Isn't She Lovely (Instructional)

[ThePJacne]

WHOS WATCHING IN 2012 ???

[TheAdrenaline321]

awesome stuff man, by you and your brother

[lamppostsofsalt]

I respect you for your humility. =]

[salealii]

dude is like playing harmonics whilst playing....the man !!!!

[YeeahCrazyGirl]

Thanks !

Now I can play Isn't she lovely By stevie Wonder :)

Not like you of course you are awesome !

[felix1696]

thanks man, i could'nt figure this out myself

[backtrackx]

can you please teach the lick?

[PinkandBlackpandas]

Please sing I love your voice :] I'm in a daze and it is sorta helpful lol u dnt know some if the chords and I cnt make them well lol but nice video

[WolfCub16]

kitty!! ahah

[WujuStyleBlademaster]

What about the soloooooooo D:

[dashkid111]

whats the strumming pattern like?

cant get it..

[TheHodnis]

you dont strum x... those notes are silent! only strum the numbered notes!!! nice played bro!

[WASSUPnikka]

how do you strum it when there's an x????

[meadish]

@WASSUPnikka You strum the same. The trick is to use fingers on nearby strings to lightly touch the strings that have an x. When you are strumming, instead of ringing out, these notes should have a dead sound. To understand the basic concept, take a finger on your left hand and rest it lightly against any open string, without pushing it down towards the fingerboard. Now pluck the string. Notice the dead sound? That is what your fingers should be doing to the strings marked 'x' in a chord.

[WASSUPnikka]

@meadish: thanks this really helps :) thank you for your time

[RTP0FAT]

Thanks for this lesson man, you don't imagine how great your version is!

[Chevastagaz]

Does anyone know what he's doing in terms of rhytm?

[jabes88]

@Chevastagaz Yeah he's playing with swing

[golfdom1987]

Thanks for the post! Great progression! 

[SkyZound]

i

love

you :)

[vishand14]

The progression itself is really nice.

[lilianbui]

Thank you so much for posting this!! What a great tutorial!

[nikhareez]

great video!

[twistedferrets]

Cat!!!

[EvanSchmeits]

The second chord is an A13. The last chord is a B13#5.

[mikedg18]

@EvanSchmeits Isn't it a B7#5?

[afllle]

do you have tabs??

[LSBandCTM]

haha nice cat

[JMo5187]

awesome chords, awesome instructional video. that 5x567x chord is a type of A13 maybe? and the 7x788x could be B7#5 if that even exists- dont quote me. Great job tho dudeson!

[NinniSimonelli]

special thank for you i 'm italian.don't speak inglish. thank's again

[babigonzalez2]

I think I love you.

[jamesniccum]

i watched your original vid of this song about 20 times trying to figure it out....then i saw the tutorial. Big help!! haha.

Thanks for the post, great cover, great song, great job!!

[MrAcoustick]

[x7578x, 5x567x, 575755(not sure), 3x443x, 7x788x]

those are the chords for the first part he plays.

After the Gm7 (3x443x) he plays 320001 for a G7 and then to a Cm7 (335453) back to the 7x788x and then to a x7577x.

That should be enough to help you guys who aren't getting it yet. Please, correct me if i'm wrong.

[lil94c]

575755 is supposed to be 557575 :D

[odenatorador]

you're right, except they are all major 7s (maj7) not minor (m7) 7 chords. The D is your typical dominant 7 with fifth string root: x57575

[dardevera]

@MrAcoustick the not sure part is 557555/ 557575

[WithMyAcoustic]

@dardevera i think he hammers on the 7 on the b string

[samuelvalenia023]

@MrAcoustick it's not Gm7. it's Gmaj7 and then it's not a Cm7 but it's a Cmaj7

[centurionius2000]

Отлично играеш и объясняеш. Уважение тебе из России!!!!

[phihai123]

thx man ! by the way awsome cover :))

[SIKOTATAHZ2193]

can u teah the scale plz bro diiz is the best version of this song!!!!

nice work bro

[lastho]

SIKOTATAHZ2193:

You're a guitarist and you don't know this scale? That's pretty bad, you need to learn this right away.

He plays the E minor pentatonic scale, but starts on the b7, which is D, and then goes all the way up to a G, which is the b3 in E minor penta, but G is also the "one" chord, so it fits really nice. Stevie does this alot.

What you need to practise is the singing. The guitar parts are very easy in comparison.

[jkat2big27]

Lets make a comparison..Stevie does do that alot but he was also blind...do you really need to know the chords if you can play?

[lastho]

What does being blind have to do with this? Are you saying that Stevie didn't know which chords he was playing? The fact that he can't SEE them doesn't mean he can't recognize chords or scales.

But to answer your question, no you don't need to know them. People who cover Stevie Wonder songs usually have some clue about musical theory, and I count recognizing an Em penta scale as something you can do after your first day of practising guitar.

[lastho]

But knowing chords is definitely an advantage, since you can memorize them and learn other songs faster. Playing without chords is like building a skyscraper without blueprints :)

Of course you COULD do it...

[Brouzk]

you don't think he sang it well Lastho?

[lastho]

I think he sang it very well, but I'm saying that people who want to learn this song should focus more on the vocal parts if you want this to sound good. It's no use only knowing how to play it, you gotta sing it well too =) Maybe get a friend to sing or play if you cant do both.

[HealVision]

well i thought the singing was fine @SIKOTAT

[guitardc59]

@lastho hey bud thats a G major scale at the 10th fret, not an Em pentatonic. Which explains why he played a G chord right before playing a G major scale... music theory much?

[lastho]

@guitardc59 Hey buddy, since the scale he's playing does not contain the 4th or the maj7th of a G major scale, the logical conclusion is that this ISN'T a G major SCALE.

You are however correct in that the song is in the KEY OF G MAJOR, which is what made you think that this is a G major scale. If you know your circle of fifths, you can tell me what the paralell key of Gmajor is, and why that was a Em pentatonic scale.

Pay attention in music theory much?

[DrumStickz]

you are awesome for this! thank you!

[matulunginakosatayoo]

great!!

[alecntj]

You're great!!! fantastic tutorial! thanks!!! me and my new guitar love this song

[brucesinner]

thanks a lot for sharing.

btw you rock, you should get into music business! ;)

[Lenkso]

Hey,

Thanks for sharing this with us

Great job

[jmdemoss]

Thanks for this. Regardless of where it came from....you rock!!!

[esljoe2000]

Thanks so much for the vid. Totally made my day!!

If you have any more Stevie, it would be great, especially

"my cherie amour" or "for once in my life". I play with them,

but am not sure if the chords are all good. Anyway, thanks again and peace to you.

p.s. my wife loved your voice.

[smallworld]

OMG..I watched your original video about 50 times to pick apart those chords! I was pleased to find out I had the chords right but missed the scale by a couple notes. Still trying to get the strum and voicing down..tough one! Thanks for the tunes and good luck in vet school! My dog has had one TPLO surgery and needs the other leg done this winter! Yikes.

[owrracing]

Thanks! :) Great version of the song

[15BryanNino15]

sweet dude, thanks man

[bloobloop13]

aaaah i was waiting for this. thankkkss!!!

[Floresound]

Great job. Really instructional.