The Beatles - Blackbird Guitar Lesson Pt.2 - Chorus, Bridge & Outro

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The Beatles' acoustic classic "Blackbird" is one of the most popular acoustic guitar songs in music history.
Written by Paul McCartney for the White Album, it uses Baroque influenced guitar lines throughout. Paul McCartney has stated that the guitar parts in "Blackbird" where highly influenced by Bach's "Bourree in E minor", which he and George Harrison both tried to learn as a showpiece in their early days.
The picking style involves both the bass notes and melody notes moving at the same time in a contrapuntal fashion. Paul McCartney employs one of his favorite finger picking patterns throughout most of the song to great effect. Even without vocals the guitar stands on its own in "Blackbird" with beautiful chromatic bass lines and harmonies.
It truly is an acoustic guitar masterpiece that everyone should learn to play at some point. Good luck!!
Lesson Taught by: Carl Brown

[@Schellenurslii]

3:44 Bridge 6:56 Outro

[@ivancampos8477]

not all heroes wear capes

[@whatdanielson]

Funny how part 2 has 800,000 less views. People just give up so easy.

[@1cykrem394]

Its even worst today

[@alfiehudson158]

i just didn't see part for 5 months

[@Tbone1952]

Daniel Ta ya your right, I'm guilty but I'm going to learn it all this winter come hell or high water!! Lol!

[@afifmazlan]

Lmao so easy for you to assume people gave up. Maybe they haven't been able to play this part yet

[@kingdomofheavenmusic3]

Wow. this was easier than I thought it would be. Your tutorial was very helpful!

[@davidclark9762]

you have the gift of BEING a teacher! thank you. peace.

[@ericarosenblum4443]

Thank you very much! This is my dad's favorite song and now I can play it for his birthday :) Thank you for uploading. Fantastic lesson.

[@robbiecoleclark]

one of the best tutorial ever, thanks a lot for posting, I could finally learn this beautiful song. Ciao from Italy

[@toitín]

~700k people gave up learning this after part 1

[@seanheron9107]

Lmao

[@robertromeromrpuffers1238]

nah i think most people just want to learn the verse. its a very nice sounding bit of the song

[@FIstof7LEGEND]

Sounds about right

[@neilfredmarbane2752]

TheFintMiester i

[@michaelsitepu5035]

hahahahah

[@44bluezone]

Excellent lesson! Thank you. I have played this wrong for 40 years and finally can play it correctly now!

[@miltonacosta2851]

Thank you very much! I don't think I will ever get tired of playing this

[@WillFoSkill]

First Stairway to Heaven and now this, you're a Guitar God, thanks so much man!

[@GrandStudable]

this song is very fun to play! I didn't expect that. I've been playing guitar for 10 years but I was always too lazy to learn this song because I thought it was going to be a pain in the arse to learn but it wasn't. It took me both your videos combined and I'm already playing it seamlessly. Thanks a lot!!

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+Diego agreed

[@thedoctorreileymtd4022]

3:53 Dude. I’m learning this on my bed and next to my balcony with the door open. When he played this and did the pause there were some bird outside my window in the distance that chirped just like the ones in the song. It was so perfect timed, that was so perfect. Don’t even know how to describe it

[@zdasilva9386]

Dantastic - Im a 46yr old who wanted to play Blackbird so got a guitar for Christmas and a week later as a beginner I can play it! ( off a fashion !) The best tutorial I found. Now I need to find Chuck es in love ! UK

[@ABWEndon]

Thank you so very much my friend. I really appreciate you taking the time and effort to do these tutorials for "Blackbird". Excellent stuff and it's helped me to crack playing the song after more than 40 years of being a Beatles fan.

[@damalerski]

the best tutorial...nailed it in a few hours...thanks man

[@raymartindale3668]

I’ve known the fretboard part of this for decades but could never figure out the correct picking pattern. It’s so easy after watching your video. Thank you!

[@mikesamyn7054]

Thank you for these lessons on Black Bird. You are a fine teacher! - Mike

[@ElementalSkater001]

Great tutorial! Concise and comprehensible.

[@rodshaw4152]

This is the fourth tune I've learnt from your tutorials and it's made them all so much easier. Keep up the good work!

[@billamywhitney2589]

Just like Sir Paul plays it and without shortcuts. Always best to learn it the proper way.

[@RegularGuyJake]

Love your lessons, I learned this song quickly thanks to your great instruction!

[@kyledelrosario8963]

thank you man! i learned the first part years ago and played the intro verse for years! now i can play the whole song! thank you so much!

[@mrs8357]

Great tutorial! Never thought I would play this song. Thank you!

[@dreamervsnightmare]

You have awesome instructions, thanks so much for this post! Will be checking out the rest of your tutorials!!! Best tutorials on KZbin by far!!!

[@hjgd90]

Sweet man! I've been practising this song for a while, and play it almost seemlessly thanks to your videos! keep up the good work man!

[@Aragoon]

i could be more than a week :'v

[@andrewblodgett1]

Thanks so much for the tutorial! I was able to learn it in just a couple hours with your help! Such a beautiful song :)

[@earlgrey691]

I think you can call yourself a guitarist with this glorious piece in your repertoire. Macca's finest hour imho and probably a tune that inspired much more from fellow traveller bands of its era. Beautifully taught here by one of the very best around. Thanks Carl.

[@Orangelemonblue]

Thank you so much Carl. I am playing this at a special family gathering coming up, so thank you so much for the help.

[@flex3246]

Hey there! Thank you for this lesson. I usually just watch a video of a song and play it through, but mcartney plays funny. I'd say the only thing I would consider an improvement would be at the end of each song segment, to play the whole song to that point. I have lots of content showing me segments but not much in transitions. Thanks again!

[@hoffkyle]

I've wanted to learn how to play this song for my whole life and you helped me learn it in 20 min! Thank you!

[@davidg22100]

Really clear and beautifully explained! Thankyou!

[@mohasyd3942]

the best guirar lessons channel all over youtube...hands down thanks man I learned a lot of songs from u

[@jakboeno1840]

One of my favourite McCartney song, seems be complicated, now its ok, Clear and beautifull, thank you so much for your help.

[@instrumentenfreak]

This lesson is gold! Thank you very much! So I learned this song in less than one hour^^ Now I have to master it (could take a week or so).

[@ayllasousa]

Dude, thanks to you i'm finally "perfecting" my newbie skills(i started playing guitar 2 months ago) on playing Blackbird on the guitar :D seriously, thank you so much for this tutorial!

[@siddharthhetfield3562]

Mr Carl, you are just Awesome

[@stephendavis5530]

This is the correct way to play it. :) Most KZbin guitar teachers usually teach this as all fingerstyle and no strumming.

[@MartinFabian]

Thank you very much for the lesson! I watched other tutorials and also McCartney play and your breakdown is the closest version to the original. I was able to pick it up much quicker than I thought it'd take me and that was largely thanks to you. Cheers!

[@ridaaaaaaaaaaa]

This is the best blackbird tutorial I've come across on KZbin. Perfect explanation. I've just posted a cover of this song on my channel, all thanks to this tutorial!!! Thank you!!!

[@Assasain31]

thank you so much, I never thought I could play this song, broke it up into pieces and it was like a pattern. My favorite song I have ever learned on guitar

[@soundofBeers]

Thanks a billion! Finally touching one of the songs I love, waited too long for this. Thank you for your great tutorials!

[@YimingSunBC]

Great tutorial. I am starting an obsession with your hands!

[@guitarmanmc5471]

thanks for your video i'm now can play this song. Great instruction

[@alice8754]

This looked a lot harder than it actually was after your tutorial!! It’s so pretty to play

[@marcomusictv3854]

Thank you so very much for this great lesson!

[@djskobie]

Woohoo!!! Finished at last :-) It only took me 2 months! But I got it! yipee. Fantastic tutorial. Thanks a million.

[@oliver6659]

wait 2 months?!!!

[@oliver6659]

really!!!

[@oliver6659]

@@joinmeng yes he might but 2months that's way to much time, i think its because of procrastination. i did it in a week

[@oliver6659]

@@joinmengim also new to this instrument i just wanna learn it because of boredom you know quarantine, but he probably a better player than now since he commented it 4 years ago 😂

[@oliver6659]

@@joinmeng anyways be safe.

[@Sinobe1]

This finger picking gives me pins and needles in my little finger.. very good tutorial.

[@glennk1931]

Excellent lesson Carl. Thanks.

[@aldoarellano3553]

Thank You So Much for this excellent tutorial!!!

[@BrianTBaumgardner]

I heard BB performed live for the first time by Maureen Andary a few weeks ago in D.C. at the Downtown Holiday Market and decided to see if I could learn this song too. It's not as hard as I thought it would be. Thanks so much for this great lesson.

[@stomacsband]

YOU ROCK MAN! thanks a lot for the lesson :)

[@RTFosmark]

Great teaching. Thank you.

[@girliedefensor8767]

i've been meaning to learn this song for years and your tuorial suited my learning process so well i can finally play this song. huhuhu thank you.

[@derkgently969]

This song takes me back years & always wanted to learn how to play & now I have.... Nice one thnx....

[@Life0fJack]

Thanks mate! Learn't this for a school assessment in 3 days :) Very helpful!

[@pacificnorthwester]

Well done, clear and concise. Thank you kindly.

[@SteveSupport]

thankyou so much,i am now learning and i'm getting good already,thanks to you :)

[@rajvirsingh5754]

Thank you for this tutorial I've got the pattern and chords down need to practice it a few times to get it up to speed thanks a lot

[@christophermccarthy3009]

Your lessons are awesome

[@kilgoretrout321]

The difficulty in the song is in the feel. Giving it that rhythmic bounciness and emotion when it's called for. I play Blackbird the best after I do some metronome work for 15-30 minutes. I practice a swing feel and subdivisions. When I go into Blackbird, my index finger is way swingier and the song finally has the right feel. Which makes sense because Paul played it dozens or even a hundred times the days he was recording it until he got the feel right.

[@jamesbenedict6480]

Thank you so much for teaching...I never thought I could play guitar....you made it so easy and interesting with step-by-step details!

[@tamboone]

thank you very very much. One of the best guitar lessons ever!

[@dhatsblue]

Thank you for sharing Dude! God bless you...

[@BurstBelievers]

excellent tutorial - many thanks

[@WholeNewPerson]

thanks a lot! The lesson is awesome!

[@ElizabethSpeaks]

This was exactly what I needed. Thanks!

[@javedghaiyyas2398]

because of you i can do beatles song .. thankyou verymuch

[@Belazab]

Thanks for the great tutorial man! This is the second song I learned on the guitar which is pretty funny because now all I can play on the guitar are the A, E and D chords, something from nothing (Foo Fighters) and this song. I learned it in a month which is quicker than I expected so that's cool as well. Thanks again!

[@jremil58]

Great lesson for a great song. Thanks a lot! You saved me a ton of time. I will keep this vid in my favorites until I master it. Cheers!

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[@irfanskrudu9294]

WOOOHOOOO NAILED IT THANKS MAN !!!!!

[@jesusfosiles]

very good lessons, he wanted know how to play this song for a long time and I have achieved thanks to you. Greetings from Spain!

[@TheHierbenik]

Thanks so much for the lessons.

[@carbertoram]

Dude!!! Awesome lesson! Thank you so much!

[@SkylopianFever]

Seriously, this is the best tutorial on youtube. Thanks!

[@ezekielthemack]

Thanks for the bridge part, it was the only part of the song I didn't know. Cheers.

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thank you so much i can now play blackbird well thanks again :)

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[@elcuate500]

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[@PaulTaylor-ri8tj]

I learnt this song in three days, thank you for this great lesson 😄

[@AlishaThomasMusic]

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[@Alexander4never]

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[@WolfCrazy555]

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[@ggaryshaffer]

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[@jessicamura254]

Thank you very much!!! :D I love this song!

[@Bungklon]

intro - verse- turnaround -verse- chorus-bridge-verse...~

[@ayanokojikiyotaka6988]

@Julian Kim verse and chorus dont come the second time its intro-verse-turnaround-verse-chorus-verse(only start)-bridge-verse-outro(differently).

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[@kolodkin6]

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