Guitar lesson for HARVEST by Neil Young (w/ easy + advanced strum)

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Hello, friends! New lesson today teaching you the Neil Young classic "Harvest", released on his album of the same name in 1972. This is a song that uses the same repeating 8-measure progression for the entire song, though that can make it sound deceivingly simple. This is especially the case if you're trying to capture Neil Young's nuanced strum, which took me quite a while to get the hang of.

As usual, I'll teach you chord shapes & the progression, while also walking you through 3 strumming options (a basic strum, intermediate strum, and "full" advanced strum) to be sure you're covered, no matter your skill level. I'll also teach you how to play the instrumental verse, with a tab included both in my video and in my 4-page song sheet.

Video timestamps:

- 0:00 Preview & Lesson Summary
- 1:40 Strumming Patterns
- 5:27 Chord Shapes
- 9:34 Verse Tab (Basic Strum)
- 11:31 Verse Tab (Adv. Strum)
- 14:37 Instrumental Verse Tab
- 19:17 Full Playthrough

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[mikeponcia]

love it! i practiced the Harvest inspired lesson for a few weeks prior which made learning this much easier. Love anything by Neil Young!!

[garypeters]

Thanks, I’m a beginner and love they way you explain and keep it simple!

[douglaskilpatrick]

Fantastic lesson I have been looking for the instrumental part for a long time. Thank you

[stevethomson]

Thank you Dave, I can’t really keep up with you but just love learning some of these things that really makes my journey interesting!

[barryemerson]

Thanks for the lesson. The Bm will definitely be the tricky one for me. Appreciate the tips on how to tackle it. Will have to give this one a try!

[waynecaswell]

Another great Neil Young song. Thanks very much. Can you do Like a Hurricane acoustic version.
Glad to hear you can do the lessons full time. You do great and have earned it. Keep the great lessons coming.

[andrewalbers]

Has anyone ever told you you look like Ewan Mcgregor? Great vid

[stevejarvis]

Hi David, great lesson thank you, I just bought your pdf’s of Hotel California, Shallow & Romeo & Juliet and they extremely well done and easy to follow for beginner-intermediate. Can I suggest Unstoppable by Sia? I don’t know why but the tune is in my head, there’s a couple of lessons on YT but I like your layout Cheers

[soaringeagle]

I bet you can make a kick-ass video lesson on Hard Luck Woman by Kiss arranged for one acoustic guitar 😉

[philipnixon]

Nice thanks!! What was that sneaky A fingering you do at about 10mins? 🙏

[MDWavemaster]

We need a NY tutorial for Cry Me a River. Heh. jk, 😜

[cecilwalley]

Sorry but can’t support anything by Neil Young!Like your tutorials !