How to Arrange Fingerstyle Guitar Songs (Play ANY Song YOU Like!)

[@neilchanmusic]

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[@darmztad]

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[@neilchanmusic]

Hey there, sometimes I do run offers through my email newsletters. If you're subscribed you can look out for them! I can't promise the time that I will run a discount though. If you've downloaded any of my guides, you're already on my email list! If not, you can subscribe through my website :)@@darmztad

[@jameshuntley428]

Wow. I’ve been playing guitar for 25 years and have studied under many talented teachers. You have a gift, thank you so much for the video. I wish you were available for private lessons!

[@neilchanmusic]

You are too kind, thank you! I'm really glad you enjoy my lessons.

[@deba-fitness]

I go through a thousands of videos on KZbin how to play fingerstyle ... everyone just posting fingerstyle tutorial but nobody is teaching us how to figure out the tabs and chord together along with the strumming or picking ...and then your video was in my recommendation list a great thanks ...now i can at least try to play ...I am self trained and if teachers like you upload such knowledgeable videos ...I don't need any one

[@neilchanmusic]

Glad to help you out sir! I believe in developing musicians, not just guitarists ;) so it's not just about the technique but the understanding of the music! I look forward to sharing much more with you, and I do have lots more lessons on my channel.

[@nisalpoorna5101]

A really underrated KZbin channel; he deserves at least 1 million subscribers. i was searching for this content for years; glad i found it.

[@madalitsojuly831]

the first i came across your lessons Neil I realized I met a teacher who address my needs in guitar learning for the link between the solfege and guitar has been a question that got me headache over the years but now I feel relieved😍

[@deveshnegi3283]

Hi Neil, Love from India. From years I am trying to figure out the knowledge you just gave in this video, unfortunately I was unable to find any video like this in KZbin. Just now I saw this video, It is amazing and it is exactly what I wanted to know as " How to arrange any song in Fingerstyle". I am going through all other videos and also followed you on Instagram. Thanks for creating this great content, which is definitely going to develop Musicianship in all musicians out there. Thanks :)

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey Devesh, love from Singapore! I am really glad to be able to help you in your music journey and to share what I know on fingerstyle arrangement with you. I look forward to sharing more educational videos with you!

[@elsonchiron7193]

Here I got the .. perfect one after many videos ❤️

[@neilchanmusic]

I'm happy to hear that :) I've got lots of on fingerstyle arrangement for you to check out!

[@aniampiphaomei389]

Best Guitar teacher in KZbin.. very easy to understand

[@neilchanmusic]

Wow, thanks! That means a lot 🙂

[@jjyzzx]

thank you so much! I finally understands how to do the fingerstyle🥰

[@TonyYikes]

I looked through so many videos trying to find this lesson and your video has been a gem!! It was very informative. I’m definitely subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing this. May God continue to bless you

[@neilchanmusic]

God bless you too! Glad my videos have been helpful to you. Hope to make more guitar lesson videos soon!

[@ProtikC]

Nice and simply explained! Sometimes very simple things are rather hard to find. Thanks man!

[@neilchanmusic]

You're welcome! Yes sometimes its good not to overcomplicate things, and work on mastering something simple and be really good at it ;)

[@ProtikC]

@@neilchanmusic Totally agreed! But you deserve more views and subs though, hope you get to improve your seo and youtube algorithm related stuffs. Good works! and thanks again

[@neilchanmusic]

@@ProtikC I hope so too! It's folks like yourself that make it worth creating the content that I do. Thank you too

[@aasadeepsingh2812]

Beautiful lesson and arrangement! Thanks for sharing this knowledge, it really helps for beginner players

[@neilchanmusic]

You’re most welcome Aasa! I’m planning to do a whole video series on fingerstyle arrangements 😁

[@aasadeepsingh2812]

@@neilchanmusic If you can make a video specifically discussing various methods to find harmonies, it would be helpful! Example- by bass notes, by singing, or the one you just discussed by melody note reoccurrence!

[@AnikBhushan]

Thanks so much for simplicity in explaining ❤

[@aniampiphaomei389]

This is Christmass song .. one of my favourite song

[@priyanshu1022]

Thank u I really cant Express in words how much u helped

[@neilchanmusic]

I'm happy to help you out Jit!

[@nitinsrivastava7565]

thanks bro. Love from India... I always wanted to know the roots of how people make fingerstyle arrangements... you explained it all in one single video.. Thanks man !

[@neilchanmusic]

Glad to help you in your fingerstyle arrangement journey Nitin! I have lots more videos on fingerstyle arrangement I'm sure you'll find useful :)

[@jumbo4billion]

You've just given me the idea of going around the pubs on new years eve doing some dirty slide guitar of Auld Lang Syne for the drinkers! Thanks for the inspiration!

[@neilchanmusic]

Haha you’re welcome, that sounds like a good idea! You can make your own unique arrangement of it

[@ishitagupta5191]

Your guitar is gorgeous

[@neilchanmusic]

I wish it were mine :D It's an amazing sounding (and looking) McKnight guitar.

[@brm2826]

Lisaun diak obrigadu brother God bless you from 🇹🇱

[@neilchanmusic]

Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@shibiraj5837]

It really helped me a lot i was always looking for fingerstyle arrangementsbut nobody has tha perfect lesson for it but you have more than perfect lessons for us really thanks bro.. Do more videos abut fingrstyl arrangements thank youuuu sooo much😍

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey Shibi, thank you so much for your feedback! Yes I'm hearing that many people are interested in fingerstyle arrangement. Since I do lots of it, I should work on a lesson series on fingerstyle arrangement :D

[@uttammistry6720]

Awesome!! Was looking for this to create chord around melody!!

[@neilchanmusic]

Glad I could help!

[@theddd1513]

This is next lvl

[@neilchanmusic]

Hope to help take you to the next level too :)

[@alibangali1260]

Thank you for this amazing video. So much knowledge and straight to the point, and that all for free!

[@neilchanmusic]

You're most welcome!

[@Stanzin_K]

Thank u man. Love you for this. Awesome thing . Lots of love from ladakh. I think I am going to watch all of yours videos

[@mathis-meth4229]

what an amazing voice

[@neilchanmusic]

Thank you : )

[@rogerjane1350]

Yes loud and clear and soothing ❤️ - thank GOD this is the first video that popped up this morning 🙏🙏

[@darmztad]

Hey bro i was waiting for this knowledge ❤thankyou very very much , much love

[@neilchanmusic]

glad you find it useful!

[@rinluuc]

Bro , yours is one of the best insightful lessons about guitar on KZbin , channel like yours deserves more many subscribers..u got sub from me ... Thank u so much for your knowledge sharing..

[@neilchanmusic]

Thank you for your kind words and for the sub Jack! Looking forward to sharing more knowledge with you.

[@orionmec]

Superb! And I must say, you Neil, you are scary! I wish I would have taken all the athletic ability I had and channeled it into playing guitar and learning to be a true musician as you are.

[@neilchanmusic]

Haha thank you Mark. I must say, i wish i had some of your athletic ability 😅 i’m quite terrible at sports!

[@xqc6469]

Can you make a video on harmonics and how we can use them when arranging songs? Awesome video btw :)) definitely gonna binge your lessons

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey thanks for the suggestion! I'll put that on the list :) Glad you find it helpful, happy to teach you what I know!

[@harrisonfernandes1328]

thank you neil.... this was helpful

[@neilchanmusic]

You are most welcome Harrison!

[@sitharhero]

why is this not more popular?

[@neilchanmusic]

Slowly I hope it will be :)

[@quick6175]

Thank you so much Neil , I really appreciate everything you do for us ! Love from India ❣

[@neilchanmusic]

You are most welcome Manish, sending love from Singapore to India!

[@emuoboorumah765]

Am loving all you giving ..... Keep it up

[@neilchanmusic]

I will, thank you!

[@kaadhalveri7527]

Great lesson , tq very much for uploading !

[@neilchanmusic]

You are most welcome!!

[@rito_69]

Thank you so much man ❤️

[@neilchanmusic]

You’re very welcome 😊

[@cncgaming1966]

Damn, that lesson was very very insightful

[@neilchanmusic]

Happy to be of service 🙂

[@SimantTirkey]

Hey Neil, Again love from India, Its been ages that I have been trying to learn these arrangements, but not sure where to start. After looking at your video, I've got kinda confidence that I can, still play fingerstyle wtih time. Again Thank you so much for this content.

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey, glad you found the confidence to take fingerstyle head on! It takes dedication and practice but if you persevere I'm sure you can do it.

[@priyanshu6173]

Superb video sir🙌

[@neilchanmusic]

Thank you, I'm happy to be able to share my knowledge with you!

[@luckyraymerlathong5448]

Thank u so much it really helped me

[@neilchanmusic]

Glad it helped!

[@andilemakhubu2375]

Beautiful stuff bro I just learned a lot ive been looking for this

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey Andile, how great to hear you've learnt a lot from this! I'm really glad to share my knowledge with you. Let me know what else you'd like to learn and I'll try to do a video lesson on it!

[@abirmusic99]

I can't believe i found this

[@neilchanmusic]

You are most welcome!

[@neilchanmusic]

I've lots more videos on arrangement on my channel too that you should check out :)

[@abirmusic99]

@@neilchanmusic gonna watch all of them for suure

[@neilchanmusic]

Enjoy!

[@ianroberts7054]

Excellent explanation 👍

[@neilchanmusic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pujanshrestha936]

You have a great voice 😍

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey thank you very much, appreciate it ☺️ where are you from?

[@metakristiofficial8761]

Avansa kontinua maun GBU AMEN

[@neilchanmusic]

Obrigadu! Appreciate you :)

[@abbasxli4356]

God that guitar is so beautiful

[@neilchanmusic]

It's not mine, I just borrowed it :D It's a McKnight guitar

[@d.j.x2742]

​@@neilchanmusichey, bro i think solfege is same as scales or whatever, i know scales, but i'm confused in their different positions, different shapes, and different pattern. Every youtuber explains the same thing in different ways. And i'm too confused and frustrated, can you just suggest me anything i just want to know where do i start like for example i pick a song so where do i start in the guitar which fret. Please suggest me something or recommend if there's any video of yours about this. THANKS!

[@koushikonstrings851]

Best Channel for me. Details tutorial. Thanks ❤

[@neilchanmusic]

Thank you! Do check out my videos on fingerstyle arrangement on my channel 🙂

[@exphoricsounds]

really helpful tutorial ty.. btw how do we record an acoustic guitar?

[@neilchanmusic]

Just use a single condenser mic is a good start. and you're welcome!

[@a-game-poker]

You're insanely talanted!

[@neilchanmusic]

Haha thank you, appreciate it 😊

[@_arman_]

dude so glad I found your channel. awesome content!!

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey Arman, thank you! I'm glad I can help you in learning fingerstyle guitar! Do let me know what else you'd like to learn and I'll try to do a video on it :)

[@flyme4079]

Thank you

[@neilchanmusic]

You are welcome

[@guitarhacks99]

Hi bro thanks for everything 😘 love you

[@neilchanmusic]

You are most welcome :)

[@narman9390]

Great video!! Thnx for the information. Just a question for confirmation is that is arranging a song is like figuring out the melody then finding out the note which is repetitive or emphasised and then and then chord of that emphasised note is played together with melody and thats how you harmonized it. Am i corrrct? Thank you for taking your time

[@tyleradams4638]

Subscribed. Great stuff here thanks!!

[@neilchanmusic]

You are most welcome! Thank you!

[@meloak3302]

Thanks man ❤️👍🏻

[@neilchanmusic]

Happy to help

[@marcyhenbuhayang9385]

I was searching on KZbin and then I found your videos thank you so much Now first i need to learn the solfege of the guitar i just wanna ask if I have the chords for the song does it help more on what notes to pluck?

[@virenkamra5050]

Got a new subscriber from Indian 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 cheers!! And please make more deep tutorials on how to arrange fingerstyle thank you!

[@neilchanmusic]

Awesome to connect with you! I love the culture of India, especially the music :) Hope to make more tutorials soon!

[@progaming.5765]

I subscribed to you bro, i may need yoh after three month, now am learning each string cords.

[@greecemathapamagar7085]

Thank u so much sir. Ur the best, the only thing I'm still not able to understand is, finding the base note that goes well with the melody, are alwys the bass note the root of the chords, sir please clear this confusion

[@neilchanmusic]

Hello, most of the time you can safely use the root of the chord as the bass note. It shouldn't clash for most songs! You can also try out chord inversions, where the bass is either the 3rd, 5th, or 7th of the chord rather than the root. You have to experiment to find which notes dont clash with the melody. But stick to the root and you'll usually be fine :)

[@greecemathapamagar7085]

@@neilchanmusic though the video is self sufficient, but i am not able to do it, can u do it for the songs i know so that i get the good catch of arranging songs, like when the party's over OR i don't wanna be you anymore(both by billie eilish).i got the chords and melody too but combining it , is like next to impossible. please help me,sir.

[@sigmundjester]

I nearly choked on my coffee when he said Auld Lang Syne was an English folk song.

[@neilchanmusic]

Yea I got it very wrong!

[@sigmundjester]

@@neilchanmusic hah - don’t worry about it. Just that us Scots are very precious about Robert Burns, and the ‘auld Scots tongue’ which should never be regarded as English. Some sassenachs will say Burns took the English language and butchered it, which is just ignorance.

[@ramv1564]

Thank you for the lesson. I have one doubt regarding the melody and solvate. Like this song starts from so do….. how do we know the starting of the song is not from do? I always think of first note as do always. I believe that is not true always. So how do we figure out that the starting note is not do? Thank you.

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey you’re right in that many songs do not start from do! What you should do is listen to the song for awhile and find where ‘do’ is by singing random notes up and down the scale until you reach ‘do’. Then listen again for the first note, and see how it relates to the ‘do’ you’ve found. Start from ‘do’ and sing up or down the scale until you find that starting now. It takes practice but it works and the process will just get faster over time. Hope this helps!

[@ramv1564]

Thank you so much. I am sure it will help.

[@seanangelo8761]

10:30 This sounds so familiar to country roads lol

[@mewannongspung5788]

New sub sir i love ur video ❣️❣️

[@neilchanmusic]

Thanks for your support!

[@DivineAneke]

It’s rlly weird bc I can make my own arrangements (albeit very simplistic) on the keyboard w both left and right hand naturally and self taught but when it comes to guitar I’m lost like I have no musicality

[@neilchanmusic]

It's really normal! Its a lot easier to visualise the components of harmony and melody separately on each hand on the piano. For the guitar they're all jumbled up together. But with the right method and practice it becomes a lot clearer, which is what I've dedicated many years studying and teaching :) Are you interested to learn this method in more detail?

[@DivineAneke]

@@neilchanmusic thank you so much for clarifying this I thought there was something wrong with how I approached the guitar 😅 When I learn a song on the guitar it’s purely muscle memory and that bothers me, it’s like playing with my eyes closed constantly, I want to be able to visualise what I’m doing and even add improvisations 💪🏾

[@flyme4079]

Hey Neil, may I ask you something? At 9:37 that you said "improvised fingering around the chords... it elevates the melodies". I want to learn the idea behind it and how to do it? Is there a specific keyword to look for on this topic? or even better, do you have a video that you talk about this? Thank you so much in advance

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey Sakpat! Thanks for your question. Essentially I am arpeggiating the chord while playing the melody, that is playing individual notes of the chord to decorate the main melodic line. You could try searching for arpeggios or jazz arpeggios. You can check out my videos on improvisation, and I do cover it a little!

[@flyme4079]

@@neilchanmusic Really appreciate that you replied. Thanks again

[@sylviadeanmusic]

What kind of guitar are you playing?

[@neilchanmusic]

it’s a McKnight guitar! Beautiful instrument

[@PrestonWeahtoe5698]

How do we know the various chords shape being used there sir🤔

[@amirebrahim7541]

Hey Master .... in this case are you lock the entire fret with your index finger ... or just pressing the root note

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey Amir, most of the time I just use my index finger to play the bass. But it depends too, sometimes a barre is needed.

[@amirebrahim7541]

@@neilchanmusic thank u 🙏 💐

[@dpajc056]

Man your voice is too good to be a guitar player 😂 Look at Joe Satriani he can’t sing to save his life but he can play that guitar like ringing a bell

[@neilchanmusic]

Haha, thank you. Singing is just too enjoyable for me to not do it!

[@hirokhanji]

Nananana

[@kedorino5244]

Sir are you from India

[@neilchanmusic]

Hi, I'm from Singapore but I love Indian music and culture. There is a strong Indian presence in Singapore and I have many friends from India.

[@LoveNjustice]

Can you explain how you connect the "na na na ..." to the solfege notes?

[@neilchanmusic]

You will need to practice (and practice a LOT) singing the scale to solfege syllables. Keep doing it day after day and eventually when you hear a melody, any melody on any instrument, as long as it's within the scale, you will start to hear the notes immediately as solfege syllables. You have to experience it for youself! It takes hard work and dedication but its very worth it.

[@LoveNjustice]

@@neilchanmusic yeah i can sing the scale in solfege but it helps immensely practicing to the auld lang syne song in your solfege video and hearing the different notes in the melody.

[@samm5217]

what kind of guitar is that? it’s beautiful!

[@neilchanmusic]

that's a McKnight guitar, lovely guitar builder couple from the US!

[@Arczii1337]

Would you please add links to 8:49? Can't enter there.

[@oraytchongvids309]

nanananananan

[@manasminyaka8615]

Hii sir I'm an INDIAN I want to be a musician like you

[@neilchanmusic]

And you can! Just keep up the hard work and practicing : )

[@reynoldabrahamj2815]

Name of your guitar ?

[@neilchanmusic]

That's a McKnight Soli Deo Gloria guitar :)

[@reynoldabrahamj2815]

@@neilchanmusic Thnk u

[@reynoldabrahamj2815]

Can u give away the guitar ?sry to ask 😅😅I can’t afford it

[@neilchanmusic]

@@reynoldabrahamj2815 no, definitely not. And I don't own it either.

[@pausin9045]

Hi Neil Chan, can you teach me lead guitar pleases 🙏

[@neilchanmusic]

You'd need to start with scales, I've got lots of videos on scales and how to use them!

[@therefore6612]

How to arrange notes of song from piano to guitar???

[@neilchanmusic]

You need the understand the notes as musical notes in themselves, not as 'piano notes' or 'guitar notes'. The trick to doing that is to study solfege, and I have lots of lessons on solfege on my channel!

[@therefore6612]

@@neilchanmusic okk ty🙏🙏

[@graydencheney]

I have a question

[@neilchanmusic]

Go ahead!

[@graydencheney]

@@neilchanmusic I can easily arrange songs using the open chords such as C, A minor, D, etc. My problem is finding the right harmony and melody further down on the neck. Would learning more chords further down be helpful? What's the best way to help with this?

[@kingscharacter8029]

bro plzz the name of tht gospel song

[@neilchanmusic]

It's Amazing Grace, a beautiful hymn written by John Newton :)

[@luarluarwick8304]

You can play but not me :)

[@neilchanmusic]

we all start somewhere! hope you enjoy your guitar learning journey

[@animesage7140]

Nah nah nah baal ka naah

[@DontknowKonow-bm9nm]

Stop singing while teaching 🙄