How to Play 'Drive' by Incubus on Guitar

Mahalo guitarist Brandon Slavinski teaches you how to play "Drive" by Incubus!

Each guitar player and new guitar student develops their own personal style and form as they learn to play over time. Developing some technical skills, like an understanding of tablature, and perhaps studying music theory, notation and rhythm are all important to becoming an accomplished musician. How quickly a certain student learns the guitar will also depend on individual talent and personal dedication to the craft. Practicing songs that are familiar and fun to play for friends can be a motivational inspiration for many guitar students.

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[HoweyDamus]

you guys .. if you cant play it...dont insult the teacher. if you know how to mute strings and what the chords are it sounds perfect

[dartstefan]

tnx man! I tried to learn this song from the GuitarPro tabs, and nothing seams to sound good. But your version is great! its simple and its very easy :) really good tutorial :D

[boyutip]

the hard version is more likely the sounds of incubus.great tutorials.thanks for free lesson

[greengoblin]

I have no idea what people are complaining about this sounds really good, I like how it sounds.

[michaelnunn]

Just thought I would post as believe the following is how the main progression is actually played in correct positions.
Pick Open Low E then 7th fret A.
Strum down & Up Open E, 7th fret A, 9th fret D, Open G, 8th fret B, Open E
Pick 7th fret A 
Strum down 7th fret A, Open D, 7th fret G & B, Open E
Pick 3rd fret A twice
Strum down & Up 3rd fret A, 5th fret D, 4th fret G, 5th fret B, Open E
Pick Open A
Strum only 5th fret D, 4th fret G, 5th fret B Open E
Pick 3rd fret Low E

[eldadmi]

thanx! finally i learned this awesome song! great lesson

[TyrondaG]

Nice tutorials dude. Really helpful!

[EagleSix]

In the pre-chorus, I think the second A is more like a A7. If you listen to the original, it sounds a little sloppy or something like that.

[tswear]

this is by far the less complicated hard version of this song. try playing 075770 as a beginner...not. thank you for breaking down the strums and going through all the parts of the song in detail. love it. wil be looking for others by you. ;)

[watchercloud]

Great song, great teacher. nice job dude =)

[listifisti]

oh fuck hes gonna sing? (written as soon as i read the comments) to be truthful, this guy does the best guitar tutorials on youtube imo.

[PoorJusta]

thanks for the lesson. you u should use a neck that has the fretts marked for instructional purposes i think its easier to follow

[devondelorme]

it sound good enough to me. why are people hating? this is about sharing music and teaching people! there is no write and wrong way to play a song. it sounds good with you singing the song then its right. there hundreds of ways to play the same song ya idiots.

[Deviouslycute]

Is it possible to put up the finger positions because the description is going by really fast... But this is the simplest explanation of this song and I really want to learn

[blake]

Great sounding guitar man... what is it?

[nomermaat]

Kahit iba ang chords ok lng yan depende sa nag dadala ng kanta.. yan ang tunay na magaling

[dklopp]

Thanks I just need help on keeping the tempo and beat any ideas on how I can to make it easier.

[NisheezyMaximus]

On the pre-chorus, an A7 sounded a lot better to me than an AMaj. Just a thought. Great video though, I subbed.

[reptaryay]

i disagree, i think using **E-muted A (3rd fret) D (5th fret) G (4th fret) B (open) e (open)** as the third chord in the progression sounds way more clean and easy to get to than what you did. anyone else agree?

[nishantmahajan]

great quick tutorial.. thanks a lot :)