i know im several years late to the party but i just wanna say thanks so much for making the only tutorial that does this song justice!

Thank you for the 3 angeles lessons. Without them, I am sure I would have never been able to learn my favourite song ever. I just wanted to let you know that you made a big difference in my guitar progress and even in my life, since being able to play my favourite song is somewhat a source of happiness for me:) all the best

Yes sir, 7 years tardy but that is no reason to hold back a “thanks” for an exceptional lesson, videography, clarity, pace....well done!!

For anyone that needs help catching up to speed with the picking, what's working for me right now is starting at 80 BPM on a metronome and setting a timer for 5 minutes. Once I can do the pattern five times in a row, I move on. Ultimately, test it out and remember- have fun with it. I really enjoyed you labeling which finger goes where, that was super helpful.

Been dreaming of playing this since I was about fourteen years old! I never watch instructional videos as many times they will move too fast or become too confusing for me, but you are very patient and extremely comprehensive. Awesome. Thanks!

I've wanted this sort of lesson for this song for forever. Thanks

WOW!! This is absolutely PERFECT. And the camera angles make it so easy to see what your fingers are doing!! Thank you!! Way better than most guitar tutorials. Subscribed!

this is the most accurate , in depth Elliot Smith tutorial out there! Thank you very much for making these video tutorials. You are a very kind and patient teacher.

dawg my hand literally wont make the shape of the first chord, gonna have to come back when i'm a little better lol

Hi Ethan I just wanted to comment that I have found your Elliott tutorials to be the absolute best out there and they have helped me immeasurably. You’re an absolute legend thank you:)

holy cow man this is phenominal. Thanks so much for taking the time to thoroughly play out the intro, makes it actually approachable to a fairly new guitar player.

Thank you for taking the time to share! That must've been difficult to play it so slowly for us, and you did it flawlessly.

Very well done lesson, might be the clearest explanation of a song I've ever seen on you tube. Keep it up

you're kind of like the best teacher ever. thank you, I'm ecstatic that you posted this. so that makes you ecstasy!

Dude, you nailed it! Your hard work payed off. I love how you pay attention to the details. Looking forward to the continuation. Thanks for this!

Awesome tutorial. I like that you take the time to make sure the viewer actually has a chance to learn it right. A lot of otherwise good videos are ruined by rushing them.

God bless you, Ethan. This was perfect. I had been playing a wonky version of the picking for years, this straightened me right out.

This really is a great lesson. Definitely the best lesson of this song. Thank you so much for this! You are very talented my man.

What an amazing tutorial. I was able to figure out both picking patterns in about 30 minutes thanks to you.

Ethan, you are the man. Thanks for all these great tutorials.

i've been playing the wrong picking pattern for 12 years, so hard to undo! haha. thanks for making this video!

you could perfectly meditate to this video, its amazing

You’re a great guitar teacher man. All the repetition really helps.

Hypnotic habilities Ethan's , Thx for the tab. Personnal Memo 3:13 5:28 7:50speed 9:22 A chords

Thank you so very much!!! I've been trying to learn this for months and now that I found your video I am finally getting somewhere.

You explained it so well, the pacing is perfect!

dude, can't believe someone took their time to break this down. thank you

The best thing to do is to learn 'Travis Picking' and then this will be grasped in an instant and you'll have the bonus of having learned one of the most popular principles of guitar finger picking. Great video and a valuable insight into a great tune regardless!

thanks for the great and patient lesson of this beautiful song

Ethan, this is the best guitar tutorial I have ever seen online. Thank you very much. You should teach professionally.

Very good idea of guitar lesson, nobody on KZfaq do a great lesson of this song, i wait for the next part ! Thx a lot

Fantastic, I hope you continue making tutorials as this one was immensely helpful.

RIP Elliott

You’re immediately likable

Thanks so much for this, can't wait for part 2!

Mate you need more subscribers - this video is so helpful - thank you SO MUCH

Thanks man! This is great, timing, chords, only on the first part, but I shall watch this until I can play this wonderful song in full. Appreciate you taking the time :)

Best lesson ever! Im finally getting that music! thank you!

A superb and very well put together lesson on what is an intricately beautiful song. Subscribed.

thankyou, best tutorial I've found!

Thanks for this, Ethan. Really well done. Very difficult song to play PROPERLY, but this set me on the right track because you took so much care in teaching it well. Off to practice now. Thanks dude.

Wow thanks dude. Worked amazingly. This guys a master. I was stuck playing a B minor at the beginning.

When you think of challenging guitar pieces, you think of Clapton, Hendrix Page, Froosh. They sound difficult but when you break them down they aren't. Elliot Smiths style of playing however....sounds like it might be easy to someone, but learning the fingerstyle properly the way he wrote it is beyond challenging! Like every Elliot Smith fan I think he's a genius, and never knew just how great he was. Your tutorial is the only one that breaks it down enough for me to learn properly. Even saying outloud the finger your using, makes it into a learnable pattern. My fingers hurt but this I'd awesome

MY GOD! Perfect work! Thank's from Belgium

Also, I have always wanted to learn this song. After about a month of playing it compulsively, I've got it down pretty good. Thanks. The slow play at the end of your videos helped a tremendously. Your originals are good too, "Scouting the Weak Points of the Land" is my favorite. Thanks again.

This is so helpful. Thanks a lot man. Im not a great guitar player. I still have a lot to learn, but Im getting the hang of this pretty quickly.

Thank you very much for sharing all of this!

Great Great Lesson! Taught brilliantly. Thank you!

thank you so much dude. there is a long time ago that i m looking for a tuto for this song !

Thank you for these videos. You are great

This song takes me to a place both sad and beautiful.

this is really great, & much appreciated. thanks ethan

thanks a lot for your video . great lesson. Greetings from spain!!! Waiting for more elliott smith songs.

awesome tutorial man! much respect! thanks!

Dude, you are so awesome! Wow, thank you so much for sharing this.

Hi Ethan, That's a really terrific lesson... Have tried learning Angeles through songbooks and tabs etc, but there was always something missing in terms of the fingerstyle patterns, which you have totally nailed. Really, for Elliott Smith, you need a person actually showing you exactly the patterns. Thanks a lot! Conn

Awesome lesson. Thank you so much

You, Sir, are awesome.

thank you so much for making this!!!!

you are awesome!!!thank you

Absolutely amazing tutorial! I was able to get the picking pattern down in about 45 minutes because your explanation is so thorough! However, my thumb and picking fingers immediately developed huge blisters so I had to stop haha

Great teacher man!

Thank you very much! perfect explanation :)

Hey thank you for your real complete and good tutorials. Can you please also make tutorial on almost over?

Thank you great lesson!

Thanks my brother!

U are a great teacher!!! Thankss

Amazing job, bro! Thanks for your time :D

Hey Ethan I don’t know if you still are doing tutorials, but would love a memory lane one, Ive scoured the n an there’s absolutely nothing

you are the best! ty so much man

Started trying to learn this . I think itll take me a year at least. Im in no hurry, going to try and enjoy the small improvements as i go.

Just subscribed. Thanks for this. I couldn't figure out the exact pattern, so I use to just half ass it.

thank you! :D great work!

Hey Ethan, this tutorial is awesome!! thank you!!! quick question- for the 1st Em7(add 9) chord, is it ok to just put fingers on E string 2nd fret, B string 3rd fret, and D string 4th fret? I find that much easier for my left hand. Let me know if that would work>

Thanks Ethan!!!

This was fantastic.

Good lesson!

thank you so much!!💙

Thank you so much! I love you, Ethan, you are such a great man. Can you do a tutorial for Elliott's "I dont think I ever gonna figure it out" song? It's as difficult as Angeles. Please, Ethan!

Great tutorials man! Do you know "ballad of big nothing"???

Thank you so much

legend. thanks

Well done.

Learning this song from Ethan totally brought my playing to a new level. Without planning to, I'd suddenly become a a proficient fingerstylist. Fingerstylist sounds weird. But you know what I mean.

Hi Ethan great job and thank. Is there any of Elliott Smiths songs that can be played without tuning down a step please?

Thank You so much. You are an epic teacher. Anyway you might consider doing a video on Whatever (folk song in C)?

I’ve been trying to play the version of this on ultimate guitar but it was playing all top 3 strings while seemingly alternating thumb, and I was losing my mind. This is much easier.

thank you so much!!!

is there any chance you could post a link for your tab? this is a great lesson

u're a genius man

Before I start trying to learn this. On a scale how hard is this song? I've been playing for years and can play it if I really want to but it seems pretty tough

fuck it, you did the tutorial i was waiting for since youtube was created. finally....thanks :-)

Hy ethan thanks for this tutorial is amazing! Absolute the best on the web..one question: why use the point finger on the a string if you don't sound it ( in the second verse of 2th video you don't use it) it is necessary? Elliot did the same.. Thanks

Ethan's guitar lessons and music can the guitar tuning interfere with the original sound of the song?

Great job! Very close....Nobody should be a slave to recordings (Elliott sure wasn't and played many versions live) but Melodyne says he plays an A ("open" high E string) on the last 1/16th note of the first "pattern" and a B (D string 9h fret) and then an E (B string "open") to close out the A chord. Again, I don't want to be the TAB correction jerk, but I just decided to ID the notes because all of the TABS are so different from one another.

Well done! Very precise and explanatory. I would just recommend that you place a link somewhere to the song played by you in the original tempo.

Hi! Excellent tutorial. I have a request to make: Could you kindly give some pointers on playing Elliot's "Independence Day" and "No Name #3"? The tuning appears to be different. Many thanks in advance! :-)

thank you

Has anyone got a full tab on this, cos I hate not bein able to look at the whole thing in front of me

What's the pointer finger for, in the first chord? Since we don't use the A string