Wooden Ships - Crosby Stills nash

[SuperVictormedina]

It toght me alot , dont worry Migh about the siging, i dont think anyone can sin like them, i love that song

[Davidbzm01]

G D A.. Ummm really. D A G.

[dogheartch]

Steve, cool; additions/corrections, stolen from a Crosby note 4 note book done around 1973 (out of print?), as I recall:

a. the chorus: maybe Nash plays what you do here, but Crosby's main 3 chords are like Lee Shore chords:

079900, X079-10-0, X05770

b. in the chorus, on "We are Leaving's" word, "LEAVING", X03550;

c. to the 2 chords at end of each chorus & on the jam: 024030 X03550

d. Final chord in song: 024030

e. My take on Intro's 3 chords is: Asus A G; please check me on that, someone.

[stevertr]

incorrect.  It was written by Crosby, Stills, and Paul Kantner

[K3Harn]

Song was written by Joni Mitchell

[Stratobendix81]

fu..in great!

[TheGreatStonedOne]

Whats gauge of strings would you guys reccomend for Jefferson Airplane/CSN/Grateful Dead style stuff? I was thinking .10's or .11's.

[Absraction]

@TheGreatStonedOne Really doesn't matter. Play whatever you're most comfortable with, that's what will sound the best.

[1958wvpicker]

thanks for the lesson Steve

it was great

[threefive00]

dude this is great help. thanks a lot and great job!

[lumberjackrambler]

learned alot from this vid thank you very much.... such a beautiful song live

[natebiz]

thank you man

[greenmedicineman]

What is the tuning? Is it standard or tuned down 2 half steps?

[glaoud]

Thanks for this lesson ,very good work man .

I like many this song .*****J.C.

[klaritavital]

very good, men!

[pmoO0]

Hi Steve

I was looking for the version that's on the Woodstock DVD and come accross your lesson. Great!

I wanted to pick up my guitar, but it's 3AM

Thanks and all the best.

[mario21128]

its funny i accidentally came across this but ive always wanted to learn this song. thanks!

[efc58]

top lesson steve keep up the good work

[hunchdrunk]

Great lesson---thanks so much.

[stoddad]

Nice. Glazed over looking at the book -- this made it so much easier. Good job -- Thanks!

[ChrisAcoustic]

Love it!!

[75amoeba]

Steve. Excellent lesson. Can I ask you do you know Turn back the pages from Stephen Stills self titled Lp Stills. Keep up the good work.

[1wiesehoefer1]

hi another excellent playing, do you have any idea how to play black queen from stills? thanks and best regards friedel

[JerryGarciaBand]

Dude I dont think this guy could handle Black Queen. He cant even do the palm mutes at the beginning on beat....

[dennisfisher59]

is that a t5?

im looking for one

do you recommend it?

[micropirate]

The song was also released by Jefferson Airplane the same year on the album Volunteers. Both versions are considered to be original versions of the song, although they differ slightly in wording and melody.

Crosby recorded a solo demo in March 1968, with the melody but no lyrics at this stage. Stills recorded his own demo the following month with most of the lyrics now in place (the Just Roll Tape you refer to).

Stevter you are awesome! Thanks for the lesson

[drumbabe]

I would like to correct the record. This song was written by Stephen Stills back in at least 1968. He brought it to CSN and they recorded it. If you want to hear the original song it is on Stephen Stills album called Just Roll Tape.

Thanks

[stevertr]

You are mostly incorrect, thought Stephen did write a verse. See below...

"In David Crosby's liner notes for the 1991 box set Crosby, Stills & Nash, he says this cryptic, apocalyptic, anti-war song was "Written in the main cabin of my boat, the Mayan. I had the music already [and Jefferson Airplane's] Paul Kanter wrote 2 verses, Stephen wrote one and I added the bits at both ends." escaping on a boat to create a new civilization."

[5hawnK3lly]

@stevertr I agree with drumbabe's comments and suspect that Stills wrote much of their early music. But I wasn't born until the 70s. CSN published the song in '69 and Stills apparently published it in April of '68 but the recording was "lost". Just Roll Tape is is a fantastic album, which was re-discovered in 2004 and features good series of almost exclusively acoustic double-dropped D tracks, including this song.

[justrightofcenter]

More correctly, the writing credits for "Wooden Ships" go to Crosby, Kantner and Stills. If there are any doubts, you can check it on ASCAP's site.

[SmackeralJoe]

@drumbabe Crosby had a whole bunch of chord changes written but didnt know what to do with them. Finally, after a year or so, Paul Kantner, David Crosby and Steven Stills collaborrated on the final song. Then Jefferson Airplane went and recorded the better version. What I've heard, and i just like the ja one better.

[davewood39]

NICE SPLASHOUTS!!!!!!!

[JonNorth18]

Hello Steve:) I have a request and do you think you could play Pink Floyd- Wish You Where Here if so let me know ok thanks:)...You did an awsome job :)

[stevertr]

It's not really the "guitar" itself, but the pedal board. With the T5, you have the option of flipping that switch up top to be using only the bridge pickup, as opposed to the on board microphone. I used the full electric pickup, with the bass turned up and the treble down...but then I pass it through a Roland pedal board with a blues setting which is nothing more than a bit of echo and reverb.

[jdbuko]

Thanks! I'm going to try and use the blues setting on my Vox amp and see how that works out.

[jdbuko]

This is excellent, thanks.

I have a question not related to the song, but to the guitar. I have the exact same T5 you do, and have never gotten that tone out of it electrically. It always sounds way too tinny. What are your settings for that nice warm tone?

[glaoud]

Thank you for the lesson. Nice job .I like this track but I have not a good voice.*****

[karbyk62]

nice job....sounded great!

[dennisfisher59]

Hi Steve

Got another Request for a Guitar Lesson

Southern Cross - C.S.N

Awesome song you got to do this one

:)

[cornhuskbag]

Nice, many thanks! I have a request if possible? May you show us how to play Ohio?

Kind Regards,

Steve

[stevertr]

Sure thing Steve, happy to.

Ohio is in Drop D tuning (some folks play it in Double Drop D)

Basically just tune the low E down to D.

The chords are Dm F C for the verse and Gm C for the chorus. It's the picking pattern that's the cool thing in that song.

I'll do that one next for you. Subscribe to my video's and as soon as I post it you'll be notified.

Regards

Steve

[GrimBat0l]

very nice, awesome sound 2

[hiatus2005]

Hey Steve - I've played this song for years and I believe the begining is G - A - G. It then goes to G - A - D for the rest of the song. I really liked your breakdown of the jazzy chords Paul played. Need to add the funny E for the ending chord. 220002 Too bad you don't live in Arkansas, We could do some jamming. Thanks Again Hiatus