Jack Johnson - Flake (Free Guitar Lesson)

[andreaka86]

Awesome!! Thanks! My boyfriend loves this song.

[TooCool4Words]

If anyone wants to learn how to play "Questions" by Jack Johnson on the ukulele, look at my channel. Thanks!!! :)

[killedtheradiostar69]

you are such a great guitar teacher, I've learned so much from you. can you do a vid of the B section of this song?

[TheDaytonaMan]

can you please do cookie jar by jack Johnson? All of the tabs I see are wrong

[nmgoes]

Marty is awesome.  Thanks buddy!

[jackjohnsonowns]

barre chords are awesome!!! oh and could you post a video of how to play constellations -jack johnson? thanks in advance

[TheBluesftw]

If you have problems with palm muting (chucking), I suggest you to mute strings by just squeezing the bar chord, in this case its possible because entire song is in barrre chords, so by squeezing your are muting all the strings cuz point finger touches all the strings, and even if you dont have problems with palm chucking, barre chord chucking is awesome, and required for reggae and other cool rhythmic, great lesson Marty btw! Keep rockin! :)

[annabelavi]

DRAGON ROOST ISLAND!!!

[ChumTheChimmy]

get ready to flex the fingers. Lol. Picture. :)))

[TheUglyAngler]

would love for you to post a lesson for Jack Johnson's NO OTHER WAY. Would love to learn how to play that. Your instructions make playing real easy. Thanks for all your hard work.

[crazyysk8r]

REQUEST! Hey could you do "Same Girl" Jack Johnson

[TheJRSoundMusic]

thank you! really great to learn this Song with your video!

[GACNpride]

i watched this thing about 200 times to finally learn it

[SuperCblack1]

tried playing this a few weeks ago and couldn't get the bar chords in at all. Just practice normal chords and you will find that you will just pick it up! Again an epic lesson!

[eurobogen]

i love barrechords <3

[billy061061]

i hate barchords :L

[Samsinge]

Thanks a lot man. God bless! PEACE!

[KarlMcMAn]

Very good, thank you so much

[TheSanh94]

marty sos un maestro (u rock!!)thanks so much! greetings from ARGENTINA

[JustinLloyd1000]

Dude I am a pretty descent guitartist all around but I have to admit that you do something that I can not do at all and that is teach music excellently. It takes another level of skill to be able to teach music and for that I salute you my friend! You have definitly helped me out with plenty of songs and I will always be a fan! Keep on rockin'!

[ChamiPhsychoD]

hey marty....u dont seem to be getting enough sleep bruv..

[RWaltman420]

@ChamiPhsychoD hahahaha, oh he's getting plenty of sleep...and delicious munchies.

[MrRaidernation87]

is this in standard tuning ??? anyone??

[RWaltman420]

@MrRaidernation87 YES. 

[likaroc20]

I like your lessons, but this one is off. Watch Jack's video...he plays the b right below the f and upstrokes three times for the percussion.

[xxLYRICS67xx]

just wanted to say you are the best guitar teacher and i love how you do alot of jack johnson songs because of you i can play along with my favorite artist

much love :)

[radiopreme]

Marty you are the immense king

[sagarmunjal]

heyyyyy martyyy you are a star....i like all ur tutorials

i wanna play "always something-switchfoot" for my sweeeet girlfriend (: cud u pleaseeee help me out!!!

[lilspitza]

That acoustic sounds amazing. What kind is it

[kizz4000]

@lilspitza Martin M36 1977-78 :-)

[lilspitza]

@kizz4000 of course it's a Martin. I knew it had to be something top of the line like that haha thanks man

[Hespian22]

your the best marty, the only trouble i have is keeping the rythem constant.

[MellowFellowSC2]

i hate barrechords so much :/

[AnthonyPalazzari]

"Sent my daughter to first day of preschool.. Bing! " best part of the video.

I <3 You marty:D



[mofo33333]

if your struggling to barre the chords make sure you use you arm strength to pull your finger against the neck, as well as your finger and thumb tho squezee it.

[AphoticGuardian]

@mofo33333 also an important thing about barrechords is that you should try not to have the creases of your fingers on the strings

[rann427]

Thank you very much. It was a big help.

[bobappa]

I want "Heeeeey Marty Schwartz here" as my text message (SMS)-alarm on my cell phone! :)

[JDvzs]

Now, here's the reeeal question? Where did you buy that hat?

[danspi86]

marty you changed my guitars life! now i play it all the time thanks to your great lessons! when i get paid ill subscribe for your site!!!!

[OMGsanchez]

i love the solo <3

[laxball535]

whenever i slide my fingers to transition between chords, it makes an extremely loud sound that cuts through the notes and sounds terrible. you probably know what im talking about but i dont know what its called. is there anyway to prevent that? like certain strings? or is it just my technique that sucks

[Jonathan1162]

@laxball535 Yeah, I think that's called glissando. On steel stringed guitars its basically unavoidable. It's not your technique ;) if you want to minimize it then don't press very hard on the strings when sliding from one chord to the next. just sort of let your fingers slip to the next position.

[leesmartin]

@laxball535 I use Elixir Nanoweb strings.It seems to reduce that squeaking sound a bit. Or you can use a string Easy Glide or whatever its called.Either a spray or comes in a cotton wadding.Works well and assists sliding up the the frets.Great for beginners too

[magiller2010]

lol ,class, u and justin teachin the world guitar, keep it up guys, appreciated so much

[dirtydogg117]

hes baked

[ltdaan1]

if you will do your barre's everyday for 5 or 10 min real hard you will be able to barre all day

[ltdaan1]

good teacher.....Justin Sandercoe and Marty are the best for sure.

[sacf101]

GOOOD SHIT !!

[ixBeachbumxi]

THANK YOU! (gotta get me some stronger fingers..) btw, is it just me or are you stoned off your ass in every video?

[JuLie7a89]

best teacher...EVER!

[southeastmusicrecord]

This is really really good teaching! Thank you so much for your information it safe me from quit doing this song!! :)

[theseanster7]

my wrist hurts! sooo bad! D;

[alessiodu13]

I always wanted to play that song but I could'nt do the rythm!!! thanks a lot for the D U D UUU D Marty mc fly !!!! you're a great teacher !!!! thank you (I apploligize for my english but french people aren't strong in languages)

[AYoungCritic]

Pfft, can someone show me how to play the first chord?

I am aYOUNGcritic afterall.

[MadeoOnTheRadeo]

now all i need is steel pan drums and i can jam to the intro

[MackAttaaaack]

youre the best....no doubt abooot it :D

[HungryMocha]

ugg, i cannot for the life of me get that B string compressed when doing barre chords:P

[catseatingclouds]

@HungryMocha it'll come. just try to flatten your pointer out as much as possible. and i find that if you position your thumb slightly under the curve of the neck, you get more strength behind it. the top strings already get enough strength because they get the tops of your fingers, so this way your thumb helps out the weaker part of your chord, if that makes sense.

[tenfortunecookies]

Thanks man! This helped me out so much!

[learningfrommarty1]

hey that F barre chord, can you use the regular (easier) f chord instead? jw

[learningfrommarty1]

great song, great lesson. 2 thumbs up

[BRONKAHO3]

leave it to jack johnson to make a d minor chord sound kinda happy

[thickerthreat]

Thankyou so much :)

[sensefield2000]

Awesome! Thank you!

[cdtran4]

"Flex the fingers" part with that picture of Jack Lalanne... pure brilliant man. made me burst out laughing. awesome tutorial too

[christom1993]

Marty you are the MAN. And by the way.. you look hella high in this video haha

[wkoring]

good job marty... could you please do a donavon frankenreiter song too??

[bramatthews2]

dude your the M.A.N

[MrJordyn2002]

10 people cant play barrechords.

[Baileync1122]

@MrJordyn2002 Try the same rhythm but a G, C, D, G and play around with that. 

[jackbooth1992]

who the fuck would dislike this ..... Marty you are officially the man !

[jasonellzey]

Marty u r the man. You have helped my with My playing so much. Never stop doing what u r doing. You have helped so many people learn the guitar. I just want to say thanks.

[tomeidows]

thank you dude!

[readmycomments100]

i bet you have a very rockin daughter :)

[rockoutntopout]

Now that is an amazing lesson! keep on doing them! more jack johnson is always great too ;)

[iFelix100]

best guitar teacher

[ThePiedSniper]

This guy is the best teacher!

[TheBossDj2010]

your the man

[2ZIGG]

dude somethings wrong with this video it keeps stopping at 1:47

[markyncole]

Dude you spend way to much time talking,say the chord and play! other than that nice job.

[esglobe10]

more jack johnson lessons PLEASE +D

[jwheyer]

yeah man great instruction... very clear and easy to understand Thanks!

[mydirtyturban69]

great lesson man, learnt straight away, dont stop doing this, thanks a heap :D

[dsn228]

keep slappa'in da bass sir.

[itszaidihamid]

wishing you and your daughter a great day. thanks for the e-book and thanks for the lessons you gave & continue to give,man.

[BoboHertsron]

the best teacher in thw whole world hey bye the way id be psyched if u cud do a lesson on behind blue eyes :)

[blackoutbrewery]

Respond to this video... hey could teach us times like these, thanks for all the lessons

[a13xndr420]

haha pause it on 0:51

[slab940]

i swear he his!

[garethharveysa]

love you mankind:) your a ledge!

[TempleOfTheFREE]

someone tell me why people hate barrechords haha

[rossvanzyl]

@TempleOfTheFREE Try playing barre chords on acousting (as a beginner) and you'll see why.. your fingers die.

[ericlams]

@TempleOfTheFREE lol sometimes its hard to stretch ur hands

[perfectsonnet223]

awesome video. extremely helpful, especially when it came down to the strum pattern.

[jweard]

You're the best dude!

[kamberwillow]

Thank you for your free time - now I just have to learn damn barr chords :)

[BrodyMan247]

This helped so much, thanks a bunch!

[ManOwarIdk]

im gonna teach you how to do it :D lol

[luvinmyself1]

you are such a great teacher!!!!

[gregorkoban]

thank you marty!!

[AssassinsCreedzocker]

There isnt a thumbs down button! THUMBS UP,DUDES!

[TheAmazingFuturist]

I think that you've got the rythm a bit wrong. D U D U U U D U is right, but I think there should be a percussive/silent D U when changing chord. At least that's what it sounds like to me when listening to: watch?v=lphghSeOKHU

[KenDedes94]

can you please do a lesson for Never know by Jack Johnson too?

[hugenoodles]

goddamn barrechords :D

[ventea]

@hugenoodles lemme give you a tip that might help, it helped me when i "worked it out" - if you struggle with barre chords, make sure that when youre looking down at the strings of your guitar, you can only see the top string - when I was learning, id have the guitar tilted back a little so i could see all 6 strings so i knew where to place fingers. Once you know where to place fingers, tilt the guitar forward so you can only see the top string - youll find you can barre easier without pain.

[ivanyomomma]

@hugenoodles I KNOW.

[nacententrepreneur15]

hey Marty, any chance you could do a lesson on Betterman by John Butler Trio. ive always wanted to be able to play it and i cant find a single lesson on the tube.

[RYERYE347]

just getting into playing my guitar , huge fan , my opinion the best teaching at teaching people on youtube . My question is do you have any Smashing Pumpkins tutorials ???

[ruslanortiz]

Yeee Marty you rock man!

[rabidsneetch1]

best online guitar teacher ever. no contest. Thanks a lot dude!

[tooscaryforoscar]

Marty you seem like the nicest guy in the world :)

[dommo94]

mate this is soo sick !!

[ennvious1]

marty schwartz? I thought you said muddy shorts

[RyanReppucci]

Marty looks stoned :) thx for the lessons bro

[bonsoa]

I think he made a funny at 6:06.

[mexicutioner45]

your the best dawg

[swtcheeks8]

marty thank you , your amazing and easy to follow. thank you for the time you take to make our guitar playing so much easier. I just love the fact that you teach the strumming pattern thats the hard part.

[MrSmittysmit]

what strings do you use?

[RoboticPhoetus]

haha..

[lamasnipers]

who thinks he should do moonshine that song is pure guitar

[muji9000]

THANX!!!!!

[AngadSinghMusic]

you're awesome man!!!!!!!

[ciN713]

Thanks Marty, great lesson.

[poopoodadoo]

you da man Marty

[bluedeckshoes]

dude you make the music world for all of us a better place.....you give a simple clear lesson and i thank you t

[ickymonono]

man, what can I say... thanks a lot

[rocketsandfireworks]

i love how all of your videos r free! it's so cool! thank you

[patriotsd]

awesome man i really wanted to learn this thanks alot!

[htb723]

you rock!

keep the videos commin!

[deepseadude190]

Isn't it funny that Jack Johnson has made millions playing these few chords?

[MultiMegapaul]

Well at least he was also singing ;)

[Squeegee33]

@deepseadude190

That's the thing about music, it doesn't need to be complex to be amazing.

[ThrashKoreKing]

@deepseadude190 he made his money because he has personality.

[jamesboxx247]

thanks so much man

[HaspligerHugo]

great , thx !