How to play "Falling Slowly"

[gaurab81]

thanx bro!!

[2ylite808]

thank you! i want to learn this song! enjoy ukulele!!!

[GGOMinecraft]

@2ylite808 what? lol

[mrclover07]

good guy !

[nemini0]

hey,thanks!:D i am from czech republic and in spite of the fact I dont understand you at all,you tought me intro yet!:-D i am really gratefull:)

[THEZOOLOGIST123]

plucking pattern does not make sense. help me

[shenshenxoc]

nc it's more easy than it looks like

[metoofulful]

love this

[SuperLolipops]

thank u! this is my second song i learn after i got my own guitar, and it really hurts my fingers! by the way, Edison? I like the way u teach!! i love u !! :D

[JudeOnYelowSubmarine]

I LOVE your guitar playing and I love even more your teaching. your teaching is very simple yet meets all the expectations which makes it easy for eveyrone. thanks mate.

[csdinh]

can u show me ur strumming pattern when u play Aminor, G,F then G?

[csdinh]

the part when u played Aminor, G, F, then G, what is your pattern strumming??

[pentiumtrio]

yow man, the sequence of your string is opposite ^_^

[jackwoopadup]

I WISH MY GUITAR TEACHER WAS LIKE YOU! YOU'RE GREAT!

[TheLolledproductions]

dude nice work im thinking of doing a cover of this song :P nice work.

[singeremt]

this was soooo helpful thank you SO much :))))

[isaidXyahli]

hahaha heyyy thanks ALOT! For the help! I'm a total newbie to guitar and once I heard this song I fell in love with it! Thaks soo much for the turtorial! Your awesome d(^_^)b

[ixLivexforxMusic]

omg your so precious! im like really happpy im learning from you just cause you seeem so down to earth i wanna hug you!

[MrBubbyman]

Dumbass learn what strings are in which position

[PHEELL822]

bro seriously, your awesome, and not just cause of the tutorial but your attitude man, you seem real patient and stuff. anyways thanks for this tutorial dude, love the song.

[duck97]

@PHEELL822 thanks man, glad to help!

[2JobsStillPoorUSA]

uh.. you have your strings in the wrong order. The low E is the 6th string and the high E is the 1st string.

[Tinestiere]

thank you

[xXxBecca94xXx]

I love you :) You're so cool :)

[xLauraEnrightx]

That's the best movie ever... go Ireland =]

[slylyriley]

its gonna be better if u played the whole song....

[SinginGuitarin]

thanks!!

[zergapollo]

I love your tuts dude! But you say the strings in the wrong position :P the top one, low E, is 6th string and goes down from there. But no biggie, you still teach very clearly.

[jhuff9008]

THANK YOU! this was the most helpful video i have seen so far.

[theclamthatquacks]

whoa dude ur begining was epically confusing!

[thecoolperson123]

you should probably learn your chords beforehand.

[theclamthatquacks]

@thecoolperson123 i do know my chords. i learned a different version. this one was different.

[MiaLens]

Dude you're awesome!! Thanks you helped me soooooo much!!!

[squangulardlgmailcom]

you are awesome. way better than other how to's...

[lordoflasagna]

amazing songggg x x x

[VeraJaures]

don't hate on him. this was extremely helpfull and it was good! it SOUNDS right, and aslong as it sounds right it's great! if you're not satisfied: do your own "how to"-video!

thanks man, this was very helpfull!

[DestinieAdd]

This was very helpful. Thank you very much! :)

[HarryCaray3000]

he doesnt pluck both strings every time.

[Azunaii]

@HarryCaray3000

Yep true, only on the 'first' pluck of every chord. Otherwise a very good video and it's spot on :)

[TheEmerald30]

you suck go slower and explain

[BronxBoyNewYork]

you play it so worng. after you pluk the second and fifte string play the thread string like you was playing the fifte sting and do the same to the F chord

[Dalsh502]

hes playing it better than the people that ive seen play it on youtube.

[101jaja101]

it's ok is you read the string numbers backwards. don't listen to the hateres, if there were. well, i think that you said it backwards cuz you were looking it the other way.

[fruitfliescheese]

listen man this is alaight but you dont explain the finger pucking enough like you need to explain more cause i couldnt get it man

[duck97]

Yeah, I made this video when I wasn't much more than a beginner. I'm still not pro by any means.

on the other hand, as long as you're watching the video, it shouldn't be confusing when I say the string numbers backwards. You'd have to be somewhat retarded to be listening to the lesson without watching the video at all. that's what the visual aid is for.

best of luck learning the song!

~Edison

[mileyluva0220]

this is the best tutorial, you actually help thanks

[outtuned]

great teacher

[geebhatia]

if ur gonna do strings by number the thin one is the 1st and the thickest is the 6th. just go by e-string, b-string, and g-string! no confusion there. pretty ogod tutorial tho

[Smeagol5555]

the thickest is the first...dont know where you learned that...

[geebhatia]

no most refer to the thickest as 6th read the other commetns

[phkkk7]

He's right stupid

[Smeagol5555]

umm...no.

You always read from bass notes up. the 1st string, the thickest, is the lowest of all, therefor you read from that sting, up.

And does calling me stupid accomplish? If anything, it makes you sound like even more of a retard.

[phkkk7]

Study more, or you can just google it

You need to learn to accept others opinion. Sorry for calling stupid.

But you will know that you're wrong.

[Smeagol5555]

I've been in music for 10 years.....Im pretty damn sure i know what I'm talking about.

And I don't need to learn to accept others opinions. It's their opinions, not mine.

When the majority is wrong, but I know I'm right, does that mean i should believe the majority? I think not.

[adrenalinerush92]

i dont care how long you've been in music.

The thinnest E string which is the high E string is 1st. The low E string which is the thickest,is the 6th.

I'm in guitar ensemble, just cause you've "been in music for 10 years" doesn't mean you know know everything, i'm surprised you didn't know that simple fact.

[Smeagol5555]

Whatever....im not going to argue this with you. Apparently you are to ignorant to listen to a professional and accept the fact that the low string is string 1.

[adrenalinerush92]

alright, I'll tell my teacher who's been teaching guitar for 20+ years that he is wrong, because some "professional" who's been playing for 10 years said so.

i think you're the ignorant one especially cause you wouldn't listen to someone just cause she's not a "professional".

mhm, alright.

[zardez]

i guess it is safe to say you are at least ten years old then...

he didn't say believe he said accept. listen to what other people say mr. amazing musician man :)

[Smeagol5555]

im 20, thank you

[Melissa91201]

he's not saying your 10...

[hamyasaki]

really good video for beginners!

[MAMAMACHINE]

also your fingers have numbers too. sounds like you dont really know guitar.

[MAMAMACHINE]

yeah dude you put the strings backwards just in case you dont know thinnest is 1 ans thickest 6.

[lovemissbora]

marry me. you are such a good tutor haha

[balbert199152]

thanx for the tutorial... couldnt figure out the pick pattern.... your strings are opposite tho

[rock8architect]

Thank you for the video Edison!

Keep it up!

Peace!

[gkimmer]

great video, learned it right away :D

[ah125i]

you are awesome, thank you for this video!

[fannyx509]

thanks for this video!!

I love this song!!

kisses ;)

[rocklegend933]

i think u put the string names backwards

[kl2n5hy9uy]

i dont know if you know this but you say "pluck the 2 and 5th string then the 4th in the middle and the 2 and the 5th string then 4th string in the middle and then you'll go back..." around 1:49 but it looks like you do 2-5, 4, 2-5, 4, 2-6, 4, 2-5, 4

or am i just crazy??

[GoGoSuperB]

the only thing i cant get down is the plucking of the second chord from the beginning. sorry!

[Thegodfather847]

same here if u can help me duck, that wud be great

[duck97]

that part is just the trickiest to play, it's kinda hard to make it sound clean. it just takes some practice, is all =/

[caffe90]

you so great you are teh best o my god that song is my prefer.

[elguitarolerno]

dun wana nit pic but the 1st string is E, the 2nd is B, the 3rd is G, the 4th is D, the 5th is A and the 6th is E. nice playing.

[tjeeta12]

haha that bugged me too

[duck97]

I'm self taught, i accidentally taught myself backwards...

=P

ah well, as long as you get how to play the song.

[tjeeta12]

It's not a problem. lol just confused me for about 2 seconds.

I respect that you're self taught though. great work!

[Callusedfingers]

You have great taste in music bud :)

You tutorials are great , but it feels like you explain it too much , but I guess it's good for the people that need the extra help :D

Have you ever heard of the band Slow Club

Cause you should listen tosome of their songs ,and learn them, and then teach them :O

That would be a lot of help ,, and i think you would really like them too :D

P.S , you're really sexy

[duck97]

well, i started making videos when I was essentially a newbie at guitar, because at that point i wanted to watch people's internet tutorials but they were never explained properly, and the fuzzy videos made it near impossible to see their fingers. so yeah, i try to explain it as much as i can in my 10 minute time limit.

and I'll check out "Slow Club"

[Dominantss]

you have such good taste in music, you need to be my friend

[duck97]

haha, k =P

[jroooons]

you have awesome taste in music! i was looking at one of yout tutorials and then i came across living room by t&s..and this! props

[coolcat2000200]

omg .. AMAZING

thx alot for this song i love it ( i never heard bout it b4 tho). dude seriously i don't want to sound the same like everybody else saying u have gr8 tutorials, but wut the HELL , THEY R RIGHT !!!!!! lol

peace !

[duck97]

aww shucks, you flatter me =P

[coolcat2000200]

hehehhe not flattering !!

[wheresyourhousekey]

youre awesome! I just recently got a guitar and you have tutorials for a bunch of songs i love, so looking forward to using your videos to help me out.

i subscribed!=]

[duck97]

glad they help!

what other of my tutorials do you like? any constructive criticism or whatnot?

[Casai]

Lol, "use the side of your finger instead of the tip cause that's just not gonna happen." I learned this by trial and error. Thanks for doing this =)

[duck97]

did it help much?

[kategoldd]

That what you do is so nice for me, and for other people which can't playing the guitar as well:)

That, how you show it is easy, but i don't speak English as well, so I'm not sure what i have to do:)

But it's only my problem...:)

Sorry, for my English if you don't understand what I'd like to say:)

Take care:o)

[duck97]

thank you, you're welcome =)

[lilrubberducki]

hey, i just wanna say your tutorials are so great! i just learned my first song a few days ago from your hey there delilah tutorial.

and this one is really amazing too, you make everything so easy to understand.

thanks!!

=]

[duck97]

thanks! subscribe if you like simple tutorials, I'm always makin more =)

[msJENHO]

noice!!! <3

[duck97]

thanks =D

[mastaxn]

Good tutorial. One thing that made it kind of hard to follow along is that you refer to the strings in opposite order. So it was confusing if I glanced away from the screen to check my fingering.

[duck97]

sorry, I'm self taught, and I ended up teaching myself the wrong way =/

as long as you know the song now though

[greenhuba22]

you're amazing

[duck97]

thanks =D

[jimshtjor]

man thts amazing.. tht takes alot of patience

gr8 work

[duck97]

yeah, thanks =)

[duck97]

ah well, that's just practice.

good luck

[Ofekor]

hi from israel

i liked your tutorial - it is realy clear and simple and its great for beginers like me

Thanks !!

[duck97]

no problem!

[MsEdwardCullen]

this is a really good tutorial cheers!!!

[duck97]

glad you like it =)

[mc293]

this is very helpful!

[duck97]

thanks =)

[ocramocariza]

thaks a lot!!!!!!!

[duck97]

you're welcome!

[TheMasqueOfAnarchy]

Top Geezer

Peace & Respect

Matt

[ChadAsianman]

nice demo

[duck97]

thanks

[superkupos]

Oh thank goodness for you. This song is so amazing - thanks for the tutorial!!!!

[duck97]

you're welcome =)

[airimal]

thanx! great job! finally i'll try to play it correctly;)

[duck97]

alright haha

[nesronesro]

iam a 7001 :))

[Acousticserenader]

thanks bro im actually planning on playing this for a girl so thanks again ;)

[duck97]

a perfect song for an "acoustic seranade" =P

[dharp2793]

hey you are great you have taught me so much over the past week so just keep it up man. can you do a how to savw a lire w/o a capo?

[duck97]

I can try to figure that one out. do you have AIM with videochat? cause then it would be really easy to give mini lessons and that sort of thing, without putting up a whole youtube video...

[Arisuky]

Oh my, I'm "Trying Slowly" hahaha just the first verse right now :)

Thank you very very much for this tutorial!

[duck97]

thanks!

[aSiAnEmO13]

can you do a tutorial on simply starving to be safe?

[duck97]

simply starving to be safe? is that a song? I've never heard of it...

[tenn1sball3r88]

i think the song is called "simple starving to be safe" by daphne loves derby...unless aSiAnEmO13 is talking about another song.

[Acousticserenader]

dude thanks alot im going to watching all ur vids

[duck97]

no problem =)

[nicoletheyhetti]

you're extremely good looking btw

[duck97]

aww shucks =P

[s0ul08]

This was an extremely helpful video. Keep up the good work, you made very simple and I appreciate that!!!!

[duck97]

glad you liked it.

[magicmonkeyman159753]

Great job man, I got the cords for it earlier this week but i couldnt figure out the picking so thanks a million for the help and keep up the good work.

[duck97]

cheers buddy =)

[DevilRays2011]

Awesome stuff. Definitely helped me.. keep it up! =)

[duck97]

for sure =)

[anthonydoh]

Good video mate, one suggestion for you - you could tune low E up to F for a lower bass note in the F chord. Also means you have to change the fingering slightly for the G chord. I think Glen uses his thumb on low E to play the F bass note, but I can't get my thumb around it properly on my guitar, so I tune up a step. Good video.

[duck97]

no problem!

[virginiachoe10]

this video is boss. i learned alot from this. youre a great teacher. you spend just enough time teaching one part.

great work!!

ps. i signed up for youtube just to tell you that^^.

[duck97]

thank you so much, i'm really honored =)

[noah300]

nice video but your second chord for the verses is wrong. your going to want to put your ring finger on the 3rd string of the 3rd sting down and your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 4th string down. other than that its good.

[duck97]

isn't that what I said? from the C chord to F chord?

[qq57439621]

great ,

[duck97]

cheers =)

[CatSkills1298]

hey, i just gotta comment on it. Great video man, but what u need to work on is working on the peice for a little while longer before giving a tutuorial to everyone. Because you were messing up a lot. And I agree with ACtwist. Besides that, great vid man!

[duck97]

love you brutha.

the thing about messing with other people online is that it's like they're picking on people who can't fight back. but...you live in the same house as me, so i can beat you up =)

just kiddin...

[ACtwist]

learn to number your string correctly...low e is 6 not high e

[duck97]

you're not the first person to say that, so there must be something to it. I guess I just gotta break myself of that habit...

as long as the video helped =)

[ACtwist]

ya, if you are going to be teaching other people than you need to use the correct terms. no biggie, just try to remember that. I was doing a comparison of your version with the way I play it...pretty similar and all around good vid. keep it up

[wewereinfinite77]

This is very helpful, thanks. The only problem I noticed was how you are referring to the strings-- I could be wrong, but I always heard them as 123456 (ebgdae), and you're doing the opposite, and a couple times you referred to the wrong strings, but I was able to figure it out. :)

I love this song, it's so beautiful, so thanks again!

[duck97]

well, they're generally known as eadgbe, but as long as you understood!

[pharm30]

could you post basic tabs for your picking?

tabs i found sound different and I like yours.

[duck97]

well, I dunno about that =/

I figured it out by ear until it sounded just right, I didn't find any tabs online or anthing. I've never written tabs before, but heard they're a pain in the ass to write. If you don't understand the tutorial, I have videochat, and I can try to show it to you like that.

cheers!

[mingkmj]

i really love This song. so i'm trying to play this song! your lesson is so goooooood!

really Thank you!

[duck97]

no problem!

[pharm30]

good job, subscribed.

more lessons for us noobs please!

[mihaelle111]

i absolutely love this song. those two and the movie once are both amazing. i'm just starting to learn the guitar on my own (tuning is hard!) and i'm trying to learn to play this song. thanks to you, i got the first part down so far :) thanks for the wonderful tutorial. you're a great teacher! makes it easier when you can see the fingers and the strumming separately too, which you've done so patiently. so, thanks again!

[duck97]

you're so welcome =)

thanks for the support!

[duck97]

nah, it's a taylor. love it though...even though you can't tell how beautiful it sounds through my crappy built-in computer mic...

thanks, have yourself a good day!

[Gee119]

I learnt in 15 minutes. Love this

[upqlk]

thanks for the teach. (classic guitar is so hard to learn) ㅠ_ㅠ

[cskpeer]

Thanks so much! Been dying to learn this song

[duck97]

no problem =)

[hafa1961]

Brilliant tutorial Duckman, really enjoyed your video - Keep up the good work!!

[duck97]

glad it helped. remember, if you ever need additional help with anything, you can contact me through my aim or a youtube message.

have a good day!

[gingers6]

I just asked my guitar teacher to teach me this song today. This will really help. Great tutorial. Thank you!

[duck97]

certainly welcome, thanks!

[flimonkey]

hi, thanx for doing this. it is really hard to try and teach yourself guitar, let alone decent songs, any little bit of help is great. thanx a lot!!!