The Beatles Blackbird Acoustic Guitar Lesson + Tutorial

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[miked]

I saw Paul McCartney less than a month ago at Pinkpop and he asked who ever tried to learn Blackbird on guitar so alot of people cheered and then he said "Well you all got it wrong" and started to play, haha.

[guitarsurronsurfing]

I have learned this song to street preform and I got $110 thank you much

[rowenfara]

maybe an unpopular opinion, but i like that you show your mistakes instead of editing it out or like refilming that part. it makes me feel better knowing that you make mistakes as well, even at your level. thank you for the tutorial! it broke it down very well and i could understand it, even though this is the second riff ive learned.

[raidbt]

Why am I watching this. It’s 4 am and I don’t even own a guitar.

[raccooncafe]

Blackbird summarized in one word.

*warm*

[bradsmith]

A good friend of mine died at the young age of 18 back in the late 90's. This was one of the songs he was working on. It was one of his favorite all-time songs. I have told myself so many times that I should try to learn this, party to honor him, party to bring him back for a minute (tears). I have tried to learn this by ear and it is just so damned hard. Today I decided to see what the internet had in terms of..well...this. You broke this down so easily. Thank you, sir. I really do appreciate it. Somewhere Brian is listening and I hope he is smiling.

[aamantium]

By not over-editing these tutorials, it really moves a person along . It gives the learner a chance to pause wherever it is personally needed. This is hugely benefitial. Each part flows to the next, so when you backtrack, to polish a spot, the lesson picks right back up the moment you polish what you backtracked for. So, learning is far more seamless than most lessons.

[waldopacheco]

Marty, like a lot of people who start learning the guitar and quit, I too am a failed musician. Until i started watching your video I had never even tried fingerpicking. The way you broke it down was perfectly simple to follow along. You've made my Covid captivity productive and enjoyable not to mention musical.... Thank you.

[tendeck]

Hey Marty,
I’m learning this song for my Dad who just passed away recently.If there was a bigger Beatles fan in the world, I’d love to meet him.This lesson is helping me through the tough times and also making me realise I’m not as bad a guitar player as I thought I was.
Keep up the good work m8.
All you need is love
From Big John and wee John 👍🏻

[Whatserface]

Marty to Paul: it ain’t much but it’s honest work

[heromichaelgaming]

This is the best tutorial ever.

Ok so i resently started play guitar and my mum really liked people playing this song so i learnt a basic version of it and wanted to do better and you made so easy to learn so thank you


Edit: i just play blackbird to my kitten and it fell a sleep. Im so proud of my self right now

[extremeloco]

Man its been like 10 years since I was learning guitar with your tutorials, now i make my own stuff up mostly but really wanted to learn this one and bam! Nostalgia hitting hard. Missed you Marty!

[jameslavalla]

I never tackled this because I thought it was to difficult. You broke this down and made it easy. Thank you! Great lesson.

[chuckywinters]

Wish I had you to teach me when I was a kid. The only problem was computers or color TV weren't invented yet. I've wanted to learn that song for over 40 years now. Thanks to you Marty...I can finally play it! You're a great teacher...no doubt about it.

[promisededen]

01:33 Start
04:05 Second Part
06:09
07:45
11:16 Pattern
12:09
12:39
15:02 Pattern Second Part
18:13 Turn Around
19:19 Final Part
19:56

[chellarain]

Haven't wanted to even look at my guitar for two years. Randomly picked it up and you helped me learn this song in one hour. You do more for us than you know! Thanks, Marty!

[itstheBMAC]

Such a phenomenal tutorial, Marty! Thank you for this!

[jackiesmith]

No one could ever play it like Paul he wrote it he's been playing it for 50 years he's stamped his own spirit on the song!
its everlasting

[WestonNey]

As a guitarist of 15 years I still struggle with anything that require fine motor control and generally have to practice days on a song, but you had me playing a song I never thought I’d be able to play in 20 minutes! Thank you Marty!!!

[RobertoGonzalez-klit]

MARTY I LOVE YOU, 5 YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST PICKED UP THE GUITAR YOU WERE THE ONE WHO HELPED ME LEARNED AND SPARKED MY LOVE FOR MUSIC AND THE WHOLE ADVENTURE THATS COME ALONG WITH IT AND NOW IM PURSUING IT FULL TIME :) MUCH LOVE MARTY KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING