STRUMMING TECHNIQUE FOR THE RIGHT HAND + FULL SONG AND HARMONY COVER kzfaq.info/get/bejne/er2HdNh7qcC0hpc.htmlsi=LVFqS-1-ujoO8aW_ How to get the sound right.. Hope this helps as everyone always asks) Okay so use the soft part of your thumb so you get a smooth, soft bottom end on the bass notes. Flick the top three strings with your finger NAILS, so they are brighter and have more attack when you are down stroking, but pluck them with the soft tips of your fingers for a soft strum on the way back down. The combination will have a smooth low end with accented high end and smooth strumming between. Give it a try and let me know how that goes :) When I play his songs I will instinctively change the EQ of what I’m playing by implementing more or less fingernail, down stroking with nail or picking with my fingers (purposefully avoiding the nail) to get a very soft or bright melody at times. Over time this just becomes natural and instinctual. If you find this hard, don’t worry, I was trained in classical guitar for about 10 years before I started playing electric properly, so that carried over to me and I have always been able to do it since I started playing Elliott Smith, but if you aren’t experienced it just takes a bit of time!!! :) Give this general idea a try until you find how it works, maybe even just strumming the same chord or section until it feels good. Let me know how this goes below and share tips to help others. :)

He played it on a guitar that kept going out of tune, which makes it unique

man you’ve gotta do more elliott tutorials, this was so well done. i usually don’t like guitar tutorials on youtube as i find them hard to follow but this felt so simple and you explained everything nicely. plus the sound feels very accurate

Elliott sure likes his chromatic guitar lines. Glad to see you back man. Your singing sounds lovely too.

You doing that slide at the beginning keeping the pointer finger on the first fret is so much harder than it looks. Makes me respect his chord changes and music even more

Dude you sound exactly like Elliot Smith. It’s awesome

Amazing tutorial- throughout the whole thing I was thinking ‘how the hell did Elliott come up with this?’ It’s quite mind-boggling to think that someone can have such a knowledge of the fretboard, especially in such an unusual tuning

the man that taught me condor ave. i just had to check in and see what you'd been up to and look at this: another of my favorite elliott tunes to learn. thank you so much!

what a phenomenal tutorial and you sing very well. thank you so much! look forward to playing this for years to come.

Thank you for sharing this! His songs can be tricky to learn from tab alone so this is very helpful. Definitely my favorite from this album next to White Lady and Christian Brothers.

I could not crack the code on reading the tab for this song that I love so much. Thank you for this simple and straightforward breakdown, I can now work on enjoying it on a different level!

I don't think I have seen someone do a Tutorial on this one before on yt. Thank you so much!

Thank you for this, i mean it. THIS ROCKS MAN.

This is awesome thanks!

Thanks for uploading this!

that was sick thanks

Great job, thanks for sharing.

Thanks so much for this tutorial

I always end up finding you for elliott smith tutorials. U also gave me a good idea for a movie

Amazing tutorial. thank you.

Tysm for this there’s no way I would have had the patience to learn this by tab. Might I say you should time stamp all the parts next time and add a bit on the end where you play the whole thing so we can try and play along. Thanks again this was great!

Thanks for this tutorial! Your voice sounds really good too

thanks bud

going to copy the lyrics here so i can practice it better if that’s not a problem. great video and beautiful singing by the way They're waking you up to close the bar The street's wet, you can tell by the sound of the cars The bartender's singing "Clementine" While he's turning around the open sign "Dreadful sorry, Clementine" Though you're still her man It seems a long time gone Maybe the whole thing's wrong What if she thinks so and just didn't say so? You drank yourself into slow-mo Made an angel in the snow Anything to pass the time And keep that song out of your mind Oh, my darling Oh, my darling Oh, my darling, Clementine Dreadful sorry, Clementine Dreadful sorry, Clementine

This is so helpful! I started playing the guitar 4 days ago so I have no idea how to even begin to read tabs. Im making progress on finger placement but my main issue is I have no idea what to do with my strumming hand lmao.

You have an incredible voice

Thanks alot for this tutorial 🙏- really beautiful song. Elliot was such a talent. In this tuning - Do you know what chord comes out when playing all string open?

Thanks for this, really well organised! I notice in a few live versions there's a satisfying high hammer on the "clementine" at 14:06. Is that just the pinky sliding or something else? Anyway, look forward to your future elliott smith tutorials, I'm having trouble with some of the arpeggiations on Talking to Mary so maybe you could add that to your list!

most other people and eliott in some video doesnt play the 7th barre in dreadful sorry, which is correct?

Thanks for the lesson. How did you learn how to hybrid pick/strum like you did in the verses?

That tuning has a Nick Drake feel to it I wonder if he was going for that at all.

I cannot figure out how to strum and pick the melody at the same time. Any tips?

this song killin my tiny hands 😭

Hey Jason, are you there buddy?

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0:54 I’m trying to play this chord but for me it sounds like the G chord is overpowering everything else, it doesn’t sound high pitched like it does in the song and I’m not sure what to do💀

Ok, so I got to know that Nosivin Schnell cleans the nose really quickly, even thought I was interested in Elliott's song.

are you lwoer than all the notes you say you are tuned to?

I wish for a strumming tutorial 🥲

Yeah just a disclaimer.. if using a tuner to tune to this go on the flatter side if you want to match his guitar...that really threw me off at first.

I can't pick while strumming with my thumb. somebody help me

Am I the only one who has tuned to the correct tuning and my guitar sounds off tune compared to him? What am I doing wrong??

Should have waited a little Bit on tuning

Too hard

Your guitar is very flat but otherwise thank you very much

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can you just teach the song and not sing i’m here to learn the song, not you attempting to impress people with your mid singing 😭

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