Elliott Smith - Roman Candle guitar tutorial (Part 2)

[davidsomenumbers]

fantastic video! i've been trying to learn this song, and your explanations of the independent strumming patterns really helped break down the song. i have a much better technical appreciation for the song now. thanks. also, if you'd like to play Angel in the Snow on a video like this, I'm sure a lot of people would love to see it!

[petezilla]

When Elliot played it live, he played a regular C chord, avoiding the low D string, letting the high D ring. If you listen to the recording, it's the same thing that the second guitar track plays while the other does the de-tuning.

Also, that "mystery chord" is C#7b9.

[TrustNo121000]

This was extremely useful. I thought it might have been tuned to C the whole time but now that I listen to the actual song again it sounds like he's tuning it down during that part. I would never have thought of that unless you put it in your video. Thanks!

[GSarovich]

25 scratches! thats a record!

[oatslope]

post more of these man, i saw you talking about knowing more

[timomakela]

great tutorial, although learning the right hand picking seems difficult... how long did it take for you to learn?

[ShokyShrox]

possibly my favorite song in the world. Thanks a million.

[whitestripebuzz]

hell yeah perfect lesson. thanks a bunch man.

[Rennfahrer555]

so wait is the whole outro played with the low e string tuned to C ?

[mark1800]

yep. while playing a completely open chord you tune down a full step from D to C and then do the shapes you can see me doing on there

[Rennfahrer555]

scratchy elbow

[mark1800]

hehe, yeah... i think it was more of a nervous tick. but thanks for the comments... nice one on amity.

[KB33fl]

spot on! it sounds perfect.

thank you so much i've been dying to learn this song and it was impossible to find a decent tab or tute.

you wouldn't be able to do this for southern belle would you?

thats the other fiddly song i've been struggling with.

thanks again!

[kinkmachine2000]

A lesson on acoustic techniques would be cool.That video of Phunkdified was pretty impressive.That kind of acoustic playing would be fun to learn more about.I usually just play with a pick and I can't play that kind of stuff so well.Any videos of you performing Elliott Smith songs would be fun to watch as well.

[kinkmachine2000]

Great tutorial,thanks a lot.I've been wanting to learn this for a while. Sounds very accurate.

[mark1800]

no problem -- are there any other fiddly elliott songs you're interested in learning? i've got a few pretty nailed