What Do I Know Guitar Tutorial - Ed Sheeran
Hey guy's my name's Dave
Tran and welcome to another guitar zero
to hero song tutorial and then today's
lesson i'll be teaching you how to play
what do I know by Ed Sheeran now in this
video I'm going to teach you two
different ways of playing with song the
first way is the studio version how it's
actually played in the recording and the
second version i'm going to teach you is
a nice easy chord based version now if
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free guitar ebook so let's jump straight
into the studio recorded version and
there's not actually a lot we need to
learn there's only two main riff
structures that we need to learn the
most difficult part about these risks is
probably just going to be the timing
involved so for the studio version we're
going to be finger picking and there's
only two strings that we need to
fingerpick it's going to be the sixth
string and the third string we're going
to pick the six strings our thumb and
the third string is going to be plucked
without index finger let's learn the
main riff the song which is played in
the verses in the choruses we start off
that index finger on the eleventh fret
of the 3rd string and we're going to
pluck the sixth and third strings
together and at that same time going to
have her on to the 13th fret with our
ring finger like that one more time
after we've plucked those two strings
and hammered on
team we're going to be slapping the
strings so this percussive slap is
basically us just dropping our hand on
to the strings like that to get that
percussive snare noise most of that
sound is going to be made from the side
of your thumb making contact with those
bass strings now thats Acosta's slap is
going to be played consistently in this
riff on the to beat and the four beat so
we have this too and now the next
position we need to get to is on the
eleventh fret our index finger will go
on the eleventh fret of the sixth string
and our middle finger will go on the
eleventh fret of the 3rd string this is
our second position and we're going to
pluck this on the end beat after the
three I want those two strings together
at the same time and then we're going to
slap on the four beat and then we'll
move down to our next shape which is the
exact same shape just two frets down on
the ninth fret and this is going to be
plucked on the ant bit after the four
and so far for the first bar we have
this one and two and three and four and
then for the next bar we simply have a
slap on that to be and our next chord
shape is going to be down here on the
seventh fret of the sixth string and on
the 8th fret of the 3rd string now we're
going to play that 8th fret with our
ring finger we're not going to play it
with our middle finger that's our next
chord shape that's played on the end
feed after the three then we have a slap
on the floor like we typically do and
then our next chord shape is going to be
exactly the same just two frets down so
now we're on the fifth fret and super so
altogether that first whole line will
sound like this one two and three and
four and one and two and three
for our third bar we just have our slap
on to beat and then our next shape is
going to be on the fourth fret of the
sixth and third strings and we're going
to use that index and middle fingers
yeah that's played on the ant bit after
the three similar to our other bars
we're going to slap the fall and then
we're going to move up to our chord
shape on the fifth fret and 6th fret
here on the end bit after the fall so
the third vowel sound like this one and
two and three and four and so our final
bar we're going to slap on the two and
then on the end bit after the two we're
going to go up to our chord shape here
on the 7th and 8th fret so the whole
second lighting sound like this one and
two and three and four and one and two
and three and four and now don't forget
there's always a percussive slap on the
to beat and the floor beat everything
else is sprinkled in between so that's
it for the full riff and its a prepaid
it over and over again so the full riff
in total two and three two three one two
and three one two and three and two and
three and one and two three three
and for and and a little bit faster and
now we get the pre-chorus and the
pre-chorus is going to start on our
shape here on the 5th and 6th fret
without index and ring finger the one
difference here is that we won't be
using our percussive slap on the to beat
for this first block so we're going to
be plucking this shape on the 1 B 2 B 3
B and then on the nth beat after the
three we're going to go up to our ninth
fret chord shape slap and then we're
going to go down to our 7th and 8th fret
chord shape on the end bit after the
fall so it sounds like this one three
and four and notice there's a slap on
the fall but not on the to be then on
the next bar going to pluck this seventh
and eighth fret board shape again on the
nth bit up the one there's a slap on the
two and then we're going to go up to our
13th fret of the 3rd string and open
threats of the sixth string we're going
to plug that on the end pin up the to
the end bit of three and then we're
going to slap and then quickly on the
end bit after the fall we're going to
have to go all the way back down to the
fourth fret chord shape which is played
with that index and middle finger so the
second bar will sound like this one and
two and three and four so you're gonna
have to get back to this forum thread
chord shape fairly fast after being up
here now that first full line is
repeated three times and in a loop it
should sound like this one three and
four and one and two and three
and one three and four and one and two
and three and then for our second line
we're going to start on this fifth fret
and 6th fret chord shape we're going to
be playing it on the first beat second
mate 3rd meet the end bit after the
three as well then we're going to be
slapping on the four bit then we're
going to go to the chord shape on the
7th and 8th fret and we're going to be
playing that on the n terminus of the
fall and then on the nth bit after the
one but to be the n-bit out the two and
then finally the freebie so for plucks
in a row and two and three so altogether
the second line sounds like this one
three and four and one and and three and
four and and that's it for the
pre-chorus I'm going to play a little
faster so you can hear what it sounds
like
three and four for the beginners out
there who want it easier court based
version or now teach you how to play
that now the guitar needs to be in
standard tuning and you will need a
taper on the fourth fret of your guitar
now the way that the chords work in this
song it's not as simple as just working
any odd strumming pattern into this song
but it's not so bad as long as you
follow the annotation up here so let's
start with the main riff which is used
in the verse in the chorus basically for
each chord that you see up here you're
going to be stopping at once where you
see an X that's going to be a percussive
mute to do that with the cords you don't
push anything down just slightly arrest
your fingers over the strings and just
strum like that and you'll get your
percussive slap or you can put the palm
of your strumming hand down on the
strings before you go for the strong and
that will give you the same effect as
well but you need to make sure that the
palm is in far enough in the bridge
otherwise you get a palm muted effect so
we're going to start with a C chord on
the one beat similar to the recorded
version we're going to have a mute on
each of the two beats and four beats so
go one and two and then our next chord
is a G /b it's the same as a G except
our base notice the 5th string we're not
going to keep the 6th string that's
played on the nth bit after three we
have a mute on the floor beat and then
we go to the a minor and bit up the four
one and two and three and four and then
we have another new on the next to beat
and then on the end beat after the three
we go to a g4 we have a new on the four
beat and then on the ant bed after that
for we have so that whole first line
will sound like this one two and three
two and three four
they're our next line we have a mute on
the to be and then on the end bit after
3 we have a/c /e now that's the same as
a C chord accepts you can hit bass note
and then we'll have a slap on the floor
beat we go back to earth on the entry
after four we have a slap on the to beat
and then we go to a G chord the entry
after the two and we end on the slap on
that next four beat now this might seem
a little complicated but as long as you
follow the annotations up here's and you
should be fine and make sure you know
where you are in terms of the count so
the total risk with the cord version
will sound like this one and two and
three and four one and two and three
four one two three four four and let me
just loop that over and over again now
we get to the pre-course and we just
have two lines of cords here the first
line is fit a minor G and C and then the
second line is just 10 and then she now
thankfully for this pre course we can
implement bit more of a strumming
pattern here which makes things a little
more easy the strumming pattern for the
first line is going to go down down down
up down up up down up up down up and one
more time down down down up down up up
down up up down up now you're going to
fit all four chords within that one
strumming pattern up here in the
annotations you'll see where each core
needs to change so for all of the chords
with the exception of the escort we're
going to be changing on up strums so be
sure to note that and the exact
locations are up here in the annotation
so for the first line it should sound
like this down down down
yeah in any succession
they're going to play that first line
three times and then we get to our
second line showing pattern is going to
be down down down up down up up down up
down the point at which you change the G
chord is highlighted up here and for
that second line also like this down and
down and pop now and a total the full
pre-chorus so now I'm going to be
playing through the verse pre-chorus and
chorus I'm going to do two playthroughs
one with the studio version and one with
the easy chord version we're going to
have a vocal track on top to some
context so play this back as many times
it's like to practice play along to it
and see how you do
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