Classical Gas - Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson

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Well... here it is. My #1 most requested fingerstyle song of all time. CLASSICAL GAS by Mason Williams. This is no easy tune but it's super-satisfying to play and worth putting in the effort to get it down. You can download the TAB by clicking the link below.

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[kckrazy]

I've gone over several different lessons of this song and yours is the most polished and complete! Thank you and wish me luck!

[ltb]

Thank you very much. This is the version I need. I began work off two others, but this one sounds the closest & your explanation & demonstration are great!

[OZHKAR]

Thank you for teaching it so detailed and part for part, I'll be visiting this video multiple times because it's a very challenging song

[jamesh]

One of my favourite guitar songs. I look forward to this challenge. Thanks for doing this one Nate.

[lmug]

This is just a great lesson, and I thoroughly enjoyed your playing of the entire song at the end. Thanks!

[IcelandAdventures]

just wow... trying to give it a run too ! super appreciated

[tomsheehy]

Awesome, thank you, gonna need to save this one for later, will need a serious chunk of time for this!

[Sorokin_Serge]

I think it is just the best tutorial on the web. So calm and detailed. Thanks a lot!

[jimmrvos]

I love the lesson Nate! You've got a terrific teaching style - it's very patient and easy to follow.

[roberttrautwein]

A comprehensive lesson into this classic. Thank you for your work in explaining how it works. I may get a tab from Musicnotes to get some hard copy for this piece.

[davidpera]

Excellent Nate! Yes, I enjoy fingerstyle playing.

[JeremiasKrugly]

This is fantastic! I will be following you going forward - and I will be supporting through Patreon - or whatever! You hit just the right note(s) for me. Many thanks from Sweden!

[dieselman]

thanks nate great tune went through alot of videos before coming back to you its top notch work nate thank you for helping every one with this great lesson, much appreciated its gona take me a month of at least an 1.5 hours a day to get it down and then build up the speed you need to programme it first in your brain or your hands wont know wat to do :) anyway great job take care and cheers from

[Noitisnt-nsmo]

Before this, I "kinda" learned "Pancho and Lefty" ( that someone kindly tabbed/noted and demonstrated). That scarred me, but it got easier. I tried Bob Dylan's "Tangled Up In Blue" ( In the key of G - His "White Face" concert.), and that left me on the side, like road kill. So, if you could break that down, with it's horrendous 16th note strumming that Bob does, that would be awesome. Super good job on this "Classical Gas", I'm getting close, but not nearly fast enough. - ( I am a year late on my comment.)// PS, another great one is "Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning", I like Macyn Taylor's simpler version, but of course you can't beat Richard Thompson, and Sean Rowe is a soul singer and kills it. // Much appreciate this song, thanks.

[lucky_]

What's the note played at 7:53 after the A minor chord between the D(3) and E(2)?

[Dragons]

I discovered this channel today and you taught pretty good!

[videogeekin]

“ I met Mason in 2003, most people don’t know on the recording he doubled the lead nylon string with a 12- string acoustic guitar. Also most people don’t know that he was predominantly a comedy writer and had written many other songs( classical as well as comedy tunes)while working on ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’ show.”

[larrygreen]

Anyone know where I can find the tab for THIS lesson? Thanks.

[jesusninja]

Why did you leave out the intro? I'm assuming most lessons on this site are the same key so I could just add it? Thanks for this I was looking for a simpler lesson without the bar chords. Have small hands so it's difficult to get them down for now.

[Dio-ordy]

Wow...this is awesome! Why do you have so less subscribers?