Fire And Rain - James Taylor #2of2 (Songs Guitar Lesson ST-624) How to play

[OneManBand2a]

very useful video ; thank you

[CameramaDingDang]

Man you're my hero. I've tried so hard to transcribe but I'm too new at this. You're do easy to learn from, I'm gonna check out all your stuff.

[SimplyDanuzzz]

Justin you are amazing, your clear manner of teaching is a breath of fresh air and hope for anyone wanting to step in guitar playing, you are a true blessing on this site !!!!!!!!

[flatblacktelephone]

I wanted to play it like no other song, but could never quite get it with tabs and music alone. Your video has done it! I can play the song now and it's all thanks to your video, thanks a million. Cheers!

[flatblacktelephone]

Heard this song for the first time as a cover by Jamie Cullum and he was singing and playing the guitar. The song really moved me so I went to hear the original when I got home, found James' 1970 performance and I was just awestruck.

[MaxKoDeath]

Hey buddy thanks for posting, you have great teaching skills. a few beers down & a couple hours in I have this song down. Plan on playing it to my grandparents before I leave for the Army. Wanted to leave my thanks, look forward to more!

[Shredder647]

I actually laughed so hard at the end 5:10 hahahaha

[MrLuckyLegs]

All very good, but what's real good is that Maton! - what model is it? and the dual timber sides?

[JackKarras]

Thanks so much for the excellent tutorial. This is the best one I have found so far. Your detailed explanation makes it easy to learn. Great job!!

[sstann56]

Justin i really enjoy your way of teaching ,keep up the good work !

[MrSteveCasper]

Thanks so much for what you do Justin! Great Lesson A+

[SpaceShipRuthie]

Greatest teacher on this green earth.

Thank you so very much!!

[fulhamfan1991]

Awesome work! Great tutorial and played real beautifully

[SeanB201]

Hi Justin - After a week of trying to tackle this song, and finally making some headway, I can't thank you enough for this tutorial! I'm an old timer, playing guitar forever but have always been intimidated to even touch THIS song on guitar. The content and pace of your lesson is pitch perfect man. You're the MAN! THANK YOU!!!!!

[newtonianmechanics]

Many thanks. Great song and super lesson.

[fretlovr1]

very impressed - great simplicity - good humoured - thank you

[herefordist]

Excellant instruction on the this ... thank you.

[meadowman72]

very nice....more james taylor Justin please!!!!!

[saprando]

whats the b minor chord there? is it just

second fret on the fifth and third on the second?

[bsothefirst]

ty becouse of you it only took me 15 min to learn!  it is really hard to figure it out with a live preformence, you made it a whole lot easyer!,

[fukkkit33]

you rock and thank you so much

[maclemens1]

Fantastic video, you're a great teacher mate. One of my all time favourite songs made very easy, can't thank you enough

[Kaless134]

Thanks mate.....helped me allot.....enjoyed lesson...

[midge2112]

Thank you so much for this! I've always wanted to learn how to play this song. You made it so easy! Thanks Justin!

[kmck3562]

This has been so much fun to learn.  Great lesson! Thanks.

[guitargirl6029]

You are so awesome! Where did you learn to play like you do? I am a female player, and my brother just asked me to learn this song for him. I'm hoping I can do it.  Thank you for your great lesson!!!

[DinnySparky]

Youre a legend man. Cheers for the lesson. Lovin your CD by the way :)

Denis.

[retroron5053]

HI JUSTIN IF YOU COULD PLEASE CHANGE YOUR CAMERA ANGLE A LITTLE MORE FROM THE LEFT SIDE I COULD SEE THE FRET YOUR FINGERS ARE ON. GREAT LESSON THOUGH. THANKS RETRO RON. YOUR VERSION OD SWEET BABY JAMES PLEASE IF IT'S ON HERE I DON'T KNOW WILL LOOK THOUGH.

[mitchclark5]

brilliant chord singing at the end. cheers

[mhjenkins09]

very nice. This is a great lesson. I like the fun your were having towards the end. :)

[ickayR]

When he plays the E minor during the chorus what's the picking?

[Janicemaxwell]

I just want to thank you so much for all that you've done is show us how to play the guitar. I've learned so much from you already that I would NEVER had been able to figure out myself.

Thank you so much again. I apprecite it so much. wish I could give you a hug in person, hee hee. Can't wait to learn more from you and your video library.

CHEERS

[thequarterback7]

dude you are awesome, ive always known how to play the intro cuz thats what everyone focuses on but thanks for the verse and chorus break down, i never knew it was that simple

[ttutpt12]

in my 15 years of playing, ive never learned to play this song right.. i think i got it now :) a big thanks all the way from Texas!!

[travellinadam]

Great lesson. I love the way you sing the upcoming chords to the melody. Haha. I do that all the time. Keep them coming. I am adding your website to favorites immediately.

[ryank1esko]

I really like that Bm11

[elevn7]

Thanks Justin, great lesson, you're a great teacher.

cheers!

-Jack

[YouAintSeenMyBallz]

oh my god i laughed so hard at 4:40 when you started singing the chord names :DD

you are awesome dude. im subscribing.

[YouAintSeenMyBallz]

oh my god i laughed so hard at 4:40 when you started singing the chord names :DD

you are awesome dude

[bobollie]

Just wanted to thank you again. I'm en route to play this tune at my friends wedding. There would be a very slim chance I could carry it off without your tutorial. Keep em coming mate, cheers!

[howtoplayguitargood]

Very Cool. Thanks for sharing!

[markvergeer]

Ah the third fret version. He also did a 2nd fret clamp version. The best JT song! cool

[magiller2010]

nice guitar man, what is she?

[soundmusiclover]

shit hot Justin you are an amazing teacher

[Mtherinback]

You're just awesome man!! You explain every detail very clearly! Thank you very much! PLEASE make a video playing "Something in the way she moves" by James Taylor!! I'd love to learn that song with you as the teacher!!

[jerrytom7]

I like this guy -- great job!!!

[mrsullyrox]

thank you , thank you , thank you!

[lassalle4]

Top Man Justin ! clears a few things up for me !

[lawkillr]

Nice job Just wish we could have seen a little more close up of the finger-picking . But that's just a minor point. Sure wish I had stuff like this 35 years ago when I was trying to learn a lot of these songs in college. Thanks for this video. Keep up the great work.

[WorldEnds41]

Man you have no idea much you helped me...thanks!

[chiefnoobie]

many thanks, I've been playing this song badly for years now never could get the intro right until now

[jnv7519]

Awesome video I picked the song up rather fast thanks to the easy to understand lessons.

[cky3000]

Great song,great lesson,great teacher.

[magboyldc]

great song,great lesson,great teacher. More JT please... Thanks

[zippygti]

I too have been listening to JT most of my life and recently realized how great his guitar is. This is an excellent lesson - Justin is an excellent teacher - check out his many lessons on his website. Been playing for many years and just went through his beginner course just to brush up and he explained things I've never learned properly. And donate if you take the lessons - he deserves it for all the work he's done. Cheers

[tallulah2]

Wow, I learned this whole song in less than an hour, thanks to you!  Thanks so much!

[spankystrat49]

Justin I really appreciate your vids and lessons btw what amp is behind you is that a new champ?

[stevefah]

I see what you're doing in that line about sunny days: you're conflating (getting a mixture of) two different versions. His original liine is "I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end" and he sometimes sings "I've seen sunny days and I thought they'd never end" or versions of that. You're mixing them up and saying "I've seen sunny days that I thought they'd never end"...

[stevefah]

Nice lesson. Could you please learn the line "I've seen sunny days that I thought WOULD never end" instead of "that I thought they'd never end"--which is totally ungrammatical and makes no sense at all!

Other than that, wonderful lesson. Thanks.

[qwerty7584]

This and the first were great lessons, it's been a while since a song has challenged me like this. I love it! You say you're going to do more JT? I would like to request "Steam Roller Blues." Thank you for the lesson.

[passthesun]

Those 2 dislikes were a little bit daft to continue on to Pt. 2. I mean, if they really didn't like it so much...

Great job by the way. Thanks.

[ThePaperboy9]

I was dying laughing at the end when you were breaking down all the chords while humming the song!! Good job though and thanks for teaching me this song!!

[Hoodslut530]

awesome lesson, loved the note breakdown at the end, keep it up

[transmorgraphier]

i love the end haha well done man. thanks for teaching me the song

[brettJstar]

nice lesson. maybe show the transition a little better next time

[valpohoody]

Justin, Thanks so much for the lessons. I'm 63 and recently my 15 yr. old niece asked me if I knew how to play this song. In all my time playing guitar, no one , I mean no one has ever made songs this easy to learn. You are the man, Thanks so much!!

[SeanB201]

@valpohoody I'm 53 and right there with you man! If youtube was around when I was younger, I would be a MUCH better guitarist than I am now. For years I've been afraid to touch this song on guitar, but Justin's made it approachable and do-able.

[sirgeoff]

Thank you thank you...this is excellent. I've loved JT and listened to his songs for years, this is one of my favourites and like you have not (until recetly, inexplicably) tried to play it. You're a fantastic tutor.

[MrSidneyjoseph]

good show mate!

[baselinefan200]

nice frets

[erikch1]

Awesome lesson again!!!!!!!!

[676collector]

This is fantastic! If there is anything critical I could say to help you be even more awesome is to verbally describe every right hand pluck and every left hand movement in excruciating detail. Yes, there are true beginners trying to get this because it is soooooo compelling. Thanks, Mark

[COALslaw]

Thanks so much for this. James Taylor is the absolute man.

[nigelo92]

Justin, great video!

Could you teach us 'Secret of life' by James Taylor???

[Rezn8r]

You made it so simple and easy to follow, thanks Justin -- very quick to learn with you. And your tone is killer, by the way.

[jabman549]

thanks Justin - goin' to the basement to work on this right now!

[njrasjnras]

I feel like you explain the first video very well and then all of a sudden in the second video its like your just rushing through and i am left lost and trying to figure out what figure picking pattern your using for the chorus

[ThePaperboy9]

@njrasjnras Yea it can be difficult to figure out the picking pattern when he doesn't "spoon feed" us lol, but if you just hold the chord shape and mess with it a bit you'll prolly figure it out ;)

I know it can be frustrating but it'll help you advancd as a player

[frankland56]

Sorry, it's styxfankc15.

[frankland56]

If this posts twice I apologize...I think my first attempt was too long. 2:00 is what I'm referring to. I listened to the studio version (I think) posted by imqueeny and an early live version (good one because it's just him and his guitar) posted by styxfank. He does it in both....comes down on the C# from an open B rather than pulling off the C#. Syncopation in the plucking is the same though.

[frankland56]

On the verse the little thing on the A chord is a hammer on, not a pull off. In other words you hit the open B string and hammer on the C#. Petty? Maybe, but it's a little harder. I've listened to live and studio and he does it in both. And yeah.....Justin kicks ass, but even as he says you've gotta go back and forth from lesson to artist.

[JustinSandercoe]

@frankland56 exactly which bit you mean? I gave this what I thought was a pretty good listen and would be interested to hear if I got it wrong. Give me a time on the song (like 2:03) and in the tutorial if you have time please! J.

[Rozq87]

Justin is GOD

[baldy5000]

very nice. well done



[fudge700]

what do you mean by the arpeggio bit in the verse i dont understand

[ramswon1]

You are by far the best teacher teaching the songs I love most and you make it so easy. I purchased my 1st guitar 2 yrs ago and you have been my 1st place to search for easy to follow lessons. I also purchased "Play Guitar" which they featured you in many of the lessons.  Your music playing and singing the notes is a great addition for the more intermediate player (which I am becoming thanks to you). You're awesome - cheers mate.

[KaptainKwasnik]

Jeez... Justin your a great player but I can't understand what the hell you mean by what your saying and I need to learn this for a concert.. I really wish marty schwartz did a lesson on this

[ladycadaver69]

@KaptainKwasnik lol ya, these lessons are really meant for the more advanced player. i cant tell the chords or the strings hes hitting... marty really breaks it down and makes it simple. but i like how justin always sings the songs

[seekah1]

Zzzzzzzz....just joking J.

[smondello]

Here's another lesson suggestion - Days of the New - The Down Town...

[1337z0r4]

you didnt say Hello

how rude :(

[rez1133]

@1337z0r4 Because this is part 2.. :)

[nmax717]

James is a genius....your doing a fantastic job!...cheers!

[martinaxman]

Nice job. Yep. James is amazing when you sit and listen. Sweet Baby James, this one and a whole bunch of others. Check out frozen man if you haven't It'll twist you up a bit. The one that grabs me is "you can close your eyes." It slips out whenever I'm not thinking of anything and fills the blanks. Pretty fun to play, with lots of room for noodling. James is a genius. You're doing ok too. lol. Thanks.

[CRAIGARRR]

Nice to see you again Justin!

You have been missed!

Great news that you will be showing how to do more James taylor!

Using a tab is almost impossible with all of his famous nuances..

So much easier when watching someone's tutorial..

Thanks Justin!!

Would love to see a tutorial on You Can close Your Eyes by James

Hopes u are well Justin

[baadshepherd]

I love the chord song.

[Kemocu]

ur awesome

[NamasteMle]

Wow I just found you today and I love you! You're the best! You're so cute too I just wanna pinch your cheeks! Much Love xoxo and thanks for your help!

[mauricethecat2009]

Thank YOU!

[PhalainaBelgium]

Excellent teaching !! Phalaïna

[oatmealpizza4u]

justin i was looking through your video library...learning this song has made it 7 songs ive learned from you. Appreciate it man your lessons are great.

[ViktatheSlicksta]

great to see you back justin!!!

[ILLIANA212]

That was simply sweet!

[sgtm1775]

Justin, I always enjoy your videos. This one, however, floored me! You explain it so that even the least experienced guitar player can follow along, and voice seems to fit JT's songs well. I can't wait for more!

[rock29a]

do you have an tattoo on your right arm ?

[barload]

5:12 Brilliant

[NewMetallica]

This piece just sounds lovely Justin. Thanks for bringing us some music that isn't too well known by us people, but it certainly sounds awesome!

[batseend]

You're calling the open E string (top string) a E note, but isn't it a G note? Because of the capo? Or do you just call it a E because it's more convenient?

[JustinSandercoe]

@batseend Always tough to decide which - but I think I explained it in the first vid - I call it am E because the chord is an E shape and it gets real confusing when you play an E shape and call it a G... I think Most people get it easier this way.

[barload]

@JustinSandercoe Keep it a simple as possible Justin. E shape is an E no matter where the capo is. The E string is the E string even it sounds like a G. You'll be doing my head in otherwise

[Sunambra]

Top rated teacher there was nothing like this when I was learning wish there had been, appreciate it people.

[Panostechdeck]

thnx for the upload justin!!