Let's learn: Flowers in Your Hair - The Lumineers (guitar lesson)

This week on Lets Learn, we have a look at "Flowers in Your Hair" by The Lumineers.
If you're new to the series, it features me learning songs for the first time on camera and describing my thought process as I go. Hopefully, these videos will help people with learning specific songs, as well as give people an idea of how they might approach learning a song on their own.
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[@ImElkay]

This is a fantastic tutorial. I wish all of them were this easy to understand and actually played along with the song so you could actually see what they were talking about thanks a lot.

[@madimay]

"nothing to it", he says as i drown with my guitar

[@Alex-oj6zx]

itsmadimay that was my experience when first starting. Try simple chord songs and licks in order to have a better idea of the fretboard. This and being able to easily chord transition goes A LONG WAY. Just picture(mentally of course) the next chord you're going to play before making your switch...practice this and you're fine-ish. Look up videos for other concepts if you wanna be really skilled *cough guitarsage/Martymusic cough*

[@owaisis93]

Dave you're actually the best. You teach me songs of all the bands I love. Try Young the Giant too !

[@CaptainJackDaniels]

you are welcome! glad you are finding them helpful :-) New episodes coming in the new year.

[@markbenn1907]

Thanks Mate really great lesson

[@user-es3lc9xc1j]

Nice job! Thank you!

[@iansullivan9590]

Great stuff, cheers

[@rosslakey4347]

thanks alot mate! made me chuckle as well. keep smiling! Ross

[@nickt.4731]

Absolutely love this lesson, I'm just beginning and it's nice to learn an easy song that actually sounds like the real deal! If you ever have time, you be able to make a lesson for Siôn Russell Jones 'So Long', I'd be much obliged! :)

[@ghostboy1564]

very very good lessen, clear and concise

[@Andrew10945]

Chorus: E minor, D, G Down, Down, Up, Down, Up

[@jordancarlson7]

thanks for your help! good clarity and simplicity. nice work.

[@jesse3105]

Thank you from 2022!

[@CaptainJackDaniels]

You're welcome from 2022!

[@marmurgil]

Aunque no sé inglés, te he entendido. Se ve muy bien. Gracias.

[@briansansome5934]

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@Andrew10945]

You make it looks so easy haha. I am having trouble just getting the picking pattern down. Do you have any tips on how you made the notes sound so pronounced after you going from open to closed?

[@federicoquattrociocchi]

Thanks!

[@CaptainJackDaniels]

be sure you do your hammer on with your finger landing right behind the fret bar. as you build muscle memory, you'll also be able to hammer harder and faster, which causes the string to vibrate. takes a bit to get the hang of.

[@CaptainJackDaniels]

going to put up "lovers eyes" tomorrow or sunday

[@AnotherManiacHarris]

This is really good and helpful,thanks :D

[@devin4092]

Thanks for the lesson. What was the strum pattern for the chorus? Little fast for me.

[@radyhot1]

Great video! Like it

[@jessefuchs3955]

i do not comment on you tube videos. that being said i like you Dave.

[@larrygeetar9309]

Well explained and played except for: @ 2:38 it's called a C9 chord, which is not the correct chord name. It's a Cadd9 (the D note under his 3rd finger is the "9" note in a C scale.), not C9. A C9 chord would be these notes off of a C7 chord (3rd fret C note root): C-E-Bb-D-G. Nicely played though. I think the Em chord is also an Em7 because you can still see and hear that D note on the 2nd string. Just my opinion. I really do think he's playing it spot on.

[@CaptainJackDaniels]

awesome, thanks for the clarification! I've been misspeaking about this for years. Bad habits are hard to break.

[@larrygeetar9309]

Let's Learn with Dave You really played it well. I just kinda heard that and thought it might be good to say something. I've taught the song using your vid, so I'm not trying to be picky without reason. And what make guitar is that? It's beautiful and sounds the same.

[@CaptainJackDaniels]

larry geetar oh excellent, im glad it was useful! the guitar is a Hawley -- it's definitely my go-to these days. Check out www.hawleyguitars.com for the luthier's website!

[@ronniet6078]

hey man, there is a sharp thing in the second chorus (2 0 0 2 0 0) after the G, so the chorus sequence is like: Em - D - G - Sharp Thing - Em - D - G. Anyway, your version is cool, good job.

[@ultrabellowman]

what is the strumming patter for the chorus?

[@apollumic6018]

BLESS!!!!!

[@CaptainJackDaniels]

glad it helped :)

[@devynluzniak9756]

can you just make an instrumental version of this because i would like to do a cover to it?

[@sararaquel3719]

Do Everyone requires a plan by lumineers

[@CaptainJackDaniels]

not sure what you mean

[@louiereed829]

3:37 hits different...

[@dk0139]

Child Lock Car Doors how so?

[@tannerannichiarico7255]

Why do I do a C chord differently???

[@k.campos578]

It's just a bit easier for finger placement (plus it's a Cadd9, not a regular C)

[@just1lifexx11]

Its hard.. Its call moving fast

[@Andrew10945]

You called them hammer ons...

[@excitedme530]

great playing but that chorus part was wat too fast.....

[@TheCookiemonster0430]

THAT WASNT FUCKING EASY

[@guerrero987]

TheCookiemonster0430 right!!?!!! Goddamn!

[@EricBishop_]

I feel like you went WAY TOO FAST I was lost had to keep going back. Still don't get it.

[@briansansome5934]

Cool! Thanks for sharing!