Wow, thanks!

@@snoozedoctor Shouldn’t a guitar lesson start by playing the song through first so we can be sure you know how to play it?

@@Powertuber1000 Here's a complete play-a-long I did recently and in the next video I did some more tips and instruction. Cheers. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7WGg7Cl0dKypXk.htmlsi=nsOkhe2clTtqIekY

Oh thanks. It's long winded. I hope I'm doing better these days.

I've heard him talk about how he was an acoustic musician in a rock band, something that didn't always mesh. (Though they did an amazing job of it!). But specifically he was talking about the times in the studio when it was just him with his guitar and voice.

I'm so glad you're having fun with them!

Awesome! A great tune for a campfire!

Glad it may be of some help. Someone just pointed out a mistake I made. In the verses, that hammer on pull off is 4-5-0-4 instead of the 4-5-4-0-4 shown in the video.

And Ian picks the last '4' of that sequence, instead of a pure hammer-on.

We're about the same age. I have seen Tull in concert more than any other live group. I picked out many of their songs by ear until my LPs were worn. You have really worked out the bits I've been missing. Thank you! Appreciate your teaching style, perfect pace.

thanks for all the kind comments and tips! Happy New Year.

You are welcome! Long winded. I did a more recent one that is a bit more condensed.

Thanks! Cheers.

Thanks! I'm glad you're finding them helpful.

Hey, glad you found me!

@@snoozedoctor Me too.....travesty that JT isnt in the hall of fame..........what a joke.....Thanks again

Glad these help. I saw them in '72 on the TAAB tour. Amazing. My favorite band in those years. I agree, brilliant up to Heavy Horses and then spotty from then on. Way better than most bands but they changed with the times.

@@snoozedoctor Boston Garden 1972...TAAB tour...first concert ever....what a show....

@@AndyBigDaddyWilkinson that was the era! In the 2 years previous I had seen many of the big bands of the day, Deep Purple, Mountain, Black Sabbath, and Tull just blew them all out of the water.

@@snoozedoctor Purple...Humble Pie...ya man...OId guyz rule!!

My pleasure!

Glad you enjoy it!

You're welcome! I'm glad it helped!

Great music! My top bands in high school would have been JT, The Who, Yes, and Mountain.

It really is a fun song, but that last riff is a doozy.

Glad you like it!

Glad you like them!

You are welcome!

You are very welcome! Cheers!

My pleasure! Cheers!

Hey thanks. Wow, you saw them early! My first time was '72 on the TAAB tour. Favorite concert ever. Ian is a masterful musician. Can't remember who I was reading very recently but they were in the studio when JT was recording Heavy Horses album and he said he saw I.A. sit down and record "Moths" in one take, done. Haven't learned that one, but not a simple guitar part!

You're very welcome!

glad you like it! Cheers!

Glad they help! I have the hardest time coordinating singing and playing anything the least bit complicated. I always marvel at people that make it look effortless! Thanks for commenting!

Thanks for the kind words! Much appreciated.

I can't begin to do the vocal gymnastics and phrasing he does. My voice just isn't nimble like that so I croak the best I can. He was a terrific singer! And to play what he plays while he does that phrasing, wow. He's on automatic.

Glad you liked it!

Gosh, thanks!

You're welcome!

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks so much! I'm glad it helped. I need to do an updated, condensed tutorial on this.

Thanks! Yeah, I love it too. The wider string spacing at the saddle really makes for easier finger style! Pickup sounds great too.

Thanks for listening!

You're very welcome!

Awesome! I still have trouble with that fast arpeggio lick at the end. Damn difficult!!

Thank you! Cheers!

Have at it!

Merci beaucoup!

Glad I could help!

I need to redo a condensed version of this, maybe a 3/4 speed play-a-long. I think the play-a-longs are probably more suitable to advanced players. I tend to ramble on too much.

@@snoozedoctor you is doing brilliant for us Tull fans, thanks 👍

Hey, thanks.

Hey, you're welcome. I did a more recent tutorial, and play-a-long with this song, if you haven't seen it.

Great songs indeed!

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks a lot!

I always loved Ian's sound with the Martin 0-16s he was playing at the time. I still think he captured a near 'perfect' acoustic guitar sound that I have trouble replicating. It's partly because he is such a phenomenal player. Effortless precision.

De Rien!

Thank you, I will

that's great!

Je vous en prie! Santé à toi.

And cheers to you! What's important is having fun with the song, not necessarily playing it spot on.

@@snoozedoctor cheers Doctor. I remember seeing Eric Clapton telling Doyle Bramall 2 when they were playing Robert Johnson songs that sometimes all you can do is an aporoximation, or you'll spend your whole life trying to get it perfect. Just Enjoy the ride. Best wishes.

Glad it helped!

Great! That's why I make these videos!

You are welcome!

Always liked this tune.

The horse was very friendly. I think it wanted an apple or a sugar cube. Ireland is magical. I enjoy it more than Scotland although both are amazing.

On Aqualung he was playing an Aria steel string guitar. I thought his Martin New Yorker sounded more like a nylon string. It was because it was lightly built and thus he played silk wound steel strings on it. That gave it that unique tone. In his words.... "At the time of recording the “Aqualung” album, I was briefly playing an Aria Japanese guitar. By “A Passion Play”, I was on the Martin New Yorkers. I also have about twenty classic Martins dating from 1834 to the late 1930’s. These are all wall-hangers rather than players but they have featured on some recordings, notably “Too Old To R & R” and other tracks from that period where I used 0-42 and 0-45 models."

I found this interesting, "Whilst silk and steel strings are designed to be played on steel strung acoustic guitars, you can clearly see that there’s a big nod to the design of classical strings here. As a result they share some similar characteristics when it comes to how they sound and play. The addition of the silk layer certainly alters the tonality and playability and many of the brands that manufacture these sets cite the following characteristics; Warmer, mellow tone Lower tension Less string noise

Have you learned it yet? :)

Learned a couple of songs, thanks to your videos. I enjoyed learning the beginning of Baker street muse the most. Learned by watching your hands :D

@@artemesaulkov2010 Awesome! I'm glad it helped!

Yes, you are right, he does stay on C. I did a more recent play-a-long and explanation that corrected that. Thanks for the comment!

You're welcome!

Learning to play them without a capo is a great challenge! Honestly, when performing, I really don't like using capos because every one I've found pulls the guitar a bit out of tune.

Thanks for listening

A friendly fellow that approached me as I was walking down a lane in Ireland. Gave me a pose.

You are welcome! Cheers!

That is the trickiest thing in the song. Cutting those cords off while singing!

Those links within the video never seem to work right for me. There is a link in the description below the video that should work. It works for me.

Hmm, that's a good question. I would think of it that way.

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That last riff is really tough at the tempo the song goes at. I can't pull it off every time, maybe half the time I get it right. About 25% of the time is totally off the rails.

Thanks! After listening to the live recording with the orchestra, in which I can hear the guitar more distinctly, (hard to hear on the original recording), it is as you say, 4-5-0-4, picking the last note. Although the audio is annoying slightly out of sync, you can see him striking the last note with an upstroke. Thanks for the heads up.

@@snoozedoctor It's even easier too :)

Glad you like it!

Mother Goose, One White Duck, I'm detecting a pattern of feathered friends.

@@snoozedoctor, are you going to do a Secret Language of Birds tutorial then? 😛cttgaegoaktd

obrigada!

Yep, you are correct. The syllable should stay a half step higher than I described!

@@snoozedoctor So literally (ie ignoring the capo changes) that’d be three plucked C notes - rather than C (third string), E (second), C (third) - and then the hammer-on/pull off? aligned with his vocal? Thanks.

@@rdsloane guitar part is as I have it, A-slide to B, C E C and then the hammer/pull off. Merry Christmas to you!

On this one I'm playing my Martin OMC Aura. Martin didn't make this model for too long, I don't think it was very popular. Aside from having the cutaway, it has a very thin neck and wide string spacing. Those are great for me because I have small hands and I'm mostly a finger style guitarist. I'm pretty sure I used a Neumann KM 184 for the mic running into a Avalon preamp. I ran a long cable from my studio out into this carpeted hallway because there's not an echo to cloud up the signal. Cheers!

@@snoozedoctor thanks for that, now would you mind telling me how you mic'd the guitar to create your video? It sounds so good.

Oh i'm sorry - didn't know about expanding your reply to see the rest of your explanation. Thank you so much for making a great Mother Goose video!

Yeah, that minor chord with the melody walking up to ninth of the scale is similar! Did you know that JT and LZ were in the same studio, at the same time, recording Aqualung and Led Zeppelin 4?

@@snoozedoctor that I did not know but it makes sense, the folky element of LZ from JT and the Rock vice versa

The pig/horse hybrids are actually very fast. They call them porsches . Nice looking too. Sounds like you could use a Guinness or three. Cheers!

Well, you tell me, do you see a capo? He's moved it down to the 3rd fret because he lost his voice and can't sing it as high as the 5th. Cheers. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldx8qNSE3bbZZJc.htmlsi=xKrBBbWZPUDNh2nw