Tell Me Why - Guitar Lesson

Brewerboy156 requested this lesson for Tell Me Why, the great Neil Young song ... so here is my best attempt. Good luck!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• guitar
• lesson
• Tell
• Me
• Why
• Neil
• Young

[bveracka]

I like the way you play this song. There have been so many different interpretations of it in the tablature on the 'net, and it was hard to find a good lesson on this song when I was a kid first getting into guitar. I taught myself most of Neil's songs over many years and stopped using tabs but I like YouTube videos now. Just a few things here that were helpful that I already tried out, it makes my version sound closer to the album, which is cool, thanks and kudos for posting (people are mean!).

[kb1056]

@bveracka - thanks! glad it was useful for you.

[MrClaude57]

very good lesson great job merci good sound what sort of guitar is it? the frensh

[kb1056]

@MrClaude57 - merci! The guitar is a 1969 Gibson C&W.

[letebaguere]

great lesson but........... that's not travis picking; it's hybrid picking. travis picking is when you are playing simultaneously the bass (with thumb) and the melody+harmony (with fingers), so that you are actually playing two distinct parts at the same time. your usage of your signature finger is part of the rhythm of the song, which means what you are doing is technically hybrid picking. check wikipedia under travis picking if you doubt me. much love,

the captain

[kb1056]

@letebaguere thanks for that clarification.

[TheAstroxD]

Shup up idiot !!

[Rzegarac]

you are killin' it old man, thanks for the lesson!

[bezhead999]

Always been one of my favourite Neil Young songs, many thanks for your informative lesson on how to play it. I've got The Needle and the Damage done about mastered, so it will be great to add this song to my repertoire. Cheers chap 👍

[javadoggy39]

Thanks. Best tutorial for Tell Me Why I've found. Definitely helped me get the chorus and hammering on right.

[guru7884]

cheers bro thanks

[moosey62]

Excellent. Thanks

[ksueddy]

very helpful - THANKS :-)



[kingshearer2]

Thanks for the great lesson.

Could you please confirm something.

At the end of the chorus on the Em to get back to the start of the next verse do you hit the open A string then second fret A string followed by 3rd

[YManCyberDude]

Pretty damned slick !!!

[ksueddy]

thanks for this !!!