You guys are lucky to have a tutorial like this. I learned this tune by ear back in 1977 and it took me months to figure it out from a vinyl record. Back then there was no internet, no RUclips, no email - just vinyl records and your ears. When I started learning this, I did not have the right hand skills needed to play it (I didn't know that at the start). By the time I finished, I did have the skills. Learning this tune is a good vehicle to developing your picking hand skills and independence. I agree with everything Andy says in this video. He has distilled what took me 5 or 6 months (in 1977) down into 30 minutes and it's all there. I will point out that the first 2 months I spent trying to learn this were largely wasted because I didn't know it was played in open C tuning. It's hopeless trying to play it standard tuning. A very lucky chance encounter with Bruce himself at Ring Music in Toronto is where I found about the open tuning. I'd never heard of open C tuning up to that point. He wrote out the tuning for me on a scrap of paper and then gave me some advice about right hand technique and exercises to get me going. It was a good day, 42 years ago.
HA, I feel your pain my friend. I played this song for 10 years in standard tuning, self taught as well before internet. It sounded ok but a bit choppy. Also like you, I talked to Bruce after a show and I asked him about it. He just shook his head, smiled, and told me what I should be doing. lol It looked like he's been asked that question a few time. Got it down now and it's in my rotation at gigs, sounds much better.
I am not sure who is luckier in this case. Learning from the master himself is pretty cool. John at Ring Music showed me one of Bruce’s guitars in for repair but that’s as close as i ever got. Cheers. ;)
@@jotmon1 Well I can add one final instalment to the story. I had become obsessed with Bruce's single cutaway Larrivee guitar and its tone. Michael McLuhan (owner of Ring Music at the time) told me that he didn't have any Larrivee cutaways coming in but one of Jean's apprentices (David Wren) was in Toronto and making a virtually identical guitar. I placed an order with Michael and about 2 months later the guitar arrived. $775 including case. This is was in 1977.(worth about $3700 in 2022 dollars). Final instruction : David would like to see the guitar after about 6 months just to check it over. He gave me David's phone # and told me to arrange it directly with David. The 6 month check-up was at David's house in his living room. While he was looking it over I told him of my fascination with Bruce Cockburn and his guitar playing, and he pointed to a guitar case on the floor and said that there's a brand new guitar in there that he had just finished for Bruce and hadn't delivered yet. I asked if I could have a look and he said I could. I took it out, fingered a few chords on it, then put it back in the case. It was virtually identical to my guitar as I recall. So, I got to hold one of Bruce's guitars even before he did. This would have been late 1977 or early 1978. And that is last of my Bruce Cockburn stories.
I loved reading this comment! The part where you had to learn to play this on a barbed wire fence at midnight in a blizzard was my favourite, lol. Seriously tho, I also learned guitar before the internet and I can deeply relate to the struggle. Those moments when someone who knows gives you the keys... What a feeling!
I have watched,studied and learned from all of your tutorial videos. I can honestly say that they are all truly amazing I have been playing guitar for over thirty years and feel that I am a competent player. Since discovering your site I can't wait from one week to the next for the posting of a new tutorial. Keep up your excellent work. I really appreciate your passion and talent. Thank you. Absolutely brilliant. !!!!
BRUCE COCKBURN IS ONE OF MY HEROES- HE HAS TAUGHT ME ABOUT SO MANY SOCIAL ISSUES- A GENUINE MAN OF PEACE- HE SHOULD BE KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD- I PLAY THIS CHARMING MELODY, ON MY TABLET, OVER MY PITIFUL FLOWER BED EVERY SPRING- HE EVEN TURNED ME ONTO THE FOXGLOVE PLANT- no luck with it, even with his great music! Bless you for teaching his works-Namaste from an Old Hippie in Canada ( How hard is my favourite song of all- Leonard Cohen's Suzanne to play?)
Such a great fingerpicking tune! I too learnt this song back in the 70s, by ear, off vinyl. It definitely took a minute. ;) Over the years it comes and goes in my repertoire, but I always return to it and try to bring it back up to tempo. I don't think I've ever met anyone else that plays it, but I'd say that you and I have come to the same conclusions as to how it's played. When I used to play it on stage nightly I'd sometimes play around with the syncopation a bit, but usually not too far astray from what Bruce did, which is hard to beat! Great job, and thanks for the 'memories'... ;)
Outstanding lesson, easily the best teacher on RUclips , after over 34 years of playing your lessons continue my guitar journey! Thank you sincerely. My best from Canada.
What a gift you give here thankyou. I just sat down and played along as best I could. Years of dadgad tunings and fingerpicking, first time ever with open c!
Best guitar tutorials I've found on RUclips. Clear, easy to follow and broken down into workable pieces. Thanks Andy for being a great teacher and inspirational player.
That middle part is indeed the hardest part of the song, and possibly the hardest thing I've ever learned on guitar. The three-over-two pattern is not just hard to master physically, it's also hard to wrap your mind around. It really pays to play it really slowly and understand what's happening on the top three strings. This is such an incredible piece (as is the somewhat similar "Sunwheel Dance"). It's amazing to think Bruce came up with those two songs in his early 20s. I was once at a Q&A with him and asked him how he writes his instrumentals. His answer was basically: "I come up with instrumentals when I don't happen to have any words to work on." Anyway, thanks for a great lesson.
Thanks so much for this. I have been wanting to learn this tune for years and had no idea where to start. Couple of days with this video and I can make my way thru the tune...slowly! Thanks very much.
Thanks Anthony. I put a huge amount of time and effort into making these videos. I like to keep them free for those that can't afford it, but if you can, please support what I do. Cheers, Andy www.shutupandplay.ca/donate.html
This i just wonderful ! I did not expect I am so good guitar player, but with your help I did! Many thanks from Russia! Waiting each your new tutorial.
Fabulous tutorial. Not a Travis picker, but soon will be thanks to this. Great, clear tuition with no BS - just what I needed! That little three chord descending run is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard played on the guitar and is what's made me want to learn this. Thanks for choosing to do your work in this way - much appreciated.
If you take requests at all I would die to have a lesson on “Sunrise on the Mississippi”. I got the tab from you on “Foxglove” and learned to play it. And “Mississippi” would be such an amazing follow-up. I hope you are doing well. You are the answer to my prayers on the kind of teacher I think we all have wanted in our lives. You and this channel are very special. You’re a true treasure.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL job on Cockburn’s “Foxglove”! I was given a book of Bruce Cockburn’s instrumental pieces that contained accurate arrangements, fully scored (and tabbed, if memory serves) about 35 years ago that included “Foxglove”, “Sunwheel Dance” and “Rouler Sa Bosse” (among others) which was borrowed (stolen) from me by a colleague (asshole) and never returned! Of those songs, I managed to remember how to play “Foxglove” and “Rouler Sa Bosse” (an incredibly cool instrumental that was recorded with clarinetist Jack Zaza) that the latter remarked (“we sound like 2 guys playing outside a cathouse in New Orleans!” after hearing the playback for the first time.). Unfortunately, as the transcriptions contained no fingering denotations whatsoever, I was relegated to deciphering the left hand as best I could under the circumstances. However, after watching your exhaustive (and stunningly accurate) tutorial, I sighed with frustration in the realization that I was in fact making things a lot harder on myself than necessary (being a purist, of course I had to master “Foxglove” at it’s originally-recorded tempo, leading to occasional gaffes during live performances that as it turns out we’re in fact (at least for the most part) eminently-avoidable after having watched your sensible approach to the fingering! (Wish I’d met you back in the day; you could’ve spared me a great deal of frustration!). I hadn’t even attempted this song and in fact had virtually given up playing the guitar altogether a couple of years ago (in fact, if it weren’t for the few guitar students I have retained, I would likely have abandoned the instrument altogether!). However, after seeing this video, I have since started playing again and have quickly developed a revitalized passion for the instrument! Thank you so much for waking me up and once again, beautiful job!
Thanks Andy for one of the clearest and most concise lessons I have ever encountered on RUclips. Happy that it's also one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite artists. I remember seeing him in the garno church basement in Edmonton when he was first starting and his skills just blew me away. A bit late in life to start practicing Travis picking but I started guitar pretty late anyway. I'll be watching for anything else you post
Andy, The Foxglove lesson is absolutely brilliant and a true tribute to Bruce Cockburn. 🇨🇦 As you stated , Bruce Cockburn is not widely known but he is a master of fingerstyle guitar. Stay safe & Go well into song.
I have read that you haven’t posted in some time and that you may be ill. I’m new to the channel. I’m 71 and had wanted to learn to play “Anji” since I was 13. Retired now. Have a Martin OM-28 to practice on and made progress I could not have dreamed of before finding your channel. Please…..get better.
I'm old enough to have bought the album when it first came out. As I recall, Foxglove was the first cut. I was thunderstruck by it then and always dreamed of playing it (not a hope for my 20-something picker), and thanks to you Andy, now I can. Not at Bruce speed of course, but it's fun to play and a big hit with my musical friends. Of course I bought it from your site; how could I not?
Mighty fine playing right there! I think I'll take a walk in your footprints tomorrow and see if I can get this sounding anywhere close. THX for the posting. PS. On my little island home of Tasmania (last stop before Antarctica!) Bruce Cockburn most certainly is known - and rightly revered! Just thought I'd like that to be known though I respect that Tassie IS a long way from Toronto!
As always, such an excellent tutorial, Andy! The right hand doesn't give me too much trouble (fingerpicking comes pretty easy), but there are a few left-hand spots that will require some practice. Thank goodness I love to practice :) The tabs help so much! I would encourage enyone to invest in them, especially in a piece like this. You are so appreciated!!!
Really excited to learn this. Cockburn is such a great picker and songwriter! Sunwheel Dance next? Learning a bunch and pushing myself with tunes I love. Working on Wondering Where the Lions Are. Thanks!
Hey..thank you so much for teaching Bruce Cockburn.. I have to disagree on something you said. Bruce Cockburn is actually better known around the world than in his own country. The world loves him. It is us in Canada that don't know what we have! Carleen from Canada💟
at time of writing this you have 51,732 views, that is amazing. I think 51,000 of those views are mine. 😅 The good news is I think I finally have all the parts figured out. I don't have the speed yet but almost. Thanks for posting, truly love all your posts. To you from a Canadian guy in Arizona. Thanks again
Hey mate, late reply but I know a few Bruce songs from his 1978 album 'Further Adventures Of' can be played in open C - Rainfall, Laughter, also possibly Can I Go With You and A Montreal Song
Hi Andy I was wondering if you could make a video going through how you figure out songs by ear. I think an ear training series would be very beneficial. If you could explain how you develop your ear and exercises to help. Most guitar players are just faking it by just memorizing where they put their fingers but do not know why. Anyway I know you stress it and i think most players want to be able to get to that goal of being able to play and figure out anything they hear on the radio. Thanks Jacob
Thank you for fulfilling my request. This looks playable to me. I really do appreciate the time you take to do this and I will be making another donation soon on your website. Awesome playing and really quick learning. How do you do that? :)
Yeah, the part for The Boxer is really pretty but I still haven't quite nailed that rippling opening lick I've heard a jazz player in the next studio came in on the session and played it - in some kind of open C tuning. I've never got that though I can do Scarborough and Kathy's Song without trouble.
Thanks for the tips but the middle of the song if i just knew wich strings you hit first after the the thumb or the same time would help me alot sorry to ask
Do sunrise on the mississippi!!!! It's like Leo Kottke said. Practice all the finger picking patterns, master them and then adapt to what you need to pull out the melody!
It feels good to get into Bruce Cockburn's vibe, doesn't it? You don't want to stop when you get into it. I'm having a good time using these patterns, in this tuning. If I'm not mistaken, the "triples" are the same as in Lindsey Buckingham's "Never Going Back Again"? Thank you for explaining this (and so many others) so well. Just got back from making a well-deserved donation.
My cheap guitar didn't like this tuning even with a truss rod adjustment.. It brought out a buzz that I don't think was ever there and I had to do some more adjustment... It it 95% gone.. I will try it on a different cheap guitar maybe but not today...lol... I guess I am gonna just have to enjoy listening to it for now... I am not a finger picker but I wanted to give it a try...
Great lesson...I know it's not correct but I can play it a lot cleaner and with more force just staying on the low D ( dead thumb) any thoughts on this? They are the same note ....Im very well established with alternating bass but on this it seems to work better for me at least.
Great lesson. One question: in the very first part, for the picking pattern with the thumb included would the pattern be 612 412 or is he plucking 6/1 together then 2 and 4/1 together then 2? He's going a little too fast for me to detect. Thanks.
Sorry for the trivial question but..... what guitar are you playing? I love guitars (the instrument as well as the music it helps make) and I always wonder what guitar people are using when they make a youtube tutorial. It's almost as if there is a copyright law that nobody wants to break (I know that doesn't make sense). Or, if it's just all about the degree of close-up, then how about a short introduction (by the way, I'm playing a blah blah blah, sweet sound, had this baby for a few years, can't get enough of it....)
Nice....I'm a big Bruce Cockburn fan...been wanting to do this one for quite awhile....maybe I'll get off my ass and do it.....How about "Last NIght of the World" sometime?
Wow, great video. I can finally play all the notes, just have to work on speed. I see Bruce plays this without a capo. Did you use the capo to lower the action to make it easier to do the bars?
My mistake. He plays it live without a capo here ruclips.net/video/TFAsoKHepRI/видео.html but with capo on the album. I like the capo free version as it is more resonant, at least on my guitar, but the capo version is definitely easier to play. Thanks again for the lesson!
I wonder if the strings are just a bit too loose without capo on some guitars? Capo just tightens and it up a bit. Came here after watching jp Cormier playing this on his channel.
Thanks again for teaching me this dude! I tried to donate some coin through Interac but it wouldn't go : / no shite. I will try again, it's been a while. How about the intro to Crazy On You by Heart?
Thanks Paul. Crazy on you is a tough one. It's not on my list but maybe down the road...I can only accept credit cards and Paypal. Cheers, Andy www.shutupandplay.ca/donate.html
You guys are lucky to have a tutorial like this. I learned this tune by ear back in 1977 and it took me months to figure it out from a vinyl record. Back then there was no internet, no RUclips, no email - just vinyl records and your ears. When I started learning this, I did not have the right hand skills needed to play it (I didn't know that at the start). By the time I finished, I did have the skills. Learning this tune is a good vehicle to developing your picking hand skills and independence. I agree with everything Andy says in this video. He has distilled what took me 5 or 6 months (in 1977) down into 30 minutes and it's all there. I will point out that the first 2 months I spent trying to learn this were largely wasted because I didn't know it was played in open C tuning. It's hopeless trying to play it standard tuning. A very lucky chance encounter with Bruce himself at Ring Music in Toronto is where I found about the open tuning. I'd never heard of open C tuning up to that point. He wrote out the tuning for me on a scrap of paper and then gave me some advice about right hand technique and exercises to get me going. It was a good day, 42 years ago.
HA, I feel your pain my friend. I played this song for 10 years in standard tuning, self taught as well before internet. It sounded ok but a bit choppy. Also like you, I talked to Bruce after a show and I asked him about it. He just shook his head, smiled, and told me what I should be doing. lol It looked like he's been asked that question a few time. Got it down now and it's in my rotation at gigs, sounds much better.
Very cool story!
I am not sure who is luckier in this case. Learning from the master himself is pretty cool. John at Ring Music showed me one of Bruce’s guitars in for repair but that’s as close as i ever got. Cheers. ;)
@@jotmon1 Well I can add one final instalment to the story. I had become obsessed with Bruce's single cutaway Larrivee guitar and its tone. Michael McLuhan (owner of Ring Music at the time) told me that he didn't have any Larrivee cutaways coming in but one of Jean's apprentices (David Wren) was in Toronto and making a virtually identical guitar. I placed an order with Michael and about 2 months later the guitar arrived. $775 including case. This is was in 1977.(worth about $3700 in 2022 dollars). Final instruction : David would like to see the guitar after about 6 months just to check it over. He gave me David's phone # and told me to arrange it directly with David. The 6 month check-up was at David's house in his living room. While he was looking it over I told him of my fascination with Bruce Cockburn and his guitar playing, and he pointed to a guitar case on the floor and said that there's a brand new guitar in there that he had just finished for Bruce and hadn't delivered yet. I asked if I could have a look and he said I could. I took it out, fingered a few chords on it, then put it back in the case. It was virtually identical to my guitar as I recall. So, I got to hold one of Bruce's guitars even before he did. This would have been late 1977 or early 1978. And that is last of my Bruce Cockburn stories.
I loved reading this comment! The part where you had to learn to play this on a barbed wire fence at midnight in a blizzard was my favourite, lol.
Seriously tho, I also learned guitar before the internet and I can deeply relate to the struggle. Those moments when someone who knows gives you the keys... What a feeling!
I have watched,studied and learned from all of your tutorial videos. I can honestly say that they are all truly amazing I have been playing guitar for over thirty years and feel that I am a competent player. Since discovering your site I can't wait from one week to the next for the posting of a new tutorial. Keep up your excellent work. I really appreciate your passion and talent. Thank you. Absolutely brilliant. !!!!
Who downvotes this?
There's some truth to that! lol
Competition... does things like this. However, I'm with you, if he released more tutorials I'd never leave home either...
BRUCE COCKBURN IS ONE OF MY HEROES- HE HAS TAUGHT ME ABOUT SO MANY SOCIAL ISSUES- A GENUINE MAN OF PEACE- HE SHOULD BE KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD- I PLAY THIS CHARMING MELODY, ON MY TABLET, OVER MY PITIFUL FLOWER BED EVERY SPRING- HE EVEN TURNED ME ONTO THE FOXGLOVE PLANT- no luck with it, even with his great music! Bless you for teaching his works-Namaste from an Old Hippie in Canada ( How hard is my favourite song of all- Leonard Cohen's Suzanne to play?)
Such a great fingerpicking tune! I too learnt this song back in the 70s, by ear, off vinyl. It definitely took a minute. ;) Over the years it comes and goes in my repertoire, but I always return to it and try to bring it back up to tempo. I don't think I've ever met anyone else that plays it, but I'd say that you and I have come to the same conclusions as to how it's played. When I used to play it on stage nightly I'd sometimes play around with the syncopation a bit, but usually not too far astray from what Bruce did, which is hard to beat!
Great job, and thanks for the 'memories'... ;)
I’ve seen Bruce play this song twice - and can’t say he sounded better - and I’m fussy - kudos!!
Outstanding lesson, easily the best teacher on RUclips , after over 34 years of playing your lessons continue my guitar journey! Thank you sincerely. My best from Canada.
What a gift you give here thankyou. I just sat down and played along as best I could. Years of dadgad tunings and fingerpicking, first time ever with open c!
Best guitar tutorials I've found on RUclips. Clear, easy to follow and broken down into workable pieces. Thanks Andy for being a great teacher and inspirational player.
I like how your channel got big because of quality and consistence not because you upload two billion videos about uber popular songs.
That middle part is indeed the hardest part of the song, and possibly the hardest thing I've ever learned on guitar. The three-over-two pattern is not just hard to master physically, it's also hard to wrap your mind around. It really pays to play it really slowly and understand what's happening on the top three strings.
This is such an incredible piece (as is the somewhat similar "Sunwheel Dance"). It's amazing to think Bruce came up with those two songs in his early 20s. I was once at a Q&A with him and asked him how he writes his instrumentals. His answer was basically: "I come up with instrumentals when I don't happen to have any words to work on." Anyway, thanks for a great lesson.
Youthful inspiration and discovering a new tuning.
Thanks so much for this. I have been wanting to learn this tune for years and had no idea where to start. Couple of days with this video and I can make my way thru the tune...slowly! Thanks very much.
Thanks Anthony. I put a huge amount of time and effort into making these videos. I like to keep them free for those that can't afford it, but if you can, please support what I do. Cheers, Andy www.shutupandplay.ca/donate.html
This i just wonderful !
I did not expect I am so good guitar player, but with your help I did!
Many thanks from Russia!
Waiting each your new tutorial.
This is above my ability but I'm gonna give it a shot such a nice song. Great video!
Fabulous tutorial. Not a Travis picker, but soon will be thanks to this. Great, clear tuition with no BS - just what I needed! That little three chord descending run is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard played on the guitar and is what's made me want to learn this. Thanks for choosing to do your work in this way - much appreciated.
If you take requests at all I would die to have a lesson on “Sunrise on the Mississippi”. I got the tab from you on “Foxglove” and learned to play it. And “Mississippi” would be such an amazing follow-up. I hope you are doing well. You are the answer to my prayers on the kind of teacher I think we all have wanted in our lives. You and this channel are very special. You’re a true treasure.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL job on Cockburn’s “Foxglove”! I was given a book of Bruce Cockburn’s instrumental pieces that contained accurate arrangements, fully scored (and tabbed, if memory serves) about 35 years ago that included “Foxglove”, “Sunwheel Dance” and “Rouler Sa Bosse” (among others) which was borrowed (stolen) from me by a colleague (asshole) and never returned! Of those songs, I managed to remember how to play “Foxglove” and “Rouler Sa Bosse” (an incredibly cool instrumental that was recorded with clarinetist Jack Zaza) that the latter remarked (“we sound like 2 guys playing outside a cathouse in New Orleans!” after hearing the playback for the first time.). Unfortunately, as the transcriptions contained no fingering denotations whatsoever, I was relegated to deciphering the left hand as best I could under the circumstances. However, after watching your exhaustive (and stunningly accurate) tutorial, I sighed with frustration in the realization that I was in fact making things a lot harder on myself than necessary (being a purist, of course I had to master “Foxglove” at it’s originally-recorded tempo, leading to occasional gaffes during live performances that as it turns out we’re in fact (at least for the most part) eminently-avoidable after having watched your sensible approach to the fingering! (Wish I’d met you back in the day; you could’ve spared me a great deal of frustration!). I hadn’t even attempted this song and in fact had virtually given up playing the guitar altogether a couple of years ago (in fact, if it weren’t for the few guitar students I have retained, I would likely have abandoned the instrument altogether!). However, after seeing this video, I have since started playing again and have quickly developed a revitalized passion for the instrument! Thank you so much for waking me up and once again, beautiful job!
Is the book....All The Diamonds? I own it, and it is very well done, and also has some illustrations. Too bad yours was stolen.
The chord at 0:33 is truly magical
this is guitar playing at its finest great job sir
Thanks Andy for one of the clearest and most concise lessons I have ever encountered on RUclips. Happy that it's also one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite artists. I remember seeing him in the garno church basement in Edmonton when he was first starting and his skills just blew me away. A bit late in life to start practicing Travis picking but I started guitar pretty late anyway. I'll be watching for anything else you post
Excellent lesson Andy great teaching you have seriously helped make many people happy and more confident in their ability to learn guitar
Great guitar lesson! And what a beautifully sounding guitar. I’m a flatpicker but gotta learn this tune.
Thank you!
Fantastic tutorial. I’ve been practicing and I’m close to nailing it Love your instruction
🎵 For more information on this lesson and the TAB: www.shutupandplay.ca/foxglove--acoustic.html
I really appreciate & enjoy the finger-picking tutorials.
Andy,
The Foxglove lesson is absolutely brilliant and a true tribute to Bruce Cockburn. 🇨🇦
As you stated , Bruce Cockburn is not widely known but he is a master of fingerstyle guitar.
Stay safe & Go well into song.
I have read that you haven’t posted in some time and that you may be ill. I’m new to the channel. I’m 71 and had wanted to learn to play “Anji” since I was 13. Retired now. Have a Martin OM-28 to practice on and made progress I could not have dreamed of before finding your channel. Please…..get better.
Great video. More Bruce Cockburn. Could you do a lesson of Sunrise on the Mississippi?
This is the best cover of this song on youtube. One of my favorite songs to play, I am never good at it.
Awesome! Thank you....the chord at @25:30 deserves a song of its own...I love it.
I'm old enough to have bought the album when it first came out. As I recall, Foxglove was the first cut. I was thunderstruck by it then and always dreamed of playing it (not a hope for my 20-something picker), and thanks to you Andy, now I can. Not at Bruce speed of course, but it's fun to play and a big hit with my musical friends. Of course I bought it from your site; how could I not?
Beautiful song played brilliantly! That's the next thing to learn on guitar sorted.
Mighty fine playing right there!
I think I'll take a walk in your footprints tomorrow and see if I can get this sounding anywhere close. THX for the posting.
PS.
On my little island home of Tasmania (last stop before Antarctica!) Bruce Cockburn most certainly is known - and rightly revered! Just thought I'd like that to be known though I respect that Tassie IS a long way from Toronto!
A song of pure joy.
As always, such an excellent tutorial, Andy! The right hand doesn't give me too much trouble (fingerpicking comes pretty easy), but there are a few left-hand spots that will require some practice. Thank goodness I love to practice :) The tabs help so much! I would encourage enyone to invest in them, especially in a piece like this. You are so appreciated!!!
Absolutely nailed this dude!
Really excited to learn this. Cockburn is such a great picker and songwriter! Sunwheel Dance next? Learning a bunch and pushing myself with tunes I love. Working on Wondering Where the Lions Are. Thanks!
Could you do a tutorial on Bruce Cockburn's Sunwheel Dance? This video is awesome. Thanks!
Yes please if you have time. A tutorial on "Sunwheel Dance". Thanks for all your tutorials!
Beautifully presented! Thank you.
Excellent lesson. You captured all of the details.
Hey..thank you so much for teaching Bruce Cockburn.. I have to disagree on something you said.
Bruce Cockburn is actually better known around the world than in his own country. The world loves him. It is us in Canada that don't know what we have!
Carleen from Canada💟
Wow thanks! Great lesson! Will take all the Bruce Cockburn you have!
Thanks Gibby. If you get a chance sometime, check this out: goo.gl/u5y7rd Cheers
Andy
Thankyou for teaching this song, it's a beauty. cheers
Great lesson! Any way you could do a lesson on "Going to the Country"?
Wow! That was really beautiful! Well done!
Been waiting for this one for a while!Thanks
That’s an amazing lesson friend. Many thanks I’m gonna try to learn this. But think it might not be in my wheelhouse with my arthritis
what a great little piece well done!
wow amazing! I will try it out!
at time of writing this you have 51,732 views, that is amazing. I think 51,000 of those views are mine. 😅 The good news is I think I finally have all the parts figured out. I don't have the speed yet but almost. Thanks for posting, truly love all your posts. To you from a Canadian guy in Arizona. Thanks again
You are a genius !
Welp looks like I got some practicing to do. Thanks for the fantastic content man.
Excellent video for a fantastic song. 177 beats per second would indeed be fast! xD
Awesome Andy!
Great song and a great lesson.
Thanks Andy
can you do time precious time by Buckingham please! even just to here you play it would be rad!
Nice job man! Its all there. Well done.
Thanks Andy. Harder than hell to find anyone to tackle Bruce C songs. Question: can anyone recommend other songs that are also in Open C tuning?
Hey mate, late reply but I know a few Bruce songs from his 1978 album 'Further Adventures Of' can be played in open C - Rainfall, Laughter, also possibly Can I Go With You and A Montreal Song
Always loved this song. Thank you!
Any chance of a tutorial of The Grapes of Wrath "All the Things I Wasn't" ?
Hi Andy
I was wondering if you could make a video going through how you figure out songs by ear. I think an ear training series would be very beneficial. If you could explain how you develop your ear and exercises to help. Most guitar players are just faking it by just memorizing where they put their fingers but do not know why. Anyway I know you stress it and i think most players want to be able to get to that goal of being able to play and figure out anything they hear on the radio.
Thanks Jacob
That's beautiful
Thank you for fulfilling my request. This looks playable to me. I really do appreciate the time you take to do this and I will be making another donation soon on your website. Awesome playing and really quick learning. How do you do that? :)
Ok, beyond impressed!
I'll have to acquire more skills before I take a hack at this
Awesome vid keep up the good work
absolutely love your tutorials please please do some simon and garfunkel songs
Yeah, the part for The Boxer is really pretty but I still haven't quite nailed that rippling opening lick I've heard a jazz player in the next studio came in on the session and played it - in some kind of open C tuning. I've never got that though I can do Scarborough and Kathy's Song without trouble.
Thanks for the tips but the middle of the song if i just knew wich strings you hit first after the the thumb or the same time would help me alot sorry to ask
You know I really like Dust & Diesel too. He's a really great songwriter that doesn't get enough accolades.
Great job.
Do sunrise on the mississippi!!!! It's like Leo Kottke said. Practice all the finger picking patterns, master them and then adapt to what you need to pull out the melody!
It feels good to get into Bruce Cockburn's vibe, doesn't it? You don't want to stop when you get into it. I'm having a good time using these patterns, in this tuning. If I'm not mistaken, the "triples" are the same as in Lindsey Buckingham's "Never Going Back Again"? Thank you for explaining this (and so many others) so well. Just got back from making a well-deserved donation.
Perfect.
Hello! Can you also play Little seahorses from Bruce Cockburn?
Thanks!
My cheap guitar didn't like this tuning even with a truss rod adjustment.. It brought out a buzz that I don't think was ever there and I had to do some more adjustment... It it 95% gone.. I will try it on a different cheap guitar maybe but not today...lol... I guess I am gonna just have to enjoy listening to it for now... I am not a finger picker but I wanted to give it a try...
5:57 "He plays it at 177 beats per second..." Yeah well, time to put on another pot of coffee!! ;)
Ted Peterson I timed Bruce doing it 4 beats faster! 2 more pots of coffee.
Please do a tutorial on Don't let me down by the Beatles! you can use the video for reference!
Great lesson...I know it's not correct but I can play it a lot cleaner and with more force just staying on the low D ( dead thumb) any thoughts on this? They are the same note ....Im very well established with alternating bass but on this it seems to work better for me at least.
SWEEET!!! Thank you!!
excellent!!!!!
Great lesson. One question: in the very first part, for the picking pattern with the thumb included would the pattern be 612 412 or is he plucking 6/1 together then 2 and 4/1 together then 2? He's going a little too fast for me to detect. Thanks.
This is a really nice sounding song and a great lesson thanks. I'm not a huge fan of retuning my guitar for a specific song.
Good reason to buy another... I Keep one in open C, great tuning
Sorry for the trivial question but..... what guitar are you playing? I love guitars (the instrument as well as the music it helps make) and I always wonder what guitar people are using when they make a youtube tutorial. It's almost as if there is a copyright law that nobody wants to break (I know that doesn't make sense). Or, if it's just all about the degree of close-up, then how about a short introduction (by the way, I'm playing a blah blah blah, sweet sound, had this baby for a few years, can't get enough of it....)
Its a taylor
Nice....I'm a big Bruce Cockburn fan...been wanting to do this one for quite awhile....maybe I'll get off my ass and do it.....How about "Last NIght of the World" sometime?
I am about half way through this. it is tough,
That is such a nice song. Beautiful guitar as well. What kind is it and how old is it? It sounds like it's aged extremely well
Next try Cockburn's Sunwheel Dance? Please?
Wow, great video. I can finally play all the notes, just have to work on speed. I see Bruce plays this without a capo. Did you use the capo to lower the action to make it easier to do the bars?
My mistake. He plays it live without a capo here ruclips.net/video/TFAsoKHepRI/видео.html but with capo on the album. I like the capo free version as it is more resonant, at least on my guitar, but the capo version is definitely easier to play. Thanks again for the lesson!
I wonder if the strings are just a bit too loose without capo on some guitars? Capo just tightens and it up a bit. Came here after watching jp Cormier playing this on his channel.
Thanks again for teaching me this dude! I tried to donate some coin through Interac but it wouldn't go : / no shite. I will try again, it's been a while. How about the intro to Crazy On You by Heart?
Thanks Paul. Crazy on you is a tough one. It's not on my list but maybe down the road...I can only accept credit cards and Paypal. Cheers, Andy www.shutupandplay.ca/donate.html
requesting Rocket Launcher thanks
Can you please teach the acoustic version of hush by hellyeah
Que MARAVILHA.
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Hey Andy, what happened to all your Bruce Springsteen material?
nice one..as per
Wow 😀
I felt good about learning "Wondering Where the Lions Are" But this...
MY goodness.
Can you do some steely dan, chicago, doobie brothers, or some hendrix
Not all at once
when a salt sun'n time?
Jim Cockburn showed all those bullies laughing at his last name as a kid.
I figured this tune would be impossible to learn without travis picking skills. I was right. Oh well.
Just keep at it, you'll get sick of it but, then circle back to it after a while and it's like magic. And then maybe make a donation to our host here.
It sure would be nice to be that talented.
Shades of fret i think.......