How to play skinny love

[spongebobsmyhero]

I was really afraid to tune, but nothing went wrong...

[FullRamenAlch3mist]

all the songs i want to learn, i eighther have to retune my guitar or do a bar chord

[S0uljetsu]

EVERY COOL SONG NEED FUCKING TUNE BLARGHHH 

[Aettanz]

I made it without breaking any strings :) great tutorial!

[JadeJellybaby444]

TO STOP STRINGS BREAKING MOVE THE TUNING PEGS VERY SLOWLY! Now that i have your attention, take that advice, dont turn the pegs really fast, just do it really slowly so the pegs dont loosen :)

[feytjeburn]

hehe, i tuned my guitar in this tuning a couple of times, strings are over a couple of months old, nothing broken yet, and it all sounds perfect :D

[jessilana14]

FUCK! MY E STRING! NOOO, SHITSHITSHIT... I'm never going to try to play this song again... Standard tuning is just fine to play it...

[caitlindance1]

there goes my guitar string..... and the feeling in my hand

[ExtremerHonigkuchen]

I'm to scared to tune my guitar like this :D

[xgreenjacket]

strings except 1 and obviously your g string stays as it is. if in doubt tune down first and if it doesn't sound right gently tune back up, that way you wont break strings. thats a little tip for all of you string breakers by the way, and yes i have done it myself once before but once is enough when you have no spares

[xgreenjacket]

shit mate i cant remember the exact order, thats why I didn't write it down. best way is to tune along with her at the beginning thats how i realised she had said the low e was a g when its actually c i turned the tuner on my pre amp on and it said c. i think its down on nearly all the

[Bofteam]

broke my E string. fuckin hell

[woutkonings]

What about: GCCGCC

[Jackass17199]

how do i read this thing?

[reefchief8]

Just so no more people break their strings, do some reasearch on what is called a "Capo"

[xgreenjacket]

Her tuning is wrong which is probably why your breaking strings she has the pitch right but the low E is tuned down to a c not a G as her video says tuning is C G E G C C

[JiTiMusic]

@xgreenjacket Just broke my B string (2nd) by tuning it up, quality Martin lifespan Light tension string. E down to C, G down to G, D up to E (?), B up to C (?), E down to C.

[wesleyyoung]

Tune high E-string DOWN TO C, not up haha!

[MrMutualism]

How the fuck do people tune their guitars and lose so many strings..

[kkshaw]

Tune Down to C! LMAO! Breaking E Strings!

[swift5289]

well so much for tuning -________-

[kentaro912]

thanks a heap for this :D youve helped allot

[daria120i]

A string broken ....

[supersweeper59]

Am i the only one who's scared to try to tune my guitar to this after reading these comments?

[natethygreat13]

i broke a string too



[cassielovesyou99]

Two broken Estrings...

[clerkderks]

and there goes my string...

[ItchyWangProductions]

you can play it standard tuning, you need a capo on all the strings but the high E.

[yallkidssuck]

am i the only one who has broken a string attempting to tune for this song!? fuck my life...

[DannyCrizzleMyNizzle]

@yallkidssuck nope me too :/

[mart1327]

@yallkidssuck no -.-

[MatTraceur]

@yallkidssuck more than one time

[IfearGuitars]

@yallkidssuck then you gotta be retarded

[99latinking]

@yallkidssuck yo también xD

[Rythius]

@yallkidssuck from standard tuning, its drop C, drop G, up one to E, G stays the same, and then its up one to C, and then down 2 to c.

[saiyanveg]

@yallkidssuck ur not alone m8. broke my strings quite a few times too... so fuck my life too i guess.

[JacquiRose88]

I really like how you set up your video with the chords on the screen! You need to do more songs!!! <3

[masterandy123]

This is her strumming pattern from what I could figure:

So in the first chord you pick the first note, being the second string down (what is normally the A string), followed by a downward strum, then an up, and then another down, and finally an up which will then link into the next chord where you will once again pick the A string, with the whole chord slid up to the 5th fret. In the little 2, 4, 2, 0 part it's just down, up, down up. Seems to work for me perfectly anyway.

[nosdradomos]

I listened to the whole playlist. I was preparing for downloading the ones I like but I didn't select one because I was like paralyzed because of the tunes<3

[realndnreal]

C G E G C C

that's the right tuning.

[Honeymonsterist]

@realndnreal Yes. Nowit sounds right. Thanks

[MrLiam0113]

is this tuning up or down?

[JustonGroove]

24 people have no heart...

[JustonGroove]

You Just Change My Life For Ever !!!

[BunderscoreS]

absolutely an amazing song, such a pure pure sound and fantastic vocals. me and my mate bought a guitar for the first time the other day and this is the second song i have started to learn (after Glen Hansard's say it to me now) just so feel good and emotional songs!

[raywingsx]

i suck hard at this, it s the first time i've ever picked up a guitar though so...

[cheesefeast]

out of time.

[heyouK2]

you can TRY to play it in standard tuning but it doesn't sound good at all.

[chill5392]

is anyone else aware that what she plays isnt the same as the tab..? its shown like a 2 note chord is sposed to be played but shes playing single note like fills..... and like an extra note added to the intro chord. or is it just me seriously i wanna find out lol

[NoobFlap]

Brilliant. Really helped. :)

[Rootsstronganddeep]

Awesome job on this! Definitely nailed the tuning.

[Rootsstronganddeep]

Awesome job on this!

[92KATIEKAT]

great tutorial !!!! :D

[edenlerer27]

No way i'm gonna tune my guitar everytime i'll playthis song! DAMN IT

[theloafcam]

learn how to play before you try to teach. 

[AsSimpleAsThat]

...i thought it was GCCGCC. can anyone clarify? like for sure???

[MatTraceur]

hello there,

was wondering if you had a printable version of the tab?

thank you very much :)

[Godlynessinate]

I had to find my own way of playing it which just works for...me playing it, but it doesn't sound like the song. It all sounds fine but 098900 sounds AWFUL. Other videos use things like 987 but still, sounds fucking terrible. Any ideas?

Tuned to C G E G C C

[georgeread]

went and snapped a string didn't I, cheers

[ZAHINOS]

At the beginning of the chorus instead of putting your finger on the g-string at 9, put it at 7, sounds better

[valenb26]

i dont get how the tab has sooo many "open"(0) chords on it when she clearly has her fingers on the strings. will somebody please explain cuz id really like to play this song..... D:

[katie07104]

@valenb26 She's not actually playing any strings when it's open (0), her fingers are just hovering above the strings :)

[katie07104]

@valenb26 She's not actually playing any strings on the 'open chords', her fingers are just hovering above them :)

[carey0oh]

ahh fuck i cant get the tuning right!

[mrwestisinbuilding]

This is the most helpful video to learn this song. Thank you!

[smartijn]

ty! just perfect

[deejayprincess]

thanks so much. I learned a totally different way of the web with a slightly different tuning and it never sounded correct. Now i need to learn it all again. :(. This is a great video though. Well done.

[LevityBeet]

That's great, I've never seen tabs on screen like that and you play it really well.

Now I just need to learn how to sing really high!

[Nikkoo1985]

you didnt put much love into making this video... but youre playing is AWSOME!!!!!... how long do u actualy play the guitar?.......really loved to hear you playin... :D

[anaesthesia]

cheers for the tabs etc,much help!!!

[asteroid684]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[dianabcupcake]

I really love this tutorial! I feel like the little riff you show at like the end of verse one doesnt sound like its in the song.

[evitaferreira]

thank you so much! very clear and really helpful.

[cameron4454]

yesssssssssssss i love you <3 :D

[imimad]

thats cool and nice and a really good lesson 10x good luck

[itsianmorel]

Excellent tutorial. You're very talented.

[yewwtube]

sooo helpful thankyouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[rscabxl]

If i use an electronic tuner, how can i tune it the right way for this song?

THX!

[electrichealinghands]

@rscabxl if you have a chromatic tuner you can just tune each note for note though as someone else has said it is G C E G C C not what is said in the video. If its not chromatic just do it to each appropriate string and find the c from the other strings

[kaisersoce07]

nicely done!

[nicholasholt90]

i swear in some of them your fingers are compeltly different to what the tabs are saying!! :S also the sounds outa sync in a few places and i wish it was slower but hey! still looking fineeeeeeeee!

[kingxofxsuede]

Important to note too that the recording is down 1/4 step from the GCEGCC

[zero42087]

i love this video cuz its the first thing i ever found that really showed how to play the song, and u broke it down perfectly, thank u. ill be posting my cover of it later today. so be sure to check it out. thank u.

[yewwtube]

thanks so muchhh

[CraterMuffin]

where did you get the tabs for this? i want to print them off (:

[sodapop5789]

what is the strumming pattern you use? I can't seem to get that to sound right...

[7b294]

@sodapop5789 sorry i don't really know how to explain strumming patterns, just try listening to the song really carefully and seeing how is sounds from that :)

[thebassmonster0100]

@7b294 the strum pattern is described like d for down and u for u and if you have DU then that means you strum up one time and down one time but in quick sucession. so DD U UDD would be two quick downs wait half a second the strum up then wait another half a second then strum up down down in quick sucession. if this helps you understand, can you please post a strum pattern :)

[Stefce92]

@7b294 wtf we are listeing to it and its not helping please tell us when you stroke down and when you stroke up its not hard seeing as how your doing it in the video no other video shows the strumming pattern and yours sounds about right.....like slow down the strumming heaps or post it in your info ...... ( heres a hint DDUUD) down down up up down ( i know this isnt it but just tell us what you do)

[yewwtube]

@sodapop5789 up down up down down

[TheBlackParade01x]

@sodapop5789 D U, U D U D U, repeat until the hammer on's (i think theyre called hammer on's?) where you then strum D U D U D U D U. Hope that helps. :)

[thenrw2]

@sodapop5789 I think its D D UDU. at least for the intro

[IJaxterI]

@sodapop5789 DU DU -D

[kennaynayTV]

@sodapop5789 pick the 5th string, then strum down up down each chord :) hope that helps

[TheBlackParade01x]

@sodapop5789 i play up down up down down throughout :)

[jordanwinston82]

amazing!!!

[hoikenx]

yeah it doesn't sound that good in standard tuning

[jmbizle]

Does anyone know what the actual chords are so we can play it in a Standard tuning?

[maudinski]

@jmbizle

i dont think you can play it in standard tuning.

[hampson2]

@maudinski check out ed sheerans version, thats in standard

[TheCurious101]

@jmbizle Am, to C. Im not sure about the rest but D is in there somewhere...

[jdomanick33]

i use (Am, C, C/G, riffs) for the "skinny love" parts and (C, 020000, F) for the i told you parts. 020000 is the tab for the chord i use not totally sure of the nam but i beleive its a variant of Cmaj7, like an add9 or something

[rolloMARTIN]

Am, C. cant remember the other parts but you can use that for the verses

[dehdhed]

Alvarez?

[janitorjunker]

The riff that connects the first two verses is actually: (string names are according to standard tuning)

3rd fret pull off to 0 on D string

7th fret pull off to 0 on A string

5th fret on A string

Open A string

Then back to first chord: x20200

[KieranBain]

Outstanding video, this is how "how to play" videos should be done.

Great job!

[rubb3rt]

this is the best "how to play" video that I ever seen. I love you girl

[mattyspliff]

i cnt seem to tune my c strings on my guitar got a tuner aswell any idea peeps ???????

[dandyman009]

Try switching the tuner from Guitar to Base Mode, that may help for your C strings, definitely use CGEGCC as the tuning not GCEGCC as she suggests. The tuning on the album is also slightly different. This is tough song to tune a guitar for

[balmungofazureskies]

Yay

[moffa18]

Good cover! Tuning is correct but it should CGEGCC not GCEGCC... Thanks for cover though :)

[bradridesbmx]

how in the world do u tune it like that? im new to this stuff

[wymo85]

buy a tuner

[hoikenx]

@bradridesbmx

just tune it using a piano, thats how i did it

its a little tricky to get the right note, but just fool around with it for a bit

its

low c, g, e, g(next octave), c(middle), c(middle)

[ADILPROUD]

WOOPS I WROTE THIS B4 READING OTHER COMMENTS. ruddisgay07 CRACKED IT IN A NUT SHELL

[xxxxray90xxxx]

sorry to b annoyin....i want to learn this song but dont understand what the numbers correspond to....can any1 help pleeease??!

[rheaalex]

The numbers correspond to the frets, like if there was a number 1 you would hold down the string on the first fret

[CHERDS1994]

the frets on each string

if you dont even know that, probally should learn this song

[Wawplayer]

Frets, i believe.

[peterofantioch]

thankyou very much

i love you

[cgorry]

The notes being played are correct.  However, the 6th and 5th strings are C and G respectively, not G and C as she said.

Otherwise, excellent. Thank you.

[andrewking101]

isn't the bottom string c not g? i'm confused. g is way to low and doesn't match the sound you have

[sarahbeatles]

i can't thank you enough for this video, great job.

[snarby21]

if u play the little riff right at the end of the verse as: 3rd string open, 4th string open, 5th string 7th, 5th string 5th, 6th string 9, 6th string 7, it's much easier. Also, he slides the E minor from fret one up to fret 7 on the "Crushed veneer" part

[ferguscahillane1993]

definitly the best one. btw i accidentaly rated 1 stars instead of pausing, should be 6!

[iliketoast93]

best ive seen so far thankyou so much!!! ps this one really sounds llike the actual song

[cardoz0rz]

good video.

the first chord in the chorus is wrong though. and so is the walk down riff.

[ferguscahillane1993]

wanna tell wat it is den?

[cardoz0rz]

3-0 on the D string

and then 5-3 on the A string

but that's just from memory.

[tyguy7902]

thank you sooo much. i've wanted to learn that song for so long, and thanks to your video i finally did :)

[cacklemegladys]

Thanks! Very helpful :)

[telecasteraustintx]

If anyone else is just baffled by the tuning in the beginning... I believe what she did was tune to C G E G C C instead of G C E G C C.

[7b294]

the notes I said might be wrong, but the guitar is in the right tuning

[anth0nyp]

Oh yeah... it sounded right to me... I just wanted to clarify the actually tuning... that might confuse people... it did me at first.

[fbocfbocfboc]

@7b294 yeah so what help is that!

[zero42087]

thats cuz it is cgegcc!smart guy

[rthorpe32]

@telecasteraustintx, yes you are correct, flipped the bottom two strings

[kaeleypaige]

thank god i saw this videoo.

i couldnt find any good videos to learn itt.

and i did

(:

[manjolamariana]

thanks for this tutorial

this is brilliant!!! (tabs on screen)

you planning to do anything else?

regards

[7b294]

thanks, yeah I have another video tutorial, i may do others, if you have any requests just ask. =]