How to Play "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" by Otis Redding on guitar

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What strumming pattern are you using? Cant figure out what to do

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I like they way you teach the song correctly so l could sing it while l registered the chords. Very good thank you. Sitting on the dock of the bay will check the speed like you said.little faster with that joyfull wisstle

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Hi Marty thanks for this great lesson. For some reason this one has really helped reinforce barre chords for me. Just love the sound of the barre chords for this song, even if mine don't sound quite as good as yours...yet!

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Ich liebe dieses Lied... Sehr schön erklärt...

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Hey Marty... you remain my go to guy for "How to play XXXX on guitar" which in nine months since I first picked up a guitar has included Sitting on the dock of the bay, Foo fighters Everlong, Fleetwood Mac landslide, Aint no sunshine and others.So... Could you do, "Everybody's gotta learn sometime" either Korgis or Beck version. It's stayed really contemporary sounding over the decades, is really a very sweet sound, not horribly difficult with just a couple of bar chords (which I'm still fighting with but then... OK... sometimes you cheat a little... albeit I know at some point like the song says... "everybody's gotta learn sometime" ).Really appreciate it Marty.

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Hi Marty, thanks for this great lesson. I struggle with the strumming pattern. What is the strumming pattern for this song?

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