How to Play Hey Ya (Acoustic): Tutorial

[Jamessawyer010]

Did you use a potato to record this video?

[brenricklefs]

loved the video dude! if you take any requests for songs, try j mascis circle of freinds. i have been having no luck finding the tab anywhere

[hwenhwen72]

Brilliant - you made it very easy. Love the song, love the cover and love the fact I can now play it. Thank you!!

[shanem861]

Good job man great tutorial you should do few more

[shanedlfc]

Ur acctually a class teacher!

[kriki1000]

cooool i come ,saw ...i can play it :) thx

[ede93]

whatsa measure???

[SDMFaaron]

@ede93 its a bar so like 4 beats blah blah look it up



[amyleeluver1]

How could you not like this tutorial? I learned it. Thanks for the upload man. :D

[LaurinAthletic]

Really big thanks to you =) very helpless i always wanted to play this song!

[F0nzZy1]

im kinda confused with the strumming from the 3rd chord to the 4th chord. Help me out please. thanks

[afarpo1]

wow awesome video :)

[gemmaq137]

really useful video, thanks!

[MertTheGreat1]

chords are correct but you didn't get whole of it... nice BTW

[wollepyk1]

Hey, thanks for a good instruction :-)

[snoppjonte]

thanks mate(y)

[rockbear9]

you are a boss!

[smigle000]

great!!!

[korent2]

Wow, you're awesome. Thx for this video, nobody can teach us how to play Hey Ya better than you.

[rjaftermarket]

i highly like the way you teach ..use the K.I.S technique (keep it simple )

[SexBurglar]

Nice one, Thanking you from Pamplona

[mitchellbryant]

You know man. Thanks. I actually just heard the Obadiah cover and wanted to learn how to play it. You really broke it down nicely. Thanks a ton. Great job. Very patient and thorough.

[SoulDemon206]

This Don't Need Capo... 

[11bigestben11]

hey greatjob.. i love you for doing this but pleas buy you a better camera :)

greetings from Germany

[Teri2ful]

I learned this in ten minutes and I've been playing guitar for 3 days! I love u.

[MrPapas1991]

dd ududd ududd..

[demonblod]

wow. that a great tutorial, great singing too

[Zaptagious]

Great tutorial video mate, even with the bad quality of the video.

Even so though that I could understand :P

[ThePieterVG]

Hey please let me know what you think of my cover of Hey Ya...

/watch?v=mjzffb6wPgA

[SuperMcOli]

Tune your guitar dude!

[pardox25]

how to strum? up down up up down?

[BoomerB04]

@pardox25

D__D U__U D U

[Hirn92]

good tutorial AND pretty good singing ;0^^

well done.

[rbdchrissy20]

strumming pattern please?

[BoomerB04]

@rbdchrissy20

D__D U__U D U

[sweetzorbas]

hi boomer, could you post your video of the Wisonsin gig. thx.

[BoomerB04]

@sweetzorbas Just posted it, it should be on my page and probably as a response to this video.

[russkijmalisch]

nice voice ;)

[sweetzorbas]

Hey Boomer, great job. thx. mate

[taingu112]

Guys the strumming pattern is. DDUUDU(full measure). Just for those who didn't get it. Cause for me im more used to the DUDU than the 1,2,1,2 thing. :/

[28macnel]

i agree with everything except that the low E string should not be capo'd

[gawgusscooter]

i don't get iiittt :(

[BansOT16]

ai kagaling ,,gustong gusto ko...penge daw ng tab...:)

[IsThisMyName89]

sound a LOT better with out the first string its better muted!!!!!!!!!

[Bander2k]

very bad! it didn´t sound like the original

[BrotherMalaprop]

@Bander2k what?? it's acoustic

[BoomerB04]

@Bander2k

It's not supposed to sound like the original.

[opa126]

thanks a lot! :)

[Noahboah234]

Thanks bro :)

[VamLoveAndKisses]

This really helped! Thanks a lot mate. :)

One question, what fret is the capo on? I can't quite make it out. Thank you!

[Noahboah234]

@VamLoveAndKisses 4

[blazingbell]

could you explain in up/ down the half measure, plus measure and a half-- sorry am beginner- thank you --your videos good-x

[buzguy10]

Great video. Picked it up real quick. One very minor suggestion. Can you please explain the strumming a bit more in your next ones? Other than that great job. Keep the lessons comin!

[southparkrules112233]

thanks man helped me out a lot

[nsherman0]

hey man this is great! i picked it up after like 2 minutes of the video. great job explaining the chords. those chords are also cool to play around with just for fun, like adding in a G7 or plain G. thanks! keep rockin

[maxamost]

it d d u d u dd u du dd ud u

[BoomerB04]

Yep. All the same chords/rhythm throughout the song except where I point out the differences.

[MrNooneisinnocent]

What about the chorus ? Same rythm ? Same chords ?

[thricethenightmare]

awesome video! Knowing next to nothing about guitar I was still able to barely strum along :D!

[dahorseboy]

thanks m8

[audreyhattaway]

thanks so much for posting this.

[redheddd]

thanks man!

[charlotteeeeeeXD]

whats the exact strum pattern? I'm really bad at picking up strum patterns :/

[Ezek2517]

The one I'm trying on is DDU UDU

[Horchheimer]

Dude, I never comment on videos... but I had to for this one... fantastic tutorial man, thank you for sharing your knowledge... and ditto to that pinky sore comment.

[buzguy10]

Great video. Thanks dude

[orlandosurf311]

you should put a cover up of you doing this whole song. You do a kick as version

[BoomerB04]

I'm actually playing this song at an open mic at the University of Wisconsin this Thursday. A few friends of mine are joining me and just making up a bass/harmony part with me. I'll post it as a response to this video.

[timmo141414]

Great lesson, but my pinky hurts now

[BoomerB04]

I made this video a long time ago, before I got it down completely. A good tip for you with this song: If you have good control of your strumming and you can focus on the 4 lower strings (EADG) without strumming the B or E strings, you can just keep your pinky off. This way actually sounds better because this is meant to be a chill song, and the persistent high notes can get to be a bit overwhelming.

[thepumpdontwork]

Best pop song bar none past 10 years. Dude great less and what is surprising when it comes is your great voice. :)

[devilcatcher21]

Might be a stupid question but...does it matter if i have a capo or not? do i need to make adjustments to make it sound right?

[BoomerB04]

You do need a capo to play this song if you want it to sound the same. Trying to do it without a capo by tuning your strings that high would probably result in a lot of broken strings. You can pick up a capo for around $10 at almost any music store.

[devilcatcher21]

went and bought one after school today, youre right sounds a lot better. thanks for the tip and for the good video

[breticles]

@devilcatcher21

listen to boomer

[madalenegm]

thanks this really helped XD its was good and clear , and easy to follow

[Soulrebal01]

thanks very helpful, your voice is actually surprisingly good. thanks again.

[dewdebest]

Good job, you should be a teacher! :D Very helpfull thx.

[HappyHaddy9]

This is awesome and it sounds great... thanks heaps!

[oamolive]

Thanks a lot for posting this wonderful tutorial. Merci

[UWdashMADtown]

That was very straight forward and helpful, nice job.

[PoeticTragedy65]

I HAVE A QUESTION. D: Uhh, do I HAVE to have that capo there? And what fret are you on?

[xthefozx]

i dont think you can play it without a capo, and its on the 4th fret

[conversemike]

its up to you and it is the 4 one

[PoeticTragedy65]

Thanks.~

[chastetaste]

you can play it without, i have a mate who can, sorry i can't help you more than that

x

[Alvin2K4S]

yes and four

[wyget]

yes you do need the capo and its on 4

[technocarmike]

Excellent!! Truly helpful, you teach with a complete understanding of the student's perception of your own instruction.

[MooseNQ]

one of the most useful vids on youtube man, congratz

[BrownGuy41290]

Hey man Thanks A Lot this video helped me out a lot.

[SOADis1337]

what frets would you play on if you dont have a capo?

[pkav93]

you get one.

[vidmakerkid]

try moving it up three

[DickNavis90]

Guess you can't play it than, lol

[Shrutefan99]

Same, it just won't sound right.

[theguywhoshim]

great song & video(not quality but ya) real easy i learned in like 5 mins. this was great!

thankyou

[jkreuzfeld]

thx for this one! real good job on explainig an keeping it simple but high quality

[cfarrell44]

well played and taught young sir

[8elizaire]

nice one dude

[mannin1992]

hey, GREAT VIDEO!! i was wondering if you could show us the strumming pattern in the begining when the lyrics start. that would be very useful!!

thanks!

[mckenzie361]

thank you so much!

[yardy88]

mega props

:)

[ecidol]

everything is right except the pinkie on the 3rd...good video tho

[mozzdang]

what do u mean everything is right except the pinkie on 3rd?

[ecidol]

pinkie on the third fret...not really like that

[mozzdang]

what is it like then?

[ecidol]

everything but the pinkie on the third fret

[BishopBasher92]

immense! your ace! nice teaching and nice voice, keep the videos coming :)