♪♫ Spandau Ballet - True (Tutorial)

[@rain8254]

Thanks for posting up tutorials on these older songs. I'm learning guitar and its fun to play songs my parent's loved listening to growing up. Your tutorials are really easy to follow and it's helping me bond with my parents. Thanks again!

[@zachfree6126]

Thank you, George. Was a great pleasure watching your videos. Stay blessed, brother.

[@isaqueras]

AMAZING TIMBER THAT YOUR ACOUSTIC GUITAR HAS. WOW VERY NICE !!! CONGRATULATIONS FROM A BRAZILIAN BASSIST

[@CEPAIVA]

Gorgeous tutorial, super clear, super identical, and super patient! Thanks for this jewel!

[@tannervo]

I hope you go to heaven for sharing these tutorials. They've profoundly enrich my life. Thank you!

[@ashokupad]

Thank you brother! i’ve been on this for a couple of weeks now, and thoroughly enjoying. Just beautiful!

[@WmRob]

Finally decided to learn this beautiful tune and found your tutorial. The Cm is correct, I believe, or least it works for me. Played along with the suggested live recording and although not exactly like the record, close enough to fool my little audience of three. Thank you.

[@TheMisterMonkeyman]

You are the man! You are by far the best tutorialist (is that a real word?) on YT. I appreciate all the folks that take the time to put up tutorials, but you pick great songs and teach them so clearly that people can follow what you're saying and actually learn how to play the songs. So thank you once again from California. Peace.

[@lisascott2841]

One of my all time faves, awesome! thanks George.

[@lcsliedtkecoachingschool3598]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this. Greetings from Chile

[@lespaulfanofsparta]

Right on man. I spent about two hours staying up too late playing with this. I always thought Gary was tremendously underrated and I can do a bit of the Tony at the same time so, will work up and post at some point but, I've been messing with your version a bit and I thank you for the fantastic blue print. Fun song to play and sing. You nailed the Em form, that's what makes it.

[@91chandel]

One of my favorites songs ♥ that was a great guitar cover!

[@mattpoelker4368]

Wow, you are a good player, thanks for the lesson

[@jeffreywoods7842]

Hey, liked your tutorial. The chord you are unsure about is an Eflat Maj7. Your indication of Gary Kemp's fingering was very close. Keep strumming. Cheers, Jeff

[@MrHoobz]

Such a good teacher Pete, great work pal!

[@TheKingOfHeartsIV]

You're welcome!

[@johndeerishere]

This is a great tutorial for this song. Thanks!

[@petejones4780]

Great lesson, as always. Good taste in music mate.

[@AP05AP]

Superb as always

[@joedonofrio9969]

Good stuff George 👍🏻I've picked up lots from you & yes your sax is cool haha, I personally use a D#/Eb Harmonica for all you harp players & it gets a wicked response at gigs🙂all notes are there.

[@10tendogsdonie]

Nice & simple lesson to follow 😎

[@jayr2513]

Wow amazing, thanks for your tutorial,

[@antoonvisschedijk9311]

Don't know if it has been mentioned earlier but I think the chord you were not sure about is Ebmaj7

[@gethappycyclingcampingoutdoors]

George, it 2022 and haven't heard from you in a while, are you keeping well and still playing?

[@bernarddescamps3461]

thank you, all seem more easy with your explication ,from France

[@dannymcmince]

Thanks for this, has been a great help!

[@juntjoonunya9216]

I'm not ready for this one yet. Can't wait though

[@2stepaddict]

Thank you sr, I love the way you play

[@uteanatinny]

Brilliant. Thanks, I was just about to look at doing a deconstruction of the 'Songbook' performance of TRUE, too. I'm very appreciative. :-R

[@truknayr23]

GREAT TUTORIAL!!!!! Thanks man!

[@sharanvipsy3473]

Great thank you I think the chord you were after may be ebm7 flat 5. You are playing the bm7 flat 5 just before so it's up 3 frets. Anyway if it works great and thanks so much again ☺️

[@elliottsidewater1288]

Hey Shara, I think the chord he was looking for was actually Ebmaj9 (x6576x). To my ear there is no Bm7b5, just Bm7, in the entire song. The chords in the intro are G, E7sus2, Cmaj9, Bm7. IMO what georgiarose got right that everyone else has wrong is the C add 4/E (033010) not F add 9. When I heard that it was a "wow". But I 100% agree this is a great cover of one of the underrated ballads of the 80's. I had actually forgotten all about True until I heard it on the Sirius XM 80's channel. And instantly thought "I've got to learn that". But it's best to have a rhythm guitaist playing those stab chords (xxx11 12 10,) (xxx16 15 14) while the lead guitar plays the main melody. So much guitar to play, so little time......

[@sharanvipsy3473]

HI Totally right I was getting my names totally wrong. It's as you have it and the chord I was suggesting is not the bm7 flat 5 either I meant the cmaj7 9. So x3243 played on the lyric 'always in time' in the first verse. Lemme know what you think. Great song for busking!

[@johnnyl1957]

Hey Man. You are so humble and so normal. I figure that is why you get so many views on KZbin, beside the fact that your tutorials are accurate. (PS Is that an Australian thing?) Peace.

[@tapere7277]

Excellent and very accurate as far as I can see from watching the live acoustic performance. That Em9(?) in the intro is a killer but it does sound right. Not so important in the verse.

[@van1976]

Nice chords...I think I have the hang of it..nicely shown. 5 Stars --Van

[@gaetanogreen4970]

Thanks for the tutorial George. this is one of the hardest I have ever tried to learn, and i've been playing for a very long time. you say you arent sure of one chord. you are playing a Cm7. i may be wrong but to me a full Cm sounds better. please let me know what you think

[@patricklavastre7053]

Beautifull good chords

[@lucadl15]

Well done Sir .. thanks a lot.-Luca

[@shadowsruss5748]

Great job, thanks man.

[@ArnoldwilliamDow]

Best sax on the net.

[@betoibanhes2994]

thanks teacher...

[@juntjoonunya9216]

I like the way you sing. I think you're singing is it an octave higher than what would be normal for your voice.

[@gloverot.7731]

Hoy arte supreme Genius!! Oh ! I'm flying!thanx !!

[@davidmalton3984]

LOVE THIS GEORGE, IS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU COULD JUST DO A VERSION FOR US NON GUITAR PLAYERS,SO WE CAN ALL HAVE A SING A LONG,I FEEL THAT THIS TYPE OF THING IS MISSING IN THE WORLD OF KZbin,AS US SINGISTS HAVEN'T GOT YOUR SKILL AND PATIENCE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IN ANPISSITATION : 0 )

[@thealgonquin1]

cracking lesson !

[@hvmotu]

It's a Em9 and a Cmaj9 in the intro. Cadd4 the nice chord after the Am7 flourish. "Never in time" you use Cm7. It's right, but Eb (C bar chord in 3rd fret) is better because you get the Eb bass note on the 5th string, making a nice run from G, B, C, Eb. Cm7 works because it's the relative minor, but musically inferior at that point in the song.

[@gnd22]

I agree with this analysis. I wouldn't say that the Cm7 is "right", but it "works" as hvmotu explained. I see a lot of people make this mistake when trying to figure out songs. They often recognize that it sounds a little "off" but can't quite put their finger on why, just as in this video. In the Songbook video that this tutorial is referring to, the chord Kemp plays is an EbMaj9 which is an easy slide up from the CMaj9. Regarding the Cadd4, in the context of the original song I believe it is actually an Fmaj9, but Cadd9 has the same notes minus the A and makes for a much easier transition.

[@magoo2037]

once again Sweett...:)

[@MortalKombat313]

Damn! Nice!

[@juntjoonunya9216]

Sixteen candles!

[@SalvvOrtiz]

Nice Adidas guitar!

[@australopytekus02]

Gitar of Adidas? 🤔

[@corteatreta9723]

Tks !

[@david3266]

This is awesome ( LIKE ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU DO ), Is there any chance you could just do a chord version all the way through ( LIKE AN ACOUSTIC BACKING TRACK ), PRETTY PLEASE ?????, THAT WOULD MAKE MY YEAR, YOU WOULD DEFINATELY GET ALOT MORE VIEWS AND SUBSCRIBERS, FOR ALL US WANNABE SINGISTS OUT THERE : 0 )

[@SteveODellFilmstheWorld]

+David my god man! Calm down...learn on your own, like the millions of guitarist BEFORE KZbin....

[@david3266]

Steve O'Dell I am NOT a GUITARIST. . . . IF i was a GUITARIST would i be asking ???? THANKS FOR FUCKALL S T E V E : 0 (

[@zleluzionzx10]

+David lol

[@patlav3848]

hello geogia how are you

[@kakashisniperelite5]

Ver good

[@salvatoreiacoi]

👍

[@darickr]

The video he references in the lesson: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXLHfGOVa6l1hsk

[@ApolloTchize]

Of course you can do that, but why do you mark your musical instrument with a sticker of a very money-oriented company like adidas, the inventor of corruption in sports and greedy as hell? What do they have to do with music???

[@danielost5252]

Well said👍

[@rf1316]

Great job

[@bernarddescamps3461]

thank you, all seem more easy with your explication ,from France