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  • Thank you for doing an amazing tutorial. I'm gonna play this till I can do it perfectly!

  • Got a guitar for christmas.

    Came in having no idea what I was doing, and this is a greeeeaaattt tutorial. Hats to you, sir.

  • This is a very helpful tutorial! I was just given a guitar yesterday and because of this, i can already play half of blackbird :D Keep posting videos like this! They're amazing!

  • Great tutorial but no one ever teaches you how to play the chorus. Helppp

  • I really enjoyed myself last 10 minutes, very comprehensive tutorial. You got a knack for teaching :)

  • awesome teacher!!

  • For those of you using an iPhone to watch this... If you are a beginner I just discovered that if you turn it upside down and then lock it in that position it is amazingly easy to follow!!! I am playing it after only a fee times practicing :)

  • @TanyaPorterSalon Yep. Some teachers film their fingerboard from behind them looking down.It gives the view you have as a player rather than looking at someone else play. It's so much easier. Good idea about the iphone, much easier than trying to put you laptop upside down (yes I've done that too!!)

  • I've got blisters on me fingers~!

  • I taught myself this song using this video last year and I still don't know how to play the last part since that part of the video's being cut off :p Anyway, I don't know if I have or haven't already said this but THANK YOU TEACHER.

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  • great tutorial, thanks. i am a beginner, having played for about 2 months now and i found this tutorial very easy to follow. started learning this song less than 2 days ago and although i don't move around the fretboard in quite a fluid way that you do i am very impressed with the apparent ease and speed that i have picked this song up. only criticism is that there are a couple of bits in the song that are not featured in the tutorial, maybe you could update.....? thanks again

  • This is a nice video for leaning the chords for this song, but the picking/strumming taught here is different -- harder in fact -- than the original recording. If you'd like to learn how Paul McCartney plays, I've posted a short video. Find it a philtangerine blackbird. Otherwise, this is a nice video.

  • @KHMakeup thanx, I actually started playing this and it seems fairly easy. I'm not sure if it's because I'm compensating some kind of skill or something, but I think this song would be untouchable for a beginner like me

  • I can't strum that fast! I suck at life...

  • @radiatinghype Im a beginner and at first i found this really hard to play. I'm a right hander and for a while i couldnt play the guitar but if you switch hands and play with your left hand instead of right i found myself that it was a lot easier! Depending on whether your right or left handed swap hands and see if it helps cos when i did it i played alot better and learnt quicker :)

  • Could anyone rate this in diffoculty level? I'm a beginner but I REALLY wanna play this, it's like my favorite song

  • @radiatinghype No, i could not rate its 'diffoculty' level... but I could rate its difficulty level :)

    On a scale ranging from one-ten I would give it an 8 with my intermediate level... It would be a ten for sure with a beginner!

  • @radiatinghype This is a very, very difficult song for a beginner, you are sure to frustrate yourself...well, give it a try, and if you get frustrated, just do some other songs and come back to it 3 months. You should feel comfortable with playing basic chords like G, D, E7, C, A7 before attempting this; also, start by learning the pick strum technique. Its actually taught differently than the original here. See my video at philtangerine blackbird to play it like Paul.

  • My new Teacher !!!

  • Thank so much !!!!!!! My teacher !!

  • awesome vid, even three years later...

  • Great teacher! Could you make one for...One republic stop and stare? Or more than words by xtreme! Anyway, thanks, teacher!

  • thanks so much!

  • What is this style of plucking called? The actual name?

  • @konoha92hero While this is pretty, this isn't true to the original. He's picking style is 'classical", which is fine, and is used for classical guitar, and some folk, but, McCartney plays it differently (and more easily). You can find my video at philtangerine blackbird if you like. Otherwise, this is a nice video.

  • Guitar, dreadlocks, long fingernails.. holy shit it's John Butler.

  • Thank sooo much...it was really really helpful!!!

    I though i could not play this song ever...and now i can!!

  • Dude,

    Thank you for sharing this.

    It was very helpful.

  • awesome lesson

    

  • good singin

  • I just realized I have the same guitar :) Good tutorial!!

  • Any tips on maintaining the bit from the first part of the lesson? I'm not used to playing that fast, really, and I need to play it quickly to get that lovely sound.

  • I keep losing it around the "Let's speed it up part" just before it sounds... right

  • thank you thank you! i'm a beginner and you've certainly helped me :)

  • what a babe :)

  • Shit I thought it was blackbird by alter bridge no wonder something was wrong

  • excellent lesson!!!!!!

  • Great video!

    checkout my cover too!

  • cut your nails please! but you know how to play the guitar, good job :)

  • @katerbecker he has his nails like that so its easier to finger pick the strings. try it.

  • @madeinchina77 ok i´m going to try it

  • Great lesson, best I've seen for this song by far

  • I don't think this is right... I mean, don't get me wrong, it sounds great, and for many people this may be the best way to learn it, but I don't think McCartney plays it that way. It's not a finger picking song. It's a finger sweeping song... if that makes any sense. Paul just uses his thumb and index finger. I may be wrong, but watch some videos of him playing it.

  • @ptolemyauletesXII

    You are right. I posted a video showing it. See Philtangerine blackbird. Otherwise this is a nice video.

  • This is the best tutorial ever ! He explains everything clearly and precisely, but doesn't take too long explaining parts. I've only been playing for a year and a half but I was able to pick this up in about a half an hour. Good job ! :)

  • This is just incredible! Thank you so much for teaching this piece in such a clear and logical way. It took me 30 minutes to learn it with your video. I was only waiting for this moment to arise :)

  • Really good tutorial :)

  • Great tutorial tripfuse04, best one yet if you ask me. Keep up the good work. A+A+A+A+

  • Could you put together a tab sheet for this? It would be awesome as I'd then be able to practice this on the go (and probably learn it quicker with a reference).

  • MR TRIPFUSE, I DUB THEE, BEAST MASTER OF EVERY FREAKING GUITAR COMPANY/LEGEND

  • Thank you so much for posting this! I am on my way to learning my favourite Beatles song on guitar !

  • sick dreads. mine are about 1 year old. you should show them more.

  • I never thought I would be able to play this song (looking on Ultimate Guitar, it seemed threatening). But you helped me a lot. I'm on my way to perfecting it thanks to your videos :'). Thank you!

  • Some people are just born natural teachers.. and you sir are one of them..what a great way you have about you.. I can't believe how much I have learned in just one afternoon and the little things you have said to make me remember what goes next ( and why)!!!

    Thank you so, so much..

  • Just 1 time i see this video and i can play Blackbird. awsome, thx man!

  • Amazing! Thanks!

  • 4 people cant play guitar

    

  • I play left handed and I could still understand this so well. Thank you.

  • AWESOME!

  • Hands down, best guide I've found. Appreciate it. Thanks.

  • He goes more in depth when explaining the songs.

    Awesome tutorial.

  • Devilishly delish. Great version ..

  • super lesson... Thanks for sharing!

  • this is the first time i have ever picked up a guitar and i completely understood your tutorial! thank you so much!

  • this video really helped me

    learned this within a afternoon, but of course not perfect

    i uploaded a video playing this song, just listen if you want

  • this is by far the best taught version of the song: i especially like the idea of starting from the 10th fret picking part and then going into the into bit.

  • What guitar are you using?

  • Best tutorial for Blackbird yet! Thanks!

  • thank you so much I just learned it :)

  • Best tutorial for blackbird. Thanks a lot

  • FANTASTIC lesson. I just had one point of confusion. Around 3:50 when you play a G chord and say that we should recognize that one, well I don't and I cant figure out what you are playing there. Thanks!

  • @eudaemoneac That G is a stripped down version of a G barre chord with a root on the 5th (A) string. It would normally be tabbed as x 10 12 12 12 10, but you're only playing the two strings. He then shows that 5th string barre chords are just taken from the shape of the open A chord.

  • OK....HEAR WE GO!

  • nice dreads man.

  • Great video

  • excellent tutorial 

  • you should try messing around with the chords and making your own riff! its fun and sounds great =)... this is a great tutorial thank you

  • keep up the good work brother!!! great work..great voice...mayb might want to get a beter camera?? but awesome work mann!!!!!!!

  • keep up the good work brother!!!

  • not a big deal, but he has the order of the strings wrong in the pattern at the beginning. the order of the strings should be 5+2 3 2 5 3 2

  • omfg ... thats insane .. i learned it after just one minute ! :D im a genius i guess :> although i have tried several other ways of trying to make it sound right :D

  • best guitar turtural EVER made!!

    thank you so very much <3

  • you move the camera way to much and you dont have breaks for the playeer to play with out stoping the vid

  • @regeatheration yeah. if he did this video would have to be in 5 parts. get over it and pause the video.

  • Sick bro, btw you have pretty long nails hha 

  • Not sure how but you made this ridiculously hard song easy. Thank you for that.

  • you should seriously consider being a guitar teacher (if you are't already). awesome instruction

  • outstanding lesson, thanks so much-

  • you helped me sooo much with this! thanx a bunch :) :)

  • is there tabs for this version anywhere? but let me just say, best Blackbirds tutorial out there :D

  • This was so helpful! :) thanks so much.

  • Not only was this clear and accurate, I even managed to learn more about guitar as a whole. SUBSCRIBE is an understatement. UNDERPAID GUITAR TEACHER is more like it. Thanks so much man!

  • Amazing. Thank you so much :) Very clear, I was totally able to nail this part even though I'm watching through my phone.

  • You're my hero dood. ;~;

  • This is genious.. I Loved this lesson. Hope to find more good stuff too (;

  • Think once I get the finger picking down i'll be good to go.

    Thanks so much for this ^_^

  • Wow! Thank u zoo much

  • At around 1:20 he tells me to favorite. Forget favoriting, I'm subscribing! This is excellent teaching here my friend. Nice job!

  • Amazing video, you explained everything so I can just go back and practice each step, thank you!!

  • Wow thanks so much! I'm so subscribing!

  • best. teacher. ever.

    thank you so much.

  • You lost me when you started to explain the intro. Not your fault though, I just started guitar today so I'm still learning.

  • i have posted before and i have to say again that this is the best lesson i've seen, what a very helpful and unselfish guy Teague is :-)

  • Thanks for the time you have taken to make this video!!! Love it.

  • Thanks for the time you have taken to make this video!!! Love it.

  • Nice

  • I don't know who you are, but I love you! This is the best guitar lesson I've found for this song! I've been trying to learn this song and I could never get the picking style! Now, I will get my guitar and practice for 3 hours and I will be satisfied for the rest of the week! Use the gifts God blessed you with for good, my friend and thank you for your time!

  • very good.

  • Ok, made it to about 7 minutes so far! This is a hard song to learn but you did a great job!

  • Thanks so much, this was really helpful. Great job.

  • Amazing.

  • I hope you do this for a living bc you should. I watched all 3 videos for a couple hours and now I'm playing it for my daughter. Thanks a lot man, great song to teach.

  • You are such a good teacher ! Definitely the best guitar tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you so much !

  • Great Lesson I also suggest guitar101(dot)TK

  • Wow...thank you for this, really outstanding walk through... thanks!

  • Great lesson and a job well done. This was by far the best tutorial i have ever seen. Well explained and taught me well. Thanx!

  • like if you think he needs to trem his nails lol.srry dude

  • i love you! Thanks so much!

  • wow this guy really helps with the fingerpicking!

  • This is my favorite teacher on YouTube guys.. i recommend him to all people trying to learn. He breaks things down veryyy well!

  • I can't play this song as fast it it really should be, >.<

  • Thanks man, been struggling with this for years, sorted in minutes. Your the dood.

  • I really don't play much and can't read music. With that being said, I was always sure I could not learn this. Thanks to your teaching I've been able to. Thanks so much!

  • your the best guy to learn stuff from on youtube you make it simple with step by step lessons thnks

  • This is a great lesson! It is explained really well. Great job!

  • thank you for the lesson!

  • this seriously helped me so much.

    i absolouty love this song, thanks so much.

    you should consider giving lessons, if you dont already

  • Love it! A great lesson session for a great song that you really do play very well. Thank You

  • You are sooooo good. Thank you for the lesson.

  • People call the beatles simplistic...this is harder to play than any stupid metal distorted solo by far.

  • your the bessssssssssssssssssssssssssss­ssssssst ever i try to find this part 2 weeks and i found yours so i learn very easy in 10 mints thanks you soooooo much!!!!!!

  • your the bessssssssssssssssssssssssssss­ssssssst ever i try to find this part 2 weeks and i found yours so i learn very easy in 10 mints thanks you soooooo much!!!!!!

  • Best Blackbird lesson on here

  • Pretty good, thank you !

  • great lesson!

  • i spent a long time looking for someone who can show me the picking patterns. THANKYOU

  • great lesson , you rock and play and sing very well...cheers

  • very good and well explained. nice job singing, very helpful for me to put it all together.

    but, i think the Gay Lizard Man dude is technically more accurate with the finger-brush technique... at least how I've seen Paul play it.

  • @baalzebubble True. For some reason, people don't notice that all-important strum. Except for Gay Lizard Man Dude.

  • Like a boss!

  • thank you, thank you, thank you!! i've always been so intimidated by this song, and i just picked it up in an hour... i NEVER find lessons on here that break down every little part of a song slowly - not even the easy ones! a few days ago my friend asked that i learn to play this, and eventually sing with it. you have made me confident that i can actually do it. THANK YOU!!! :)

  • Video lessons can be really confusing but this is really helping me a lot! This is my dad's favorite song and he plays it on his guitar all the time. I can't wait for him to come home so I can show him what I've learned today! :)

  • Best lesson ever.

  • I literally just picked up this guitar and I can play the beginning of this with no trouble whatsoever. -subscribed- :)

  • That's probably one of the greatest tutorials on youtube and not only for this song, thanks , it helped a lot !

  • is there any tabs?

  • Muito Bom! Very Good!!

  • This is really great. I started taking guitar lessons recently and asked to learn this song. I couldn't remember a lot of it and I just got it down by watching your video. THANK YOU!

  • Now, for sure this is the best explained tutorial of blackbird, and it is correct aswell

  • @nicopama who made you the judge and jury. fuck off

  • Congrats man, your class is simply amazing!

  • Who wouldn't like this? If you can't learn with this, I'm sorry but you won't be able to learn it no other way! Great, great teacher. You really make it clear and easy... Thank you so much!

  • Dude.... This, I think is my first comment on youtube saying "Thanks", which you truly deserve. This is also the first time I could ever learn a song on youtube and my first ever finger-picking. Thank you so much!

    Please continue to contribute!!

  • great teaching style, thanks

  • Fantastic

  • If I was to redo this tutorial, I would change... absolutely nothing. It's perfectly clear, easy to understand. Perfect tutorial, thank you very much !

  • Man, you are the best teacher in the world. Thanks so very much.  You have been very instructive. I am not alone to say that you my friend are the best. Thanks!

  • I just posted my video response after I learned from this lesson :D

  • ive watched soo many guitar lessons on you tube, and this one is by farrr the best. i wish youd post more hah :) muy bueno sir.

  • Thank you. : )

  • Update: last night I began learning the beginning of this. I have been trying to get that part down before moving on to the next part, and NOW I am able to play it with my eyes closed. I wowed my hubby and 14 year old daughter, and now she wants me to teach it to her lol. I told her to learn it from your videos though. :)

    I need to learn the rest so I can incorporate the singing!

  • You are da bomb. I think I might be able to actualy play this by next week easily, using your tutorial (maybe sing it too). One of my favorite Beatles songs, and I already understand the picking just needed the chords. Thanks sooooooo much!!!

  • WOW man that was great i finally found a lesson that works for me. Stupid peaple (like me) who have no tallent on the guitar just cant work it out when others say "the picking goes like this" and then do it lightning fast. You explain the left and right hand very simple. I hope your a pro teacher because your a natural. cheers mate

  • BEST BEST BEST TUTORIAL HERE ON YOUTUBE! 

  • actually the best ever tutorial

  • this video reeaaally helped, thank you. i like your dreads too.

  • I agree that this is the best lesson on Youtube for this song. Very thorough on both finger styling and chords. However, it is incomplete? Where is the rest of song......

  • @dripple2002 it says there is a part 2, at the end.

  • Awesome series of lessons on this song! Hope you do a series for Classical Gas.

  • Dude ty so much for this video, you broke down every step perfectly. I really loved the Beatles and this son in particular. You are an amazing teacher.

  • I literally love you for making this. Best tutorial by far. Great job.

  • The best tutorial i've seen for this song! Thanks a lot!!!! =)

  • omg you sound like john lennon

  • Very good lesson,the best i've found.Blackbird is a very difficult song to play and if someone mean this video is wrong,just listen to macca