how to play stay or leave by dmb

[jengle521]

could someone help me out with the strum pattern it sound like DDU DDU but i think im playing it wrong

[crkelly18]

You cant play in raised B tuning without restringing your guitar. Dave's taylor is strug in B. In order to play this song you have to use the capo on 7, unless you want to re-string your guitar....This dude is playing it correctly....Rock on

[G120gameguide]

Cheers

[donniedarkodevotte]

Damn I wish I knew how to play the guitar. I have a guitar that just sits in my closet, taunting me and my impatience.

[DeathSerstlou]

@donniedarkodevotte Same thing with me, except I actually grabbed the thing and started learning. I suggest you pick the thing up, and just google basic guitar chords and their fingering, and how to read tabs. If you like it enough, you might start taking actual lessons =P

[NoobTubre]

Love Dave Matthews man, thank you so much. I love this song as well

[meryasacricket]

I love you! Awesome job! Play for me anytime!

[2wvu2]

Actually he does play in raised B.. Capo makes it easy so you don't have to change standard tuning

[mastamef00]

yeah, and raised by isn't simply a matter of tuning the strings up. you have to use two sets of strings to do it - pretty sure it involves either two high e strings or two b strings. the low e string is left out

[Taker512]

@mastamef00 I just want to ask, Have you ever broken your strings from tuning to b

please let me know, coz that happened to me.

[2wvu2]

Sounds great, BUT.. Dave does not play this wish a capo. He also does not play in raised B... This is simply the easiest way to play it. But as many know, Dave doesn't use easy chords.

[headstock48]

mastmef00 Hey, thank you so much for the great job you did on this video. Let me just say, I'm picky, but you sound really good when you play, plus your instruction was spot on. And I'm so excited that I can now play a Dave Matthews song. I've been trying Gravedigger, but don't have the picking part down. Oh my God, I just saw that you do that one too. Ooh, lucky me! Take it easy.

[mastamef00]

thanks man. I like your username, btw

[DaCorean]

Wonderful Thanks!!~

[tracker70]

Thanks for your close ups, and the time you take to explain your chords, transitions- your vids are a big help!

[Tracksteve1]

I've seen DMB play this twice now and no capo on either

[mastamef00]

that's because he has a guitar tuned in raised b. I would too if I had enough money to leave a guitar in raised b for the two songs I know in that key :). Raised b is a bitch for two reasons - 1. not too many songs are written in it and 2. you need two sets of strings to tune a guitar in raised b (because it uses two high e strings, if I'm not mistaken and no low e string)

[kbug819]

This is great! I was wondering what your strum pattern here was?!

[kbug819]

This is great!

Thank you so much!

What is the strumming pattern you're using here?

[kaushikevani]

Very good tutorial mastamef!!!!....I love this song...wanted to learn this for a long time...Thanks ...cheers!!!!!

[TANNERxDANxU]

Beautiful guitar. Wow.

[aedward33]

Do you have any tips on doing the slide. for the love of god my fingers really just wont slide.

[mastamef00]

@aedward33 two things to try - you might try a slicker string brand. I use elixir, for example (nanoweb, light guage, phosphor bronze) and they are much easier to slide on than martin strings, for example, or d'addario. If you use either of these brands, the elixirs will probably feel like a hand version of slip and slide at first. other thing you can do is apply a small amount of lotion to the tips of your fingers on your fret hand - not a lot, the tiniest amount goes a long way.

[aedward33]

@mastamef00

Man that works wonders. now if I can just get my other two fingers down to make a C cord ill have the whole song thanks to your instructions... YOU ROCK

[TheTomProductions]

@mastamef00 "other thing you can do is apply a small amount of lotion to the tips of your fingers on your fret hand - not a lot, the tiniest amount goes a long way."

that seems like advice for something else XD

[TheSassytiger]

i think you did a very good job...i tried the stay or leave song you can check out my video under thesassytiger..dave matthews band is a huge inspiration and wow you are talented

[PipyrArt]

Awesome, thanks a lot.

[arw35]

You really do a great job at this. I hope you decide to keep it up!

[needachange]

awesome teaching very easy to follow thanks alot

[cncfrosty]

Nice job. Your video tutorial taught me well. Thanks.

[tangledup625]

Great lesson. I'll be checking out your other lessons. Thanks and happy New Year!

[AeonSteampunk]

Are you in standard tuning? My guitar sounds a lot higher pitched than yours with the capo on 7th. Excellent video tho. Really helpful, I just can't get it to sound like yours.

[mastamef00]

should be in standard before capo-ing up, yeah. i don't know, maybe it's my mic or the wood setup on my guitar vs. yours.

[headstock48]

@AeonSteampunk It sounds like he might be playing an expensive guitar.

[jsupersaint]

Amazing video :) is there any chance you know the part Tim Reynolds is playing? if you do could you please post a video of it :)

[Arimanio]

That was really good. Thanks for the instructional. Very impressive.

[wbeltran660]

that's bad ass man! nice!!

[phil1676rhodes]

great lesson thanks so much ive been trying to find a good lesson for a while

[Crys0521]

I cannot thank you enough for this!! Very good explanations!!! AWESOME!!

[zzkap08]

Many thanks, awesome tutorial.

[magnobob]

Hey man Thank you soooo much for your video, I really enjoyed it ! Take Care !

Bob

[aletourneauportraits]

wow just wow tanks alot and actually im using this at school so thanks

[dancarbal]

Very good work! Here in Brazil is difficult to find people who knows DMB, even more difficult is learn how to play it here. TKS A LOT.

[hopppstar]

OMG thank you so much. I have looked all over for someone to teach this and I swear you are the only one and you did it justice my friend. You are awesome. Again, thank you.

[mastamef00]

thx man, i appreciate the comments. Glad to hear the instruction was helpful.

[rtkdal]

Hey could you post a video on Satillite I learn real easy from you and would appreciate it. thanks

[mastamef00]

funny you should mention it, i actually tried to upload an instructional on satellite last night (believing it would likely be requested sooner or later - i'm actually surprised it hasn't already been requested). the upload evidently failed however and i'm not sure why but i'll try again today.

[rtkdal]

Excellent instruction and playing. I love to play DMB and you make it so easy to understand. I learned two songs perfectly in one night and will continue till I know them all. Keep up the videos. Thank you for teaching us all.

[mastamef00]

thx man, i appreciate the comments and i'm glad the instruction was helpful.

[dontburnthepig15]

thank you for the help on this song and many others.