OPEN D: The most beautiful tuning for guitar!
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- (Tabs on Patreon!) We turn 4 simple chords into something amazing, all playing in open D tuning!
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Dude wrote one of the best acoustic riffs I've heard in a long time...for a demonstration video...
Great comment. Totally agree.
It's so beautiful it's hard to listen.
@@breal6718 start playing it extremely slowly. Use your foot to give you the rhythm and play everything in slow motion. Then when you get everything right and feel comfortable increase speed a little. And so on, until you reach a speed you think sounds good! Have fun practicing my dude!!!
@@gouldbergvariations Legend
Nice response man
Fully Appreciate Your Advice dude Already doing it and stuck at a rather slow speed cant speed up without slippin. Gonna take me ages to get this one.
Love man
💙
@@breal6718 You will get it my dude! Just wait and see! One day you will wake up and your fingers will know what to do! Just keep on doing it slo mo with a metronome and your foot and play note by note. In the beginning just concentrate on the thumb! Then add everything else slowly slowly! One by one! Common you got this! ✨🎶🎶
My father passed away recently due to lung cancer stage 3. He listened to me play this when he first became sick, he loved it. He said it sounded beautiful.
oh, i feel so sorry( keep playing it, so your father can enjoy you playing this song from heaven
Beautiful tranquility light affliction. 😊
This guy is like the Bob Ross of acoustic guitar. So calm and relaxed, very chill dude, and an absolute master at his art.
Oh my lanta,,,,THAT'S IT!!!
Paul David analogized with Bob Ross is so perfect. Instead of happy little trees we get spicy little chords.
scrolled down to write exactly this.. you were faster :)
No bad notes, just happy accidents
Hello perfect hypster
I picked up a Taylor 514CE to check it out at a guitar store around 1997 that happened to have been left in open D tuning by someone else. I initially thought it was out of tune because the chord I played sounded terrible. When I realized it was actually an alternate tuning I decided to mess around with it since I had never tried any alternate tunings before. I sat in the store for over an hour just mesmerized at all of the new and wonderful musical flavors that were opened to me, and I wrote the beginnings of three beautiful instrumental pieces right there. 26 years later, my main acoustic is almost always in open D, and I am forever grateful to the mystery person that left me such a wonderful surprise to discover that day.
Great story
Plot twist: Time travel is discovered in a few years and you go back in time, leaving guitars in Open D, and become said mystery person.
@@khristopherkomodoensis4734😂😂😂
I just tried this tuning, and I'm blown away! Suddenly it's so easy to play stuff exactly to my taste
this is a beautiful story ffs
My wife be like: "Is that the Bob Ross of the guitar?"
Couldn’t have summed him up any better.
Your wife has a delicious sense of humor
So true. "Now we'll add some happy little chords, remember, it's your song, your world!"
Getting tired of this Bob Ross thing, massively overused.
@@HiVizCamo Harrumph!
Paul truly is a master at what he does. We just listened to the same chords/melody on repeat for nearly 9 minutes and loved every second of it.
That's the magic of open D for you bro 👍
His dialogue doesnt even ruin it either. One of the best things about his content is how hes able to blend everything together so well. Normally dialogue like that would ruin it but not for this. I watch this on repeat cause its just that good….
@@bradsuhrbier3647 Totally agree
@@gman2380 I agree with you, it´s so lovely to hear that tuning
@@bradsuhrbier3647 Him talking kinda adds some emotional value to it. His voice is relaxing
Absolute beginner here - been playing a whole two months (still learning basic chords and some strumming patterns, scales, etc).
This was so unbelievably beautiful!!! I can only hope to play like this someday. Old person - so not much time left - but I now have a true goal.
Thank you for this video!!
Hey, just wanted that Jesus loves you, and waits for you!
hope you have much progress in playing!
Hope everything is going well, Guitar is a wonderful hobby to learn!
i hope 8 months later your doing well ... A simple 1 finger barre chord over 1 fret does wonders in open D for begginers
jesus was a guitarist, not a carpenter.@@mishatsai5200
Ever have music with no words bring you to tears?
I have.
Thanks for this, Paul.
I haven’t had an acoustic guitar in a couple of years, but this melody was so beautiful, it led me to buy a new one a few days ago. I haven’t stopped playing this song since. Thank you for relighting my spark.
Where can I find a version of this without him talking??
@@henry20o82 keep practicing and you can make it yourself!
@@henry20o82 th-cam.com/video/n3TgPiVu4C4/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=PaulMooneyMusic
the guy in the parent comment actually did a cover of sorts
@@khimaros lol damn
That's exactly where I was a while ago. Just playing my electrics forever after my acoustic got smashed. Then one day I FINALLY got a new acoustic and man... something about that
Without stopping the class, fitting the course advertisement was brilliant.
yep cuz no one would wanna skip that
@@johnfran3218 your god does not exist
This wasn't a class, just advertising. Pure and simple.
I never understood how guitar teachers can talk and play at the same time like that.
@@peterkossits4794 practice, practice, practice , practice……..
With all the rise in technical "shredding" Its so nice to see a guitarists playing melodies with real feeling. To me this is what a guitar was meant for. Well done beautiful piece of music
The tone of that Martin really is something else!
You posted this on the day my dad passed away, and this amazingly beautiful riffing is the perfect soundtrack to looking through pics of my pops. Thank you so much.
I just came to this video after getting word my mother had a stroke yesterday. I lost my father a few years ago as well. Love to you Alex 🤙
I offer my condolences man.
Ik it’s been 3 weeks but I hope you’re doing ok man 🙏🏽
And coincidentally, the Notes read DADFAD
Please kindly accept my most Heartfelt Condolences
Alternate tunings like this are SO FUN! Sometimes I keep 2 or 3 guitars tuned to different alternate tunings like Open D so I can just pick them up and jam without having to tune them from Standard 😅
**Cries in one guitar**
Tell us you have a trust fund without telling us you have a trust fund.
Same I have four different guitars all four different tunings
I don't even play standard and just stick with the alternates. Right now I use open G minor 7 G-D-G-B-D-F
B flat in there whoops
I have been in an AC/DC tribute band for 14 years (I’m 29 now) and I just finally left the group. I sold some electrics to buy a D18 and wanted to change up my whole style because I have been stuck being Angus almost half my life. You sir, with this one video, showed me that you don’t have to be an insanely intricate player to start making some beautiful music on an acoustic. I can’t wait to check out the rest of your channel. Thank you for helping me believe in myself to broaden my horizons. You are awesome🙌🏻
Just bought a D18 myself with graduation money and a chunk of my savings 😅 absolutely beautiful guitar
Go for it
This sounds like a supervillain origin story, the only question is what you will call yourself. Heatseeker, Riff Raff, High Voltage, Soul Stripper or some other AC/DC themed name? I guess it depends on the nature of the misfortune that bestows powers on you, and what those powers are... in any case, good luck killing Spider Man! Don't let the bastards grind you down (for some reason I decided your new musical direction will be ska)
@@bubbafug00gle51 He'll be called War Machine
Good for you man! Make your own sound! A man and a acoustic can still a room. Nothing to hide and nowhere to hide.
Just give me a 24 hour loop of this and I will be happy forever. Amazing playing and a huge inspiration.
I love how he says “thank you, goodbye” and continues to play that gorgeous tune for 45 more seconds after…awesome.
I am absolutely confident that I could search for a thousand years and never again see the level of generosity and kindness you have demonstrated by giving us this video for free. I don't even know what I could possibly say to thank you, learning this song has healed a part of my heart I didn't even know was broken. Music is real to me again.
Free? He’s making it for the money TH-cam pays
@@gustavopaulette3496his whole 84 dollars
@@gustavopaulette3496 what has his earning to do with the fact that its free?
We have free access to it and dont have to pay for it.
Were you watching at 4:48 when this video turns into a commercial for his course? Paul is a great dude, but he has a living to make and this isn’t about generosity. Even if it were, a free TH-cam video is the highest example of generosity you could find in a millennium of searching across planet earth? You should really get out of the house more often.
@@yasch3696 Because some people think that way, doesn't matter that Paul is doing it for free to us, they care how and what money he is making, which should be none of their business, instead of enjoying the beautiful free lessons.
Playing guitar for over 56 years, I’m 66 now.
Well I thought I was playing guitar 😢
You sir, make guitar playing look so easy. Absolutely beautiful playing and sound.
I've been watching this from time to time this past year and I'm gonna give this a whirl. What's just occured to me: Paul is not only playing so fluently and effortlessly while talking to us.... its not even his native language either. Thank you for the inspiration Paul, you're truly a guitar legend ❤️
POV: Me tearing up as Paul casually talks and plays in open D tuning.
I've never tried Open D or anything other than standard, so I think I need to give this a shot because this is truly gorgeous.
Alternate tunings are... fun.. addictive.. and mess me up for standard tuning. But try DADGAD it is also a fun tuning
@@TedSchoenling CGCGCC and DGDGBD are fun which Alter Bridge uses often (careful with tuning the G string up any more though). Petteri Sariola has some cool applications of DADGAD and other open tunings too.
Bro, alternate tunings like Open D are easy to play and fun, also sounds beautiful, but like the other comments, there´s a lot of tunings, thanks to some music I discovered a variation of Drop D, DADGCE (instead of the conventional DADGBE) and it sounds pretty cool
I've been playing DGEDGD from high to low. Pretty sounding chords
If it makes you feel any better; a vast majority of Mumford & Son's old songs are in open D tuning.
This guy's videos put me in a trance. The beautiful playing combined with the calming narration is great
I don't know if you've seen it but his video on Travis Picking is just like this one and puts me in a trance too
Jar of Flies
kinda like ASMR with the good audio quality :)
Badass profile pic my friend 🤘
I entered the green world❣️
legend has it he's still playing it to this day
....and that we're all STILL no closer to learn'n to play it ourselves 😖
I love this, I know I will never come close to this level of playing but just watching it makes me pick up my guitar and try to get better. Truly amazing thanks for the inspiration
You WON’T ever get to this level of playing if you tell yourself you won’t. If you have the passion, the rest will follow. You WILL get to this level if you want. It takes Lots of practice but if you have the passion, the word “practice “ even sounds funny. I thought I’d never get to this level but here I am. I still feel like I suck and doubt myself sometimes. It sounds Cliche but I’m telling you it’s the truth that if you truly believe in yourself you can do it. Don’t forget why you wanted to play in the first place. I started so I could just rock out and have fun because I just love making noise.
Amen brother.
Andy, you can do it, don’t ever give up
You can do it Andy, we are all behind you
Don't say that man. You've gotta believe you can make it to this level of playing! Anything is possible as long as you put your mind to it.
You got it Andy. I’m also a beginner but I play everyday! It sure doesn’t come fast but don’t give up!
Alternate tunings I think are so inspiring for guitarists stuck in a rut. Thanks for highlighting the beauty of one of the best open tunings.
It changes the game, for sure.
If you know theory then yes.
@@robertahli3738 I'd even argue that knowing the theory or not doesn't matter as whatever sounds good to you can probably be justified somehow though I'll concede that knowing the theory allows you to find your way around more easily.
@@yessirmiller5430 the thing is if you change tuning ..d chord for example isnt the d chord where it used to be...if you dont know what chords are anymore its kinda limited..dunk...if its sounds good for you what you play and dont matter for you then god speed..if the band mate changes tuning i dont know how to follow its disastrous.
@@robertahli3738 one point is not knowing what you're doing or any related theory to the tuning. Just making improvising, making shapes and listening.
This dude is the Bob Ross of Guitar. He needs a TV show and a record deal.
I could listen to this riff on loop for hours and be completely satisfied. Absolutely beautiful
I just picked up my first guitar, with no musical experience whatsoever, so this sounds like pure witchcraft to me! How on earth are you doing that?!? So beautiful!
It probably is witchcraft if you are open to receive that spirit
focus on standard tuning first. get used to chord strumming.
@@GUITARTIME2024 *pulls out gun boom! Your dead next time me helpful
How is that witchcraft? It's a man playing the guitar from his soul..... Qiwiz man what's up??
A great (and heartbreaking) song in open D tuning is “Re: Stacks” by Bon Iver.
So is 29 #Strafford APTS
is every song in D tuning depressing ?
@@mortifer8655 No, The Gardner by The Tallest Man on Earth sound rather blissful in my opinion
@@mortifer8655 since you are mentioning "D Tuning". Then it isn't. There's many kind of D tuning.
Open D is generally soothing. Sometimes can be depressing.
Standard D (Full step down) is the same with Standard E but lower pitch. And can be used for almost everything.
Mostly it depends on the scale used in the song (not a strict rule as some Aeolian / Minor songs can sound happy).
Tuning is just the media or a bridge for the musician themselves to interact with their instruments.
There's many more tuning variations but my main point is the same.
Link?
Straight after I watched this video for the first time I tuned a guitar to open D and wrote a song. It was hands down the most fluid songwriting experience I've ever had, it all came out in one go which virtually never happens for me. It's one of my favourite songs I've ever written, so thank you for giving me the inspiration to get out of the writing rut I was in and try something new. Dankuwel Paul :)
@Igor Szy I’ll let you guys know when I release it
@@tedanderson667 tactical comment here
Essentially the same thing happened to me as well
I wonder if he realised it yet or not
Share it please
As someone who has performed for quite a while and has a vast taste in many different genres. There is something about this that is just feels different. Its truly beautiful
This channel never ever disappoints 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 The song had me in tears 😢😢
Didn’t Rhett Schull say open G was the most beautiful tuning? I think this dispute needs to be resolved. I suggest hand-to-hand combat…
It's on. Open D is where it's at.
D is historically the triumphant key. Probably scientifically too.
@@PaulDavids get Rhett on dial for a guitar duet/duel on open D/open G. That could be epic.
Lol
Open C is where its at, Just ask Devin Townsend :)
Timestamps:
0:20 6th and 4th string
0:26 1st and 2nd string
0:56 Bassline
1:21 Transition bass notes
1:30 Walking bass
1:37 More transition bass notes
2:13 Melody
2:53 Picking pattern + melody
3:58 With a pick
5:55 Holy Trinity of Music: Bass, Melody, and Chords
6:50 With a pick
Thanks
What the hell your mixing religion with the damn music?
Who pay you for this 😂
@@rashidbinzaiyed7149 begone satan with your bad vibes
Thanks man!
After this i grabd my guitar and played a G chord . i'm very proud of myself 🥲
"it sounds good" is an unjust description Paul. That little ditty vibrates to the soul. The way you explain music to us is a gift. Please continue...
you absolutely need to drop a lesson of this masterpiece. I would be more than thankful.
@@mischko1960 ty dude
@@mischko1960 thanks for this comment, pal!
Start with the picking pattern
Anybody here knows the notes and picking pattern?🙇
@@pruthvirajtemak3673 there was a guy who posted the tabs for them here cant find it no more
Old man tearing up! This made me realize Goin' to California, and much more is in open D. So beautiful! Thank-you Paul!
I think Going To California is in double drop D - standard tuning with both low and high e-strings tuned down to D. Beautiful song. Beautiful to listen to, more beautiful to play - imagine how beautiful it was to write!!
Well spotted sir. I was racking my brains trying to think of the Zeppelin track it reminded me of.
I thought in Going to California too
I love how the plug just fit in so well with the guitar.. added a bit of emotion and atmosphere to it
This video leaves you feeling warm, happy and safe, with a restored faith in the beauty of guitar and music expression in general.
I'm looking forward to learning to play this - amazing work Paul, in coming up with it! You have my thanks
“And now I’m feeling Home”
Is what those notes sang to me.
I wish I could play like you do.
The Hardest thing is how he keep playing smooth while explaining,
Cool lesson from Paul, as always.
Amazing. Thank you, Paul. Been practicing this for a day and virtually got all of it down. Feels rewarding.
After break away from playing for a long time, this has really inspired me to pick up the guitar.
What a beautiful piece.
4:00 when he starts playing with the pick i thought he started humming along with it but it was all from the guitar, absolutely beautiful, the guitar was literally singing
This is really hard to reproduce with virtual instruments, and why acoustic will always have its place
Very nice indeed. In the beginning I thought he was going to play "going to Califonia" same picking technique. Love me some Zep, best rock band ever imo!
I see what your saying, I heard a violin when he started strumming.
My dude my dude my dude. The beauty of this is the absolute simplicity and the fun you can have in creation. Thanks for sharing! I know YOU know this and probably most of your audience, but this was a common technique in the early days of Delta Blue and even just southern music where people taught themselves to play. Tune the guitar to something that sounds fine on its own and add some flavor. My grandmother used to play like this. God bless, my friend!
the delta blues was not built around open d tuning. lol yikes, talk about a bad hot take.
@@uncledeadhead3674 He said something that sounds fine on its own. Open E with a slide sounds about right to me
This made me feel so happy. One of the most beautiful things I've ever listened to. Thank you Paul for everything you do!
Listening to this, I'm suddenly aware that I've been listening to open D all my life. Fascinating to see how they get that sound. Thanks!
1:09 is that moment everyone that loves to play an instrument, no matter your history or skill level, can relate to. When he’s loving playing his instrument and is still keeping it together for the video, but he’s in the zone, loving the instrument
I once taught a friend to play who, because of chronic pain in his left hand, could not hold most chords in standard tuning. So I taught him to play in open D and it worked really well for him.
Also that piece was beautiful
Maybe that will work for me as well. Wrist pain is really fucking with me atm :(
This is so pretty. I am a newbie and have 2 acoustic guitars. I would love to tune one to open D after hearing this video. Now…how does one learn to play in open D? TH-cam, I guess?
@@TheBanana93 Be careful, if you have wrist pain you should take a break from playing for a week or so, dont rush it. Its much easier to prevent injuries then to fix it after, could take years .. Im talking from my experience.
@@_Nitrous_ Yeah man I gotta stop being stubborn I did take a whole month off and it kinda got better and then got bad again.. I gotta go to the doctor I don't want to not be able to play... :( just when I was getting into it
@@TheBanana93 keep me updated I hope the best for you.
Paul, you're the reason why i grabbed my guitar that i haven't played for more than 15 years, my first task is playing your riffs, Been listening to this for months, hopefully i can play it in the few weeks. Much love from Vietnam
Making me cry just from pure sound. Couldn't get better than that. I love learning from Paul and will keep practicing till I know this like the back of my hand.
What a lovely little tune. It's impossible to have any negative thoughts while listening to it. Images of all the nice things that have happened to you or better, the nice things you have done for others, just keep coming up. I liked the finger version better; the pick overwhelms the soft sweetness of the tune. Beautiful !
Couldn't agree with you more.
@@severinghams You have to give a shit about yourself first
@@severinghams Then you'll turn out fine mate
Makes me sad I can't write something like it yet, boom get done
Saved it months ago. Watched 100times. Still gives me goosebumps...love it
I already love music, but somehow this song made me fall in love with music all over again. This is an absolute masterpiece. You truly are an amazing guitarist, God bless you man.
Wow just discovered open d after 15 years of playing pop rock. Just playing the bass line to this song has started me on a whole new journey.
This is so relaxing. I'll leave this on loop and just listen for hours.
I've watched this 50 times already, and I just found it today. It reminds me so much of my dad and his love for when we would play guitar together. This video has made me cry in that sense. This needs way more liked than it has..
Not only is it an incredible song, but he shot this all in a single continuous shoot -- 9 minutes of playing and talking at the same time, all without making a single mistake. As someone who's also been making videos, I know how incredibly difficult this is to achieve. Also, I never see him use this guitar, usually it's the other Martin. He must keep this one permanently tuned to Open D and pull it out only when he needs 😂.
Exactly😂❤
Fun fact,Leo Kottke has been playing and talking for the past 58 years.But on a very different level😊
and he does it all in a language that isn't his mother tongue!
I've never felt the urge to share a guitar lesson video until I discovered this man. I watch this just for the way it relaxes me and makes me smile. Open D tuning is magical and this is a perfect demonstration. Bob Ross indeed!
Paul is hands down the best instructor on the net. I’ve been playing over 20 years and he’s still teaching me things.
Wow. I've had a block for a while and lost motivation completely. BUT hearing this just opened something up, and I can't wait to pick my guitar up again to try this out. Thanks for the inspiration!
Always nice to change the tunning. You end up discovering new sounds
I have loved this video since it came out and always come back to listen at least every month or so. This little melody is absolutely gorgeous and almost puts me in a trance.
Simply beautiful ❣️ This melody touched my heart, got watery eyes! Thanks for this amazing masterpiece. ❤
It seems crazy that this would be easier with a pick, but he's right, and I admire the fact that he was able to put it down after he combined everything. This song is incredibly addictive and somehow it never gets old despite being stuck in my head for months.
this melody gives me such a strong life is strange music vibes. and i am a big big life is strange fan. so this gives me a reaaally nice feeling inside, it warm and nostalgic. like being with a person you really adore, you dont even talk. being there with them makes you feel like home
its so lovely
You described it perfectly
Exactly what I was thinking! It sounds really similar to the music from the game
I’ve been playing in open D since I was a teenager. It’s my favorite creative way to play the guitar. Just the most wonderful tuning.
This is the most amazing tunning I have learned! I have been playing for 3 years on this tunning and its really amazimg. Thank you for your explanation and good music!
At the beginning I thought you were gonna play “Going to California”. Great video, Paul!
That melody sounded oh so familiar. And I know why. I was playing maybe the same thing some years ago during a time when I just tinkered with open tunings. You brought me back to those times Paul, when I never cared about understanding what I was playing and just, simply just, enjoying how the music felt. And it felt real good.
That’s actually the best time for your creativity, so many options are open because you just don’t care, but feel. Hard to play guitar with that sentiment ever again
reminded me of the scientist
That’s one of the better reasons to tune your guitar to an unfamiliar tuning; your fingers no longer "know where to go" so you have to play more by how the music feels again - you don’t know what shape a G chord is, or a C, D whatever. Great way to get inspiration. I often do it and come up with something I think sounds great so I think it must be something really different and unusual, then I work out what I was actually playing and it’s so simple I’d discard it out of hand if I’d done it in normal tuning. I guess it makes me listen with my ears more and less with my eyes - if that makes sense. From the heart rather than from the brain.
@@BlueGrenadeTom exactly why I don't seem to really pick up the entirety of music theory. Honestly, note intervals and their relationship to each other make it more like math instead of what it is supposed to be, music. Alternate (or alternative tuning) brings that guitar magic again. Remember the first time a favorite chord resonated through your body the first time you learned playing it? It's just like it.
@@peterquailman2460 Ha - yes. Just taking pleasure in the sound of a chord. I could play an Emadd9 all day (either 024000 or 022002 low to high). But you’re actually right - music theory is very mathematical and made no sense to me while I played guitar. I taught myself piano a few years ago and then all these chord names with numbers in them, and harmonic structure made so much more sense to me because on a keyboard it’s all just laid out in front of you. For example the Emadd9 I mentioned - I had no idea what it was. It was just a shape (like all chords on a guitar), I had no idea what add9 referred to, I think I picked it up,from a Radiohead song. But on a piano you just find the E note and count up 9 keys in the scale (with E being 1) and land on an F#, so I looked at the notes in my guitar shape and realised that they were the notes of an Em chord with an F# added. Literally “Em add 9”! And it all just went like that. But playing two different types of instrument - string and keys - added greatly to my creativity without need necessarily for music theory: I’d come up with something on one instrument that I liked, then take it over to the other and learn it and find a little easy change that sounded cool and take that back to the original instrument and it would be insanely difficult to achieve and/or would be something I would never have played on it in a thousand years. For example I was writing this song on my guitar that landed on an Em and just hung around on it for a couple of bars, but needed a bit of tension adding in the second bar before the change. I took it over to the piano and played it and Em is really easy to play - E G B - and in the second bar I just moved my last finger down from the white to the black (a B down to Bb as it happens) and it was sooo simple to do but sounded exactly right, just what I’d been hearing in my head. Great, I thought, I’ll just go back to my guitar and flatten all the Bs. So easy on a piano, *sooooo* difficult (for me) on a guitar - I ended up playing 012320 for some reason. I didn’t know it but it was an E diminished I was playing (not quite sure about the guitar though) and it was one of those chord names that struck fear into me as a guitarist, and whatever it was on the guitar I would never have played that in a million years!
So yeah, if you find yourself drying up, alternate tunings or learn a different instrument - anything to take you out of your stale comfort zone and bring that fresh joy back.
It's actually brilliant that the playing highlights how good instruction more generally is structured kind of like a good song.
It's a beautiful song, beautiful harmonies that transport you to other places. Such sensitivity!
God your playing is so beautiful!! Why would anyone dislike this video it’s so wholesome and comforting. Oh and I just love your accent!
Zo riemembur. Ei talkt about oezing te pik reit? Ei tink its tijm toe greb et.
@@kavi1844 jes
They hit the dislike button by mistake
I love watching Paul’s videos for this reason exactly, he is a great guitarist and could show us all these amazing licks but it just seems like with every video the emphasis is on what the GUITAR can do, not the player.
Well said
@@zollyclaman yep
That makes no literal sense
@@docsavage8640 yeah, my guitars can't seem to do that... or maybe its me...
@@fredstevens799 th-cam.com/video/Sk1VxUmRvBg/w-d-xo.html 😊 🎸
A nine minute commercial and I was fully engrossed. Absolutely beautiful! What a way to promote your lessons. I loved it and I'm inspired to pick up my guitar again after a couple of years dormant.💯👍🏻
oh wow this improvised piece really got me. i was already miles away like in first 3 mins. i dont know how but it made me felt relax after a long time. this was what i need when i got through tough times
This sounds crazy full on just a 6 string, I'd love to hear it on a 12 string
That's exactly what I thought, gonna give it a try right now
Listen to “Vancouver” by Jeff Buckley
Sources say he's still tuning it
@@DasOmen02 xD actually I just forgot to write my experiences ^^ if you play a lot of 12-string, you get quick at tuning.
Honestly, I think it sounds better on the regular 6-string guitar, because it has more oomph to the bass and more independence between low and high register. On the 12-string guitar it sounds full and beautiful and all, but the definition of the bass notes and the distinct contrast with the high notes are missing. Maybe if you remove the octave strings from the low E and A string... But I don't want to try that.
So it sounds great on 12-string, but the richness and fullness of the sound take away the definition of the pattern.
@@rayhutto2063 I'm a huge Scottie fan
I think we can all agree this is pure beauty. This tuning is straight from the gates of heaven man. Literally just starting practicing it and even wrote my own song in less than an hr. So inspirational man. Thank you good sir
I've had a long and confusing day today and just listening to this made me hopeful that tomorrow can be better. Thank you
ive watched this video 6 times now, it brings me a smile everytime, and its my new happy place, rough day, i just watch this video, brings my joy all the time, thankyou paul :)
Haven’t heard Paul play in a while and now I remember why I loved him so much. This melody just melts away all the stress and worries and just binds you to this moment with a weird sensation of happiness and calm. Thank you Paul for being awesome!
Paul, I hope you appreciate how gifted you are at all of this and that you feel joy from making content that does truly inspire your viewers. I’m going to be playing acoustic guitar this evening incorporating your ideas.
there's no thing as "gifted", by saying that he is, you're saying all his hard work was for nothing lmao
@@sliverbox271991 gifted and hard working are not mutually exclusive. I imagine Paul is very hard working. Unnecessary to argue here.
@@VintageRadius I work hard but still suck, hahaha, guess I am lacking in the gifted department.
This was absolutely stunning. I have been watching your video for years, your music has heart. I love that, it's such a rare beauty these days ❤
A melodic master of acoustic guitar - just amazing and inspiring.
My biggest mistake when first starting out was only playing in standard tuning. Once I discovered different tunings the Guitar got way more interesting!
I started learning guitar so thanks to you and Paul for introducing me to the idea of alternate tunings!
can relate
Absolutely sublime, could listen to this for hours and indeed like others here I have immediately tuned my acoustic to D. I wish we had teachers like you Paul 30yrs ago.
That sounded quite beautiful and played so wonderfully well.
Just found this today, a 69 yr old and self taught finger style player, always acoustic, some electric. 12 string Yamaha in an open E tuning is lovely too! I am re-tuning to open D on my 1970 Brazilian Giannini folk guitar I write this! Reminds me of Nick Drake sounds!!!! I never could figure out how he played the way he did, but maybe it was open D! Love this!
One could ride on that wave of notes all day long, just sitting on the flower prairy, next to mountains in the distance, butterflies all around, melting down in paradise. This has some magic in the notes
As always. A solid video. Nice cinematography, clear sounds. Informative. Watching Paul's videos just makes you want to grab a coffee, light the fireplace and chill.
Agreed - especially here in Colorado where the temp is 34 (F) and snow is in the air!
@@billvs6505 th-cam.com/video/Sk1VxUmRvBg/w-d-xo.html 🌞 🎸
Still one of my favorite tunings for guitar! Wrote one of my personal favorite (and possibly favorite) pieces in this tuning years ago. Always love hearing other people play in this beautiful tuning.
absolutely love this. ill sadly never be able to play my guitar again. alot of people take simple music for granted. keep up the good work brother. this was beautiful
Hello Paul, this melody sounds just magical! You should publish this on apple music - really great! Even if I had the tabs, it probably wouldn't sound nearly like that, absolutely best channel in terms of acoustic guitar : )
hell yeah, want this on repeat for hours to just chill out.....
Tabs would help!
I second this. Paul, we need this as another one of your looping tracks! It’s just such a sweet melody, I can’t rest until I have it in my playlist.
Tuning a guitar
I listened to it on repeat maybe 30 times .. the melody was just too haunting. Paul is the best teacher on youTube aside from being a fantastic player and person !
he could have kept doing this for 40 minutes and i wouldnt even noticed it. just genius. completely hypnotizing!
You are so talented, sounds amazing, I've been playing 6years now and this just intimidates me lol i think your lesson would be way above my ability
Paul ~ my beloved 💖tribe brother David Wilcox taught me open D ~ his advice ~ tune to open D ~ start playing ~until a single tear spills from your eye runs down your cheek ~ VERY SWEET little journey around the frets there good brother ~ thanksgiving to you from Christmas 🎅 in New Zealand 🇳🇿. David Ford …
I love these kind of 'noodling' lessons, I've picked up so much from them and it's always started with trying to replicate the video and ended up creating something new from the principles outlined. Lovely - you're a really good teacher, Paul.
Also this tune is so close to being a cover version of the knife's 'heartbeats'. I know the Jose Gonzalez version also uses alternate tuning but I think the melody part here would add something really lovely to that song too.
Ohhhhhh Why? Why is everything in your videos perfect? The sound, the lighting, the aesthetics, the music ... I know, you are perfect! Thank you for this gift of 8 minutes and 44 seconds. Greetings from Madrid!
Beautiful, love this melody! One of the best pieces of music I have heard in a very long time, wanna hear the full song!
Well this is truly the best acoustic rhythm I’ve ever heard. I really want to make my own acoustic song and this gives me inspiration.