Thank you so much for this lesson. Just a heads up for any comment readers, in case you were confused: the tuning is CGCFCE without the capo! Thanks again, Jon.
Thank you for sharing this tutorial for Pink Moon with us. From arguably one of the most creative and unique guitarists to have walked this earth. Loved the floating guitar chord charts and the emphasis on certain techniques and Fret movements that can be very difficult to follow/understand via observation. Keep up the great work fellow guitar geek 😊🤘🏿🔥 Kind regards, Blessings, Ethan.
Thanks for sharing this tutorial for a Nick Drake classic. One smaller point: tone. As Josh Turner showed in a lengthy analysis of the Nick Drake sound, Nick was probably using very dead nickel strings that contribute a lot to the unique quality of his sound.
Anticipating the 50th anniversary of Pink Moon coming up this Friday, I've been working on an arrangement for this one. I'm curious as to why most people tune down so low and then capo vs. tuning DADGDF#? Is it bc tuning up the high E is a little tight? It does seem easier on the hands to use the capo, but I wonder how Nick did it.
Well done! We need to really appreciate the LED lights in the back though. Let's not overlook the importance of how cool those look and how they make the video better.
Great video! I'm a beginner (but rather ambitious clearly!). Just wondering if you have any tips for the 6th & 9th fret part? I can't seem to keep the 3rd and 2nd strings free, which means I'm not getting that nice resonance. Thanks :))
Hi Sophie! That is likely something to do with your bar position, try placing the 3rd and 4th fingers first, then the bar, to relieve some of that tension.
Thank you! I can not remember how I learned the tuning Drake commonly uses, I think I looked it up somewhere, but you have to always adjust by ear because he never used a tuner!
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween I have had a particularly difficult time with Peter Gabriel's Salisbury Hill. Just counting it confuses me. The same with a lot of the old Pretender's stuff. I believe I have a decent grasp of 4/4, 3/4 and 6/8 along with the Diddly beat but anything outside of that. . . I just more or less limp along with Pete on that one. I like your teaching style. I've been trying to figure out Pink Moon forever and thanks to you know that I have I've discovered a lot less folks are familiar with it than I expected. I appreciate how much hard, creative work you must put into this. I know this because I make my living selling advertisement for my website. It's a challenge because I report pretty much only on agricultural irrigation in California. It's a multi billion dollar facet of an even bigger multi billion dollar ag industry. It's all about creativity. It'd probably bore you to tears but if you want to take a look go to www.WaterWrights.net God bless and Merry Christmas, Don
@@TheNitsua59 Hello Don! Thank you so much for your comments! I will take a look at your waterwrights website, looks interesting! I will check out the Peter Gabriel tune you mention and see if I can help with the rhythm. Merry Christmas!
Great. I go online to learn this song and wow, 8 minutes is all it takes. THANK YOU for taking the time to share this. Edit: Now I realise this could actually take a while bcos it's really hard to get the timing of the voice to fit with the syncopated strum. Anyone else have this issue?
great job mate. I always have trouble figering how to play nick drake songs and that took me 2 mins to learn! Now to find one of these things first :) Thanks btw
I play the lead part an octave higher to give the guitar the illusion of the piano. It also sounds more "like the record". Also, I play it dynamically by digging into the verse chords and smoothly playing the chords on the second fret with feeling. Getting the strum correct on the chorus is near impossible since it is in like 5/4 to 7/4. Its all ear training at that point.
Good tutorial thanks. You might want to consider changing the thumbnail as at first I didn't realise it was a tutorial. I though it was just a copy of the original song due to the shot of Nick Drake you have used.
This seemed like such a good tutorial and I was excited. However, I got stuck, and frustrated at the first part about how the guitar needs to be tuned. Is it what you say, without the capo or with. Even so the strings get to loose and rattle? What am I doing wrong sigh
The strings need to be tuned to the pitches I listed in the video without the capo, but if you try to play along with Nick's recording, you'll find you are slightly off. He probably was not using a tuner and just tuned the guitar by ear. If you want to play along with the recording, tune your guitar first, put on the capo, start the recording, and try to match your 6th string to his 6th string.
Great job...How the hell do you only have 95 subs.. If you put Martin Retro Strings on that guitar it would even sound closer. I think Nick killed himself because Snark Tuners were not invented yet!
Hey thanks! Ill have to try those strings out, probably easier than waiting for strings to "age" a few months for that Nick Drake sound. 95 and counting, thanks for the sub!
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween Thanks for replying. I'll have to go back and try to listen more carefully. Maybe because I listen through somewhat low fidelity devices like AirPods, pick noise didn't seem apparent. Thanks again.
@@jeffrey3498 Anytime! I could be wrong, and maybe he is strumming with his fingernails, but after your comment I re-listened to several tracks with prominent strumming and to my ear it sounds like a pick attack. Maybe there is video of him floating around out there that could confirm.
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween Thanks, no videos of Nick except as a toddler. All the pictures of Nick I've seen I've never seen a pick. I would lean towards fingernails as a finger player myself: I extremely dislike the sound of a pick on acoustic strings, FWIW. Thanks again for taking the time to reply 😎👍
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween I’m here because of Derrick. Can’t wait to dig through more of your vids. I think she’s looking for a more “spelled-out” version of the descending piano fill.
I equate Nick Drake to Van Gogh... not real popular in their own time, but true masters of their craft leaving pure gold for future generations.
Well said!
Thank you so much for this lesson. Just a heads up for any comment readers, in case you were confused: the tuning is CGCFCE without the capo!
Thanks again, Jon.
Thank you for sharing this tutorial for Pink Moon with us. From arguably one of the most creative and unique guitarists to have walked this earth. Loved the floating guitar chord charts and the emphasis on certain techniques and Fret movements that can be very difficult to follow/understand via observation. Keep up the great work fellow guitar geek 😊🤘🏿🔥
Kind regards,
Blessings,
Ethan.
thank you Ethan! I am working on a Nick Drake series!
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween can't wait 🙌🏿💯
Simple, easy to follow tutorial of a masterpiece. Thank you!
Thank you, Andrew! Another Nick Drake tutorial just dropped!
Someone asked me to back then on this tune, it would have taken me forever without ya. Thanks
No problem! Glad it worked for you
Wow not saying there isn't real music but nothing like this as it's unique in its own way. Thanks alot sir
Awesome lesson, please do more Nick Drake! :)
Thanks for sharing this tutorial for a Nick Drake classic. One smaller point: tone. As Josh Turner showed in a lengthy analysis of the Nick Drake sound, Nick was probably using very dead nickel strings that contribute a lot to the unique quality of his sound.
Absolutely, and while I am focusing on the technical compliments, his tone is absolutely key to his style and sound.
Great job Jon!
Yo best tutorial on tubez for this song. Thanks. I always wanted to learn this song, you made it so easy! Big ups 🙌🙌🙌
Happy to help!
Anticipating the 50th anniversary of Pink Moon coming up this Friday, I've been working on an arrangement for this one. I'm curious as to why most people tune down so low and then capo vs. tuning DADGDF#? Is it bc tuning up the high E is a little tight? It does seem easier on the hands to use the capo, but I wonder how Nick did it.
nick was known for using a capo so it doesnt seem too out of the ordinary
Great lesson
Hi!! Its very nice pra xuxu!! I love Nick Drake!! Congrats!!
Thank you, Good sir!
Shit man you are down to earth as fuck. I learned this so quick from ya
Thanks man!
Well done! We need to really appreciate the LED lights in the back though. Let's not overlook the importance of how cool those look and how they make the video better.
And the symmetry of the hanging guitars
Great video! I'm a beginner (but rather ambitious clearly!). Just wondering if you have any tips for the 6th & 9th fret part? I can't seem to keep the 3rd and 2nd strings free, which means I'm not getting that nice resonance. Thanks :))
Hi Sophie! That is likely something to do with your bar position, try placing the 3rd and 4th fingers first, then the bar, to relieve some of that tension.
Jon Paul, easily the best tutorial on Pink Moon I've found. I'm interested in how you figured out the tuning.
Thank you! I need ideas for my next video, any requests?
Thank you! I can not remember how I learned the tuning Drake commonly uses, I think I looked it up somewhere, but you have to always adjust by ear because he never used a tuner!
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween I have had a particularly difficult time with Peter Gabriel's Salisbury Hill. Just counting it confuses me. The same with a lot of the old Pretender's stuff. I believe I have a decent grasp of 4/4, 3/4 and 6/8 along with the Diddly beat but anything outside of that. . . I just more or less limp along with Pete on that one.
I like your teaching style. I've been trying to figure out Pink Moon forever and thanks to you know that I have I've discovered a lot less folks are familiar with it than I expected.
I appreciate how much hard, creative work you must put into this.
I know this because I make my living selling advertisement for my website. It's a challenge because I report pretty much only on agricultural irrigation in California. It's a multi billion dollar facet of an even bigger multi billion dollar ag industry. It's all about creativity. It'd probably bore you to tears but if you want to take a look go to www.WaterWrights.net God bless and Merry Christmas, Don
@@TheNitsua59 Hello Don! Thank you so much for your comments! I will take a look at your waterwrights website, looks interesting! I will check out the Peter Gabriel tune you mention and see if I can help with the rhythm. Merry Christmas!
Great. I go online to learn this song and wow, 8 minutes is all it takes. THANK YOU for taking the time to share this.
Edit: Now I realise this could actually take a while bcos it's really hard to get the timing of the voice to fit with the syncopated strum. Anyone else have this issue?
Glad you found it helpful! Any requests?
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween how about "Been smoking too long" (also Nick Drake)? I reckon it's his bluesiest song.
great job mate. I always have trouble figering how to play nick drake songs and that took me 2 mins to learn! Now to find one of these things first :) Thanks btw
Thank you Sebastian! He was a terrific artist, it is fun figuring out how he created his sounds.
Thanks for posting this! Definitely subscribing for more lessons 😎
Thanks for the sub!
Tnx man! Subscribed
Thanks for the sub!
Just wanted to say thank you! Excellent teaching and production quality. New sub!
Hey thanks so much! Any tunes you would like to learn or hear on my channel?
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween Sure! I've had a tricky time finding lessons for Never Found the Time by America or Fire and Rain (John Denver version)
I play the lead part an octave higher to give the guitar the illusion of the piano. It also sounds more "like the record". Also, I play it dynamically by digging into the verse chords and smoothly playing the chords on the second fret with feeling. Getting the strum correct on the chorus is near impossible since it is in like 5/4 to 7/4. Its all ear training at that point.
Great vid man, more nick drake please !
Great job 🚀🍻🤴
Love the tutorial, I hope that you make more!
ty u man great teach
My pleasure Emmanuel! Thinking of doing a part II to further explain things. Was there anything you felt I left out?
Good teaching!
Good tutorial thanks. You might want to consider changing the thumbnail as at first I didn't realise it was a tutorial. I though it was just a copy of the original song due to the shot of Nick Drake you have used.
Amazing one thanks💗💗. It's really difficult but I'm not giving up untill I get it. You got yourself a subscriber today. Thank you so much
Thank you for the subscription! If you have any requests or want clarification on something just let me know!
thank you! i'd beenlooking for this everywhere.
P.S: you look like obi-wan lol!
Haha thanks! “Skill is the child of patience” - Obi Wan
This seemed like such a good tutorial and I was excited. However, I got stuck, and frustrated at the first part about how the guitar needs to be tuned. Is it what you say, without the capo or with. Even so the strings get to loose and rattle? What am I doing wrong sigh
The strings need to be tuned to the pitches I listed in the video without the capo, but if you try to play along with Nick's recording, you'll find you are slightly off. He probably was not using a tuner and just tuned the guitar by ear. If you want to play along with the recording, tune your guitar first, put on the capo, start the recording, and try to match your 6th string to his 6th string.
Hahaha the clapping made it all click. Thank you!
Hey Jon! Why not simply leave away the kapo and tune to DADGDF#?
I do not think this is the way Nick played it, just trying to stay true to his methods!
thank you so much
My pleasure!
do we adjust the tuning to CGCFCE after adding the capo to the second fret?
Hello! You will want to tune first, then apply the capo.
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween thank you!
Thanks you
Great job...How the hell do you only have 95 subs.. If you put Martin Retro Strings on that guitar it would even sound closer. I think Nick killed himself because Snark Tuners were not invented yet!
Hey thanks! Ill have to try those strings out, probably easier than waiting for strings to "age" a few months for that Nick Drake sound. 95 and counting, thanks for the sub!
thanks
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Tell them its my pleasure!
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I wonder if Nick used a pick when he strummed Pink Moon and Place To Be? True finger players generally dislike picks.
I believe Nick did both. In the recording you can pretty clearly hear the attack of a pic.
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween Thanks for replying. I'll have to go back and try to listen more carefully. Maybe because I listen through somewhat low fidelity devices like AirPods, pick noise didn't seem apparent. Thanks again.
@@jeffrey3498 Anytime! I could be wrong, and maybe he is strumming with his fingernails, but after your comment I re-listened to several tracks with prominent strumming and to my ear it sounds like a pick attack. Maybe there is video of him floating around out there that could confirm.
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween Thanks, no videos of Nick except as a toddler. All the pictures of Nick I've seen I've never seen a pick. I would lean towards fingernails as a finger player myself: I extremely dislike the sound of a pick on acoustic strings, FWIW. Thanks again for taking the time to reply 😎👍
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To hear nick drake played with a pick not only hurts my ears, but annihilates my soul
So don’t use a pick.
why didn't u explain what u were doing at the last bit the. most confusing. part has no explanation ;(
Can you be more specific? Happy to explain something more if needed.
@@jonpaulyerby-thespacebetween I’m here because of Derrick. Can’t wait to dig through more of your vids.
I think she’s looking for a more “spelled-out” version of the descending piano fill.
@@rickyk8177 Hi Ricky! Thanks for your comment! Maybe I could make a supplemental video for that section in particular.
u look like ted kaczynski
it isnt tone
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