The Answer 1st Guitar Tutorial

[Jerrik711]

Sounds great but I'm sorry I don't think you did a great job teaching eaither... for next time spend some time showing the positions you are playing.

Thanks though!

[andrewcho1]

UGHHHH  please redo this im getting really stressed out. thanks

[goodtimshi]

I give up this song is too hard props man

[dsa1236]

Nice tutorial! If I could give a suggestion, could you do this but with your showing (or at least describing) your picking. I got really confused in the video

[xhappyphil]

what a good tutorial! :)

[xB4SsXb0yx]

ROBIN!

[LucyjrAlyn]

Can you do a tutorial with double/triple strumming, please? I want to learn that and seems to me so dificult.So please, if is not to hard to you...

[Elson915]

Hey I love the first guitar part, but is there any way you can show the finger picking or the strumming pattern you use?

[wonseungii]

lol the commenters here have got to be the most spoiled bunch of idiots.

good tutorial. helped a lot.

[ARDStudios]

wow this has to be the worst tutorial on youtube. learn to speak.

[foSteezy]

can you tab it out ._______.

[jiewonlee123]

Hey ramen.  ahnnouyng. hangook salahm? haha

well bro your amazing at this song but can you make better tutorial? like tell us which strings you play. and show exactly what each chord is? because i didnt see what you were playing:/ thanks

[kudopark]

"we all know that shane and shane bernard cant teach very well"

[4evareject]

Can like you make a remake of the 1st guitar tutorial? Preferably, by Joe because he explains the chords and wear to strum and hammer like I don't get what Robin is doing watch the video twenty times over and over with pausing but I don't seem to get it.

[mrchaehaeman]

first of all you cant teach for shit either with ur shitty ass camera. and btw shane teaches and plays better than you so stfu

[rsoliveira4]

men you are no good to teaching too...first of all you turn the guitar so we can`t see qhat you doing, and second you hide your right hand so we can`t know witch string you`re play`n...sorry, i didn`t like it

[slick00x]

Thanks for the vid... It is helpful (IF you use the pause button! Pause button, ppl!).

However, you know that at the end of the intro, that is NOT a 'G,' but an 'A' played with the 'G' shape, right? May wanna correct that.

[wonseungii]

thanks for the tutorial :) found it very helpful :D

[XdigimonX]

Dang every good song I wanna learn has to have a capo and I dont have one yet XD

[KoreanBCE]

i envy ur guitar skillz lolol

hey u said that Shane B. cant teach, does dat mean theres an instructional vid by Shane on how to play the answer?

[bravenight]

namoo works complains too much

i think he should be happy that someone decided to take time out of their lives to teach us this song

and the thing about shane is a joke

[Namooworks]

u cant teach either so dont talk shiz about shane not being able to teach.

[Soonjonglee]

Hey, I don't see you trying how to teach, and I doubt you can even play this song.

[Namooworks]

i cant thats why im trying to learn. but yet i cant cause he;s too fast and i have to pause the vid like every half sec. -_-

[joshuacalebm]

lol true

[PeidoLord]

I think it was just a joke.. to... uh.. make us laugh..

[wonseungii]

@Namooworks nah i actually found this tutorial really helpful.

you're just too slow.

[dsquare011]

This is the first time i saw your tutorial video..and i must say you are very good..thanks for sharing and God bless...keep it coming ..

[syan9184]

whoa slow down! :S

[TehSquishie]

Haha I finally got how to play this (Well, I need some practice but I now get how to play the stuff xDDD) I thought at 1st that you couldn't teach, but I was SOOOOOOOOOOO wrong xDDD. Thanks again for this tut!

[dxhaloxc]

it takes some figuring out on your own from the video but its a great tutorial thanks!

[jacobwaldo06]

I do however disagree that shane can't teach...ha!

[jacobwaldo06]

Hey man, forget what everybody else says. You're awesome for doin this, if people have to slow it down and watch it a couple of times then they can get over it. Its a difficult song and I think its pretty great that you took the time to learn it and are using your God given gift to help other people. I hope God continues to bless you man. Keep it up!

[KoreanBCE]

u sound very fobish lolol

[Malthus]

shane barnard can't teach ? well neither can you really.

a good effort though.

I finally got it down by pausing the vid a hell of a lot more then I would of liked to.

But I'm finally learning.

so thank you for this

haha robin needs subtitles XD

[sungi1]

come on teach better i lost u b4 the intro ended

[C0REiiAN]

omg dude u gotta slow the hell down

[davidwoo9194]

hahaha dude not everybody is good as you are gotta slow down a bit

[gcho91]

i know shane can't teach but you can't either :) nice job though....

[yourbestfriendsushi]

ya,,, i dont follow at all.. sorry to say,, you are pretty good but IT IS hard to follow after the slide in the beginning you should say stuff like what string to play, be more specific. if you do that you would be awesome

[liufuisback]

i dont think u teach much better than shane. how do u expect ppl to know whats going on after the 1st slide? u dont say anything about that

[austineatsbagels]

you're good

[gotjohans]

Wow! Thanks so much man! Very well done!! :) Great guitarrist!!

[bliu94]

I usually don't comment but this tutorial is absolutely wonderful. Thanks for putting in the time and effort!

[nolimitez]

uhh would it be possible to remake a video that shows ur right hand?

its kind hard to follow along with by listening

[Desmater]

is this suppose to be half step down or is it just in standard tuning with the partial capo?

becuz i looked in the tabs and it says 1/2 step down

[Desmater]

is this tuned half a step down or is it just standard tuning with the partial capo?

[ddkickedu]

um.. can you show your picking hand as well?

it's very very hard to follow with just sound

[socgeo]

oh by the way why do you have captions when you're speaking english?

[socgeo]

lol shane bernard can't teach very well?

[SamSeoShow]

i'm so jealous bless you!

[bassmanicmatt13]

I think you should make a video for the intro because the tabs are close but not correct

[xdivinebladex]

what tabs

[pakmannnnnnn]

the intro is like the hardest partt =// lol

do you think you can make a tutorial for noobs?? xDDD

i got the chorus down and pre-chorus and bridge just not the intro yet xD

[nowhereproductions19]

i was wondering if you could send me a tab for the answer; u could leave a comment on my channel and hopefully we can communicate

[gitrdun1125]

uve got a few parts wrong. but still pretty good.

[ramenrobot]

Hmm, which parts? I'd love to know.

[holypablo]

but the way u played it and the link. seems completely different

[ramenrobot]

The point is that in the intro, you basically pick some strings within the chords used in the verse (stylizing it/changing it here and there, of course, but minimally)

Shane Barnard himself plays the intro different almost every time(I've seen him live). In this video, Robin plays the intro a lot like the version heard in the album 'Upstairs'

If you want a clear-cut, 100% accurate way of playing the intro, I could definitely make a video of that, but my suggestion is: forget it; it's pointless

[holypablo]

this is freaking hard.

lol

[holypablo]

i dont get it. why does the link u put for the tabs intro completely different. it doesnt even say to slide to the 9th fret

[ramenrobot]

Those tabs weren't made by us; people were complaining that we weren't going "in depth" enough into the intro so we just decided to put up a link to a tab for the intro. They're not completely right, but they should give you an idea as to how the intro should go.

[eatmeCP]

alright thanks alot hyung

[eatmeCP]

and thanks alot for responding! :D

[eatmeCP]

oh,

well on your duet video when u played together.

did u mute specific chords?

[ramenrobot]

Well...I'm Joe and in the duet Robin played the 1st part. So, I don't know what he does. Just play the chords open; if anything the fuller sound fits better for a worship setting.

[eatmeCP]

i have a question.

on the chorus do u leave the bottom 2 strings open when u play the chords like E5?

or are there certain parts when u leave the chords open.

if so, can you please tell me :D

[ramenrobot]

You should leave the bottom two strings open if you want a fuller sound, but sometimes you could mute them (like I do) if you want a more muffled, chilled out sound. It depends on preference but what you do will vastly affect the dynamics of the chorus.

Also, some chords are just impossible to do without muting the strings e.g. the stretchy chords

[XBlurzX]

i love you

[aznpride626]

you skipped the beginning so i have no idea what you did..

[XBlurzX]

-_- what?

[XBlurzX]

the first minute is the intro man

[KrnGuitarPlayer]

Thanks alot for the tutorial, I can play this song alot better.

[mastaguitar]

what guitar are you using because it sounds really nice

[guitarlord2012]

You dont need subtitles. and this song is amazing. You guys rock.

[Starlitblond]

dude.. you are so good!!!

[xxjjp1790xx]

nice tutorial but i like tabs better, im just a tabs person

[sunyooong989]

yo i met you today!

its john from made 2 worship

[slayerxfire]

Haha I second that Joe or Robin. To be honest The answer was the 1st christian song I learned I think. When I first tried to learn it, it didnt make sense for the verse and pre chorus, but when I saw my friends play it i figured it out. Then two months later I watched this video and learned the verse and pre chorus and intro. I learned the intro by ear and watching your fingers lol.

[svenkrautwald]

Thx man

very good job.

keep it up

[ramenrobot]

Uh...there's no reason to call people stupid haha. But regardless, this song is not for beginners so if you're a beginner, then don't learn the song? Lol

If you're at least somewhat solid on guitar you should know some things about chord progressions and whatnot so blaming the video for not being able to teach something beyond you is kind of dumb. It's as if you fall of a bike the first time you ride on and then blame the bike ==;;

[slayerxfire]

Dips ojkoo lol wow at least hey posted the tutorial even though some parts were hard to learn i learned it by ear dont be lazy and learn by ear and they worked their butt off to post this tutorial God bless Robin and Joe

[ddongchimong717]

dipss and ooJkoo you guys are stupid cause i learned this song easily from this video so you both are retarded

[xXAnotherKindOfGrlXx]

ENTHRALING.

[ooJkoo]

Dude, you need to learn how to teach. Although Joe did a better job at teaching than you.

[Jamesteng1]

video*

[Jamesteng1]

the notes should be more clear if this is a teaching vedio...but still...good skills!!

[hse0100]

can you teach me how to strum on chorus part?

[SoldierofLight225]

wow.... just can't find the right words for all this effort..... YOU ARE JUST GREAT! GOB BLESS YOU!

[gospelsinger717]

hey just wondering how to make the E/G#, im stuck on that....the tabs say that its

xx677x .... and that doesnt seem right..

thank you! and awesome job

[xdivinebladex]

heres how to play an E/G# without the capo. if u wanna play it the way it is here then just move it over 2 frets. its 4x2400

[gospelsinger717]

thank you

[snowball111690]

Awesome job showing how to play it. Keep it up guys Praise God. ^.^

[tharapture]

Quite some controversy this tutorial generated. I liked it and my buddy and I are practicing this song coz its got all the ingredients needed for good practice(stretching,use of capo,picking,strumming etc). As to ramenrobot making a joke about shane bernard not being able to teach, I thought that was pretty funny and we laughed our heads off. I'm a pastor's kid as well but I think its how you live your life that counts not just a title. We have a lot of screwed up pastors as well :)

[ramenrobot]

Nah I live in New Jersey

Haha I'd rather not say where I go to church, especially on the internet =P

[wizard898]

Hey I'm in New Jersey! Meet me and teach me :] My friend is like, refusing to teach me how to play :P

[jonnyxk1m]

what church do u go to? do u live in California?

[jonnyxk1m]

to HistoryMaker again

God still loves us the same way. ppl think that PK's would be more "holy" or more of a christian but thats false. Dont think that im wrong because im also a pastor's kid. I used to think that i get speical previlages but i then realized that it wont matter once we get to heaven. i've met a lot of screwed up pastors kid who said the same thing you did .Thats what make a lot of pastor kids corrupted.

[ramenrobot]

Lol to be honest I'm a pastor's kid too =P

[jonnyxk1m]

to Hist0ryMaker

dude, at least he's trying to teach us. Its really nice of him to try to teach us because he took the time to do that. Also why r u boasting that ur a pastor's kid? I think there is no difference if your a pastor's kid or not.

[Hist0ryMaker]

dude im a pk = pastor's kid but you cant teach dude. all you do is play like not even half as slow which is no help at all.

[ramenrobot]

For the song other than the intro we put in chord charts which is more than enough. The idea for this tutorial was to simply give a different point of view for the song. We're not going to spoon feed you every single note that you pick and every single string, every single slide, every palm mute. Honestly, if you can't figure this out by watching, I suggest you go practice. Not to say people suck, but this is definitely not a beginner's song.

[IsaacKyounghoLee]

hey budy..... you cant teach either... lets try learning the song before you try and teach..... at this point shane can probably teach better and FYI.... shane can teach... maybe ur learning area of the brain is just defective... and by the way try to but a guitar that doesnt sound like a mandoline. some parts are good. i have to say.... but before u trash talk shane and how he cant teach u learn how to teach too first.

[ramenrobot]

I'll learn how to teach as soon as you learn that Christians don't insult and judge people needlessly, especially for something that was intended as a joke.

You're a really angry guy but I suspect you're just having a bad day or something. God bless!

[miamisurf]

whats the first chord you play during the intro?? please let us know the positioning of ur fingers during the 1st 3 chords actually..

[ramenrobot]

All of the chords used in the intro are relevant to the verse chords

[miamisurf]

i just noticed this.. I learned much better with the dude on the 2nd tutorial bc he actually told us which strings and fret to play..

oh well thanks for this tutorial anyway!

[shinsa1b]

hey nice tutorial man!

do you know any easier way to play E/D# and E/G#? my fingers are too small and i can't reach that far..

thanks man

[dannnnyboyyy]

same problem happened to me when I first started gutiar.

it all comes down to practice...

practice stretching your fingers enough then you're fingers will get used to it.

[miamisurf]

hey is that an acoustic-electric? and what model taylor is that?

[xdivinebladex]

yea its an acoustic electric

lol nah its a parkwood guitar.

[miamisurf]

hehe thats awesome man.

Praise God.

[killer313226]

Go Robin!!!!!!!!

[supershroom164]

ugh..you didnt really teach.

[FunTwoJr]

Yo soo helpful~~ Thx man i owe you.. if you live in NJ i can pretty much pay you a small donation for such gift you gave us...Thanks i can play this song not perfect but some wat of it cuz of you. once again thank you and God bless~

[ramenrobot]

To all who are having trouble with the intro:

A tutorial will be out soon. Sorry it's taking so long but I just can't seem to find time these days what with high school and all but it'll come out so please be patient. Until then, go to shanebweb(.)com for tabs. They're a bit incorrect but they'll give a general idea of how to play it.

[bassmanicmatt13]

u really need tabs for the intro

[drawingmaster]

nice dude

whats a good brand guitar?

[xdivinexbladex]

depends on what kinda guitar specifies with your style of playing

[woahhitsnoah]

for acoustics, I personally think Taylor is one or the best. Takamine is also a good brand. You also want a great set of strings that ring, and have a bright sound.

For electrics, the sky is the fucking limit.

[ramenrobot]

It's really based on preference but I like Breedloves, Taylors, some Parkwoods, and some Larrivees. Not all guitars are the same though, so you should experiment yourself to see what's the best for you.

[dhong741]

um can u explain the parts like what frets to play and stuff plzz?

[ramenrobot]

There are chord charts. It can't get any simpler than that. If you're referring to the intro, I'm considering making another tutorial for that part specifically. Until then, just look up tabs. It's not that hard.

[oldboy911]

Hey Robin. I've learned the 2nd guitar from watching Joe. And Im trying to learn 1st. I found 2nd guitar tab, but I can't find 1st guitar tab. Can you show me where? (Meanwhile, I'll just try to learn by watching but tab will help lot. thanks)

[ramenrobot]

Again, we do not have tabs for the first guitar part nor will we ever make one. Please use the tutorial. We both feel it's good enough. If you have a really big problem, just message me and I'll help as much as I can until you get the song.

[KLJ589]

What are the first chords to the intro. I have the song down though, i just want to spice it up a little bit more. great tutorial, u guys are pretty awesome.

[ramenrobot]

The intro picking bits come from the verse chords

[ramenrobot]

sorry i deleted your comment concerning the hammer-on on the verse

he hammers from the second fret to the fourth fret on the E string. it's hard to see because he uses his thumb

[kalamari12]

hm. Just saw a kid that looked an awful lot like robin at school. He doesn't happen to go to school in evanston does he?

[ramenrobot]

lol nah

[JeNnYbBoNg]

guys, why are u so good?

eesh.

maybe I'll get you guys to teach me some things when I get over there during the thxgiving break.

=P

anyways. good job~ God has blessed you with those guitar"ing" talents so keep it up =]

-Jenny

[ddelgado456]

im having trouble with the 3 chord in the intro

[ramenrobot]

E/G# (Relevant to Capo 2)

e-0 D-2

B-0 A-x

G-4 E-4

You'll find the intro picking is directly relevant to the verse chords so that might help if you're having trouble

[rmcelroy]

hey mate.great tutorial..how do u make that muted sound?

thanks..keep it up!

[ramenrobot]

hey. robin thanks you for the compliment =)

to make that muted sound(it's called palm muting for future reference), put the side of your hand on the bridge. if you do that and pick, you'll find it makes that sound. try and get used to picking while keeping your hand in a position so that when you down pick(you can't palm mute while up picking), your hand is on the bridge at the time your pick hits the string.

[itzsyk]

dude that was awesome. what kind of guitar was robin using?

[xdivinexbladex]

im using a parkwood

[gregtrav]

good job, only thing is that part where you slide to the 11th fret and do a scale thing there, you might want to break that down a little. you are really good at guitar, keep playing for the Lord!

[xdivinexbladex]

thanks for the tip

[jkim519]

well ur a good guitar player but you didnt really show how you play it. you just played it slowly

[xdivinexbladex]

thats really the main way i like to show vids. cuz the way i learned how to play this along with a lot of other songs i know is by watching other people play it. this also isnt the hardest song in the world so it really doesnt require any explanation really. the chord charts are there and i did the best i could with the references so i hope this helped anyways.

[sLeePleSteVe]

thx

[psico123]

GREAT TUTORIAL!!! Thanks!!!

[dannyboy677]

>: )

Thanks soo much~

this vid helped me lots!!

[jem7v326]

Hello, Great VIDEO... it helped me alot learning the song... One question tho... The first part of your intro... does the code change in every four beats? Especially from Bb to A and going back to C#m... Jus a lil confused cuz it sounds great but doesn't seem to fall in exact beats...

[xdivinexbladex]

lol ill help on this one. yes every chord is in a 4/4 so it changes every 4 beats. if it doesnt seem like it then its my fault within playing but yes it is every 4 beats. im not always the greatest when it comes to tempo and keeping the beats and ill either slow down or speed up from time to time. but i think its reletivly well kept within time so just listen for it.

[jem7v326]

Hello, thx for the reply. Other than the part I had the question about, your timing and strum is uber good. I am not sure I can play exactly like you anyway lol... But I did get the gist of it and this video is by far one of the best I've watched! Hope you do some more of these! God bless you!!

[Danbanany]

nice parkwood guitar =D

[andygimboo]

how do u mute it

[xdivinexbladex]

not sure of what u mean by "it" but to mute any string u just put any part of your finger on it so no note comes out when u strum it. doesnt matter how u do touch the string, just as long as u r without pressing it down

[kpridefoo]

this video really helped me out. thanks to all who was involved in the making of the video, thanks to shane and shane who wrote the song, and above all thanks to God for giving us all a reason to play and sing this song.

[ramenrobot]

yes. the E and B string are muted during the chorus except the first chord.

[andygimboo]

when i play it, i keep on strumming the bottom e string nd it sounds weird, do i mute it or somethin

[DanielWebsterCollege]

you are awsome!

[ramenrobot]

the tab for the intro can be found on shanebwebdotcom. but only use that tab for the intro. why? because it's wrong for every other part.

[FourWheelinFreak]

Guys great job i had the chance to see shane and shane at student life in dallas about 2 years ago and i had never heard of them and they ended up playing this song and i fell in love with it so i decided to pick up the guitar and i have always wanted it and your so right when you said shane cant teach lol because he has no clue what to call the chords but yall rock jw can you send me those tabs for the intro im having a little trouble seeing your fingers and what your picking

[andygimboo]

i'v been waiting for this since the day i was born

[murderscxne]

robin, your accent DID COME OUT! ROFL.

hahaha. :D you sound way diff. in person lol.

good job to you and joe. :)

[xdivinexbladex]

youll notice that i messed up somewhere in the end when i explained the chorus part. i said its a G, its a G# when i explained the walk down scale

[adulationx]

Robin, your accent started coming out o.o

[xdivinexbladex]

haha the camera totally changed my voice :P

[ramenrobot]

triple, double, quadruple, it's all the same. they're all very fast strums. i'd advise you to start out with thinner picks. dunlop tortexes are perfect. double strums are done with your wrist. it's all in your wrist. so trying strumming at slower paces and move faster and faster.

[NloveWithChrist]

thanks, man

[TrojanPH08]

gibson ephiphone?

[xdivinexbladex]

u mean the guitar? its a parkwood pw360m

[NloveWithChrist]

perfect! I love it. Do you guys have any tips on the triple, double, or even quadruple strum? It has been tough for me so far

[TrojanPH08]

thnx awesome job man.