Lol this is a perfectly good video, christ some people seem to want everything on a plate, the guys given you pretty much all you need, work the strumming patterns out for yourselves.
your 3rd chord is wrong, its Eb major 7 - so the root is ok. I'm not a guitarist, but it sounds ok if you play 3535xx (or maybe 353500 - Thank you for the lesson
I read criticisms of "to fast" etc. I challenge anyone out there to pick Nick Drake's music apart, chord it, tab it, play it, then sing it. Wanna know why not that many people play Nick Drake? Simple ... it's not easy. His guitar playing was complex. His concerts were tedious because he'd spend so much time between songs retuning. His music wasn't defined nor appreciated until after he was gone. When's the last time you heard someone doing River Man, Black Eyed Dog, or Pink Moon?
really well done ... this tuning is great strummed or picked, just have to get the vocals in as you move between these chords. Cm and the A-flat make it. I visualize keyboard so I figure tabs by going back and forth to the keyboard when using these open tunings. wish i could see frets this way.
@themadcapkoen i think this is a pretty good video, not to disrespect you, but the man's made to the trouble of making a video here, you go back if it's too fast but i think it's harsh to call him a bad teacher. he might go a bit fast for your particular ability but it's still a good tutorial.
No it's just right. He gives you hard part (shapes, tuning) You'll improve faster if put in practice and listen. Try to avoid internet tabs whenever you can!
I play this in an Aadd9 or something, 002420, then Am, Gm, Fmaj7 and then finish with the Aadd and repeat to Am again. Very difficult song to sing and play guitar to at the same time because Nick somehow sang in a different rhytm or something. Like on the fourth beat or something
The strumming isn't very difficult once you get to know and feel the rhytm. Yes it is out of the ordinary and not just up and down. It's actually more like "up-down, up-down, up-up-down" over and over again. It's in 5/4 or something I think. You can just count from one to five and it'l fit. But with the guitar, the key is to understand the double "dum-dum" in there. Because since it's a 5, it needs to match. And for that to happen, one of the 1s need to be placed inside on of the other 2s.
And that would be the "up-up-down" at the end of the rhytm. One thing is to make the first chord fit in this rhytm, the problem comes when you're changing chords, especially from the second chord to the third.. It's a pain to learn really and I haven't got it at all. But I know how the rhytm is because I'm a drummer and not that good on the guitar, even if I can play guitar a little. Fantastic song nonetheless! :)
@MrKennyBones Yes, you're absolutely right: the song is a 5/4... it's not hard to play anyone have just to count from 1 to 5 (forte (up) piano (down) mezzoforte (up) mezzo piano (down) mezzoforte (up)).
oh wait, the second chord of the verse/chorus is definetly wrong, its more like a combination of what he plays an the first chord. the second chord which he plays here is way too major, it needs the added note(chord 1 root) to pull it back towards the main theme and out of the utter major. cba explaining myself properly but you see what im sayin
Simple :).... go to the Nick Drake Tabs site. Or listen to the record for a few days and work it out like the tabbers on the site (and I) do. You can compare: the tabs are really very accurate. OldHacker has simplified the original chords.
The previous comments about standard tuning are correct. It IS played in standard tuning (unlike most Nick Drake songs). Capo at the 3rd fret. Basic chord shapes are:
It's in standard tuning. The very first note shows up in a spectrum analyser as a low G -- 6th string, standard tuning, capo III. The first chord shape is an A -- 002220. Why make things so complicated?
That very first note is also the lowest note in the whole song. Notice that fakeNRD sys "make sure you tune DOWN to C" and then doesn't strike the string at all! (Somebody will now say that the 6th string is "ringing sympathetically"...)
The chord shapes for the verses are all standard voicings: 002210 (Am), 355333 (Gm), 133211 (F), 002220 (A). The plucking pattern is:
Well, you've simplified. The chords on the ND Tab site are the originals: 002420, 002410, and 330330, plus the odd chords in the middle and at the end. I might play it on Youtube next year,if no-one else has.
@HowardAKW Hah! I actually picked it exactly like that without looking at tabs :) I actually use the 002420 chord a lot, whenever I need an A chord I usually just do this chord instead. Gives it a different flavour :)
For those asking about standard tuning, I play "Riverman" with the capo on 3. A to start. Verses are Am, C/G, F, Am. You need to throw another F in the break, then play between Am and A at the end.
Maybe not perfect, but playable. Plus, you can easily transfer to Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." Same chords without the Esus4, E.
This song is in standard tuning. I seen a tab for it years ago and it sounded right. I think you have over complicated it a little. The thing with this song is the 5/4 timing. Its very tricky! its original played on a capo using the A chords on the second fret.
theres no actual footage of nick drake anywhere...he was never filmed...kinda adds to his mystique a bit i feel, i agree though it would be incredible to see him play
There's a small clip (from 8mm cine film) of Nick and Gaye on a beach somewhere as kids. I think it's included in the documentary "A Skin Too Few". It ain't gonna help with learning his technique, but at least we know that he wasn't a vampire.
You can get this tab at musicnote . com for the cgcfcf version, along with a bunch of other nick drake things (some of which are spot on). Personally, although the first 2 chords seem almost perfect to match his recording, (the x3535x chord is not right), I think its actually played in the standard eadgbe and i believe that is what the majority of people play it in. CGCFCF however is a great tuning and is worth messing with.
Thank you so much !(I`ve tried to send you a massage) I will get right on it ;) Great playing! :)But I`m terrible at alternative tuning.. the first C is that the base string?
Thank you so much !(I`ve tried to send you a massage, but it failed for some reson) I will get right on it ;) Great playing! keep up the good work :)But is this standard tuning?
Good song. Good video. Nuff said.
sivadhunter 6 months ago
played way too fast for my liking
Swafferjohn 9 months ago
hey brother. are you sure you're in tune??? if not, it makes it hard for others to follow along... cheers
leeczur 10 months ago
@leeczur Yes, but it's in an Open C tuning.
fakeNRD 10 months ago
@fakeNRD but my point is, i don't think you're tuned to 440
leeczur 10 months ago
thnks for that one mate
Gunnabee 11 months ago
great, i tend to play the third chord as 033010 though
jkodee 11 months ago
@jkodee Oh is that why the 3rd Chord sounds slightly wrong?
therealKINDLE 8 months ago
Excellent playing, great technique and nicely explained, but why so bloody fast?! Slow down!
swampthing20 1 year ago
freaking impossible tuning
94029374938402048 1 year ago
Lol this is a perfectly good video, christ some people seem to want everything on a plate, the guys given you pretty much all you need, work the strumming patterns out for yourselves.
JoHigh 1 year ago
your 3rd chord is wrong, its Eb major 7 - so the root is ok. I'm not a guitarist, but it sounds ok if you play 3535xx (or maybe 353500 - Thank you for the lesson
Konservatoriet 1 year ago
I read criticisms of "to fast" etc. I challenge anyone out there to pick Nick Drake's music apart, chord it, tab it, play it, then sing it. Wanna know why not that many people play Nick Drake? Simple ... it's not easy. His guitar playing was complex. His concerts were tedious because he'd spend so much time between songs retuning. His music wasn't defined nor appreciated until after he was gone. When's the last time you heard someone doing River Man, Black Eyed Dog, or Pink Moon?
fadedpatch 1 year ago
really well done ... this tuning is great strummed or picked, just have to get the vocals in as you move between these chords. Cm and the A-flat make it. I visualize keyboard so I figure tabs by going back and forth to the keyboard when using these open tunings. wish i could see frets this way.
fadedpatch 1 year ago
thx a lot mate :)
adup1fc 1 year ago
anyone who knows how to tune the guitar in the right way?
speartimep0sefuck 1 year ago
That's just saved me a few hours, thanks!
dunpendertech 1 year ago
The picking pattern is in the description (sort of)
fakeNRD 1 year ago
Sorry i know you say thats all there is too it but you dont mention the picking pattern once. Shames really,thanks,anyway.
jenster505uk 1 year ago
i'm sorry, but you are not such a good teacher, you go way too fast.
themadcapkoen 2 years ago
@themadcapkoen i think this is a pretty good video, not to disrespect you, but the man's made to the trouble of making a video here, you go back if it's too fast but i think it's harsh to call him a bad teacher. he might go a bit fast for your particular ability but it's still a good tutorial.
eimead 1 year ago
@themadcapkoen
No it's just right. He gives you hard part (shapes, tuning) You'll improve faster if put in practice and listen. Try to avoid internet tabs whenever you can!
dunpendertech 1 year ago
what strumming is it??? just down and up or what?? any one no please
raverbabekel 2 years ago
A clever writer, was our Nick.
boo66 2 years ago
I think it's not really the same as the original chords .. mmmm
untrusted74 2 years ago
thanks for that but i think that 3rd fret chord is wrong. and as for that tosser who said its in standard tuning....Wrong
ericoulthwaite 2 years ago
I play this in an Aadd9 or something, 002420, then Am, Gm, Fmaj7 and then finish with the Aadd and repeat to Am again. Very difficult song to sing and play guitar to at the same time because Nick somehow sang in a different rhytm or something. Like on the fourth beat or something
MrKennyBones 2 years ago
what strumming pattern is it i dont get that bit???
raverbabekel 2 years ago
The strumming isn't very difficult once you get to know and feel the rhytm. Yes it is out of the ordinary and not just up and down. It's actually more like "up-down, up-down, up-up-down" over and over again. It's in 5/4 or something I think. You can just count from one to five and it'l fit. But with the guitar, the key is to understand the double "dum-dum" in there. Because since it's a 5, it needs to match. And for that to happen, one of the 1s need to be placed inside on of the other 2s.
MrKennyBones 2 years ago
And that would be the "up-up-down" at the end of the rhytm. One thing is to make the first chord fit in this rhytm, the problem comes when you're changing chords, especially from the second chord to the third.. It's a pain to learn really and I haven't got it at all. But I know how the rhytm is because I'm a drummer and not that good on the guitar, even if I can play guitar a little. Fantastic song nonetheless! :)
MrKennyBones 2 years ago
@MrKennyBones Yes, you're absolutely right: the song is a 5/4... it's not hard to play anyone have just to count from 1 to 5 (forte (up) piano (down) mezzoforte (up) mezzo piano (down) mezzoforte (up)).
mihicoelum 1 year ago
And that's all there is to it indeed.
alreadywhere 2 years ago
Did Nick Drake put his thumb behind the neck?
On the cover of Bryter Layter he is holding it in a regular fashion, not really a classical style.
I always thought he must have been classically trained.
AirHendrix91 2 years ago
Drake was a self-taught guitarist
carthagepropaganda 2 years ago
He wasn't a classically-trained guitarist.. He wasn't an anything-trained guitarist... He was self-taught :)
It gives hope to us others who teach ourselves.
zeedi0 2 years ago 3
I'm so glad I read this comment, it lifted me up into reality.
I was a bit deflated after I clicked on this video since it looks so difficult.
WhiskeyyWoman 2 years ago
@zeedi0 Yeah but before playing guitar he had already played the piano the sax and the clarinet and played in a group :s
pacifique26 1 month ago
its in standard tuning, good show but no need to make it more difficult htan it is,
Mickeq 2 years ago
thanks so much
CHATMOSSMAN 2 years ago
theres is a much much easier way to play this song. in regular tuning.
chemicalvalleysessio 2 years ago
is not this song in standard tuning with a capo on second fret?
efcgarv 2 years ago
almost done..but the second chord is a little strange.
igossojim 2 years ago
oh wait, the second chord of the verse/chorus is definetly wrong, its more like a combination of what he plays an the first chord. the second chord which he plays here is way too major, it needs the added note(chord 1 root) to pull it back towards the main theme and out of the utter major. cba explaining myself properly but you see what im sayin
fr33atesickz 3 years ago
I think you have some of nick's fingering but the tuning isn't correct. You are not in standard a440 tuning.
angeloamericano 3 years ago
dear,
how can we ever know how the fingerpicking goes?
dhrsmoky 3 years ago
Simple :).... go to the Nick Drake Tabs site. Or listen to the record for a few days and work it out like the tabbers on the site (and I) do. You can compare: the tabs are really very accurate. OldHacker has simplified the original chords.
PeterOzanne 3 years ago
how goes the fingerpicking?
already thanks
dhrsmoky 3 years ago
Still a great lesson :)
Wowbagger86 3 years ago
It may not be in the same key as Nick played it in but is still sounds great to me, Thanks
caquintet 3 years ago
your not playing that in 5/4
HeroCleveo 3 years ago
The video is correct about the tuning, but I play the chords much differently. I just got a cam, so I'll post a reply soon.
sazma 3 years ago
tnx man
Stillillgal 4 years ago
The previous comments about standard tuning are correct. It IS played in standard tuning (unlike most Nick Drake songs). Capo at the 3rd fret. Basic chord shapes are:
002420, 002410, 33033x, 13321x
Howard
HowardAKW 4 years ago 3
Definitely NOT in standard tuning my friend, its way too low.
I play this in CFCCGD, which I'm pretty certain Nick did'nt, but it works for me.
mart3442 4 years ago
It's in standard tuning. The very first note shows up in a spectrum analyser as a low G -- 6th string, standard tuning, capo III. The first chord shape is an A -- 002220. Why make things so complicated?
TheOldHacker 3 years ago
That very first note is also the lowest note in the whole song. Notice that fakeNRD sys "make sure you tune DOWN to C" and then doesn't strike the string at all! (Somebody will now say that the 6th string is "ringing sympathetically"...)
The chord shapes for the verses are all standard voicings: 002210 (Am), 355333 (Gm), 133211 (F), 002220 (A). The plucking pattern is:
- - - - - - - - -
- x - - x x - - x
- x - - x x - - x
- x - - x x - - x
- x - - x x - - x
x - - x - - x x -
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5
TheOldHacker 3 years ago
hey, can you please tell me in what order the fingerpicking goes?
already thanks
dhrsmoky 3 years ago
Message me and I'll send you a copy of my tab.
TheOldHacker 3 years ago
he explains it very well, you obviously never understood.
fr33atesickz 3 years ago
Well, you've simplified. The chords on the ND Tab site are the originals: 002420, 002410, and 330330, plus the odd chords in the middle and at the end. I might play it on Youtube next year,if no-one else has.
PeterOzanne 3 years ago
Well, I just found "Plectrum34"'s version. He's using the original guitar version, as tabbed on the tabs site. And I don't sing that well.
PeterOzanne 3 years ago
@HowardAKW Hah! I actually picked it exactly like that without looking at tabs :) I actually use the 002420 chord a lot, whenever I need an A chord I usually just do this chord instead. Gives it a different flavour :)
MrKennyBones 4 months ago
nice
BMXER1987 4 years ago
very good!
MegMerrilies 4 years ago
For those asking about standard tuning, I play "Riverman" with the capo on 3. A to start. Verses are Am, C/G, F, Am. You need to throw another F in the break, then play between Am and A at the end.
Maybe not perfect, but playable. Plus, you can easily transfer to Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." Same chords without the Esus4, E.
licoricewhip 4 years ago
lovely work!!! I like your tunning very much.Does any one have a video of the song in standard tunning??
195948 4 years ago
Ingenious but you are mistaken. Your second and third chords are wrong wrong wrong
This song is in standard tuning.
foxbat910 4 years ago
Have you seen this video? Long video title > "PS22 Chorus sings Nick Drake's River Man for Martian play"
prfctday 4 years ago
Very informative and instructive (and it sounds good). Thanx for posting this :-)
KariPer 4 years ago
beautiful playing and singing too, congratulations!
mantra3000 4 years ago
This song is in standard tuning. I seen a tab for it years ago and it sounded right. I think you have over complicated it a little. The thing with this song is the 5/4 timing. Its very tricky! its original played on a capo using the A chords on the second fret.
efcgarv 4 years ago
No way is this in standard tuning. You can hear the bottom C note cut through on record so obviously.
This is incorrect however
whiteboy1973 4 years ago
very true
aaronbrakefield 4 years ago
would someone with a guitar and a camera put up a video response in standard, PLAESE. it would be greatly appreciated!
sture8808 4 years ago
are there on the web any videos of Nick Drake playing live?
sererory 4 years ago
theres no actual footage of nick drake anywhere...he was never filmed...kinda adds to his mystique a bit i feel, i agree though it would be incredible to see him play
jtyoss 4 years ago
I don't believe this...he must have been filmed at some point in his life...but we're not able to reach those materials, unfortunately
sererory 4 years ago
There's a small clip (from 8mm cine film) of Nick and Gaye on a beach somewhere as kids. I think it's included in the documentary "A Skin Too Few". It ain't gonna help with learning his technique, but at least we know that he wasn't a vampire.
fakeNRD 4 years ago
You can get this tab at musicnote . com for the cgcfcf version, along with a bunch of other nick drake things (some of which are spot on). Personally, although the first 2 chords seem almost perfect to match his recording, (the x3535x chord is not right), I think its actually played in the standard eadgbe and i believe that is what the majority of people play it in. CGCFCF however is a great tuning and is worth messing with.
presidentgarfield 4 years ago
thanks for workin it out, but the x3535x chord sounds wrong.
maybe investigate into a little?
anyway, great work. thanks once more!
Ofski 4 years ago
can you teach the tricky part of road
chipdevourer 4 years ago
Thankyou very much indeed for doing this. please can you continue to put up more? Please do. All the best, syd.
syd1973 4 years ago
that is excellent good sir..and many thanks for taking the time to explain how its played ..i shall now have a go.. look forward to more vids.. Ta..
jheych 4 years ago
Brilliant. Thanks!
audioglass 4 years ago
thanx alot! i wish there was more stuff like this, if u culd do one for day is done that would be amazing! thank you
edwarddc 4 years ago
thanks though that tuning gave me trouble - would be nice to hear the opens once or twice - Cheers
richardsidler 4 years ago
Thanks man! Great work!
FinitoX 4 years ago
fair play for takin time to tab this great tune man nice one
Sound100 4 years ago
excellent very nice indeed
kiteflyer101 5 years ago
Total class, a great, great song. Please teach us more!!!
Banty123 5 years ago
If the only criticism that you get is that you play Nick Drake at double tempo you are doing well. My head collapses with the 5/4 at 1/2 speed.
gamanil 5 years ago
Great stuff...it's dadgad one tone down isn't it...really enjoying your stuff...but please slow down :-)
meonia2007 5 years ago
awesome voice - like lennon singing drake.
abisfinetoo 5 years ago
hey man. How to do a accordance of guitar???thnx.
post me a message
TomorRadiohead 5 years ago
Fantastic. Great voice as well. Got any john martyn?
MrNiceSafe 5 years ago
Thank you so much !(I`ve tried to send you a massage) I will get right on it ;) Great playing! :)But I`m terrible at alternative tuning.. the first C is that the base string?
Wowbagger86 5 years ago
Yes the bass string starts with C. Make sure you tune DOWN to C - if you try to go up you might lose an eye ;o)
fakeNRD 5 years ago
Thank you so much !(I`ve tried to send you a massage, but it failed for some reson) I will get right on it ;) Great playing! keep up the good work :)But is this standard tuning?
Wowbagger86 5 years ago
Brilliant
drunkenviking 5 years ago
cheers thats useful but even i know you are playing it about 2x too fast
Glenuig 5 years ago
By the way I have the sheet music for it tabbed out if you want it mate?
Cephlin 5 years ago
Thank you so much! I'll be working on this for awhile;)
colinalexander777 5 years ago