pain, but luckily my hands are big enaugh for all chords except for the last chord in the intro, i can do it but 5/10 times the bass string fails to sound, but when you are playing so fast nobody notices that anyway :)
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Have you ever tried to learn this song but your hands were too small? Same here!
I found an easy version to play the WHOLE song! and it sounds just as good!
Check it out on my channel! It comes in 2 parts.
Thank You!
jsoetojo 3 months ago
Tune before you play
godchaser555 6 months ago
Tune in...
jorgenfagerbekken 6 months ago
you sucks
nachokpo2 8 months ago
Finally! A good close up where you can actually see how to do it correctly - thanks a lot. I'm pretty sure this is the way it's supposed to be played. Can't understand the thumbs down's. Thanks again!
TijmenDal 10 months ago
It's not synched right.
LNOL 1 year ago
salad fingers!
but this helps a lot.
danabuffington 1 year ago
I wish I could do that goddamn slappin'.
Bablumar 1 year ago
ITS NOT EVEN IN SYNC!
triplescience1001 1 year ago
who gave this RATARD a guitar?
Steve0039 2 years ago
Thank you so much! I was looking for the finger picking pattern for so long and now I've got it! Great video and it helped a lot!
angieyoung94 2 years ago 2
plz send the tab of this song, plz!!!!!!!
your videos are just awesome xDD
where can i get this neon's version, everywhere i look for it , i found bad versions of this song..
plz help me
sry about my crappy english :)!
saeshd 2 years ago
was shit
bluegrasssingingman 2 years ago
bro ur thumbs freakin me out
clienard 2 years ago 5
@clienard haha because of this comment i keep looking at it. it's just super long, looks like a hotdog hitting the strings.
good playing though
babolatpdtp 2 years ago
hey, man... can you post it again with audio/video in sync? this out of sync can't help... nice tutorial!!!
tostines01 2 years ago
You just had to go and make me look like shit.. Haha joking, that was excellent. :)
jimmy19023 2 years ago
damn you play it well
hollowaytyler 2 years ago
lol at the beginning the camera goes pretty well, but when you speed up youre going so fast that it gives weird screens sometimes and the sound doesnt go at the same time anymoreXD
Parolu13 2 years ago
I'm forwarding anyone who comes across my old tutorial to here until i update it, one question, when you pick the g string... is it more of a slap? or just a dead note because when i speed it up it kinda sounds like a muted dead note...! cheers anyway!
tarquam 2 years ago
haha you're fucking nuts
drraft 2 years ago 2
very nice. you literally let your fingers do the talking, the most helpful tutorial i've seen so far
blahman178 3 years ago
I like learning new songs and must say that this one beats all. Just found this video and will start working on it now. Could take months! Wish someone would show the chords. Excellent video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
BigEdDymond 3 years ago
Thanks Pimp!
larryandshaunafuller 3 years ago
when you started to speed up, that was awesome!
ApproachingByStealth 3 years ago
i know u went slow then fast to demonstrate it but i lyk the sound of it..ur really good =]
christichik 3 years ago
That's hard :p
ELINEHZ 3 years ago 3
great man
humblestumble 3 years ago
dude i dont see why you need to cross your thumb to play the "g" string. when you hit the gstring you should hear a slap aswell thats because john doesnt play the G string with his thumb he plays it with his index finger in a downward strum while his thumb slaps the low c simultaneously. watch the turorial on stop this train and heart of life on you tube where the dude explains this technique.
attaboy1 4 years ago
Stop this train and Neon use different techniques. This is guy is playing neon the same way I've been playing it for five years. John explained how to play neon in a few issues of Acoustic Magazine. It was an "alteration between thumb and index finger" just like this video. Good Job to the player.
kuyapatz211 3 years ago 8
Kuyaptz211 is right. This technique is different from Stop This train/heart of life.
Learn something, then comment.
danyosaur 3 years ago
Your a DIK sounds like the guy above just wanted to know. Why dont you take it easy.
larryandshaunafuller 3 years ago 5
thank you for this. I learned this song about two years ago, and got fed up with trying to play it because it never sounded quite right. now I have it down perfect.
louie6942 4 years ago
this video has still a sound lag
hehe, just kidding!
nice tutorial, i'll start learning now
salvamg89 4 years ago
thank you guildrzeznik
atavismnocturn 4 years ago
I love how everyone has a lesson for this and all they show is what their right hand is doing. I really want to learn this song, but only knowing the slap motion isnt getting me anywhere. Can someone please post a full lesson close up showing the the LEFT hand fingering.
bluessmith 4 years ago
Ahh, I've looked at every video and I can't find which chords to use anywhere, I've looked all over and found alot of tabs but none of them sound right.
!!?!?!?!?
Kamatzu 4 years ago
your thumb is humongous.
travisbarker000 5 years ago 15
thanx so much for the vid i saw them all and they all helped alittle, and now im on my way to learning it haha sweeeeeeet
puente6969 5 years ago
dead note slaps? what do you mean?
rzeznik77 5 years ago
Thats pretty well played... but its not exactly how john plays it. John uses dead note slaps.... but apart from that this is excellent
willys1234 5 years ago
BIG THANNNNKKKSSS!!!!
amazingrace4u 5 years ago
bravo- this finger picking style is a little hard for me to catch on to . . but I'll figure it out soon enough.
crushme41dmb 5 years ago
ur slapping is perfect for this one,i'm still tying to get to that...
blitzy 5 years ago
when u lower the e-string the string gets so untight that simply touching it will make a sound. thats how it works.
jedi098765 5 years ago
do you need an amp for this song?
kr4zymonk3y 5 years ago
Dude, I don't know y but this song's hard 4 me 2 play. I can play stop this train, heart of life, and the hurt with no prob. I even play some of his blues songs... but this 1 kicks my ass.
Bladz05 5 years ago
thats fucking nice man
bemjamin 5 years ago
how about a "why georgia" tutorial?
melbranque 5 years ago
so you use just thumb and first finger only?? wow
bricktopra3 5 years ago
duuuuuuuude
duuuuuuuuude!
thanks so much :)
this is a song that ive wanted to play so much but always couldnt get my head around the riff. this is an inspiring vid and well chuffed that i accidentally found it.
respect
ortoPilot 5 years ago
Is the "C" string being Slapped like a bass or are you plucking it strongly? Where did you learn how to do this man?
markeesh1 5 years ago
i suck at singing, that is the problem :)
guildrzeznik 5 years ago
I vote for "Play the whole song next time!" :-)
wrx2k4blue 5 years ago
perfect
anvinh 5 years ago
yeah, the guitar is great, sounds awesome. Yes, Blitzy this piece is genious, JM rocks. keep praticin', you'll get it eventually.
guildrzeznik 5 years ago
great tone on that guitar by the way, good choice
jcgoodfellow 5 years ago
this piece is very genius...like it a lot...my thumbs kinda hurts right now lol! gettin calluses...big time.
blitzy 5 years ago
this is so cool,wow, I've been trying to learn this but is way beyond my skill level. This is super slow, and I'll start that way, your fingers went kinda crazy towards the end..... I wish mine were crazy.
Thanx
usersomething 5 years ago
thanks for the feedback, bro, i appreciate it. yeah, the chords are a pain, but luckily my hands are big enaugh for all chords except for the last chord in the intro, i can do it but 5/10 times the bass string fails to sound, but when you are playing so fast nobody notices that anyway :)
guildrzeznik 5 years ago
ur swesome thnx for the intro tab...i'm practicin it and i think my fingers are a bit shorter lol! i gotta use my pinky.
blitzy 5 years ago