Heather's Song (STANDARD GUITAR TUNING) by Andy Mckee

[simmerimme]

Anyone who know's a good tutoril video or tab?

[MrCampollo]

omg i really want tabs! i cant find them

[sjf905]

@MrCampollo @simmerimme Andy McKee was his own website, you can get them there for $2/piece

[Hal0Elite42]

god damn you people are annoying

deleted my comments because the amount of butthurt from my trolling was ridiculous

[MrFaulconbridge]

I want it to have that deep emotional sound so tuning down atleast half step should help

[MrFaulconbridge]

What about tuning down to B flat or just above baritone tuning? Too much tension loss?

[twommie]

haha EADGBE, andy mckee must think, what a odd tuning! never heard of

[chessmeister]

I was watching this and thought, that is the richest bass i've ever heard on a guitar. Then I realized it was just a baritone transposed up. I was extremely disappointed.

[HardlyWorth]

Andy must have a dozen or so guitars, does he haul them around with him on tour?

[speaker3600]

fingerstyle is the best style of music for acoustic guitar. metal, shred and all that other jazz is good for electric guitar, but fingerstyle shows the full potential on the acoustic guitar

[shanehennessyguitar]

you're a legend for making these!!

[Goregrindhead]

yeeesssssssss !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sn1p3rSh4wn]

Okay, so it's easy to see the chords, the hardest part is figuring out the picking...

Guess I just have to figure it out myself. :) I can't wait to start learning this song!

[reptilianwarrior]

COOL!

[zhafseltzer]

hell yeah.. the andy style!

[BassGeekJack]

omg i cannot figure this out

[ToastyBoyX]

Heather's song is played in standard baritone tuning, which i think is 2 steps lower than standard tuning.. and andy mckee has had a youtube account for well over a month.. you should know these things ;)

[Nachitostray]

extremly godly played, bravo

[caneboia]

This is shit. He has only uploaded the video of Andy with a lower pitch obtained with programs like Audacity. :S Infact this sound sucks a lot comparing with the original of Andy.

1/5

[L0wps]

don't hate. he made this video so that guitar players who want to learn mckee's music by ear (like me) can have an easier time when learning to play this song in standard tuning.

btw, thanks a lot mwahaha91!

[fs07]

caneboia, you're missing the point of the video

[caneboia]

yeah..i've understand it only now... sorry..

[insanelikehero]

where can i get the tab?!?

[mwahaha91]

Great. Just great. I've been found out. Whoop de doo.

[guitaristavista]

mwahaha91, youre a champ for doing this! I have no idea what ppl are thinking when they attack you for doing what they couldnt. Now I can learn the song on my guitar much more easily, thanks from Australia.

[kvs252423]

rpoland is not andy mckee's account it is the acoount of candyrat AKA andy's label

[Hal0Elite42]

i knew that, but he doesnt have an account.

so i guess that could be called his

[ToastyBoyX]

actually that's incorrect he does have an account i believe called therealandymckee, give it a look..

[Hal0Elite42]

well yes i realise that NOW

if you notice, my comment was from over a month ago :S

[guitarchickena7x]

@Hal0Elite42 hahaha you're not serious right?

[jeagerpoelse]

@Hal0Elite42 umm... where do you see him saying " THIS IS ME PLAYING" ? i really cant figure it out. please tell me.

[SaddleScars]

mwahaha91, thank you so much for doing this... tremendously helpful for folks like me who can't just buy a baritone whenever they feel like it. Thanks.

[Brrrrrrrrrenda]

Thats hilarious.

But you know what youre right

lol

[bedfall]

this is sick O.O

[thiagosouzamiranda]

you are magic !!!!!!!

[sltleovyed820]

lol

[Brrrrrrrrrenda]

That was BEAUTIFUL!

People like you give me the inspiration I need to play.

;)

[strabbs1]

is that a maton guitar?

[jakandmusic]

this is a masterpiece

[mo0o0o0o0o0o0o0]

i soooo want your babies! that just sounds amazing. i wish i had nimble fingers like you!

[Ace45782]

this is hugely helpful. I can't afford a baritone, so playing this standard with this video is so convenient. Yeah, any way you can fill us in on what program you used to do this??

[poisenbery]

what did you use to transpose this?

[spikybry]

is the original the same just tuned down, or is this a completely different tablature to the original heather's song?

[mwahaha91]

same tuned down.

But the fingerings you see in the video are exactly the same for standard tuning! cool, huh?

[ascendingendlessly]

Same tablature but the original is played on baritone guitar

[HardlyWorth]

@spikybry It's awsome isn't it! :) And Andy must have like a hundred guitars!

[MrCampollo]

@spikybry hey do you have the tabs? can i have a copy of them pls

[Abysmaltormentor]

how do you transpose the sound, using a program? which?

[Darktician]

You can transpose with the click of a button in Guitar Pro if you have it. Do you have the Guitar Pro tablature? I've been looking for it.

[Abysmaltormentor]

I did have GP for like a week, but I don't really like it, because I hate tabs :D everything, like Antoine Dufour's and Tommy Emmanuel's songs, I've been learning by ear, so if I could transpose andy's songs into EADGBE for learning by ear, it would be rather helpful.. Well guess I just have to stick back into GP

[samtheman3000]

is that a baratone guitar

[sunsurfer432]

yep. but hes playing it on standard

[ailtonvalentin]

Magnifico, Very god!!!!!

[ailtonvalentin]

Mágnico!!!

[lip333]

hehe... ;P

[lip333]

u gotta buy those too... lol! xD

[AGenda92]

i bought the tabs but theres some notes missing for some reason. is it jus me or is it the same for everyone else??? (the part from 2:02 to 2:18)

[just6822]

The reason it has different notes is because Andy isn't be exact in the song - He's just kind of playing from his heart. He tried to replicate it best he could, but do you see that right hand flying? You can't put that on paper.

[goldenfinger2000]

Wow this transposing came out great.

I always wanted to learn this song and now I can...

It's just that I'm having hard time figuring out the picking parts.. lol

[poisenbery]

does anyone else notice that the guitar sounds buzzed?

[mwahaha91]

please read description.

[poisenbery]

oops

haha

i just thought that andy played it on a tenor guitar

my bad

[Sachseguy07]

well never mind i feel like a douche haha

But like i said

hes still amazing

[Sachseguy07]

you this video and the one in alternate tunning are the exact same

Facial expressions and movements with the head and everything

What if someone just decided to raise the picthes so the first pitch is a C and not a G

hmm

owell hes still amazing! =D

myspace . com/page9

[mwahaha91]

Please read description.

[MrCampollo]

@Sachseguy07 is the same record bro he changed it by effects and all that stuff i think

[bmanthelumberjack]

....amazing. end of. super technical, but at the same time the best melody ever.

i bet when he played this song to heather he got some SEX!!!

thats assuming this is a love song, not dedicated to his sister or something....cos that would be weird.....it would be total waste if you ask me.

[gnirts7]

I'm pretty sure he didn't write this song with the intention to get laid. That is a horrible reason to write a song. You would be just as cool as that dude who is always at college parties with an acoustic trying to get laid.

[bmanthelumberjack]

go look up the word "joke" in a dictionary.

christ

i know he didnt write for that reason, but he clearly DID get some after playing this to that special someone.

i mean, come on. milk it for what its worth.

:)

[CarcassRot]

heather is andy's sister.

[83790404]

...the heather this song is for. is his sister.

although his sister is called michelle. it is dedicated to her.

[icemcnine]

This has always been my favorite song of Andy's. Heather must be a very special girl.

[ronfq]

What a talent!

[partialcapo]

although you can retune your guitar to a lower tuning to match the standard baritone tunning, your better off just using standard it sounds better since the action of your guitar decreases when you tune that low.

[tapilaha]

nice, thanks for the transposing

[alguira]

who cares about standard tuning audio when the fingers aint the same?

---> im a nobb by the way xD

[tapilaha]

fingers are the same..

[alguira]

so just looking at him you can play the song? (if you have the guts to). Interesting...

[tapilaha]

it's called PRACTICE smartass...

look in my videos

[just6822]

Looked in your videos, all I see is someone playing an easy piece and a girl singing in a language I don't understand. I don't really understand why you told him to look there, I thought you had a Heather's Song cover haha

[LindisMusic]

So what's the ORIGINAL tuning for this?

[johved]

4 (Or 5?) steps below the original so its B4,F#4,D4,A3,E3,B3

[jocachomo]

standard baritone tuning right?

[jocachomo]

nvm...thanks andy!

[westarz]

The emphasis on standard tuning I think is to let people with a standard tuned guitar to play along with the song or to figure out how to play the song

[just6822]

I just got the tabs for this song... and this is how it sounds on standard, so it really helps out when you're trying to figure it out

[Darktician]

Mind sending the tabs? I think I got the chords down I just am having trouble on a few parts.

[just6822]

Don't you dare, EVER ask me to give you tabs. If you want them, you can dish out the $20 at Candyrat studio's website, and support the artist yourself. Or, you can pirate his shit and just wait until he can't make music anymore because assholes pirated his software.

Don't ever ask for this man's tabs for free.

[Darktician]

Wow, way to be a dick. Not everyone can afford to just "dish out" $20 these days, don't degrade people for liking Andy's music, and simple no would have done.

[just6822]

Dude I'm not degrading you for liking his music, I'm telling you that I'm not going to give his stuff away.

You have enough time to learn the chords to this song, but not enough to get a job? Work for like 3 hours and you've got 4 of his tabs, how hard is that? But I guess since you're a freeloader you wouldn't be able to keep a job anyway.

[Darktician]

I actually have two jobs, and I'm also in my 2nd year of college. I have enough shit to pay for (gas, food, rent, tuition etc.) as it is, I can't afford to use $20 to buy something that should be free.

I've figured out enough of this to play it on my own, but I'm certain the fingerings aren't correct, which is why I'd like the tab. So, don't call me a "freeloader" and don't insult me without just reason.

[just6822]

Why should it be free? You think that working 40 hour weeks at K Mart is gonna give him A) Enough money to support his family and B) Give him enough time to keep writing the best damn music around?

I don't know why you think he owes you? This man owes you nothing, as a guy that somehow finds the time to play the guitar at this level, go to college and hold up 2 jobs, you should know that the world revolves around money. Pirating has gone way too far in this world today...

[Darktician]

He's signed to CandyRat, meaning they promote his stuff while paying for some recording and equipment expense.

Music is music, don't turn it into a financial tool. I find time to do a lot of others things on top of jobs, college, and guitar. You brought up pirating on your own, by the way, I've purchased all of Andy's CDs off of CandyRat. And dont say he writes "the best damn music around", because that degrades other musicians. It's good, yeah, but don't flaunt your opinion like that.

[NPC919]

Darktician, I agree that insulting you was wrong, but this isn't just Average stuff.. This is the stuff that if you truly respect this mans music you wouldn't Pirate it, I don't know how much it costs But you could just contribute to a brilliant guitarist.

[heartion]

it's kinda funny how STANDARD TUNNING was emphasized in the title

[cKing83]

That's not bad transposing, it's an octave pedal. It makes it sound horrible when more than one string is played at a time. I don't bother with mine.

[richbib]

lol who speeded the video up,u make it sound like his guitar has the shakes :P

[mwahaha91]

Nothing is speeded up. Same speed as original video. The shaking is caused by the bad transposing (Read description please!)

[whodahellzadrian]

sweet, finally a song in standard tuning..i always end up quitting when learning his songs becauase i keep having to change between tunings, and i dont want anything to strain on my mumble, so i just..dont anymore..

[planetwaves]

Omg Andy! Ur just awesome! I didn't know the meaning of the word BEST till i saw You play! Just sheer brilliance! =)

[sanfranman242001]

THANKS FOR BEING THE GREATEST EVER!!!

[kkauee]

cara... valeu meeesmo

great