How to strum Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Improve Your Strumming - Basic Strumming

[@guitarcouch]

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[@creativebydario3787]

You teach this song with the best method little by little starting simple !!!!! Thank you, I've been searching this for 10 years of struggling with the guitar now finally I'm happy that I learned

[@ef2744]

Best strumming explanation I've come across. Thanks for sharing a great lesson.

[@tdragger]

One of the best lessons for this song, thank you very much!

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you David!

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[@davidsmith4565]

This has been one of the most beneficial courses in over 3 years of trying to learn. Thank you.

[@Frank.nKansas]

Very nice lesson. I enjoyed the way you built up complexity to make the pattern sound more like the song.

[@dalc4life]

Just learning to play the guitar at 49yrs young. You sir, are by far, the best you tuber as acoustic lessons go. Thank you sooooo very much for taking the time to put your videos out there.

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you Mike! I really hope you will enjoy many more lessons on my channel.

[@mikemurphy7787]

47 yrs young here. I could carry a tune or two until the internet came along and then KZbin. I have learned a lot of songs on here that I always wanted to play in High School and finally I can play them. Jesse's Girl,Smells Like Teen Spirit and anything else with riffs I love. Free Bird is my next project I am going to get a loop box to play one part then the other parts lol Skynyrd is a hard band to play alone to and sound just right.

[@mikemurphy7787]

You're Welcome I have been watching your videos and I have to admit that you go more into depth than the others out there. I am not a beginner so I replied because I catch on a little faster. I understand that you're explaining to some beginners but I just want to jump to little faster playing lol. I hope you get what I am talking about. I have never seen Simple Man taught the great way you do. Other uploads just show you a riff and that's it,but you go deeper. Keep up the great job. ;)

[@guitarcouch]

It is a little bit different approach, I am glad you liked it!

[@mikemurphy7787]

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[@nyacoustics8373]

Best lesson broken down piece by piece on youtube!

[@budfox1861]

BEST EVER - Are you kidding me - Why doesnt everyone show this technique - Im fired up on playing more now - Thank you (PS first instructor I have subscribed to)

[@geethaeric]

I've been struggling with strumming. l'm glad I found you. I'm able to learn and the exercises keep playing in my mind. You are such a fine tutor.Thanks very much.Blessings!!! from India.

[@MsRenraw]

My favourite guitar tutor. Explains everything very clearly for beginners - fully understands the novice's problems and anticipates their questions. Very encouraging - great!

[@guitarcouch]

You made my day :-) Thanks for your comment!

[@ragtie6177]

The very best video instruction I've ever seen. Period. Subscribed. And so has my son.

[@johnbaumgartner7731]

I began playing guitar at 17 years old. Put it down for many many years and about 10-15 years ago picked it back up. While I am a pretty good strummer I really enjoyed your lesson and the patience you took explaining the patterns and the use of a Metronome. I am now 63 years old and already employ many of the techniques you instruct but enjoyed the reinforcement that I was doing it right. Thank you sir.

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you John!

[@TheDavjo]

The best guitar teacher. More in-depth , and going at a speed that beginners can keep up with, Thanks for your time Mr.

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you so much :-)

[@tmunsters]

Thank you so much!!!!! I've been struggelin' with the stumming part for waaaaay to long! This made my day! I really like your step-by-step lesson! Made it so easy for me..

[@guitarcouch]

I'm happy I could help. Thank you so much

[@luthersavage3753]

This has helped finally get how to play I always just played finger style but never understood ruthem but now I can put them together and can play my first full song thank u

[@Abenjohar22]

That a GREAT detailed lesson I seen on you tube thanks so much for sharing

[@Abenjohar22]

Excellent tutorial

[@sunjaybedi4389]

Thank you for the video, it was an excellent progression.

[@samspade1841]

Thanks for providing a really good lesson. I like how you really explained the strumming strategy and an overview about breaking it down. Really helpful. Especially the part about getting the first parts down and coming back a couple of days later to build on it. I’m just learning how to strum and liked your lesson.

[@Nalanworb]

Darius I enjoyed this lesson immensely. You are an excellent tutor! I have just subscribed and will 'tuning' in to your channel on a regular basis. Thank you for sharing your talents with us. Alan.

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you so much!

[@mattpeters6224]

Darius is waaay too good to only have 1700 subscribers. Let's get the word out people. He deserves as many subscribers as Marty or Justin! Tell everyone you know that he is awesome I have watched hours and hours of all the you tube instructors and Darius is top 3 easy! His chord change technique is worth 100 thousand subscribers alone!

[@guitarcouch]

Matt, thank you very much! It really means a lot to me!

[@DougWittrock]

Just subscribed and going to share with my player/student friends on FB.

[@annawozniak3393]

You're a great teacher :) You make me smile.. It's so much fun to get back to playing after years.. Thank you

[@guitarcouch]

Anna Wozniak thank you :-)

[@steveaustin2012]

Very practical...nice touch to tweak the chords...many thanks.

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you Steve

[@southerngentt]

You have great way of teaching strumming thanks

[@jenniferlittle-owen9232]

Thank you for the strumming lesson, this is where I struggle most!

[@suebraschio6763]

Im subbed to probably almost every guitar guru on yt at so I thought how did I miss you! Wish I had found you first...a long time ago.. Excellent! Thank you

[@jordancarter2582]

Very helpful lesson, thank you!

[@jp4043]

Wow unfknbelievable, amazing 👏

[@sermapandian8292]

Excellent way of teaching.

[@Germoney2000]

Very good stuff... thank you very much.... (one of the best teachers on KZbin)

[@wojciechgorek84]

Bardzo mi przypadł do gustu Twój sposób przekazu wiedzy. Jest niesamowicie skuteczny i prosty, a o to chyba właśnie chodzi! Dziękuję!

[@guitarcouch]

Nie ma sprawy :-) Dziękuję :-)

[@stevenyap5978]

I really enjoyed your lesson going from the basic to the dressing of the chords...👍👍👍

[@guitarcouch]

Thanks Steven :-)

[@NetMillionaire]

Superb video bro! I will practice this now!

[@jameshicks5930]

Just found this! Thank you so much for teaching all the little add-ons for this song! Great lesson here!

[@guitarcouch]

Yeah, a different approach :-) thank you James!

[@staceyroberson9730]

I'm 52 I can't read or write very well. Because of a head injury when I was a kid. Music is my favorite thing. Ive been trying for about 4 months and I feel like I'm getting no where. I would love to learn this song it's from my favorite band. If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it. Thank you for taking your time to help all of us to learn. I watch this over and over lol

[@guitarcouch]

Take baby steps Stacey, start from something really simple like Zombie by The Cranberries: www.guitarcouch.com/how-to-play-zombie-the-cranberries/

[@staceyroberson9730]

@@guitarcouch thank you

[@carlnewtonfishing6045]

I can play along to this but it never sounds quite right. Your lesson is great. I know where I have gone wrong. Thank you. Great teacher.

[@michaeledmonson4169]

Thank you so much. That was fantastic!

[@gordonbakane8336]

Nice tech very happy for your time

[@erwmlw]

This was really worth the time to watch, i like the way you broke this down thanks

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you Ed!

[@nyacoustics8373]

very good lesson. excellent instruction.

[@quickcalsgarage4782]

Hi Darius. I'm 57 and brand new to guitars. I've been struggling with trying to keep up with other videos. They go too fast for me and I get frustrated and quite watching. I must admit at first I was put off by you saying now I have to keep moving my hand. I thought great. Another thing to try to learn. That just shows how much I do NOT know,,,lol. I have no rhythem and obviously your method will teach it to me. I hope. This song picked is what I think is what a lot of people want to learn how to play for their first song. I know when I met the guy to buy my Yamaha FG720 he played Simple Man and I was sold. Thanks you very much for giving me hope,,,lol.

[@joecorrie1]

Yes great lesson you made it really easy to add a little spice to the chords thank you

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you Joe!

[@paulpuccio5881]

I'm a month and a half into acoustic guitar, great kick ass informative video .... thxs.

[@nolimitgutters67]

This is the best strumming lesson ever thank you.

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you, I'm really happy I could help.

[@eirinikos19]

he just taught how to do basic strumming and voila I can now play Simple Man.

[@fritzruttimann1517]

Thank you so much for the superb strumming and rhythm lesson and the song Simple Man chosen Darius. Before playing along using your counting and strumming pattern, I was using DDUUDU which was fine for me as a beginner so far. But now using your strumming D_DDU per measure the song sounds now much more like played by an Advanced Beginner. Next challenge for me to practice are the hammer ons, there I am still struggling.

[@ΓιώργοςΚοντάρας-σ8γ]

YOU 'RE THE MAN!!!!

[@guitarcouch]

Thanks a lot!

[@joeyhandeland983]

Great tutorial.

[@ronniewetherington509]

Thanks for sharing! I've been trying to learn for years but I spent far to much time on everything but the basics of rhythm and strumming. Without this very basic skill all of the other things are kinda unimportant.

[@guitarcouch]

You are so right Ronnie, thank you for watching!

[@joehatfield8003]

Amazing video!!

[@isab6521]

Thank you so much your video is very helpful!

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you Isa!

[@flrpitflrp1965]

Thank you, such a great lesson.

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you Robert

[@mikemurphy7787]

This is my first time to see you. It took me a while to get what you're talking about because I am used to faster lessons and less talking. I stuck it out and understand you. I have been playing off and on since the early 80's I just haven't taken out time to learn the Chords lol. Very good Lesson I have Subscribed to see more.

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you Mike. I really make an effort to make my youtube videos as similar as I can to my one to one private lessons. There are plenty of explanations but this is what I feel beginners need to truly learn the guitar and enjoy it. I really want to help everyone learn to play the guitar, not just this one song ;-)

[@mikemurphy7787]

I understand completely. Keep up the great work

[@mikemurphy7787]

You reminded me of my Instructor in a way,but I realized he was only teaching Power Chords and I wanted the real Chords. He asked me what i am into and Lynyrd Skynyrd is my number one pick. I guess it's because they crashed 5 miles from my home,I was 8yrs old and I was on that dark country road watching the men bring them out one behind the other and put the stretchers on one of the many Ambulances that were there. These men walked back into the woods their head lamps disappearing into the thick woods one the one mile trip back to the crash and crossing a 20ft wide waist deep creek. We didn't know who crashed until the next day. All we heard was that a passenger plane had crashed and my family went to see if they needed help because we thought of it being a larger passenger jet with a lot of people. I knew who Skynyrd was because my aunt and uncle listened to them and a couple of years after the crash I got my first guitar for Christmas. I wore out 3 Gold and Platinum Cassettes playing by ear with them,even though it was an Acoustic lol I had blisters and blood on the strings as I built my fingers to fret the strings right and stop getting blisters

[@guitarcouch]

Mike, wow, what a story! I can understand your connection with their music. Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of my favourite bands!

[@nicolehagen2081]

Mike Murphy xxx

[@rickramirez7710]

Thank you for the lesson. Do you have this available as a PDF download? Thanks again!!

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Yeah, they are great guitars, thanks a lot for watching!

[@garmin1488]

Great lesson!

[@angelfeliciano1130]

I really like this Guy 👍 Great Lesson

[@guitarcouch]

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[@lindagrapes8044]

Thanks I can play this pretty good.

[@guitarcouch]

Hi Linda. Awesome! Thanks for watching my lesson!

[@jamesmoon5632]

Great lesson

[@jeancaissie9281]

Opppss.... I learnt it in one lesson.... Thank you...

[@guitarcouch]

Fantastic Jean!

[@creativechillzone7817]

Best teacher

[@guitarcouch]

Thank you :-)

[@philb7675]

Excellent lesson!

[@guitarcouch]

+Phil Bardoul Thank you!

[@lindagrapes8044]

This is one of the BEST lessons I have EVER had on learning to play a song. Can I apply this same training lesson on playing knocking on heavens door since it is D D DU. Also what kind of metronome are you using. I am new to guitar

[@guitarcouch]

Hi Linda. Thank you. It is really awesome to get a message like that :-) I use a Boss DB-90 metronome. But it is huge and bulky - totally old school, but it does sound very natural. These days it's so much easier with the apps on our smartphones. You can get a metronome for free. Just type in your app store a word “metronome” and you will find plenty of apps. One thing that I always pay attention to is the sound of it. I like a kind of woody sound - some sound too digital. The strumming for Simple Man is similar when it comes to the numbers of the strums, but it has a little bit more of a swingy feel. Do you have any suggestions when it comes what you would like to learn? Darius

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[@steveandrews7477]

Thanks!

[@DaneWatro]

Great lesson thank you really helped me out!1

[@guitarcouch]

Thanks a lot!

[@andrewtmusic]

Pretty cool

[@henryleon2709]

Thank you

[@danno9863]

Strumming advice towards the beginning of lesson. OH take your time don't live too fast!

[@jimbola77]

Thank you sir for sharing!!!!!

[@guitarcouch]

jimbloa77 thanks for watching my lesson!

[@joesokol7453]

Nice video, thanks

[@vincedurkin6554]

Just found you, great lesson, thank you.

[@guitarcouch]

Thanks a lot Vince!

[@benmitchelmore2996]

Hi, can you break the strumming pattern down for verve lucky man please 🙏🏻 thanks in advance 😀

[@imannonymous7707]

are you playing thru that marshall?

[@bradguillot7290]

Good lesson I think in the recording they tune their guitars down a half step

[@marktaylor3809]

Bet that guitar cost 650 English pounds, cos i'v got exact same one only mines black. Good tutorial mate cheers, am learning this ok now. Thumbs up.

[@guitarcouch]

You are right Mark :-) Thank you for watching!

[@Chance-ry1hq]

Sound like knocking on heavens door.

[@Dutcharmytent]

4/4 Is the clue

[@guitarcouch]

ok, great

[@carlabrawt8842]

Want to go to knocking on heavens door.

[@Braglemaster123]

E Flat Tuning “ 🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱

[@guitarcouch]

Yeah, detuning is never fun ... especially when you have floating bridge :-)

[@yaxcine]

i bet you are french

[@guitarcouch]

Unfortunately, not, I'm Polish :-) Thanks a lot for watching my lesson.

[@angelokoljenovic8715]

Thanks I enjoy the lassen

[@ianfraser3787]

Great lesson