Maggie May - Rod Stewart / Martin Quittenton | Guitar Lesson

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Learn how to play the guitar pieces for Maggie May as recorded by Rod Stewart, from the 1971 Every picture tells a story album. I'll cover the classical intro (written by Martin Quittenton), the acoustic 12 string rhythm parts, the electric leads, and throw in a little mandolin for good measure.

Thanks again to my neighbor Mike Orr for the mandolin loan!

Got a suggestion for a piece of a song to cover on an upcoming episode? Leave it in the comments, would love to hear ideas.

00:00 Solo demo
01:06 Introduction, what to expect
02:47 Classical Guitar "Henry" Intro
11:30 12 string acoustic intro & rhythm parts
16:47 Electric lead parts
20:32 Mandolin outro part
17:47 Harmonized crazy scale solo
21:35 Final Thoughts

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[BeatlesCentricUniverse]

I've never seen anyone nail the acoustic intro before! Wow!

[TheDonzim]

One of the best guitar teachers on YT. The way he teaches and the accuracy. Thanks for the lessons!

[soapy]

Finally after all these years someone who nails it 🎶✨👌

[desmay]

Never seen this song covered so well in a lesson. Thank you sir.

[johnross]

I absolutely went nope, and then you roped me back in. Thanks for a great lesson

[mikeorr]

Very nice! Cool to see my mandolin in action on your channel! Glad to help out!

[lyntaylor]

Best tutorial I've seen on Maggie may excellent

[fju]

Fantastic lesson! Nice touch to add the intro "Henry" piece too. And for the record, I bought my Mandolin for "Losing My Religion". I bought my 12-string for "Maggie May"!

[bobtomlin]

Man .... that was a great breakdown and demo of a song I have wanted to play for 50 years - Maggie I nailed many a decade ago but 'HENRY' you have made me a very happy old plinker !!! Thanks so much for that, man, great lesson 12 😎👍

[jimhenkel]

Thank you! I will work on this feverently. One of my favorites from ‘71 when I was a Freshman in HS.😂

[richardgillette]

No one on YouTube can wizard a tone as good as this guy.

[markdavis]

You are one super great teacher.You stay calm whike teaching..In my opinion this is very Important and I plan on playing Henry within this year of 2024..Thank you so very much.

[duke]

Wow. Great lesson and great song. I am learning it tonight! THX!!!

[jimkelehan]

Thank you for the video. My first time here. It has been a song I’ve wanted to learn since 1971!!

[coreymihailiuk]

Great lesson! Thanks for digging deep with all the fine details.

[tazanddo]

God bless you 12 Foot Chain. This was awesome!

[FilmFlam]

Great lesson! Glad I found your channel. Now subscribed. Been wanting to learn this great tune for decades.

[plaidman]

This is absolutely excellent! Couldn't have been done better. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers!

[johnm]

well done, best guitar lesson ever, thank you!!!

[anapaulacosta]

Thanks for The lesson, I was looking for it. Totally perfect!