I thought it was worth having a look at Taylor Swifts guitar playing. Let me know which part of the video you enjoyed the most. Keep on Strummin'🎸 Aaron
One of my favorite solo performances on guitar by Taylor is “Death by a Thousand Cuts” from her NPR Tiny Desk session. She does a great job maintaining a pretty cool picking pattern through some challenging vocals. It's a great song with one of her very best bridges.
I think it's worth mentioning from the viewpoint of a vocalist, she is one of the most effortless performers at playing guitar and piano while singing at the same time. I played piano as a formal instrument all through to the end of high school. I have studied voice and sung in internationally competitive choirs for about 20 years at this point. I couldn't do even half the job Swift does at playing and singing complicated, often contrapunctal rhythms simultaneously.
And she’s capable of singing and play a full 10 minutes song without making any mistakes. Man I struggle to play All Too Well without getting tired with my hand 😂 People are like “those are just 4 chords no barre chords” But the thing is to be able to sing and play an instrument at the same time playing at the right timing
@@livinglifeenjoy and singing complex counterpoint rhythms to what you are playing. I'd also love to know who else these schmucks think can get a fan-fking-tastic song from "just 4 chords" 🥴🥴🥴
@@livinglifeenjoyexactly! And singing wordy songs can get tiring to one’s voice and breath too. And she’s doing all that for 3 freaking hours. People need to give credits where it’s due and lay low some of the hate. 🫶🏻
THIS! People simply do NOT realize....here I'll offer a "lay person" option: Pat your head and rub your tummy: For 3 hrs straight (because if she's not playing and singing, she's doing choreography and singing) Be sure not to make any mistakes either, because they'll be posted online and made fun of for months...because humanity is full of trolls. I said what I said.
Great video! Taylor has described her own songwriting as "complex simplicity" -- which I think is what you have captured here in your analysis. Here is a quote from Taylor that you may find interesting: "To me, Tom Petty represented a kind of songwriting I idolized: complex simplicity. It said so much in the lyrics, the concepts, the stories, the message, the nuances…but always brought you back to a hook that got stuck in everyone’s head. He motivated thousands of guitarists to learn to play just because they wanted to be able to play ‘Free Fallin’. Count me as one of them.”
Wow, that's weird, I just released a lesson for Free Fallin' a few days after this video was uploaded - I had no idea Taylor Swift idolized him in that way, but as you say 'complex simplicity' put's it quite nicely, thanks for your input!
I will not speak about Tom Petty since I think he has done better songs but the problem with her songs is I often hear them when they are not playing, they are like a virus.
she is a flawless rythmic guitar player. I realized this when I, already having a lets say intermediate guitar playing level, wanted to cover some of her songs on acoustic while singing too. The strumming patterns she uses, as well as the palm muting combined with the more ringing open chords when choruses arrive, make it no joke to try and play like her. I think she is a really smart player, may be not the hardest or brightest techniques, but sometimes making just the right moves to make an acoustic guitar suit your voice and match the songs’ needs is all you need, and she is the perfect example of it
Great video! She plays a 12-string too -- there are some good live performances to check out if you continue doing these. She's mentioned how her longtime bandmate, Paul Sidoti, has given her tips and techniques while touring that have helped her immensely
@dr150 ...nope: on the Mean live performances, Taylor plays a six string guitar shaped like a banjo in her role as the country band member teased by the mean person.
@@dianawang9113 Nope again regarding banjo and clarinet. The few "banjo" videos all have the guitar shaped like a banjo (with six pegs, six strings, and she strums it like a guitar; doesn't roll or pick it like a banjo.) She does do a single strike on a large drum in one song, but I haven't found any actual performances of clarinet or a drum kit. Can you identify?
She is a singer writer composer and she uses guitar or piano to accompany her singing and not the reverse. She doesn’t need to be a virtuoso still her skill level with the guitar and the piano is pretty good. Besides when she is singing and playing alone in a 90,000 thousand people stadium she’s doing fine what else could she need ? It’s amazing and not many people can do that.
I am a big fan of this woman. I don't think Taylor's strengths are in her instrument playing. She's no slouch but she doesn't have to be a virtuoso on piano or guitar. For her they are vehicles for her songwriting. Also after the songs are born and given to the masses she plays her guitar and sings to it with her band and her dancers as part of a huge performance. So even without playing really difficult music it's already a lot. I also like that she can play both acoustic and electric. She doesn't have to completely shred to prove herself.
Nice video! and Yes, she is. There are many guitarist on RUclips who likes her. What I try to stay away though is the rock metal dudes whatever who knows how to play one song of nirvana and they think fender made a guitar for them too. It's the debate that goes around who minimize her skills, she's not classicaly trained on guitar, she learned to be able to craft songs, same for piano. She did it to be a better musician. What I don't like also is some say it's just x amount of chords blah blah, and? Would you expect her to play a flamenca guitar solo? I was just watching a video about a pianist and metalhead react to one of her songs, the pianist said TOM PETTY HAD A CAREER SPANNING YEARS WITH ONLY 3 CHORDS, and that particular song they reacted has 4, there's other who have more.
@@ivy23173 lol see? Mozart also inclined towards some chords progressions and keys. Why Taylor needs to bring 20 chords on one song AND make it catchy, artistic and commercial at the same time. Seems like they ask more to her than others.
@@FC-qb9wp at this point they are just so desperate to try and find something negative about her even if it is common with others : her chord progressions, multiple variants of vinyls (even tho I think she has the least ones), jet lag use and so on. She is not the only one who does this but because she does them, she is evil. Also she earned one billion dollars by using those simple chords. She could use more complicated ones I am sure but it is what the fans enjoy
Thanks! Yeah, that'd be interesting to hear actually, Rock is having something of a resurgence at the moment with new releases from Slash, Extreme, Mr. Big and Myles Kennedy amongst others.
3 things worth noting: 1) She's been playing since she was something like 12 years old. 2) After she tried dropping off recordings in Nashville, and getting no response, she decided to play 4 hours and day and song-write. 3) Her current guitar teacher - Paul Sidoti - is the same guy that has played with her since 2007. You can tell how long they've known each other by how they play together on stage. Every once in a while, they exchange a "isn't this cool?" look, and it means more when you realize that they're real life friends, along with the guy that she brings with her on every tour for the past 17 years. That's a TON of trust. I think she's not only a completely under-rated musician, but (as others have noted) fantastic at playing and singing.
Cool, thanks for sharing. I think many musicians have a story that's similar to that. It normally starts with rejection followed by years of persistence that nobody really sees and eventually ends with success in varying degrees.
I actually started learning guitar by copying taylor swift's live performances because she always uses those simple chords that are easy to play but always sound really nice 😊 love your video!
Ahh I wish you would have kept on watching the third performance until the bridge cause it’s my favourite guitar part! Also, as other commenters mentioned, please react to one of the Death by a Thousand cuts acoustic performance! Tiny desk or live in Paris are both so great!
So glad this popped up on my fy because of Taylor. I play piano but wish I could play guitar. This was great. I wish you had done the full performances. Her bridges are awesome. Please do more Taylor. Great reaction. So interesting.
Thanks for this, it's very instructive. So much commentary - especially from men, unfortunately - is curiously hostile and dismissive of Taylor Swift as just a fizzy pop princess, based on knowing hardly any of her work. It's nice to see a professional guitarist give her a detailed, knowledgeable analysis.
Taylor wrote "Better Man," but it was recorded by the band Little Big Town....and Taylor won a Grammy award for Best Country Song for it (an award that goes to the songwriter). One of her many Grammy awards (she has won more Album of the Year Grammy Awards than any artist in history). She has released 270 songs in her career, many of them can be found on RUclips, played live. Check out: "Death By a Thousand Cuts" live in Paris, and also, there is a cell phone video on RUclips of her playing in a child's hospital room. She's playing, "We Are Never Getting Back Together," but standing up and dancing and singing while playing guitar for a little boy.
Everyone who says she can’t play the guitar well should watch the npr tiny desk concert. I was quite surprised that she showed up all on her own, no band mates, no backup singers, just her and the instruments and her voice. Not a lot of artists dare to do that in such an intimate setting! Props to her! She will always be one of the greatest artists in my book. ❤️
As a very novice guitar player, and a very big Taylor fan, I have to give YOU kudos points. I rarely comment on anything, but I felt the need to tell you that this was an amazing video and you were such a pleasure to watch. People often discredit her and it's refreshing to watch an expert give her kudos and remain respectful. Hats off to you. It's beyond impressive to me that you are able to pick up everything she is playing so quickly by barely listening for a few seconds. I wish you could be my guitar teacher. You have a new subscriber in me! Cheers x
I love her performance of Never Grow Up from The Eras Tour! Sadly I don’t think there’s a professional recording of it, but it’s such a complex song on so many levels I don’t even know how to explain it but maybe you could! And she makes it seem so effortless
you should watch the “i can see you” acoustic performance from the eras tour! her guitar skills were really brought out in that as well as her vocals! or any of the acoustic performances too to be honest! it’s on disney plus under extras when you click on the eras tour (taylor’s version) but you should be able to find it on youtube too!
Taylor swift is lovely looking and great personality. The future will show how good she really is. She does not stand out as a guitarist. Good luck to her successful lady. Like her but not her music. Just an opinion.
Taylor has proven on countless occasion that she can play multiple instruments while singing..6 string + 12 strings acoustic..electric guitar..piano..banjo & ukulele.. She's not an expert like J.Hetfield ofc but she can hold her own with just her & her guitar with no backup band..be it singing to 100 audience at coffee house..or on a high profile music awards or to 90,000 pack audience in a stadium. And i would say that only few artist ever willing to risk that..coz when u play with backing band, u can afford to make mistakes but on ur own, even the tiniest mistake will scream itself out.. 🤍🤍
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Thank you -- really enjoyed your analysis - have always wondered how good a guitarist she is.
I never learn the hand mute technique but between playing guitar and music theory I get what he means, it is not at radical as Tori Amos or even Heart but often more beautiful.
Minute 1130 "you are going to write stuff that is similiar to other people" but then Taylor's team sued Olivia for writing stuff that was similar to hers
She's got killer right-hand technique and she makes it look easy. I know a ton of folks who've picked up a guitar and can't check off either of those boxes.
Metal guitarplayer weighing in: As a metal guitarplayer who likes playing acoustic guitar I like Little Taylor's guitar strumming quite a bit. Better Man, 1 of the most moving songs from Little Taylor is a good example. Little Taylor had a fondness for em c g and d chords. That's ok, so do I.
Wow!🤩 I’m a huge fan of Taylor, especially her lyrics/storytelling.🎵 I love her live performances.❤ 🎤🎵 💃 Very interesting that you’re sharing the instrumental part!👍🏼 Thank you!🙏🏼 Her band is great! 🎸
Thank you. After watching the Eras tour, a greater appreciation for Taylor not only playing guitar and singing, but also connecting with her audience and telling a story with her interaction as well - so in effect doing 3 things at once....that is, communicating on three levels simultaneously...
She's great at playing guitar, I'm actually learning guitar because I want to be as good as her and being able to play all of her long and wonderful discography
I dunno? Is Noel Gallagher good at playing guitar? Good enough to make the guitar do what he needs it to do. That’s fair enough. Can’t expect Noel be a part of G3 concert. Taylor is fine.
Not the most complex rhythm arrangements, but she's perfectly respectable and capable as a guitar player. Her songwriting is better than most of her contemporaries. She seems to enjoy performing which is my least favorite part of making music.
Singing is her strong point. No one ever said she was a better than average guitar player. Three chords and truth. Note, the singing competitions where contestants use their guitar, often encouraged them to leave the instrument behind and just , sing.
Three chords and the truth works well for many artists, Green Day spring to mind. It's great when singers can leave their instrument for a bit and get out front to just sing, great way for them to interact with their audience.
kind of says a lot about the general music community that there even needs to be a video to validate her musicianship. She's in her 30s and has been doing this since she was a kid, of course she can play well.
she is also good playing the guitar in one of madonna's live performance ghost town . just playing the guotar and did not sing. maybe good to comment too.. cause it was not just stand still but movement .
She's not bad for what she does. People say she sucks because she strums basic open chords. Well just because it's not hard doesn't mean she sucks. It's pop music, that gets the job done. My question is does she have good rhythm, keep time and is she able to sing and play? The answer is yes, so she is an adequate guitar player. There isn't much going on besides basic major minor chords and pop chord progressions. Do people expect her to shred a solo or something 😂
She can sing, she can write, she can accompany herself on guitar, granted. Everyone is trying to bestow upon her the mantle of awesome guitarist and I'm not seeing it. If you want to see a young woman who is truly an awesome guitarist, look up some videos of Grace Bowers. That young lady can play!
Grace Bowers as certainly got the blues, already making waves and at such a young age! Taylor wouldn't be the first person that comes to mind if I was asked to name 'awesome' guitarists but I'm glad she plays and gets the guitar in front of (mostly) younger women.
That was so cool to watch and learn about her guitar playing! Since she was twelve, she’s constantly either strumming a guitar or on the piano. She’s now thirty four and has mastered both beautifully!
She’s a phenomenal singer, or on guitar she’s good at what she’s doing, or you can even say she’s one of the best guitarist among pop singer considering many of them fake guitar playing, but phenomenal guitarist?😂😂😂
That was a refreshing review, I liked this lady when i first saw her, but the words were not from anything in my background so I could not relate to her songs. But boy can she put on a show. And I hope give other young ladies the will to pick and instrument and play music. I have tried to play guitar for over 50 years it's impossible for me. I build my own Amp but I am tone deaf and uncoordinated. I am always impressed by musicians. She and you are impressive. Thanks for sharing, Dennis
Cool video. I would be interested to see your verdict on her acoustic performance from RED in Nashville of Never Getting Back Together. There is some serious muting going on in the chorus that is different from the verse.
It seems like she excels exactly at what she needs that guitar for, and that's to be able to write songs and perform the songs she wrote. She decided as a kid that she wanted to be a songwriter and she spent the rest of her life mastering just what she needs for that. I really admire that kind of dedication to one craft.
Thanks for the comment, your engagement really helps the channel! - It wasn't intended as a guitar lesson, more of a commentary with the opportunity to learn a few things - if you do want lessons, most of my other videos are actual guitar lessons (mostly for beginners). I hope you can find something useful and good luck!
Taylor guitar playing is very basic. For the most part she plays open cords (cowboy cords). Her playing works for the music she plays but it can't be compared to any truly advanced player like Molly Tuttle.
True, Molly Tuttle is a genius in her field, a lot of those folk players are mind blowing with effortless technique. Sean Watkins from Nickel Creek comes to mind too.
I have just has a whole first virgin guitar lesson watching this! I do not have time for another hobby, but you've inspired me to payt more attention to buy husband playing base. Thank you. A very good teacher, from a fellow teacher!!
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I thought it was worth having a look at Taylor Swifts guitar playing. Let me know which part of the video you enjoyed the most.
Keep on Strummin'🎸
Aaron
One of my favorite solo performances on guitar by Taylor is “Death by a Thousand Cuts” from her NPR Tiny Desk session. She does a great job maintaining a pretty cool picking pattern through some challenging vocals. It's a great song with one of her very best bridges.
Yes!!! Was my number one bridge until tsmwel but still right there!
Death by a thousand cuts showcases that she can do more complex and advanced things on guitar.
Yes! This song is legit in the guitar
YES yes yes just yes
Yeah she really slayed that performance! 👏
I think it's worth mentioning from the viewpoint of a vocalist, she is one of the most effortless performers at playing guitar and piano while singing at the same time.
I played piano as a formal instrument all through to the end of high school. I have studied voice and sung in internationally competitive choirs for about 20 years at this point.
I couldn't do even half the job Swift does at playing and singing complicated, often contrapunctal rhythms simultaneously.
She certainly deserves credit for all the things you mention.
And she’s capable of singing and play a full 10 minutes song without making any mistakes. Man I struggle to play All Too Well without getting tired with my hand 😂
People are like “those are just 4 chords no barre chords”
But the thing is to be able to sing and play an instrument at the same time playing at the right timing
@@livinglifeenjoy and singing complex counterpoint rhythms to what you are playing. I'd also love to know who else these schmucks think can get a fan-fking-tastic song from "just 4 chords" 🥴🥴🥴
@@livinglifeenjoyexactly! And singing wordy songs can get tiring to one’s voice and breath too. And she’s doing all that for 3 freaking hours. People need to give credits where it’s due and lay low some of the hate. 🫶🏻
THIS! People simply do NOT realize....here I'll offer a "lay person" option:
Pat your head and rub your tummy: For 3 hrs straight (because if she's not playing and singing, she's doing choreography and singing)
Be sure not to make any mistakes either, because they'll be posted online and made fun of for months...because humanity is full of trolls.
I said what I said.
Great video! Taylor has described her own songwriting as "complex simplicity" -- which I think is what you have captured here in your analysis. Here is a quote from Taylor that you may find interesting: "To me, Tom Petty represented a kind of songwriting I idolized: complex simplicity. It said so much in the lyrics, the concepts, the stories, the message, the nuances…but always brought you back to a hook that got stuck in everyone’s head. He motivated thousands of guitarists to learn to play just because they wanted to be able to play ‘Free Fallin’. Count me as one of them.”
Wow, that's weird, I just released a lesson for Free Fallin' a few days after this video was uploaded - I had no idea Taylor Swift idolized him in that way, but as you say 'complex simplicity' put's it quite nicely, thanks for your input!
@@CarringtonGuitarAcademy I was preparing a comment to classify her as "bard-sy" ( 😂 ) , but "comex simplicity" says it better, I be borrowing that 😅
That’s so cool! I love Tom Petty and Taylor Swift so if you (or anyone) has a link to that video/article I’d love it! 🫶
I will not speak about Tom Petty since I think he has done better songs but the problem with her songs is I often hear them when they are not playing, they are like a virus.
I think you should react to cornelia street live from paris as well she also plays guitar live there
Yes!! Unbelievable performance
Crazy good performance there. Still gives me chills!
I was hoping that performance would be in here!
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i’d say i’m a beginner guitar player and i can mostly play that through, i just struggle with switching chords for some of it
she is a flawless rythmic guitar player. I realized this when I, already having a lets say intermediate guitar playing level, wanted to cover some of her songs on acoustic while singing too. The strumming patterns she uses, as well as the palm muting combined with the more ringing open chords when choruses arrive, make it no joke to try and play like her. I think she is a really smart player, may be not the hardest or brightest techniques, but sometimes making just the right moves to make an acoustic guitar suit your voice and match the songs’ needs is all you need, and she is the perfect example of it
Great video! She plays a 12-string too -- there are some good live performances to check out if you continue doing these. She's mentioned how her longtime bandmate, Paul Sidoti, has given her tips and techniques while touring that have helped her immensely
Awesome! Will give those a look.
And banjo! 😊
@dr150 ...nope: on the Mean live performances, Taylor plays a six string guitar shaped like a banjo in her role as the country band member teased by the mean person.
@@Allen2 actually she does play banjo, and a lot of other instruments as well. (guitar, piano, ukelele, banjo, drums, clarinet)
@@dianawang9113 Nope again regarding banjo and clarinet. The few "banjo" videos all have the guitar shaped like a banjo (with six pegs, six strings, and she strums it like a guitar; doesn't roll or pick it like a banjo.) She does do a single strike on a large drum in one song, but I haven't found any actual performances of clarinet or a drum kit. Can you identify?
She's making more money with her guitar than I am with mine. I'd say that makes her pretty much- good enough.
Amen to that.
You didn't sell your soul. I think you win.
Kind of a dumb thing to say, sir.
@@DomOrdonezsheesh Karen
@@seiffarhat1032thank you
I haven't finished watching yet but while I think of it, the thing that says she has guitar chops to me is how little she looks at her hands.
Ah yes, she may have practiced with a blindfold, that something artists sometimes do to achieve that level of effortlessness.
She is a singer writer composer and she uses guitar or piano to accompany her singing and not the reverse. She doesn’t need to be a virtuoso still her skill level with the guitar and the piano is pretty good. Besides when she is singing and playing alone in a 90,000 thousand people stadium she’s doing fine what else could she need ? It’s amazing and not many people can do that.
Yep that’s all true !
Many only hold 60K
And incredible song writers around her.
I am a big fan of this woman. I don't think Taylor's strengths are in her instrument playing. She's no slouch but she doesn't have to be a virtuoso on piano or guitar. For her they are vehicles for her songwriting. Also after the songs are born and given to the masses she plays her guitar and sings to it with her band and her dancers as part of a huge performance.
So even without playing really difficult music it's already a lot.
I also like that she can play both acoustic and electric. She doesn't have to completely shred to prove herself.
Nice video! and Yes, she is. There are many guitarist on RUclips who likes her. What I try to stay away though is the rock metal dudes whatever who knows how to play one song of nirvana and they think fender made a guitar for them too. It's the debate that goes around who minimize her skills, she's not classicaly trained on guitar, she learned to be able to craft songs, same for piano. She did it to be a better musician. What I don't like also is some say it's just x amount of chords blah blah, and? Would you expect her to play a flamenca guitar solo? I was just watching a video about a pianist and metalhead react to one of her songs, the pianist said TOM PETTY HAD A CAREER SPANNING YEARS WITH ONLY 3 CHORDS, and that particular song they reacted has 4, there's other who have more.
Ac dc ruled with only a few chords as well
@@ivy23173 lol see? Mozart also inclined towards some chords progressions and keys. Why Taylor needs to bring 20 chords on one song AND make it catchy, artistic and commercial at the same time. Seems like they ask more to her than others.
@@FC-qb9wp at this point they are just so desperate to try and find something negative about her even if it is common with others : her chord progressions, multiple variants of vinyls (even tho I think she has the least ones), jet lag use and so on. She is not the only one who does this but because she does them, she is evil. Also she earned one billion dollars by using those simple chords. She could use more complicated ones I am sure but it is what the fans enjoy
5:40 I love that you used this performance! It’s one of my FAVORITES 😍😎🎶 her voice in this rock version is amazing, I want her to do a rock album 🤩🫶🏼
Thanks! Yeah, that'd be interesting to hear actually, Rock is having something of a resurgence at the moment with new releases from Slash, Extreme, Mr. Big and Myles Kennedy amongst others.
She's not SRV but she's not trying to be.
She plays Taylor Swift songs just fine.
3 things worth noting:
1) She's been playing since she was something like 12 years old.
2) After she tried dropping off recordings in Nashville, and getting no response, she decided to play 4 hours and day and song-write.
3) Her current guitar teacher - Paul Sidoti - is the same guy that has played with her since 2007. You can tell how long they've known each other by how they play together on stage. Every once in a while, they exchange a "isn't this cool?" look, and it means more when you realize that they're real life friends, along with the guy that she brings with her on every tour for the past 17 years. That's a TON of trust.
I think she's not only a completely under-rated musician, but (as others have noted) fantastic at playing and singing.
Cool, thanks for sharing. I think many musicians have a story that's similar to that. It normally starts with rejection followed by years of persistence that nobody really sees and eventually ends with success in varying degrees.
I actually started learning guitar by copying taylor swift's live performances because she always uses those simple chords that are easy to play but always sound really nice 😊 love your video!
That's awesome, keep on strummin!
Great video with a kind, balanced walk through the guitar styling for TS! Fire topic and I hope this video does super well!
The continuous note is a cool signature sound that we see on the piano too!
Love that dreamy kind of sound!
Ahh I wish you would have kept on watching the third performance until the bridge cause it’s my favourite guitar part!
Also, as other commenters mentioned, please react to one of the Death by a Thousand cuts acoustic performance! Tiny desk or live in Paris are both so great!
So glad this popped up on my fy because of Taylor. I play piano but wish I could play guitar. This was great. I wish you had done the full performances. Her bridges are awesome. Please do more Taylor. Great reaction. So interesting.
Thanks for this, it's very instructive. So much commentary - especially from men, unfortunately - is curiously hostile and dismissive of Taylor Swift as just a fizzy pop princess, based on knowing hardly any of her work. It's nice to see a professional guitarist give her a detailed, knowledgeable analysis.
Death by a Thousand Cuts live in Paris is one of her best guitar performances in my opinion.
Loved this video!
@@deathby1000cats That would be a great one to react to! Cornelia Street from the same concert was amazing too!
She can play lead guitar and the banjo! The question of her guitar skills is asked and answered!
Taylor wrote "Better Man," but it was recorded by the band Little Big Town....and Taylor won a Grammy award for Best Country Song for it (an award that goes to the songwriter). One of her many Grammy awards (she has won more Album of the Year Grammy Awards than any artist in history). She has released 270 songs in her career, many of them can be found on RUclips, played live.
Check out: "Death By a Thousand Cuts" live in Paris, and also, there is a cell phone video on RUclips of her playing in a child's hospital room. She's playing, "We Are Never Getting Back Together," but standing up and dancing and singing while playing guitar for a little boy.
No idea why that song is appropriate to play for a little boy, it seems odd.
I think the we are never getting back together video is a remastered one by EAS, the live audio in the crowd was a little different.
Without been a swiftie, i must say: Great video, my friend.
Keep rocking !
Thanks Angello!
Everyone who says she can’t play the guitar well should watch the npr tiny desk concert. I was quite surprised that she showed up all on her own, no band mates, no backup singers, just her and the instruments and her voice. Not a lot of artists dare to do that in such an intimate setting! Props to her! She will always be one of the greatest artists in my book. ❤️
I know a few.
I thought this video was great!! So many Karen’s in the comment section 😂
Definitely check out the videos of her on the 12 string guitar - that’s how she insisted on learning guitar when she was young
Will do, thanks!
From what I see she does not play single note lines or riffs on guitar but her strumming and rhythm are flawless.
Would have to agree!
Check out her playing Death by a Thousand Cuts at her Tiny Desk concert! That one has a good riff that she keeps up through the verses.
She is probably very capable of playing riffs and melody but doesn't really need to very often with her band backing her up.
Yep, she is not a soloist like you get in rock songs.
She also plays a 12 string guitar
As a very novice guitar player, and a very big Taylor fan, I have to give YOU kudos points. I rarely comment on anything, but I felt the need to tell you that this was an amazing video and you were such a pleasure to watch. People often discredit her and it's refreshing to watch an expert give her kudos and remain respectful. Hats off to you. It's beyond impressive to me that you are able to pick up everything she is playing so quickly by barely listening for a few seconds. I wish you could be my guitar teacher. You have a new subscriber in me! Cheers x
That's a very kind comment, thank you!
Most people rarely comment. 4 million views but 2000 comments is typical for a successful video.
Taylor plays rhythm guitar very well.She doesn't have to be Jeff Beck, she's Taylor Swift.🤷💛
A nice video! Would love a part 2 🙌 I learned a few things!
I love her performance of Never Grow Up from The Eras Tour! Sadly I don’t think there’s a professional recording of it, but it’s such a complex song on so many levels I don’t even know how to explain it but maybe you could! And she makes it seem so effortless
you should watch the “i can see you” acoustic performance from the eras tour! her guitar skills were really brought out in that as well as her vocals! or any of the acoustic performances too to be honest! it’s on disney plus under extras when you click on the eras tour (taylor’s version) but you should be able to find it on youtube too!
Swifties know too well that she's not a strong vocalist or a devoted pro guitarist but why some trolls here think we revere her as a god
Taylor swift is lovely looking and great personality. The future will show how good she really is. She does not stand out as a guitarist. Good luck to her successful lady. Like her but not her music. Just an opinion.
Taylor has proven on countless occasion that she can play multiple instruments while singing..6 string + 12 strings acoustic..electric guitar..piano..banjo & ukulele.. She's not an expert like J.Hetfield ofc but she can hold her own with just her & her guitar with no backup band..be it singing to 100 audience at coffee house..or on a high profile music awards or to 90,000 pack audience in a stadium. And i would say that only few artist ever willing to risk that..coz when u play with backing band, u can afford to make mistakes but on ur own, even the tiniest mistake will scream itself out.. 🤍🤍
Thank you -- really enjoyed your analysis - have always wondered how good a guitarist she is.
Her guitarist name is Paul Sidoti ❤😊
Thanks!
While learning guitar she would practice playing until her fingers bleed…That’s dedication!
Apparently she's good enough!
I never learn the hand mute technique but between playing guitar and music theory I get what he means, it is not at radical as Tori Amos or even Heart but often more beautiful.
Minute 1130 "you are going to write stuff that is similiar to other people" but then Taylor's team sued Olivia for writing stuff that was similar to hers
She's got killer right-hand technique and she makes it look easy. I know a ton of folks who've picked up a guitar and can't check off either of those boxes.
I think it's amazing that Ms. Swift learned to play guitar on a 12 string, she definitely very talented!!
Maybe watch her play the piano too.
Metal guitarplayer
weighing in:
As a metal guitarplayer
who likes playing
acoustic guitar I
like Little Taylor's
guitar strumming quite
a bit. Better Man, 1 of
the most moving songs
from Little Taylor is
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c g and d chords.
That's ok, so do I.
Thanks for weighing in!
Yes. She's not Mark Knopfler, John Meyer or Lindsey Buckingham, but she's pretty good.
You’re right, she’s not them, she’s Taylor Swift.
Cornelia street on city of lover was so good
Wow!🤩 I’m a huge fan of Taylor, especially her lyrics/storytelling.🎵 I love her live performances.❤ 🎤🎵 💃
Very interesting that you’re sharing the instrumental part!👍🏼
Thank you!🙏🏼
Her band is great! 🎸
Some bloke sitting in his living room giving a multimillionaire superstar cudos points.
Cool!
😂
😅 I guess it is a bit quirky, try new things I always say!
Thank you. After watching the Eras tour, a greater appreciation for Taylor not only playing guitar and singing, but also connecting with her audience and telling a story with her interaction as well - so in effect doing 3 things at once....that is, communicating on three levels simultaneously...
She certainly knows how to connect with her audience, that's likely the 'secret' to her success.
She's great at playing guitar, I'm actually learning guitar because I want to be as good as her and being able to play all of her long and wonderful discography
That's awesome, you're going to have a wonderful journey with music!
All of the stuff she does on guitar can easily be learned by someone who doesn't know how to play guitar within a few weeks tops. It's just chords.
I know what you're trying to say but a lot of students struggle with chords initially, especially older students.
I knew this was gonna be some hard-hitting commentary when he opened up by kudosing her for strumming a C chord. 😅
Just trying to offer her the same support I would to any of my in person students.
I dunno? Is Noel Gallagher good at playing guitar? Good enough to make the guitar do what he needs it to do. That’s fair enough. Can’t expect Noel be a part of G3 concert. Taylor is fine.
True 👍🏻
The song you were looking for was by the feeling not the verve it is called “sewn”. Great song. Sad it wasn’t more popular
I haven't heard Sewn in years!
Sewn is a great song!
Taylor makes everything look effortless. She is absolutely amazing
Whatever she does, it is perfect for her songs and performance, what a package.
loved this video!
I just adore her
Hello! Have you listened to Taylor's song Betty? She's playing a 12 string guitar live at one of the Grammy's shows. Give it a listen :)
Not the most complex rhythm arrangements, but she's perfectly respectable and capable as a guitar player. Her songwriting is better than most of her contemporaries. She seems to enjoy performing which is my least favorite part of making music.
Great video!
Singing is her strong point. No one ever said she was a better than average guitar player. Three chords and truth. Note, the singing competitions where contestants use their guitar, often encouraged them to leave the instrument behind and just , sing.
Three chords and the truth works well for many artists, Green Day spring to mind. It's great when singers can leave their instrument for a bit and get out front to just sing, great way for them to interact with their audience.
kind of says a lot about the general music community that there even needs to be a video to validate her musicianship. She's in her 30s and has been doing this since she was a kid, of course she can play well.
she is also good playing the guitar in one of madonna's live performance ghost town . just playing the guotar and did not sing. maybe good to comment too.. cause it was not just stand still but movement .
She's not bad for what she does. People say she sucks because she strums basic open chords. Well just because it's not hard doesn't mean she sucks. It's pop music, that gets the job done. My question is does she have good rhythm, keep time and is she able to sing and play? The answer is yes, so she is an adequate guitar player. There isn't much going on besides basic major minor chords and pop chord progressions. Do people expect her to shred a solo or something 😂
I agree, she's good at what she does and get's the job done. Defo not a shredder!
I'll nvr understand why ppl judge talent in a vacuum.
Well as a guitarist I know she has made more money than I could ever dream of.
She can sing, she can write, she can accompany herself on guitar, granted. Everyone is trying to bestow upon her the mantle of awesome guitarist and I'm not seeing it. If you want to see a young woman who is truly an awesome guitarist, look up some videos of Grace Bowers. That young lady can play!
Grace Bowers as certainly got the blues, already making waves and at such a young age! Taylor wouldn't be the first person that comes to mind if I was asked to name 'awesome' guitarists but I'm glad she plays and gets the guitar in front of (mostly) younger women.
have another cute ass point 🤗
That was so cool to watch and learn about her guitar playing! Since she was twelve, she’s constantly either strumming a guitar or on the piano. She’s now thirty four and has mastered both beautifully!
Appreciating the fact this is 13 mins long
Thanks!
Kudos point for that!
So was she good at playing guitar?
She’s a phenomenal guitarist that doesn’t get enough credit at all.
She’s a phenomenal singer, or on guitar she’s good at what she’s doing, or you can even say she’s one of the best guitarist among pop singer considering many of them fake guitar playing, but phenomenal guitarist?😂😂😂
She plays the banjo and ukelele too
Kudos point for the nice vid ;)
Thanks!
Every Taylor swift song I play guitar (which is the only kind of songs I play) she has palm muting 😂 I love it
Her Grammy songwriting showcase is pretty sweet imo. Just her and the guitar.
Ahh I would’ve never made the connection between Wildest Dreams and Lucky Man, but definitely hear it.
Yeah, it's a nice little melody for sure.
Why is so one talking about his perfect pitch 😮😮
Is Taylor Swift NOT good at anything?? Let see about this time ...
Hmmm, dental surgery?
That was a refreshing review, I liked this lady when i first saw her, but the words were not from anything in my background so I could not relate to her songs. But boy can she put on a show. And I hope give other young ladies the will to pick and instrument and play music. I have tried to play guitar for over 50 years it's impossible for me. I build my own Amp but I am tone deaf and uncoordinated. I am always impressed by musicians. She and you are impressive. Thanks for sharing, Dennis
Thanks Dennis!
she also plays the banjo
Cool video. I would be interested to see your verdict on her acoustic performance from RED in Nashville of Never Getting Back Together. There is some serious muting going on in the chorus that is different from the verse.
you should do a video on adrianne lenker
It seems like she excels exactly at what she needs that guitar for, and that's to be able to write songs and perform the songs she wrote. She decided as a kid that she wanted to be a songwriter and she spent the rest of her life mastering just what she needs for that. I really admire that kind of dedication to one craft.
She literally grew up playing piano since she was in diapers, and was gifted her first guitar at 8 I believe.
Yes, she does also play a 12 string and a banjo. Along with the piano.
You should check out noah kahan and his quitar work next👍🏻
Taylor has said her favorite type of guitar is the ukulele
welp, that was a waste of 5 minutes. learned nothing.
Thanks for the comment, your engagement really helps the channel! - It wasn't intended as a guitar lesson, more of a commentary with the opportunity to learn a few things - if you do want lessons, most of my other videos are actual guitar lessons (mostly for beginners). I hope you can find something useful and good luck!
Can you do Phoebe Bridgers next!
Oooh nice catch on The Verve and Wildest Dreams, love both those songs so 👌
Taylor guitar playing is very basic. For the most part she plays open cords (cowboy cords). Her playing works for the music she plays but it can't be compared to any truly advanced player like Molly Tuttle.
True, Molly Tuttle is a genius in her field, a lot of those folk players are mind blowing with effortless technique. Sean Watkins from Nickel Creek comes to mind too.
I have just has a whole first virgin guitar lesson watching this! I do not have time for another hobby, but you've inspired me to payt more attention to buy husband playing base. Thank you. A very good teacher, from a fellow teacher!!
Thanks fellow teacher 😀 I'm sure he'll be super happy about that!
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Everything is 2 whole steps up (from capo) from what he's saying chord wise. He's def talking to a beginner audience id imagine
You're right, this channel is more for beginners.