Jose Gonzalez - "Heartbeats" - Finger picking

[MilitantBlackGuy1]

Heartbeats and Crosses are both amazing to play. If only I could sing them and play them at the same time D: gash heaven would be entered.

[kraai1324]

haha, this isn't right man. .

[danimation96]

thnx for the tutorial n tabs :) help me a lot

[BluestormDeath]

Can someone answer me @bluestormdeath if you have to tune the guitar in a SPECIAL way or if it works with the standard tuning. Cause the 3'rd string sounds very ODD!

[danimation96]

@BluestormDeath yeah the tunings D A D F# B E and capo first fret

[FlyingVneckSweater]

What a mad tune this is, i tried to play this all week but couldn't get it at all. Then i woke up this morning and "BOOM" there it was all in my brain! My fingers are dead now from playing it now but they will heal. On a more serious note - if your learning this and relatively new to guitar try just getting the thumb (bass) parts down first then add the two other fingers. Top Top video, a really big help. Kudos to d3fin3d!

[BajaBeans]

thanks for this, ive watched a few other tutorials-- for some reason i couldnt get the rhythm until i watched yours. Great job.

[cavacofonseca]

it´s fucking hard!!!



[magiller2010]

well done man,,,,,,sounds class

[fwaboomtrix]

sounds like beer in mexico

[TRAY350]

great.

[Mszlamp]

Great Job, Thanks so much! I'm going to try a female arrangement for this song.

[JackyRowe]

very nice!! the slower speed works as an instrumental

[BRANSCOMBEx]

you have to slow it down

[TheMMhonkitonker]

such nice flow, thanks for making it look so easy :)

[penguinfoot]

can you write the strings plucked down in order for the starting riff -then I can know the fingering pattern.

thanks love the lesson

[tommyballe]

if a tab says 4th fret, and you have a capo on the second, do you play the 4th or the 6th fret?

[d3fin3d]

@tommyballe It's always relative to the capo. So if the capo is on the 2nd, and the tab says 4th fret, you hold down the 6th physical fret (4th from the capo).

[tommyballe]

@d3fin3d that's what I though, nice to get it confirmed though, thanks man!

[Peachkopf]

i want to play this song so clean like you do.

but its too hard. i cant find a way to learn it easy. but respect.

ach fickt euch alle

[soniaxmarie]

The way i play it is really simple.. and sounds exactly the same... like genuinely, its basically this but with less notes i guess, when ive leant the words i will post it on here :D xx

[jegarila00]

Are those open notes????

[JudoJ1M]

no, hes playing the frets whilst showing the fingerpicking because some people struggle on the picking

[killerhobo97]

obviously not

[GuitarDevan]

did you really just ask that?

[Ballyhaunis87]

top notch m8

[yummip]

nice, but your bottom string is out of tune, and it bothers me ;D

[goingtoeatpizza]

@yummip isnt the old saying... guitarists spend half their lives tuning their guitars and the other half playing out of tune

[jonnyfret]

hero! just the help i needed

[mrmcmad]

Impossible for me LOL

[hheartbeats]

Thnx for this vid :D

[RobTrain09]

hes hitting all the notes, its just slowed down so it sounds like less. Listen to joses version carefully then take your opinion and shove it up your bum.

[OnnomonnomonnO]

@RobTrain09 no hi doesn't hit :)))) .. I play it 3 years already..so ...... Maybe I should make a tutorial for ya

[OnnomonnomonnO]

@OnnomonnomonnO * he

[sandm7376]

This is a beautiful version, well done. And to Davemech, it's amazing you're head fits through doors! There is no absolute right or wrong way to play a song, as the man says, real guitar players vary notes everytime they play a song. You make it you're own.

You should definately upload you're video and then we can all have a look at you're 'effort'

[Davemech]

I didn't mean to sound arrogant at all dude. Just saying he doesn't play every note that Gonzalez does.

[quienella]

it's a good start. keep it up. I can do the complete song

[fredrik753]

I broke my G string fingering A minor

[Pippin1988]

Still love that one =P

[JonnyRainman]

u were wearing the g-string?

[pbn91]

you do know its The knifes who did this song first Jose Gonzalez just did a cover of it.

[EirikEirikCFC]

Yes, and?

[IcEWoLF15]

A bit worng.. i know this song , you aren't touching all notes of song

[badassbob]

well done...

[Davemech]

sorry but this is just totally wrong... you hit half the strings jose does. I think i'm gonna upload a vid too of me playing the song sometime.

Thanks for the effort though.

[aplle222]

please make this!!!

[hheartbeats]

do that. The more vid's the better:)

[Davemech]

the camera I have at the moment is really really bad. Gonna buy a new one soon and then I'll post a vid :)

[BringingBackDisco]

this is like beautiful,

even if it is just to teach people how to play it :)

[OnnomonnomonnO]

You forgot to tune the G string up!

[charlioats]

Thanks :D

But its so hard to play it like this :(

[FEELTHEWRATHOFJIFJAF]

did u add a capo?

[therealrome]

yes, as written in the tab (notice the description!) he uses capo on 1st fret. cheers!

[daplayer]

Capo first fret.

if you don't have one just play down one fret, i do it, it much easier then wasting time making an home-made capo

[TheKezwagon]

half sweedish half brazillian isn't he.?!

[bemusedcapybara]

argentinian born, swedish raised.

[mhtmtx]

I don't get it, i just downloaded the guitar pro tab and it sounds a bit strange...i think the tunes are alright, but the tempo is sort off...missed.

I tuned down to D,A,D,F#,B,E it's still missing some tnes...wtf? I know i'm stupid, but still...:)

[MANGOROCKN]

Wow,

Seemed hard at first but the way you sloed it down made it very easy. Started slow got the finger picking style in my head and speed it up. Can play it full speed after about 45mins practice whole song. Im tihnking of playing this for my HSC so good.

[poguemahoneable]

He's Swedish.

[rainerra]

Thank you for the excellent tab and video.

[shcotty29]

i think he only plays the bass notes at the start of each bar and then focuses on the A, D and Fsharp strings more

anyway its still 5 stars

[summerpeacetime]

thats cool

[lillnibbe]

Jose Gonzalez is born in sweden and lives in Gothenburg, but have parents from Argentina. :)

[tis2nwod]

Ok..

[do0med]

haha rrly?..............

[carmeloram]

Where is Jose Gonzalez from?

[babsas1]

sweden i think

[carmeloram]

It's imposible. That name have to be spanish or Latinamerican. I know a lot of jose gonzalez because I am spanish.

[NWScouser1892]

Yeah, born in Gotenburg but his family are of Argentinian descent. And it's not impossible, I have a friend called Fernando Garcia, who is completely English, no Spanish

[carmeloram]

Excuse me. Now I know him a little more.

He is a fine guitarrist. I thought of the thing that he is swedish was a joke.

[skatergrauch]

Sweds do the best music imo, i mean, look at In flames, soilwork and ABBA for christ sake.

[amaurys93]

Of course the name is spanish. But it still doesn't mean he's spanish. Maybe he is. maybe he isn't. Who knows?

[gravity1010]

you have no idea how much this has helped me... and not to mention the awesome tabs you posted here! Thanks to you I'm finally learning to play this amazing song!

[JinKatsuaki]

thanks alot man :D! wanted the tab for this song since i first heard it ! cheers :)!!

[umyjzeby]

THX MAN ! : )

I'm just starting my journey with that song, You need to know that You helped me a looot ! : )

[robbiej91]

Good job - appreciate the tab :)

[smygexx]

Awsome!

[akiba212]

You should show the neck of the guitar as well..

overall brilliant job

[nathancurran1989]

fairplay mate thats wicked!

[drummermat]

not even a guitarist but thats intence!

[loudspeaker911]

it's actully capo on the 1st

[d3fin3d]

Yeah, I just had the capo on 2 for this recording. My tab defines which fret to play this on (1st).

[renaepenn]

good job!!

[likmereet69]

thank you, helped me out loads.

[LadyReginaSmiles]

Way too hard for me! Awesome job!  I'll keep practicing!

[JenniCanFly]

lovely :)

[nijwmzen29]

d3fin3d. thanks mate. this would surely be helpful if i get beyond my laziness to learn it. i already got 85% of it right at the moment. this video would make it 100 i hope.

[Wh0sThisGuY]

this is fucking hard to play...5/5 for your awesome finger picking!

[OnnomonnomonnO]

not bad :) ,,but.something i miss there...but nice anyway ;)

[midgetpaula]

:)

you just cheered me up

[FreddoX1]

It takes alot alot alot and alot of practice and dedication to get this right and being able to play this at a high tempo.

[princessandgoblin]

thank you sooooo much!!!!!!!:]

[tinmz601]

that was really really good.

[xSHAD0W9x]

that's amazing

[xMichThePoetx]

hey could you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE try put it in a simler format for me? like fingerpicking patterns like 2:0 3:0 etc?

PPPPLLLLEEEEAAAAASSSSEEEE? il do anything for it please?

[NalaNorge]

your guitar sounds very ... goooooood

[princessandgoblin]

meanie

[Templar7832]

Hay Elliot this is the only tab I've found on the net that's the right one and it's spot on very rare on the internet and as a teacher I've found it very helpfull plus quicker than me figuring it out!

[Dlfineuh]

Thank you so much! <3

I tried to improve by myself to find the good finger picking but i don't have a really good level...

So Thank You! You help me so much!

[ankanboll]

Fuck, i just don't get this tab -.<

[123norway]

nice! :D

[Betonmaster]

Thaks for the tab - it's the best i've encountered

[madrugal]

thank you very much

[TheBitchmagnet]

what ya gona do with all that ass? all that ass inside that trash ?

[eArtrash]

good 1

[foolsbetrippin]

werd

[cod4madass]

why did you say die to thissong you couldnt play this if ur life deppended on u mong

[Krisiftw]

I said "die" in response to the person who said "pure shit"........ why would I say die to my boyfriend.. *sighs at stupidity*

[krysxn]

Fantastic video. This is a song I've always wanted to learn and this video is a great help.. However, I did notice while playing along you do play it slightly different to how its tabbed :)

Thank you :D

[levijoelmccoy]

absolutley TOPS mate! cheers :D

[xPosterOfAGirlxx]

hey thanks for this! it really helped me-i managed to play this in a cathedral concert with a choir & i didn't muck up too bad :)

[bombadel]

really appreciate this mate, thanks for taking the time and effort to help people like me

[ilovechickenyumyum]

different key

[drjzb1101]

close, but you are missing a few notes.. (for starters the second note should be a open D string (third lowest)

keep up the good work

good luck with ur music! :D

[Campbell13]

what ya gona do with all that ass? all that ass inside that trash ?

[d3fin3d]

If I spoke "bling", I'm sure I'd tell you what all that ass is doing in that trash.

[Campbell13]

Hey, sorry, i was typing in lyrics from songs - in that case black eye peas song, and pressing the audio preview, its really funny. Id tried to stop it from posting the comment but i guess i never. Once again, I'm sorry for that.

[wizardman3000]

cool i cant do fingerpicking so for me is it much more impesive

[hoodedstranger666]

sounds right to me =D but if u want the live version try dropping it to C but in the same pattern as the D-A-D style.

[dyyschta]

Thx dude! I spent a long time trying to figure this out but then watched this vid and it all makes sense! Awesome!

[htbkoshinn]

日本から

good!!!

[AdamHasReturned]

Massive help, man. Thanks.

[xadoc]

Thank you! :)

[auaschuasta]

You´re really good.. Great!! I always wanted to play the guitar like this.. ;-)

[BobJJ9999]

Cheers really helpful great song. Not as hard as it seems at first either!

Thamks for the help

[laide5]

Great! Now if you can just show us what your fretting hand in doing...

[jakadaba]

he posted the tabs as well, so - just go for it ! (it's right in the upper right corner )

Great song

[untrust8]

dude thx ya very much. it helped me so much. thx again

[theherbilgerbil2029]

out-fuckin-standing

[evilkidm93b]

o_O cool

[Polskimg]

i will need like a year to learn it,but thanks :D

[melker55]

You're good, but you are missing some picking. for example the second tone should be a lose d-string and so on. But I'm guessing you are making this video a little bit easier so more can learn it? nice job.

[BastuBasti]

you should make a tutorial for the left hand, too!

your really good :D

[WholeWideWorld]

Thank you very much for this bud :D

[ubernagash]

well done mate, jsut one thing your vids when its a thumnail in the side panal, it makes the the hole in your guitar look like a jafa cake :)

[domodemon]

stop smokin weed, it does though lol

[bogen1050]

if you can sing pleaase do it with lyrics!!!!!! it's FaBulUs song!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[tkst0rm]

Very nice :D

Keep up!

Peace.

[rosenscharf]

Well...

I´d like to hear the final results for the tuning. And could someone please post an adress with the right tabulature?

XD

Thanks!

[boostdet]

jk, you did great. i just had to wait it out.

[d3fin3d]

Yeah, it's not a performance vid. It's a tutorial.

My performance of it (in my videos) is arguably too fast :).

[boostdet]

faster

[nijwmzen29]

i think it's drop d tuning for the low e string(6th string). sounds correct

[nijwmzen29]

drop d tuning on the 6th string with a capo on the second fret

[ESP4thaWin]

+ the g string down a half tone

[erinrae009]

holy crap dude.. i've watched this like 30 times and i still cant get it. just thought id let you know i'm jealous. and good job btw.

[Johannordli]

thanks man! this is great!

[boldenballs]

reassuring to know you can pick with just 3 fingers for this track

[gacomosi]

Just perfect....Txs. Next 87 hours training....

[nippalsirhc]

ur the best!

[rss313]

Nice work, I like your version. Only thing is I know your "Mid 8" section is incorrect but I can't for the fuck of me find anyone that DOES have it tabbed the way it sounds. But this also brings to mind how good the song is because it may not be the way Jose has covered it, but it still sounds great.

[RonfordBaker]

excellent job, thanks man...some of the tabs out there are quite far off the mark. you just cleared things up for me!

[piotrekdsk]

that is GREAT !!

[indie360]

Ahh this is quite good, only you haven't mentioned anywhere about needing the capo on the first fret.

So although you've done it right, it's in the wrong key.

[d3fin3d]

I know this tutorial video is in the wrong key :). The tab explains which fret you need the capo on. I personally play it all over the fretboard - depending on what i feel comfortable with at the time. It really doesn't matter. But officially, yeah you need the capo on the first fret.

[lukedangerfallon]

what ad is this off?

[davo01]

sony bravia

[davepafc]

lukedangerfalion the answer to your question is the sony bravia advert with all the bouncy balls bouncing down the street... my favourite song in the world.. beautiful piece of music

[charalambos91]

hey i need help! i found the notes for this song (heartbeats) but i realised that it can be played without a capo and without tuning g to f sharp ... am i mistaken ?? :S can sm1 plz help

[indie360]

You can play it without the capo but then it's in the wrong key, meaning you'd still have to change the G to an F#.

[robotslikejazz]

mad props sir

[greenday1997]

absoloutely amazing! this has helped me loads ive been wanting to play this for ages, thankyou

[zetfactor]

cool guitar play.. when i improve a lil bit i will post 1.. keep it up

[postal2600]

Thank you thank you!!!! I've look for this one a loot! THANK YOU!

[haybaggerman]

Thanks ALOT!!!!

Been looking in all the wrong places for this. Thanks for putting in the work

[amchris66]

wow thanks alot!

i tried to play this song but i couldnt make it sound like the original

great video very clear

[erikalechen]

koepex n1^^

it would be more improtant to help people playin' difficult songs...

[d3fin3d]

Which is what I tried to do above, right?

[MarilynFilth]

Um everyone has to start somewhere you pretentious pickle. He has obviously made this for either people who love the song or begginers, Bet you can't play for shit.

[erikalechen]

oh no you got me...im the worst guitarist on the whole world...no i think i have to cry and watch the video again and again and again and that till my biggest hope comes true and i can play like him...i love you d3fin3d.never thought someone can play like that...what an experience...

[MarilynFilth]

Oh god stop being an asshole, I never said you were the worst guitarist in the world man; you did! Stop being a prick, why say shit about someone who is just trying to help people out with their fingerpicking? I don't understand people like you!

[Calswitzu]

I can't believe you said pretentious pickle. That's awesome.