I deeply appreciate these “TT”s - they are amazingly helpful for me taking a new deep dive into music I have loved all my life but always felt I’d never be able to play. Thank you so much for doing such an excellent job of demystifying these wonderful musical gems and opening a doorway for those of us who are interested in learning these guitar parts. If you’re inspired to do more, I’d be especially thrilled to see Jack-A-Lynn, Rocks On the Road, Only Solitaire, Dun Ringill, Sossity... and even if you never do any of those, you’ve already given a huge gift here to me and I am sure many others. Thanks so much :-)
Thanks so much for this!! I so appreciate your painstaking approach to the lesson. I learned this much faster than I thought I would. Beautiful piece so satisfying to play.
First some real kind greetings from Germany. I belong to that generation, who grew up with the music of Jethro Tull. When the "too old to rock n roll" album was released, I had the honor to meet Ian Anderson at the band's German record company. I was bewildered, that he smoked that much but could play the flute the way he did. meanwhile, I spend a couple of hours on your account. I only have mediocre talent when it comes to playing guitar, and I never even came close to that sound of Ian's guitar technique. But your tutorials help me so much to understand Ian's unique guitar skills and the brilliance of his compositions. It is amazing watching you play and explain the songs step by step. It is so enviable how you play all that stuff on your fine guitars. So thank you very much for what you are sharing here, it`s a real treasure trove for me
That is gold Doc! I really look forward to the TT's. Your tutorials give us a good indication of just how good Ian is as a guitar player with all that creativity.
Two years ago & just now coming up on my search engine: Great tutorials! Now I know where to find you, I plan on spending a lots of time on your tutorials! The advertises sure wasted no time on your talent! Thanks
Thanks! Yeah, I thought about monetizing my channel, YT makes money on me. But, all these tutorials get copyrighted, so I wouldn't make anything anyhow. Glad you found the channel!
From u.k. People say they like other Tull albums as their number one. I think they say that to be awkward, Aqualung an absolute masterpiece! Certainly hit me just at the right age, some of the best Acoustic tracks of all time! Bloody intricate to play, I know that. Saw Martin Barre a couple of years back, small venue and close. A staggering musician! Some of the lads I know watching are long time players. BLEW US AWAY!
Great song and great tutorial. As a humble suggestion, I usually enjoy listening to the song being played by the video author before the tutorial start per se, so listening to you playing the song before the tutorial would make, IMO, the video more enjoyable. Great song, great video nevertheless. Cheers!
I've been working on these Jethro Tull tunes for years and you have broken them down in detail which has helped me improve with these tunes. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Can't believe I got the lyric wrong in this, "and you sadly wonder" part. Somehow "and you finally ask yourself" keeps popping in my mind. Maybe from TAAB "and you finally ask yourself, just how big you are, ....."
Your tutorials are such a help. I’ve bought sheet music, listened again and again to the recordings and searched the internet all to no avail. Ian Anderson is such a good guitarist (as is Martin Barre) that it has needed your tutorials to get me close to the tunes. Once again, thank you.
@@bmh942 their musicianship was incredible across all members. I saw them in '72 on the initial TAAB tour, so I saw it before the album made it to the States. It was mind blowing. After seeing the big rock acts of the day, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Mountain, on and on, it was a like a revelation.
I really appreciate the effort and the patience you put into this lessons. You allow for the rest of, not so talented, us enjoy being able to play this music. There are other good ones, but yours travel that extra mile of details and nuances to make it extraordinary. Keep them coming. THANKS! Fat Man?
I read that Ian said Fat Man was played on some three string instrument he bought from a pawn shop. I always wondered because it didn't sound like either a guitar or a mandolin.
@@snoozedoctor Here's a video of them performing it live: ruclips.net/video/wVbDKB1TtEQ/видео.html. Perhaps you can figure out what the instrument is from here. It looks like a mandolin with a slightly more guitar-ish body shape to me. Although it could be that the version on the recording was played with the mystery pawn shop instrument and later versions with a mandolin.
@@axoltl1 Wow. How good is Pegg on the bass?!!! Yeah, both Ian and Martin are playing traditional mandolins. Martin is playing the high melody while Ian is mostly strumming the chords. I just read an interview in which Ian said he wrote Fat Man on a mando. I think he used the other instrument just for the high part which Martin is playing on the other mando.
Thank you especially for explaining the intro so carefully which I long ago gave up on. Might I suggest that you add Martin's tasty little blue's lick after the "soft shoe shuffle dance" lyric. It's really easy to meld it in after the Em shape on the 3rd and 4th strings and adds a nice spicy nuance.
I know you're a perfectionist but I personally prefer fingerpicking this one as in the opening piece it allows you to play both E strings together. Also the line goes and you sadly wonder rather than ask yourself. But you are much more accurate. Many thanks for this tutorial and please ignore my suggestions if you find them irritating. I love acoustic Tull. Best wishes.
Because I'm more a fingerpicker, I'd rather play it that way too. Much easier for me. I've only got back in to using a plectrum because of these tunes. Ian handles the thing deftly. Haha, I continually have to check myself on that lyric. If I'm not concentrating on it, I always get it wrong for some reason. :)
I love playing with a capo. If you ever have a guitar with high action and stiff strings, just tune the whole guitar down a whole step and put the capo on the 2nd fret. Then you're playing at normal pitch with much easier fingering.
On Preston platform Do your soft shoe shuffle dance Brush away the cigarette ash that's Falling down your pants And you sadly wonder Does the nurse treat your old man The way she should She made you tea Asked for your autograph What a laugh
Yep, screwed 'em up. I think "(and you finally ask yourself) just how big you are, and you take your place in a wiser world of bigger motorcars" got transplanted in my brain. I catch myself making that mistake frequently, like I did here.
@@snoozedoctor Thanks, it's been in my head for a week....LOL, thanks for your Tull lessons, a very underrated band I grew up with, still one of my favorites
I appreciate this, and please don't take this as harsh criticism, but you should keep in mind that people watching these videos can go back and replay whatever part they need to revisit as many times as they want to... So you don't need to repeat something that you've covered... I know that when you're showing someone in person, it's different, but in a video, you should just cover something once, and move on... 😉
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I deeply appreciate these “TT”s - they are amazingly helpful for me taking a new deep dive into music I have loved all my life but always felt I’d never be able to play. Thank you so much for doing such an excellent job of demystifying these wonderful musical gems and opening a doorway for those of us who are interested in learning these guitar parts. If you’re inspired to do more, I’d be especially thrilled to see Jack-A-Lynn, Rocks On the Road, Only Solitaire, Dun Ringill, Sossity... and even if you never do any of those, you’ve already given a huge gift here to me and I am sure many others. Thanks so much :-)
I'm glad you find them helpful. I plan to get to a few of the songs mentioned once a get through my current catalog of the ones I already know.
This “Tull Tutorial” is awesome!! Thank you so much, Doc! You’re a great instructor and the songs you teach bring me a lot of joy😀
Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!
@@snoozedoctor Cheers!
Thanks so much for this!! I so appreciate your painstaking approach to the lesson. I learned this much faster than I thought I would. Beautiful piece so satisfying to play.
You are so welcome!
First some real kind greetings from Germany.
I belong to that generation, who grew up with the music of Jethro Tull. When the "too old to rock n roll" album was released, I had the honor to meet Ian Anderson at the band's German record company. I was bewildered, that he smoked that much but could play the flute the way he did.
meanwhile, I spend a couple of hours on your account. I only have mediocre talent when it comes to playing guitar, and I never even came close to that sound of Ian's guitar technique. But your tutorials help me so much to understand Ian's unique guitar skills and the brilliance of his compositions. It is amazing watching you play and explain the songs step by step. It is so enviable how you play all that stuff on your fine guitars.
So thank you very much for what you are sharing here, it`s a real treasure trove for me
Cheers! Love Germany. Mom's family from near Stuttgart. Maiden name Lautenschlager.
Man - these keep on coming! Thanks - one of my favorites.
I've got a few more before I have to start learning ones I don't already know.
That is gold Doc! I really look forward to the TT's. Your tutorials give us a good indication of just how good Ian is as a guitar player with all that creativity.
An amazing guitarist and composer. I'm working on some new stuff of his and it's mind-blowing.
working my way through this, love the tutorial, thanks Doc
Great to hear!
Two years ago & just now coming up on my search engine: Great tutorials! Now I know where to find you, I plan on spending a lots of time on your tutorials! The advertises sure wasted no time on your talent! Thanks
Thanks! Yeah, I thought about monetizing my channel, YT makes money on me. But, all these tutorials get copyrighted, so I wouldn't make anything anyhow. Glad you found the channel!
Awsome, thanks! Been wanting to be able to play this for 40 odd years, lol! One of the most beautiful tunes I ever heard!
Glad you like it!
From u.k.
People say they like other Tull albums as their number one.
I think they say that to be awkward, Aqualung an absolute
masterpiece!
Certainly hit me just at the right age, some of the best
Acoustic tracks of all time!
Bloody intricate to play, I know that.
Saw Martin Barre a couple of years back, small venue
and close.
A staggering musician!
Some of the lads I know watching are long time players. BLEW US AWAY!
splendid...thank you so much! really appreciate you sharing the tull genius with us. love your tutorials!
Glad you like them!
Oh man!! You have so much patience, love your tutorials. Thanks so much for posting them.
thanks! glad you found them.
Its really amazing how u find the right spots on the guitar_ I 've learn so much from your lessons,,,,THANKS A LOT Doc! Love it!
Thanks for the kind comments! I’m glad you find them useful!
Awsome job Thanks . Never get tired of learning Ian Adersons Acoustic music.
It's fun and challenging!
Great song and great tutorial. As a humble suggestion, I usually enjoy listening to the song being played by the video author before the tutorial start per se, so listening to you playing the song before the tutorial would make, IMO, the video more enjoyable. Great song, great video nevertheless. Cheers!
Great suggestion! Thanks for listening and commenting!
I've been working on these Jethro Tull tunes for years and you have broken them down in detail which has helped me improve with these tunes. Thank you.
Glad to help!
So good so good
Thanks!
thank you for your lesson!! from Italy with love!!
You're very welcome! Grazie! Io amo l'Italia!
prego!! you are always welcome! i cook some pasta for tank you!!😂
Thank you🙏💜🙏
You are so welcome!
Great lesson❤
Thank you! 😃
I love JT , especially acoustic Tull. This TT is terrific, and I can actually follow it. More than appreciated, thanks .
Glad you enjoyed it! Can't believe I got the lyric wrong in this, "and you sadly wonder" part. Somehow "and you finally ask yourself" keeps popping in my mind. Maybe from TAAB "and you finally ask yourself, just how big you are, ....."
I have to echo Jay’s comments below. Thanks again - great.
Glad to help!
Your tutorials are such a help. I’ve bought sheet music, listened again and again to the recordings and searched the internet all to no avail. Ian Anderson is such a good guitarist (as is Martin Barre) that it has needed your tutorials to get me close to the tunes. Once again, thank you.
@@bmh942 their musicianship was incredible across all members. I saw them in '72 on the initial TAAB tour, so I saw it before the album made it to the States. It was mind blowing. After seeing the big rock acts of the day, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Mountain, on and on, it was a like a revelation.
Hello Snoozedoctor, This is the best song tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you and congratulations.
Thanks for listening and commenting!
You're the best!! ❤
Thanks so much! Cheers!
Such a great work.Thank u very much sir.
So nice of you
7:07 just marking for my learning, thank you very much for the tutorial!
You're very welcome!
Brilliant
Thanks so much!
I really appreciate the effort and the patience you put into this lessons. You allow for the rest of, not so talented, us enjoy being able to play this music. There are other good ones, but yours travel that extra mile of details and nuances to make it extraordinary. Keep them coming. THANKS! Fat Man?
I worry my tutorials drag, but then, more experienced players can jump ahead. I want to make them for every level of player.
I read that Ian said Fat Man was played on some three string instrument he bought from a pawn shop. I always wondered because it didn't sound like either a guitar or a mandolin.
@@snoozedoctor Here's a video of them performing it live: ruclips.net/video/wVbDKB1TtEQ/видео.html. Perhaps you can figure out what the instrument is from here. It looks like a mandolin with a slightly more guitar-ish body shape to me. Although it could be that the version on the recording was played with the mystery pawn shop instrument and later versions with a mandolin.
@@axoltl1 Wow. How good is Pegg on the bass?!!! Yeah, both Ian and Martin are playing traditional mandolins. Martin is playing the high melody while Ian is mostly strumming the chords. I just read an interview in which Ian said he wrote Fat Man on a mando. I think he used the other instrument just for the high part which Martin is playing on the other mando.
You help me a lot
I’m glad you find it helpful!
„SIR“, i‘m also very very luckiy with YOUR Cheap Day Return.
Best men, thanks lot
Will from Köln.
Thanks for listening and commenting! My family came from Stuttgart.
Thank you especially for explaining the intro so carefully which I long ago gave up on. Might I suggest that you add Martin's tasty little blue's lick after the "soft shoe shuffle dance" lyric. It's really easy to meld it in after the Em shape on the 3rd and 4th strings and adds a nice spicy nuance.
that would be a nice touch!
Great, will incorporate it into my you tube version as mine's slightly wonky.
I know you're a perfectionist but I personally prefer fingerpicking this one as in the opening piece it allows you to play both E strings together. Also the line goes and you sadly wonder rather than ask yourself. But you are much more accurate. Many thanks for this tutorial and please ignore my suggestions if you find them irritating. I love acoustic Tull. Best wishes.
Because I'm more a fingerpicker, I'd rather play it that way too. Much easier for me. I've only got back in to using a plectrum because of these tunes. Ian handles the thing deftly. Haha, I continually have to check myself on that lyric. If I'm not concentrating on it, I always get it wrong for some reason. :)
❤
Glad you like it!
Love you, thank you. My DOC.
Best my Friend 🙏
Cheers. If you need medical advice, I do that too. :)
jus got a capo after many years of playing:( this helped me out immensely
I love playing with a capo. If you ever have a guitar with high action and stiff strings, just tune the whole guitar down a whole step and put the capo on the 2nd fret. Then you're playing at normal pitch with much easier fingering.
Brilliant Doc! Another one from Aqualung! Many thanks. And a great lesson on the cover you posted around August 2019...? :-)
Yeah, I changed a few things in this arrangement, but not too much.
Of course subscribed from the first one.
thanks so much!
Gracias!
de nada!
Excelente aula tenkil
Gracias!
and then you finally.............. and then you finally ........!!!! gd
I was teaching the guitar part, not the lyrics. Deal with it.
@@snoozedoctor hey, i learned the song. and much appreciated!
Another great tutorial of another great Ian Anderson song. Well worth getting a cheap day return for......
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I remember first getting the album and thinking "that song is too short"
@@snoozedoctor, I think the same, but Ian did like composing some very short pieces, didn't he?
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On Preston platform
Do your soft shoe shuffle dance
Brush away the cigarette ash that's
Falling down your pants
And you sadly wonder
Does the nurse treat your old man
The way she should
She made you tea
Asked for your autograph
What a laugh
Yep, screwed 'em up. I think "(and you finally ask yourself) just how big you are, and you take your place in a wiser world of bigger motorcars" got transplanted in my brain. I catch myself making that mistake frequently, like I did here.
@@snoozedoctor it's all good - your cover of the piece is awesome
@@snoozedoctor very good tutorial
Dude, the song is 90 seconds duration.
80 sec, to be exact.
Great! You might find it easier with the lyric: "And you sadly wonder". Less syllables...
Yep, screwed that up. "And you finally ask yourself" comes from TAAB side one, "And you finally ask yourself, just how big you are....."😀
@@snoozedoctor It's still a great lesson! Keep 'em coming. 😀
TULL folks, what is the name of the song with the line "In and out of the back door ran one front door angel" HELP please
Probably Back Door Angel from "War Child" album?
@@snoozedoctor Thanks, it's been in my head for a week....LOL, thanks for your Tull lessons, a very underrated band I grew up with, still one of my favorites
Back Door Angels.
I appreciate this, and please don't take this as harsh criticism, but you should keep in mind that people watching these videos can go back and replay whatever part they need to revisit as many times as they want to... So you don't need to repeat something that you've covered... I know that when you're showing someone in person, it's different, but in a video, you should just cover something once, and move on... 😉
Thanks! Cheers!