A Horse With No Name Easy Guitar Lesson | America

[@stephennnnnnnnnnnn]

The horses name was Justin

[@windrider65]

Rodney couldn't remember his name so he just called him Fred.

[@Pbnj1379]

From one cat to another, I approve.

[@robinhood480]

@@windrider65 If you were under the influence of Marijuana at the time of reading that comment you’d be rolling on the floor laughing 😂 and screaming, “Stop it “. Those Fred comments are killing me !

[@windrider65]

@@robinhood480 yeppers.

[@robinhood480]

The reference is from our radio station way back in the 90’s. Rodney was live in the studio on the Bob & Tom show in Indianapolis and he performed the song, “ Fred’s riding Fred “. I was just off work 3rd shift in the morning and heard it live first time on air. Later the made him say alcohol instead of weed.

[@josephgarcia9905]

Justin is one of the VERY few people on YT that is teaching a third chord and different strumming patterns for each chord as on the original. This vid is the way....

[@donaldpumo3447]

CONGRATS FOR THE MILLION SUBS!! You deserve it mate, I got 100% in guitar class cause of your lessons

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

Thank you!!!

[@MrShahid0072]

He deserves 10 million! Probably taught guitar to most number of people in the history of the world.

[@donnacolwell3988]

This is why I decided to learn guitar. I don't need to become a virtuoso to experience the joy of making music. Thank you for so generously sharing your knowledge and encouragement.

[@timmack2415]

One of the first songs I ever learned.

[@yashwanthraj9144]

I finally learned my first song on guitar 🎸. Thanks to you sir. Please keep up the good work. Keep us motivated, because of your content, i really followed your content from start to finish.

[@samaloga6700]

Me too

[@trafalgerd.waterlaw3084]

Tbh I’ve learned this song years ago, but I’m still watching because you’re so entertaining!

[@RamiRO6621]

i dont understand de strumming in the pattern 4

[@JesusSanchez-tu8yt]

Elenor Rigby is the easy one two chordrs only

[@marckevin203]

Am I the only think that Justin kinda look like Saul Goodman? 😂

[@Rokkitohtori]

Justin! You really give us all followers happiness with every single lesson. Your way of presenting and explaining the songs is the best antidepressive therapy ever! Hope you will continue. P.s. many thanks for the Jolene-picking-lesson, it's a great song to perform as a duo.

[@valseeglitz]

I agree with this comment! So amazingly therapeutic and great explanations to amazing songs. I appreciate all you do!

[@karlapatriciaaa758]

I liked the normal two chord tutorials but yours is hands down the closest and most detailed in strumming as well. This is my first song I’m attempting to learn ever, and immediately before deciding this was the song my mind just gravitates to thinking of guitar I’ve loved. Thanks for the video!!

[@somefuckstolemynick]

Such a great song too. How's it going?

[@entropyet783]

You're lucky you wanted to learn that song first... I loved nothing else matters and spent 2ish months learning it as a beginner lol. Great song though!

[@somefuckstolemynick]

@@entropyet783 lol, same here mate.

[@garyhanley3477]

I noticed this song while searching for song sheets. I knew that I could rely on you to have a lesson ready for this song. I always leave your clips feeling invigorated and keen to practice. 🙏

[@TuneThis51]

Ah, that pesky 3rd chord finally revealed, big thanks,

[@TFShaw]

Justin, you are the best guitar teacher ever! Thank you for everything you do for us!

[@davebowman5392]

There's actually 4 chords, reverse those first 2 chords to the high strings for the chorus.

[@jake105]

Yes, I've seen that. For the full chorus or just for the La La's?

[@davebowman5392]

@@jake105 Whatever sounds good to you! I use them for the full chorus.

[@robroper8878]

Yes I saw it that way many years ago. Gives it a bit more colour, bit less of a dirge.

[@johnfoley2909]

Another guitar know it all!

[@windrider65]

Another great camp fire 🔥 song. Thank you for sharing and all you have taught me Justin. Take care of yourself and your family and stay safe. From Charlie.

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

Stay safe too! Cheers and thank you.

[@jenS-vn2dw]

This was the very first song we learned in high school and we only learned it with two chords. I like this variation that does sound a lot closer to the original. I’m a beginner all over again so this is perfect for practicing and I’m glad I found this vid, thanks for covering it!

[@kcirtapatio]

Pretty sure there’s 4 chords - they switch to an Em9 and a Dmaj9 in the chorus.

[@jimpreston8584]

Thank you Justin I've learned a few songs from you I have one finger cut short doesn't stop me from playing some of the chords

[@brianoolley5405]

Hi Justin, great work as ever! I really enjoy your song lessons! I know you played in a Rolling Stones Cover Band and I'm a big Stones fan myself. Therefore I'd like to ask, if you could do a "Sweet Virginia" and/or a "Ruby Tuesday" lesson some day. Two of my favourite Stones songs and I think especially "Sweet Virginia" has some interesting parts in it, which could be beneficial for guitar learners. Thank you for your good work! Keep on doing it! :)

[@erolgermannemmanuel5637]

Thanks for the tastiest rythm lesson I know of !! Signed: Sort of intermidiate player !

[@johnpetty5897]

You are the best beginner guitar teacher for rhythm… Because of the “down up” teaching style… It is the best way I’ve seen to teach me as a beginner… Thank You!

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

Thanks. Have you seen this? www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/rhythm-essentials-rm-001 Cheers 😊 | close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide [ www.justinguitar.com/ ] & Moderator on JustinGuitar Forum

[@SeanAllocca]

Strumming pattern 4 DDUDDU or 1 2+3 4+ DUUUDU or 1+ + +4+

[@dalehicks6112]

This lesson has been very helpful. Thank you Justin!

[@donicioarawwe]

I hope for a lesson of the solo part of this very nice song, thank you Justin!! :)

[@larrypower8659]

But the chorus has two more chords: Em9 to Aadd4. I know it’s popular as a two chord song for beginners, but the chorus is just as easy to play while using those other two chords. I never see any tutorials with the real chorus chords. Those chords are also played using notes at the 2nd fret- easy!

[@mysteriousToad]

This was very helpful, thank you! 🙏

[@chadlpnemt]

There is a second guitar part as pointed out below, in the chorus. I believe it's a Bm (or something close) and a second fret high E string and G string...A-something perhaps? They harmonize well with the Em and D6.

[@writehandman2833]

Just joined up on the website and I recently bought your beginner book. You've done more for me in one day than most teachers have period. Thank you!

[@xaafuzckers9196]

God damn it Justin you're so good! I honestly haven't watched your lessons for a year or two since I have progressed enough to learn on my own, but you have really stepped up your teaching game (imo you were always one of the best guitar teachers on the internet) and I have to say I love it

[@wataboutya9310]

No need to blaspheme to get your point across.

[@desmo5514]

How much of a Legend do I feel now,...Playing HWNN with 3, yes THREE, count 'em...chords...Cool 👍

[@brianandlynphilippines]

This is my first song, 3rd video of instruction on KZbin. You explained it best, especially the strumming rhythm.

[@jovjov223]

This man deserves more views.

[@lourdesrubanathan6915]

Hello Justin, Always love your lucid explanations… as for this song you don’t mention the chorus chords of F# maj7 on the 2nd fret and the c#,A and f# on the 2nd fret again…

[@FernandoTerrádezPicó]

Great guitar lessons for people like me, real beginners. Thanks a lot for your help!

[@nixternal]

Deja Vu! Funny, this was my karaoke song in the 90s after about $100 in sushi & saki :D

[@matohota]

Damn, that song is complicated.

[@simonyoung6880]

Hey, when I change with my fingers from one chord to another all of a sudden all sounds of the chord I just played get muted and it sounds like 2 chords rather than a song.... What's my mistake?

[@sanaullah6911]

Great lesson! Going to learn it this weekend.

[@mikefrisone6874]

I am a drummer but really enjoy you very clear explicit lessons and are very helpful to me as a drummer.Your humor intermingled is also refreshing as not to make everything stiff and disciplined its relaxing way to learn.thanks Justin excellent guitar sound also.

[@RichardPitt-j8k]

Should mention that walking Bass line is trying to compensate for an actual 2nd (Bass) guitar.. Also strum Rhythm is trying to match the Gate of a Horse trotting..

[@carlaspinall7418]

I love this song but I struggled with the strumming on the song justin

[@lionelbaker3715]

Ya Justin!!! Since we doing America can you please go thru the chords of sister golden hair a thousand thanx !!!??? I'm a bit 😭😭😭 with that at the moment

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

You can request 1 song per week here, on the bottom of the "Songs" page on the website: www.justinguitar.com/songs You'll have to create account first. You can also vote for multiple other songs | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Assistant

[@tyanez]

I thought I knew this song, but I saw/heard that you were doing something different in the intro but I didn't know what. I was like, "WTF is he doing?" LOL. Thanks for the tip.

[@lyndonreddick1888]

Actually, there are 3 different chords, Em9 is missing in this instance. The Chorus; la, la, lalala....

[@mmccartney6579]

Timing (counting) is EVERYTHING!! Cheers, Justin!! :)

[@observingyt6159]

Where does bpm come into this as a beginner? Google says the song is 123bpm also which chord do we begin with? Thanks

[@wildgoobsid5]

The chord pattern on your app is wrong for the d6. Just being nit picky. I’ve been a Justin believer for a long time!

[@guy12327]

The first video about the songi have seen that gets the strumming and third chord right. Very easy to learn, but hard to do actually right it seems. xD

[@patrickroberts9292]

I subsequently watched a video of America playing A Horse with no name and it is quite evident they are not playing the chords from the sheet music!!!

[@michaelschaefer7962]

You’re pulling a great tone from that Froggy Bottom!

[@daviddupre6905]

I'm apparently a dumba$$, could make a graph of the stumming technique and when to change chords?

[@rci30]

Nobody plays this song correctly. Justin, you are correct about a 3rd note but it isn't what you are playing. Also, there is Gerrys part.

[@stevehughes240]

You are the reason I don't say "I'm self taught".

[@michaelhenneman5760]

Really struggling with this song, can't get my strumming to sound like the song, very frustrated.

[@mnpd3]

Thanks, but left wondering why tutorials on this song never include the chorus.

[@l0rdfr3nchy7]

Omg it does sound a little bit better xD i havent seen your face in 5 years , still cruisin! Rock n Stone mate, rock and stone!

[@maphaldavonrose8354]

Thank you so much Justin. Your lessons carried me through the last horrible two years 🥰 Oh and Marty Schwartz called the chord a fancy D. I actually like this a lot 🤣

[@colleengarland1696]

The strumming is not clearly explained in my opinion. Is there a syncope on the downs the second time around?

[@andymcgrath9839]

Nice one Justin, great strumming pattern tip.

[@jamesbaa]

On your App you have D6 as having 1st finger on the G string and 2nd finger on the high E?

[@masonaka47]

Hey Justin, can you donate your guitar to me!! Hahaha jk love your channel

[@segital9205]

What made you too want to be a guitar teacher?

[@DMSProduktions]

Your ears are HOT Juz! \m/

[@Silas123]

Congrats on 1M dude!

[@jimmy5634]

This is fun for something to do by yourself but boring for everyone else who is forced to listen.

[@rickybgoode9078]

Thanks Justin, still on of my favorites from my era (OLD)!!!

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

Cheers 😊 | close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Moderator on JustinGuitar Forum [ www.justinguitar.com/ ]

[@MrBuc128]

The original recording has an odd tuning DEDGBD low to high

[@dharmaofdog7676]

If you ISOLATE Strings 6 & 5 (E & A) and then go back/forth on the Low E while strumming, you can clearly hear a nice BASS Beat. Then you can add in & emphasize those Bass Strings overall while you play the alternate Em & D(6/9/F#...) This seems to give the overall Song more depth & interest.

[@JohnA000]

Justin when I first learned this I could hear the D on the second string being played and released on the second chord. I went back to the original to give it a listen and I still hear that D being played for a half beat. Tell me if you hear it too. Maybe it is part of another guitar part but I definitely hear the D.

[@gregsullivan7408]

Absolutely. (I'm a piano player though)

[@indifferent901]

Is there a finger tapping technique for it

[@emmysmoothz]

Wow 😲🥰

[@carloespis3232]

Ciao, Watch strings use you. Thank you

[@gristamshackleford2102]

such an easy song but it is so damn tricky to sing it with the better strumming patterns

[@SuzanneRolon]

Thanks!

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

Many thanks for the super thanks and supporting the channel. It means a lot. Cheers 😊 | Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher www.justinguitar.com

[@legaia_2804]

Justin, what about the muted part around beat 2 I think? (Sorry I'm a beginner). I've seen other videos include that where they mute and strum there. You can hear it in the song too. Also I just bought the subscription to your app. I'm loving it so far, thanks for being you

[@patrickroberts9292]

As always a tremendous lesson, for which thanks. As a matter of interest, I have the sheet music published by Warner Bros. Publications Inc. from way back in the seventies! According to that, the chords are Em at the fourth fret and D9/6 also at the fourth. The chorus is Em9 at the second fret and D Maj 9 at the second. I've never really played the song because I struggle with the Em9 because I have a bit of a crooked little finger.

[@MattiaPanciroli]

Hey Justin, second chord is a beautiful voicing of a D/F# Major which you can extend with a D on the B string (third fret). I love that shape which you can transpose along the neck using the index finger on the D string two frets away. And as a D major makes sense armonically.

[@lourdesrubanathan6915]

Hello Justin, Always love your lucid explanations… as for this song you don’t mention the chorus chords of F# maj7 on the 2nd fret and the c#,A and f# on the 2nd fret again…

[@warrenjansen9871]

I love the song! Know all the words but... For me personally, my biggest difficulty is strumming. because of health issues. Strumming with my right hand seams so 'ridged'! and don't tell me to play left handed guitar. Because my right hand won't be able to change chords fast enough. (and with all songs)

[@dermet12]

thats not being played correctly!

[@NinetiesNut]

Loved this!! Thank you so much! I subscribed to you. Awesome clear lessons for beginners.

[@EcoHumanist]

Justin! Your guitar and amplifier collection looks epic :-D America, the band named after where I was born! Peace and Love

[@philberserk862]

I Justin, I m looking at your videos for a little while. I was working on this music a year ago and I have little suggestions I want to share with you. First, for rhythm on second chord I put silences after the two first ups. I play second chord 202200 then Switch 200200. I alternate each part of the music with a modulation of chords : 022030 then 022032 for the first one and 044200 for the last one. I think it s a mix of the 3 guitars but it sounds well and is less boring. tell me what you think about that and have a nice day.

[@Js-gp7nx]

Not bad but there is some lack of feeling

[@milan5079]

Hey Justin, is there a reason why you didnt do the palm mute after the upstrokes?

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

It's a lesson aimed at beginners and muting those out was probably too much to focus on right away. | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Assistant

[@milan5079]

@@JustinGuitarSongs Ok tnx!

[@salacommander2674]

Best tutorial for this song I've found yet! As a beginner this really gives me direction on how to practice to play the song at multiple levels of intricacy.

[@hummingbird6387]

Hello Justin very good lesson as usual... just a question about the brown cream box on the "V" amp head. I see this box on many vidéos i d like to know what it is...

[@Project2HealOfficial]

thank you Justin I am taking you lessons by far the most complete guitar cause on the web

[@briifitXCIII]

This was the first song I learned to play on guitar and the ONLY I know how to play 😂

[@nessitro]

7:54 E7*SUS* chord 😆 thanks for the lesson, feels good to finally be able to play this song 😊

[@nagoyabenny]

i like this one better than the other i saw i got it poc

[@andrax9559]

You are a awesome teacher! Thank you for this great lesson. Greetings from germany.

[@darcyrussell2482]

greetings from Australia

[@jcomm120]

Thanks, love this song totally♡ Silly question, who makes that tshirt? Would luv to get one for my bro.

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

I THINK EVERYONE GETS THIS WRONG. TRY THIS FOR THE SECOND CHORD. DON'T KNOW THE NAME BUT IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE THE RECORD THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 3RD STRING SECOND FRET 4TH & 5TH STRING 4TH FRET STRUM ALL STRINGS. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

[@bellhops]

I have played bass in this song and on beat 3 the bass moves from the F# to a high E and does a minor run down to the low E so to me as a bass player you are definitely right but it only does it at the end of each section

[@bibiqtsa]

This just turned into me torturing my guitar playing neighbors until they teach me how to properly play it.

[@AndrewDawsonBrown]

I bought a book about 40 years ago called 101 songs for easy guitar which had a 4 chord version of this song which sounded quite good

[@dustinzaitz7144]

Your voice reminds me of the roadie from Waynes World 2. 👍🏼👍🏼