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Hi Lauren////What gauge and brand string do you prefer on your acoustic guitar? It looks like your purple guitar is an electric Ibanez guitar like the one I have. Thank you for your advise.

You are one of my two fav instructers ..thku

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I played this song at my lesson with Brian May this past Friday. I impressed Brian. He asked me if I would play that song at a recital on June 15th.I said Yes. I will play it and Brian will sing.

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Lauren that's way to fast for lying eyes ?.

I always had trouble which string to play. I think I was using the top string as the heavy not of E. That’s why the songs didn’t sound right. Than you come along show us that the top E is the high pitch. So I was playing in reverse. So I’ve learned so much today that I’ll go back & play the songs the the right way. Thanks for an Excellent Tutorial.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

B minor is probably the easiest bar chord, it’s a great entry point for starting to master bar chords

Placing two sided tape works really well on the pick.

Tuning ? open E ? or Standard?

I love this!

I truly love your method of teaching guitar.

❤🙋‍♂️💜Thanks for this video Lauren 🫶

I’ve been practicing barre chords for 2 months and I still can’t do them. 😬 Can’t even make one! Progress is slow but steady! 😂

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Strumming makes me think of the Yogi Berra malapropism “You can’t think and hit at the same time.”

I’m a little confused in the D chord plucking breakdown, why does it show the thumb playing a note in the 3rd fret?

I am trying to learn this song , it's my granddaughters favorite song. Thank you.

Love that old radio in the background. All the best from London

Thank you. So helpful. I feel not being comfortable with using a pick has really hampered my progress.

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I have always taken the advice by Jamie Andreas about "sympathetic tension". Especially the pinky wants to move or curl in sympathy with the ring finger. The key exercise is to move the ring finger, keeping the pinky in an idle state (not fretting anything) and focus on NOT DOING anything with the pinky. Relaxing helps. This exercise is more related to what actually happens when playing, more so than the one you have on display. Moving the ring finger up and down the strings while keeping the other fingers fretted is not something that happens in reality, so the muscle memory of that exercise doesn't transfer into actual play.

Need this badly, as a grandpa beginner and seems to work, although I have to put in a lot more effort into it. Thank you! BTW Love that Gretsch on the wall.

I love you. It's a proposal.

I think I might have all the bad habits mentioned ! Anyhow , nice lesson . Thanks Lauren.

So helpful, thank you Lauren 🙂

That Black Mountain pick might be worth a try for me.

Playing for 50 years,and I have used many many different picks/plecks over the years. I now use the Dunlop Max grip mostly, however there's one other great flatpick..... German made triangle shaped pick,Herdim. I always use both fingers and thumb

Great lesson thanks

I know its small for teacher of you stature.Thanks.

thank you this really helped

Hey Lauren i was just wondering if you coukd do a lesson on Every rose has its thorns?

Using a pick gives a completely different sound than strumming with a finger or thumb...a much brighter sound.

ive come along way watching this channel. Im now having problems strumming patterns and singing togeather. Any video on that

This was right on time! Im using a .45 that has a rubber cover around top and my pick stills falls haha. Ive been trying to hold pick the way I see many instuct with my pointer finger all bent, but it feels so awkward. You way feels much more natural and strumming feels a bit easier! Love your videos, thanks!!

I learn something new every time I watch your videos!

Greetings from the Emerald Isle,, only discovered your wonderful lessons and website a few hours ago,,, as a beginner: it's awesomely invaluable. Heard you say, that you will be coming to o visit Ireland "in 2025". Well, as we greet all visitors here, we say - in the Gaelic language : Beidh "CÉÁD MÍLE FÁILE" romhat - You Will Receive " A HUNDRED THOUSAND" WELCOMES!! Keeping with your philosophy of Practice to Progress ,, perfection for later. I'm a guitar newbie (just 7 weeks in), young-at-heart 64 year old, really enjoying the challenges. And as the Italians say - Festine Lente - Make Haste Slowly. Thanks for your generous spirit, Aidan, Bray, County Wicklow (The Garden County of Ireland)

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Thank you for being so educative.. You are really good.. I recently picked up guitar playing (Im in my 50’s now) and I really like it.. ❤️🇩🇰

I like the green Dunlop Tortex pick. Not sure what thickness that is... I bought the multi-color 12-pack (two of each color, Red, Orange Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple) and tried them all, multiple times. The green one just seems to be the best balance between flexible and precise, to me. But, like you said, it's a personal preference thing... My guitar teacher tells me that I get the best sound that I'm capable of getting out of that pick. Which might be a backhanded compliment. 😂 My problem isn't strumming, per se. It's strumming *while also changing chords.* I can strum a single chord quite well. I've been a drummer/percussionist for years, so I have a decent sense of timing. But here I am, strumming along just fine, and then I have to change chords and it all goes to hell. 😂 If only I could do both, I might actually be able to play music on this thing... Another question -- what kind of guitar is that? Clearly it's a Taylor. I'm pretty sure it's an 800-series. But I can't find an 800-series on their website that's in that specific color. Best guess is an 814ce Builders Edition, but I don't think that's quite right... I'm just curious -- it's a great-looking guitar.

I used a store bought pick as a pattern and I use it to trace on old credit cards and drivers licenses. Sometimes they are a little softer and it gives me a little better sound.

Before, I was uncomfortable playing with a pick; thanks to this lesson I was motivated to try to use the pick again. Thank you 😊