Elliott Smith - Roman Candle guitar tutorial (Part 2)
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post more of these man, i saw you talking about knowing more
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fantastic video! i've been trying to learn this song, and your explanations of the independent strumming patterns really helped break down the song. i have a much better technical appreciation for the song now. thanks. also, if you'd like to play Angel in the Snow on a video like this, I'm sure a lot of people would love to see it!
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When Elliot played it live, he played a regular C chord, avoiding the low D string, letting the high D ring. If you listen to the recording, it's the same thing that the second guitar track plays while the other does the de-tuning.
Also, that "mystery chord" is C#7b9.
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This was extremely useful. I thought it might have been tuned to C the whole time but now that I listen to the actual song again it sounds like he's tuning it down during that part. I would never have thought of that unless you put it in your video. Thanks!
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25 scratches! thats a record!
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great tutorial, although learning the right hand picking seems difficult... how long did it take for you to learn?
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possibly my favorite song in the world. Thanks a million.
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hell yeah perfect lesson. thanks a bunch man.
so wait is the whole outro played with the low e string tuned to C ?
Rennfahrer555 2 years ago
yep. while playing a completely open chord you tune down a full step from D to C and then do the shapes you can see me doing on there
mark1800 2 years ago
scratchy elbow
Rennfahrer555 2 years ago 4
hehe, yeah... i think it was more of a nervous tick. but thanks for the comments... nice one on amity.
mark1800 2 years ago
Great tutorial,thanks a lot.I've been wanting to learn this for a while. Sounds very accurate.
kinkmachine2000 3 years ago
no problem -- are there any other fiddly elliott songs you're interested in learning? i've got a few pretty nailed
mark1800 3 years ago