Sting - Shape of My Heart Guitar Lesson

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In this Shape Of My Heart guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play this beautiful song written by Sting and guitarist Dominic Miller it its entirety.

The tuning is standard tuning, E A D G B E.

The gorgeous main riff is played fingerstyle and has a hypnotic quality about it. I will be demonstrating multiple ways to play this riff. As I state in the video, Dominic originally played this riff in a higher position of the guitar when he first recorded it. After that, when he played the song live, he changed the location of where he played the riff for multiple reasons.

I will show you how to play both versions so you can decide which version is the best for you.

I will take you through each section of the song in the order that each appears on the original recording.

The guitar I am playing in this video is a 2015 Cedar Double Top made by Fritz Mueller.

Have fun learning this amazing song by Sting and guitarist Dominic Miller! Carl...

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[jamisonc]

2:49 Explanation of placement (studio)
3:16 Phrase 1
6:28 Phrase 2
8:24 Phrase 3
10:56 Review

11:43 How it’s played now (live)
14:25 Altered chord

16:43 Transition
17:50 Bridge
22:07 Ending

I’m kinda shocked you haven’t done this song yet! Beautiful song on a beautiful guitar

[mimoochodom]

Beautiful. Dominic Miller .World's most underrated guitarist.

[yugdails]

Holy shit Carl doing the legendary Sting riff. Almost surprised you don’t have a video on this yet. Love you Carl. You taught me so much especially when I was starting. Your worth as a musician and teacher could never be represented in numbers. You’ve provided free and straightforward music education to millions of people.

[joelvalencia]

Finally! I've always wanted to learn this riff but im sure it'd be best broken dowm and explained by the best. Thanks again for taking my request Carl and much love😊

[swjsjwv]

Carl, it’s so funny how your uploads always seem to coincide with songs I’m into at the time. Love love love this track, it’s beautiful! Can’t wait to watch your lessons a million times!

[Ivan-msgc]

“Everybody laughed but you” off the same album would be an awesome song to learn as well thank you Carl 🙏🏻

[sven-erikrose]

Nice to see you bring out your classical guitar skills!

[sancigonz]

Thank so much for all you do on youtube.

[moonriseillusion]

Ty Carl, I'm finally gonna learn this one, It's a must 🙏🏻

[israguitarra]

I used to play that song long long time ago when I used to play classical meaning I totally forgot, so I think I’m gonna play this back on . Thanks you so much for the lesson

[Miktouz]

OMG CARL it’s been a min since I’ve watched a video of yours! 5-6 years ago I subscribed and started learning guitar just by watching your videos. Today I’m playing in a band and have a lot of live performances. So I wanted to say I appreciate your videos and really kind way of explaining and teaching guitar. Rock it out 🎸 ❤

[Skibidigamerplays]

Dude I would make my day so much better if you made a video on any GWAR song so please blow this up so he sees this

[aerosmith]

Dominic is a genius, thanks Carl would love to see more avenged sevenfold 🤘🤘

[UmarKhan-iwmd]

Learned first 14 Notes of the intro today ☺️🤟

[Transtaganu]

Great job. I would love to see you tackle the steve lukather's solo on this song included on the 6 string theory album by Lee Ritenour. Keep up the good work.

[irfangurame]

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[davehall]

Absolutely wonderful summary..so clearly done..and explained...thanks Carl...

[mikayalfaisal]

Slave to the Grind please Carl! Love your lessons, keep doing what you've been doing!

[turanyaqublu]

I forgot that I had my YouTube’s playback speed at 0.75 and thought you were just high out of your mind 😂😂😂

[christophergrewe]

Best lesson! Thanks for doing this lesson…. love this song!