Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay • Guitar lesson with chords, tabs, & strumming (Otis Redding)

[@geralynpalacol9295]

Omg, YOU ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST TEACHER!!!!!!!!! Looooooove THIS SONG!!!🥰🥰🥰. BEST TUTORIAL!!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU DAVID!!!!🥰🙏🎸🙏🎸🙏🎸🙏🎸

[@stevematthews7813]

Great lesson for a very cool song. Love the walk-up and walk-down parts. Thank you!

[@songnotes]

My pleasure, Steve!

[@sonoma_s]

This is excellent lesson that covers a lot of nuances not covered very many other tutorials. Thanks!

[@songnotes]

You're very welcome!

[@kimberlycollins541]

“You don’t hafto strum all the strings ALL of the time” 💯🫶🏻 Love that!!! Suchhhh crucial advice!?!!

[@robhead22]

I love the way you teach. Great voice too! Thank you!

[@msammon1]

Great song choice for a very nice tutorial, clear and just the right amount of info, thank you.

[@songnotes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@opalivy739]

This is a real nice classic gem 💎. Thanks for uploading this beautiful Otis Redding song. It's also a easy to learn song as well

[@songnotes]

Thanks Opal - you're quite welcome, glad it's appreciated!

[@tinomuratori2249]

the most powerful guitar teacher!

[@sophiacone]

this is awesome! Thank you. I've watched 5 other tutorials for this song and no one could explained the strumming as well as you! Much appreciated.

[@dinareed4540]

Great tutorial David! Thank you. I’m playing better all by learning from you! Thanks again!

[@cjordan4691]

This is amazing - thanks David for such a comprehensive, well structured and clearly laid out lesson. It was great how you progressed from simple to more complex structure and strumming techniques. I feel I've learned a lot.

[@scoggers1628]

Great lesson, David. Lots of levels of difficulty to work with and accessible to people of a variety of skill levels.

[@songnotes]

Thanks - appreciate the kind words!

[@markbradfield7672]

Great lesson. Thank you for being a teacher here on KZbin!

[@songnotes]

My pleasure!

[@ilovegitaar]

Thank you,great lesson.

[@songnotes]

Sure thing Willem - glad it was helpful!

[@theknee4207]

Great teaching ! Bravo from Montréal, Canada ! 🎸 🎶

[@songnotes]

Thanks - glad you enjoyed it!

[@IAMAGUDNYANO]

Great lesson David.

[@Celenapolena]

I love the depth of your voice! You sing in my register!!!

[@discol76]

fantastic lesson. Thank you so much

[@songnotes]

You're very welcome!

[@utbronell]

Nice lesson. Enjoyed the walk up and walk down parts and your voice. Thanks.

[@eyeojo]

What a great lesson, thank you!!

[@songnotes]

You're quite welcome!

[@nicksantus5307]

Cool an easy version for acoustic works real nice like the way you sing it to No ideas of being Otis you done it your way and done it proud Nice one sir

[@davidwalker41]

One of those songs that I just thought was OK until I started playing it on guitar and now I love it. Also a song that illustrates how contemporary pop/rock/folk songs (especially guitar-centric music) often pay little heed to diatonic concepts of functional harmony.

[@songnotes]

Same exact boat! Never learned it until this past month, as I didn't think there'd be much to it. But found it super enjoyable once I really worked out the finer points of the timing, along with the walkups/walkdowns and strumming (etc). The functional harmony aspect - to be honest I'm very much a novice with this - but I'll say that the "unconventional" chords this song uses (B7, A, E - when it appears to be in the Key of G) took me a while to get used to. But super fun to read more about what's going on - e.g. like on this post forum.emusictheory.com/read.php?5,2444

[@davidwalker41]

@@songnotes One of the concepts I've come to subscribe to after reading comments by others who know a a whole lot more than I ever will about music, is that so much of what we enjoy musically is not born from theory (e.g., composers using theory to come up with ideas) but rather, from (a) a combination of the instruments we play encourage us to make certain choices, and (b) repetition (what we get used to and come to expect). On guitar, there are about 10 basic chords that we all learn early on and at most 6 would be in any given key. But over the decades, guitarists have learned how to work those others in as well to good effect. So in G, it's not so unexpected that a good guitarist would find a way to get an A or B7 or E in there. And then, the more that we hear it, the more 'natural' those chord movements sound. Also, as in comedy, I think a lot of musical enjoyment comes from a combination of having expectations (e.g., of the next chord) and then having a pleasant surprise when those expectations aren't met. Anyway, it's an interesting topic. I really enjoy your videos. You're a natural at this.

[@davidwalker41]

@@songnotes PS - I just saw a UMD poster in the background of one of your videos. Are you a Terp alumni? I grew up in MD and graduated from UMCP 35 years or so ago.

[@mattfarndale2835]

great lesson!! Love the walk ups and downs!!! Very satisfying to play!

[@richardgarzon977]

wow. amazing detail on the strumming! so happy to support your efforts on Patreon!

[@robertbounds9644]

Great lesson as usual. I have learned a great deal from your lessons, far more than the underlying song. Would you consider a lesson on Going to California? There is a ton of really useful theory in that song.

[@TSSNitb]

+1 for Going to California

[@songnotes]

Great suggestion - love that song & have always wanted to learn it! Taking note and will keep in mind for sure.

[@douglaswarren2812]

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[@SuperWoodsy007]

Another excellent tutorial David ! Like.

[@2024TD]

Could you please consider doing some more Johnny Cash lessons? Rusty Cage, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Devil's Right Hand or even Big Iron?! I know those are all covers but his versions are sublime. Thanks for all the great content!!

[@songnotes]

Thanks Tommy - appreciate the suggestions, always good to know more Cash is in demand!

[@Riffme81]

@@songnotes Yeah.....I second that

[@ЕваГрин-т5ш]

@@songnotes he is!!! 🔥

[@345kobi]

This gent is a great teacher. It may take you a little longer here because He includes the stuff that make it sound great. Careful people, this guy is trying to turn you into a real guitar player.

[@reavilldave]

awesome . thank you for helping me

[@willianpinto3352]

Eu estava louco para aprender essa música. Obrigado, David Pots!

[@songnotes]

Thank you! Fico muito feliz que a aula tenha sido útil! Perdoe a tradução grosseira. Tudo de bom com o seu jogo!

[@RaphaelAmbrosiusCosteau51]

Great lesson my man

[@rmensink]

Another good one! Thanks!

[@f81456]

Happy Father's Day!

[@songnotes]

thanks again, Frank!

[@BertfromBelgium]

with your last filler strum on the B7, it is impossible to play the C in time, its normally an open up strum on the high E and B string when i play it, that gives you time to transfer to C

[@gregcornillac7851]

merci !

[@elgato1960]

Thanks for this. Excellent lesson. Have you ever done Pigs on the Wing?

[@stevelalonde]

hi can you tell me where you found or the name of what you have on you re laptop the drum ????

[@nickm324]

What software are you using to play the drum track?

[@Py1axRADIOAMADORISMOSEMSTRESS]

Exeent coplet leson

[@LeonWayne-uu3uc]

I paid for two courses they said they would refund at my request now I can't sign in I got no refund and the wont answer emails

[@francescoruggiero7140]

Ewan McGregor, basically...or Obi Wan, for friends

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

You sang it an octave lower and whistled like a postman.

[@berkc06]

This songs reminds me of Chris Rock lol

[@songnotes]

Because of this skit? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnuTg4RqdpidrKc haven't seen it - appreciate the comment though! Funny associations like this are the best.

[@berkc06]

@@songnotes yes hahahaha

[@SAGENATOR1]

Great lesson on how NOT TO PLAY AND SING THIS SONG… I can not believe you had the nerve to put this up the way you sound… I bet a lot of people stopped playing guitar because of you….

[@songnotes]

😜

[@dr123hall]

😂

[@SuperWoodsy007]

Dude do us all a favor a climb back under your rock.

[@brulextrulex]

Excellent!

[@curtpratt2203]

Great lesson, thank you.