Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks | Easy Guitar Lesson

[@VeloVagabond]

Having been going thru some of your older lessons recently, I was struck by how much they've changed over time. They're all great lessons, but your personality, sense of humor, joy in playing and happiness really shine through now! As we Americans approach Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for having Justin as my guitar teacher. Thank you so much!!

[@Daelmyth]

Agreed!

[@MisterNoHead]

This is a pretty darn high quality recording! Sounds great! Greating singing and guitar sounds awesome!

[@Fray789]

Just played it in 1.5 speed. Sounds cool, totally intelligible too :D

[@bierpunk]

I just learned and played the whole song in one hour, thats motivating! Thank you so much for your lessons and showing us how to rock! I especially love how you explain all the Rhytm patterns, Great Job, i will keep on learning :)

[@georgehasko9794]

Had to come here to comment - I watched this video last week and it has made me very happy to learn. God save the Kinks and your videos.

[@willy3297]

"he's effing every c7 i've got" hahah love your adlib lyrics bro, thanks for this

[@kenbob1071]

Very Kinky.

[@johnebgood108]

not bad. i was blessed to see the Kinks in a small club in Philly, 1967

[@isharafernando3250]

wow you are a total legend

[@toastedsniper9248]

lucky:(

[@rexmonarch2]

I remember the long hot SoCal summer this song was on the radio. Perfect beach song surfin' all day and lazin' on the beach in those sunny summer afternoons.

[@wadeteach]

I love how you say most people are gonna “have fun” with the chords. Those dm and a variations are a pain. Stay positive! Great song, and excellent lesson.

[@saublensmichel4054]

Un grand merci à toi Justin , surtout ne t'arrêtes pas, de la part d'un guitariste du sud de la France.

[@gianpietrocollavini]

I appreciate your amazing work, Sei un grande, Grazie!

[@grnhair2001]

you're so great. For the holidays this year, I'm giving myself a gift of a hundred US dollar donation to you through paypal, and for all you've helped me, you deserve more.

[@sosig8332]

lol you didnt even get a replyxD

[@JoshNulty]

@@sosig8332 lmaoo

[@sosig8332]

@@JoshNulty most youtubers don’t really give a willy about their fans, you’re just numbers and likes on their videos. You’re the customers at Starbucks to the Starbucks corporation, don’t give em anything they make enough through ads and other silly fools who give their hard earned cash away.

[@Mattmaster776]

@@sosig8332 You're an idiot. You don't know how long these videos take to make. Ad revenue isn't what it used to be. The amount of depth in Justin's lessons considering they're free is outstanding. GuitarTricks offers the same thing but you have to pay $20 a month!

[@sosig8332]

@@Mattmaster776 does it hurt your feelings at the fact that they see you as a pay check? Sorry if that offends you but it’s true

[@chandawolfchurchill8820]

You are fantastic in how you show how to play this. I got the basics down in a little over an hour and with practice hope to get close to good. Thank you so much.

[@stevengarside]

This is great Justin, the master teacher. One respectful suggestion for anyone learning this, in the chorus if you substitute the regular D7 for a Bar chord at the 10th and the G7 for a bar at the 3rd, they give you that great 'vampy' sound, especially if you keep lifting off and on, that Justin was talking about. It's better than the substitution in the video in my humble opinion. You don't have to awkwardly mute any strings and you get a fuller sound. Another happy bonus with barring at the 10th and 3rd is it's the same chord shape so you can switch easily (which makes me think this is what is in the recording). And to get to the 10th from the verse you can do a simple three note run down low E string (fifth, seventh and ninth fret) which takes you down the dusty end nicely.

[@rickspence979]

Came back to this after seeing it a year ago to learn for a gig. We're playing it gypsy style. Great lesson - very clear.

[@maxwellescobar3089]

its great that i bought the book and now i can watch it on you tube .. fantastic thank you so much for putting all your books and videos together ..

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

+maxwell escobar ur welcome!

[@alejogomez9153]

Very nice lesson, thanks JustinGuitar!! this song is becoming popular once again because it appears in a movie from my country. my regards from Argentina!

[@Davilsson]

+Alejo Gomez cuál es el nombre de la peli loco? hace mucho no tengo recomendaciones de buenas pelis en espaniol! Te agradecería tips! :)

[@mateozorraquin193]

+Luis Djävila el clan

[@stuarthartley6824]

Clearly explained as usual and what a fun song to play on the guitar! Great work Justin.

[@SaschaTee]

Justin! can you make a video about how you get such amazing sound quality in your recordings? What do you use?

[@beau00100]

Great lesson as usual, nice and laid back and not too muso. Music first and foremost should be fun and I think Justin strikes the right balance between explaining the song and enjoying it at the same time.

[@downhill240]

Man, I like your voice. That's gotta take you somewhere someday! Thanks for sharing your great skills with us Justin!!

[@gregt4202]

Love the Kinks. Lola and Summertime are two of my favorites.

[@b10gazza]

Good on you Justin ! such a great song and you teach it so well !

[@luijortiz]

Thank you Justin for all your lessons and for sharing your knowledge with us all. I wish you the best.

[@theivory1]

That's a great one. My kids love it too, they all sing as loud as possible for the "big fat momma" line.

[@johnbradford333]

Thanks Justin, you have a natural quality to teach and your lessons are enjoyable, picked my first guitar up last year at the age of 73 last ,struggling but hanging in with your help the hardest thing for me is not the chords and chord changes but picking up up the rhythm and getting the feel and accents of the song .sounds robotic if you know what I mean, Thanks mate !

[@greenskeeper3000]

Has this song gave anyone else FITS?! I've been at it on and off for a few days and I think I finally have it but I still need to get it more fluid sounding. Also this is the only lesson that comes within a 100 miles of being correct. Thanks Justin, you're a saint!

[@danphipps615]

Wow.... I tried this a year ago and couldn't get near the intro. I've just spent the last two hours at it with the rest of the song and I'm nearly there. Big thanks Justin

[@martinarthur2597]

Thank you Justin for this wonderful version, particularly highlighting playing the rhythm. Your lessons are always illuminating. Cheers

[@LB482]

Hi Justin ! Your all job is GREAT !!!! Thank you friend .

[@danphipps615]

Another great lesson of a classic song Justin. Nice one!

[@briannikkel3386]

one of the best instructors I've seen in in 50 years. I,ve been banging on this that long. koo Doos. Just pay atttention.

[@captaccordion]

I like the way you give the lesson. Just the right amount of explaining for someone who can already play some guitar. I've been playing the song for years, but I sing it in Am and haven't been able to do the full runs. (I'd need a baritone guitar with a low B string.) So guitar-wise, it seems that it's just gotta be in Dm to be fully correct, so I guess that with my lower voice I'm going to be stuck with not quite right guitarwork. Cheers.

[@kosimo6628]

Great playing, and supergreat singing on this one Justin!

[@carlrichards9333]

Man your a Dynamite Teacher.... What a wicked song...

[@twistedship2399]

I think you did a great job teaching this song. In having lots of fun learning it.

[@aliciadowner4675]

Thank you so much for this! I love the kinks and when I got my guitar I couldn't wait to learn some of true songs, this video is so helpful! I am finding it difficult but I will get it in the end🤞🏻

[@StevePhillips]

Brilliant cover Justin and lesson

[@stephenbusch8518]

You nailed it! Thanks

[@Scotttyist]

Well done. You got the feel just right.

[@MultiRandman]

Great lesson, detailed instruction as always.

[@rubberlegs15]

Brilliant as ever, 18 thumbs down WTF?!! Some muppets clearly don't know what a guitar is!

[@nathanmccaffrey5271]

im sure they were like "this is song is soo hard to play!" (thumbs down)

[@guitarpoetone1]

Justin u are amazing I've been playing along time but if need to brush up on a song I forgot I simply check u out to freshen up and 10 out of 10 u have it right alot of so called music teacher on internet dont no how to play correctly.there are only a handful I like for rock,pop ect I go to you thanks buddy for yer videos ❤🎉

[@ilonanowak2212]

Fantastic song and your voice. Way to go!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Thebuird]

Never knew you could play d7 like that. Can't wait to try it out on don't think twice it's alright tomorrow. Thanks

[@BrianDelaney-e7v]

Thank you for showing me how to play this!

[@uweschulz5771]

Great Lesson! The rhythmguitar is excellent explained

[@robertwest8033]

its like our week of summer in uk uk. its 10 am. i hope to have this down before 12.

[@lookingood364]

Thank you for going over the rhythms too, really helpful!

[@Natejasmedo333]

You're not only a great teacher, you're the best! Great song, great lesson and a challenge for me in so many ways. Best regards from Portugal

[@goodblur9271]

丁寧な教え方ですね！

[@mnmm1]

Awesome job teaching. Thank you!

[@philipsantoro3931]

this is so awesome thank you!

[@andrwlr1]

That IS a cool voicing! Thanks for breaking it down!

[@nckwlch]

This was 8 years ago! How time does go by. Typically good lesson from JS.

[@EricInTampaAcoustic]

These are the best tutorials.. Love this teacher

[@rajagenxboy]

You are a great teacher

[@rokguitarstar]

benn playing all my life and struggled with this song. Thanks Justin, going to play an open mic acoustic event with your help!

[@jeffcoster1810]

Excellent lesson and superb playing. I always loved this song and thought it was very clever but the lesson shows just how clever the kinks were. This was a time when great songs were around but most followed a fairly basic chord and blues background. Great innovation from the Kinks. Now just gotta try and play it something like this !

[@andremimoun1137]

Thanks mate ! Makes things easy

[@Stilton_Steak]

Thanks very much. You really broke this song down well. :)

[@Robsun25]

What a great lesson!

[@cliffhoneyman5560]

What a tune this is a must for me for the summer when I'm down by the river Justin you top class form a friend from the UK 😜😄

[@walterheisenberg9969]

Always failed to learn this awesome tune. Now I got it :-)

[@Slothfrenzy]

Really nice singing on this song man.

[@joloughlni]

Oh! I forgot about that old song. Thanks Justin! Love your lessons. How about "King of the Road" for an old song?

[@Frisen_Hellbridge]

Thanks a Lot for this great Video 😃

[@timosullivan292]

Thank you very much for a great lesson Jason could never nail this one but your lesson has given me at least a couple more chords to go in it ( which I always left out) so once again many thanks.

[@jotacc09]

Very good - Congratulations!

[@jasnakostic9166]

Great lesson!

[@paulspencer9920]

Thanks Justin, this a great tutorial. I'm a moderately experienced guitarist and I found it super useful, and it seems like one that would be really helpful to people who are at a more beginner level as well. And I like your style of presenting, which is pretty much just straight out explanation of the content, but manages to be pretty entertaining to watch.

[@cagedbutterfly93]

Love the sound of your guitar.

[@sylvaansterck4947]

Justin we love you!

[@Daelmyth]

Nice. I love the chord progressions in this one. Looking forward to the challenge. Nice rhythm too to open up some doors for a learner. Thanks Justin!

[@thinknomind4972]

You, good sir, are such a badass! It was clear on your face that you were diggin' it, man. Thanks for teaching me how to play this awesome track. ✌️

[@johnpoop5237]

I saw hims do the monkey face

[@foxmarshall4402]

WELL BLOODY done, son!!!

[@chrisforrest4581]

Great song Great lesson Thank You !

[@pedrodiaz5540]

Thank you very much !!! Great lesson

[@kevinmcdermott9571]

Really enjoy Justin's teaching Especially the Neil young stuff

[@wellermanpaul]

its great! helping me along as a beginner!

[@michaelcongilio7484]

Excellent brother!

[@irvinev]

Great lesson, love the Kinks :)

[@DerEchteBold]

Wow, these chords are a lot of fun, I'm almost there, thanks so much for this! btw it's a real achievement to keep a straight face and concentrate on the song while performing all that F-ing, congratulations!

[@williamblair9597]

Great lesson.

[@eianarohanso6701]

You are a great teacher, but i bet you know that.

[@erikdravn]

We tell him often! :) He is one of the best!

[@eianarohanso6701]

Yes, he knows his stuff.9

[@rpapplebee]

Brilliant Justin!

[@F66Alex]

absolutely brilliant

[@mr.stevejones1947]

What a tune!

[@megabusa]

Thank you Justin !

[@vishwanatheskuri9243]

Amazing chords great lesson❤️

[@davidg22100]

Brilliant lesson, thank you!

[@aislaith]

He's F'ing every C7 I got!

[@sameddamar7004]

You are the best!

[@BigMikeExp]

Great job! Fantastic!

[@Rosb1ff]

Just ordered your book off the back of this, but don;t think I need it now cos you explained it so well (As always) Cheers Justin

[@raithrover1976]

I'm finding it much easier using the thumb to play the bass note run on the Dm chord as well. Just can't get my fingers to move fast enough using Justin's technique.

[@berkshireguitarschool9021]

Great lesson

[@NessieJapan]

Great tutorial. Easier for me to play and sing in Am instead of Dm, but yours sounds great.

[@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar]

love it. Thanks once more

[@micktmusic]

What guitar is this ? Sounds amazing

[@alunengland5000]

i love this song. you play it very well, your singing is good too. i can tell you love to perform.