How to play 'Heart Of The Matter' by Don Henley

This is a beautiful piece of music. We'll go through it section by section, chord by chord - Let's get our right hands in shape with this one - contrasting sections with different strumming patterns. A great strumming exercise. We do a slow speed playalong and then a full speed playalong toward the end. And....let's throw a little lead guitar in at the very end as well. This is a fun one!
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[@miketroutt1371]

I was just going to go back and refresh my memory for this great song and here it is waiting for me. I’m closing in on 5 years since I started learning from you and others. Thanks for all the help along the way. I wish I’d started decades ago. My 58 year old construction fingers just don’t stretch like they used to. 😊

[@GuitarAtWork]

That’s SO great Mike - thank you for that. Cheers! Shane

[@danielweeks3723]

You got 8 years om me. I'm not a natural. I have to grind it in. It gets a little easier in that things you leaenin one show shows up in piecec on other songs. For instance the open lick is similar to a lick in "I'm Your Captian [Grand Funk

[@gordonbezanson4710]

Guitar zero to hero and you are the best here. The play through is everything.🤟 cheers

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks Gord - that’s great feedback. My best to you! Shane

[@davidcrane3626]

Thanks for adding another song to my list of songs I can play along with. I enjoy your style of instruction. I learned about strumming from this one. Top shelf stuff! 64-year-old retired Local 1 Chicago high-rise Carpenter. Mike is right! Nice to still have fingers after 40 years of service! Excellent video!

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks David - very glad to have you here with us! Shane

[@camfuji3955]

You've taught me so much, it's truly incredible how at 64 years old I can play so well, thanks to you buddy. The only issue I have is that I'm left handed so when you say anything about my right hand it momentarily confuses me . Otherwise I love the way you teach. THANK YOU SHANE

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Cam - that’s so great! Best to you, Shane

[@jasoncoan7679]

Shane is the real deal if you want to learn to play guitar. His lessons have literally transformed my guitar playing after years of being stuck with players block. I don't just say this lightly. But if you're struggling with your learning of guitar Shane Simpson is the BEST in the business. Many thanks to you sir for helping me get out of my own way and unlocking this new found freedom of the fret board I never thought would ever be mine to discover. I'm finally moving forward again after years of stagnation, your teaching methods have given me hope and inspiration.

[@wallymurray620]

It’s great how this song allows us to add to our skills repertoire, in this case the various strums, while playing a truly beautiful song. Thanks again Shane. BTW , as a Canadian I’m loving the poppy and loving the winter time “hockey hair”, looking good my friend. 😀

[@GuitarAtWork]

Waha! Thank you Wally - so glad you enjoyed and your observations cracked me up. Stay warm lad! Shane

[@BarryFence]

I wish I could upvote you many more times. I love the way that you break down the song as a performer: "drama strum" really cracked me up. You really impress on your students that it is super important to create a connection to the listener and to hold their attention. All the best in getting to your next subscriber milestone.

[@GuitarAtWork]

A big thank you Barry - so encouraging! My very best to you, Shane

[@scotthunter7149]

Nice redo of the tutorial! Love your enthusiasm. Thanks for teaching me one of my favorites!

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks Scott - best to you! Shane

[@SuperShawn2020]

I say it all the time, but your right hand is magic.

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Shawn. I really appreciate it - best to you, Shane

[@TheTriplelman]

WOW love this song, helped Don promote it when I was on the air, and he sent me a Gold album all framed 1989- great memories. Love playing this song, always reminds you of an old love.

[@GuitarAtWork]

That’s SO cool - thanks for being here. Cheers! Shane

[@mrrious5296]

I love this song I love Don Henley & I love how you teach this song thank you so much❤👍

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks for that - very glad you enjoyed. Cheers, Shane

[@codeNameMoose907]

Shane! Greetings from Alaska! Wow...am I ever so glad I discovered you and your channel! You have to be one of the nicest and most helpful guitar teachers I've come across. It's a real honor to learn from you, and I appreciate all your efforts of recording and uploading your videos. There are so many great songs! I'll do my best to support your channel. Thank you so very much! Cheers, Shane.

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Dina - glad to have you here with us and I appreciate your encouragement. Alaska is the most beautiful place I’ve ever been to. Played at the Seldovia festival about 15 years ago I think. Cheers and have fun with it all, Shane

[@john749]

Another great song choice! Thanks so much for this lesson.

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you John - hope you have fun with it. Cheers! Shane

[@AscTuber]

Always helping me reach to the next level. Much appreciated.

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you for that - very glad to have you here with us! Shane

[@windrider65]

Love Don, another great lesson Shane. I saved this to write out before I even start with the guitar. Thanks for sharing this with us Shane. Take care of yourself and your family. From Charlie.

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Charlie - always so encouraging - my best to you and yours - Cheers! Shane

[@robertshaw244]

Shane, you are a master!! Thank you......just what I needed to help "jazz" up my rendition.........

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks Robert - very glad you enjoyed! Shane

[@sharke8351]

Awesome work sir. Love your tutorials!!! Thank you …

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Sharke - my best to you. Shane

[@markrios78]

I really like the way you teach you really get into it. It looks like you love what you do

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks Mark - much appreciated. I always enjoy. Cheers, Shane

[@waynetozer3881]

Awesome as usual. Thanks Shane 👍🇦🇺

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Wayne - always great to hear from you. Cheers, Shane

[@sapelesteve]

Fantastic lesson of a classic Henley song Shane! Hope that you are doing well. 👍👍🎸🎸

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Steve - Don Henley is my favourite male vocalist. Amazing feel and emotion. All is well and hope same for you. Always good to hear from you, Shane

[@rcgillsympaticoca]

Shane.. great refresher on this most excellent tune. Love the high quality all around in these, nice work!

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks Rob - really happy to hear from you. I appreciate the encouragement for sure. Hope you’re still kicking guitar butt! Shane

[@bassisbosschannel6937]

Hope you had a good Remembrance Day from an U.S.Army vet celebrating Veteran's Day here Stateside. I should have driven to Niagara Falls and got a poppy in solidarity.

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks for that - best to you! Shane

[@adaltroczguitar]

And that's what we call a complete lesson!! Tks!!

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Adaltro - best to you! Shane

[@SK8VE]

First video of yours I've seen. Very impressive. Sounds like you have a nice singing voice as well. Subscribed & liked and expect to be back for more.

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you - happy to have you here. Cheers! Shane

[@robertpascal869]

Hi Shane, watched a bunch of your lessons always give a thumbs up. I think this is absolutely the best one. I really appreciate the time you put into it. I liked that you played the whole song and especially the D major pentatonic scale at the end. I will be buying a beat buddy as soon as I get some extra cash. Thank you!!!!

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Robert - glad you enjoyed. Happy to have you here with us. You’re gonna love the Beatbuddy! Shane

[@dalemcsween1091]

Great content and teaching always! I bought a BeatBuddy and I know the basic functionality of the buttons etc but I would like some help with the fills, intros, transitions in terms of "arranging" a song. I am an older person who may not be as tech savy younger folks who seem to know intuitively how to do these things. Where to put the fills and how to time them, same with the transitions. Take a well known song that you have already taught like Brown Eyed Girl, or Margaritaville for example and walk through the building the drum track. Or alternatively if you know where someone else has done this on the internet it would help me ramp up the sophistication of my use of the the tool. Cheers and thanks for all you do.

[@rayvoorhies7180]

Shane, your giving away all the secrets of comping. 😀 You gave great advice for approaching a Song and making it your own. Create a unique style that can be recognized. I'd love to see how you create a interesting part for a piano song. Other than just pounding out the chords. Maybe something by Ronnie Milsap? Pure Love or It was Almost Like a Song would be examples.

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Ray - I appreciate the comment - happy to have you here and thanks for the encouragement. Will have a listen to the examples you mentioned. Cheers! Shane

[@xcesta]

Your lessons and enthousiasm are awesome, thank you! Best regards from the Netherlands !

[@thedappercook]

So easy! THanks so much!

[@hepgeoff]

Always enjoy your tutorials. Thanks!

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Geoff - much appreciated! Shane

[@Hue_Nery]

Great lesson!

[@Rade1960]

Awesome song, one of my favorites. Thank you

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks Ray - glad to have you here! Shane

[@dananthony6258]

How do you even begin to write lyrics like this ? Great video , this song is amazing, you’ve got a great voice. Should sing more.

[@budeyre9769]

Great job on a great song, as always. Love the drama strum. (Good to see the Sens win today)

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Bud - let’s hope your Habs have what it takes against Crosby tonight. Cheers! Shane

[@budeyre9769]

@@GuitarAtWork thanks Shane but my wife is a Penguins fan, so it’s gonna be a long night. Lol

[@budeyre9769]

@@GuitarAtWork needless to say my wife wasn’t happy

[@rvsam4u]

Excellent! Subscribed

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks for that. Happy to have you here. Cheers! Shane

[@metoo9644]

Love your passion. Plus great playing

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you - happy to have you here with us. Shane

[@jackroberts6424]

Great lesson man! Keep on rockin in a free world!!

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Jack - my best to you man! Shane

[@Lawn461]

I hope Don Henley doesn't see this free and wonderful guitar lesson!!!

[@GuitarAtWork]

Ha! So far so good….😊

[@churchhymnsandpsalms]

As always…sooooo good…

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks for that - have fun with it. Cheers! Shane

[@richardsears8719]

Great lesson I wonder if you would consider doing The Last Worthless Evening.

[@paullavallee1631]

The poppy makes you Canadian, great lessons !

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Paul - my very best to you and happy to have you here eh' Cheers! Shane

[@graemewescombe]

@@GuitarAtWork Shane what kind of mixer do you use , it sounds great , are the bookshelf speakers top of the range . Your channel is great . Cheers mate !

[@GuitarAtWork]

@@graemewescombe thank you Graeme - I use a Universal Audio Apollo 8 mixer. But…..you don’t need something so fancy. I really like Soundcraft mixers (12 channel). Fabulous. I’m using a Taylor 814CE (2019).

[@graemewescombe]

@@GuitarAtWork Cheers Thanks Shane

[@lesevans6567]

I’m new to you. Gotta check my ego. I’m 63. Been playing songs my way a long time. You actually play em correctly. I do appreciate we both use a cheater. I know people have a different pronoun for it. But, I eat cat heads and dough sop for breakfast!!!😮

[@timreid9980]

Love your lessons. Please reconsider telling us the chord fingerings it was one of the things that made me subscribe. I am blind and can not read the sheets. Maybe just do it at the beginning and time stamp after you have shown the fingerings. I have told others with visual trouble about your channel and I know quite a few watch for the simple fact that you give the fingerings. Thanks for the great content!!!

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks Tim - great thoughts all around. Cheers, Shane

[@danielweeks3723]

Always liked this tune and another guitar player want me to learn it so I am. you have helped me a lot on the timing. Case in point Peaceful Easy Feeling. I always knew sometnimg was wrong. I think I was trying to play the intro timing(up and down strokes) On the verses and it's different enough to be a groove breaker. Also Can't You See and Sister Golden Hair videos very helpful. Do you have a paypal account where I can contibute a one time for some guitar strings or a couple gallons of gas? Danny

[@guitarman3968]

So you can’t download the sheets without being a member. I’ll have to consider becoming a member.

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thanks for that. Plenty of songs there for you. Cheers, Shane

[@rhiwderinraytube]

Hi Shane. Another song not covered in any tutorials is Don Henley’s Take A Picture Of This. .??

[@johnvancedar5354]

Nice moves Shane…

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Johnny - my best to you and K and I hope you've recovered after your whirlwind tour! Cheers, Shane

[@aprilwiebe4802]

Hello, Do you recommend I take the same approach if I want to sing and play this song by myself??

[@GuitarAtWork]

Absolutely - hope you have fun with it. Cheers, Shane

[@sdk45]

Shane, what is the Beat Buddy setting for this song? Thank you.

[@paulbushey4402]

Do you have to have an amplifier for the beat buddy?,if not sure do want and need one!

[@GuitarAtWork]

Hi Paul - I plug my BeatBuddy into a little mixer (same for the guitar) and out it goes to two bookshelf size speakers. It's a ton of fun, Cheers, Shane

[@GuitarAtWork]

You could plug it straight into an amp too though....lots of people do that. Cheers, Shane

[@rcgillsympaticoca]

Hey Paul... in case you haven't checked further, the BB has both L/R 1/4" inputs (from your guitar say or a stereo source) and it's got a standard 1/8" headphone out. You don't actually NEED an amp. It's a very portable practice solution aside from requiring the AC adaptor as it does not take batteries.

[@GuitarAtWork]

@@rcgillsympaticoca thanks Rob - I appreciate the help. Hope you’re doing well lad! Shane

[@graemejolly955]

works better in A bth....

[@JimHabash]

The way Rick Beato explained it, the Eagles, and especially Don Henley were the absolute worst with regards to copyright stringency. I wouldn't even bother spreading their music. Let them become irrelevant. To try to teach their music while they do a disservice to their own legacy for greed. It's not like they're starving artists.

[@GuitarAtWork]

I getcha Jim but…..I had trouble early on with them but now all ok. I think they’ve seen the light. Cheers and thanks for being here. Shane

[@Heywood.Jablome]

Nope

[@vernonmcdowell2844]

Great song. Love Don. You’re still the best Shane.

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Vernon! Shane

[@blackmax222]

Brother with the 814... making her proud

[@GuitarAtWork]

Lovely guitar. Cheers! Shane

[@StoicTrader-]

The very best in the business, your personality radiates

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Stoic - it means a lot to get a comment like yours - really lifts me up. Happy you are here with us. Shane

[@StoicTrader-]

@@GuitarAtWork Amen. Stay blessed brother

[@robharris6874]

Nice song, good too see your got the poppy flower on for Rememberrence Day 🦘🦘🦘!

[@GuitarAtWork]

Thank you Rob - I really love this song. My best to you on this Nov 11. Cheers! Shane