How to Learn ANY Song 

This lesson has got to be a lot of WOW moments for a lot of people. Well done Sean. The tip about 5 and 7 equaling 12 blew me away

Who had Sean breaking out a TooL riff on their bingo card? ❤ Great lesson!

Great point about going backwards 😮

So thanks to you Sean, I changed my strings to Elixir's. I doubt I will ever put nay others on my acoustic guitar. They sound amazing! I'm only about 4 months into playing, and I can tell the difference, in a big way!

Thanks for sharing how to learn a song quickly by playing a single bass note usually the root note which can represent any complicated chord sounds [ major, minor, dim, etc).

This is a particularly helpful lesson Sean, thanks so much.

Got me a new set of lixers day fore yesterday.

Thanks Sean ... This has been very helpful. Keep up the great work!!

Great lesson. Thanks Sean.👍

Thank you for another great lesson. Very helpful!!

Sean!!! Man that was so spot on- you explained it so perfectly for me, made me really start connecting the dots with progressions/ charting and Basic theory THANK YOU!! 🤘

Once again ,just when I was about to set my guitar on fire , I am back in the game ! ThankYou Sean !

I can't emphasize how much this short video has taught me. thanks a lot!!

Great lesson

an Amazing lesson

whilst this is excellent, what would make it better, would be to take a billie ellish (or whatever) song and break it down using this technique.

Great double lesson of how to write songs too

Thanks

What works for me best when trying to identify the key is: 1. listen to the song 2. hum a constant note along with the song 3. find that note on the guitar 4. whatever chord fits, major or minor, that's your key! Why humming the note? If you are not super proficient in quickly identifying what note fits best on your fretboard like our Sean here, you are most likely much more experienced in humming instinctively the root note of the song's key. Then, finding what you are humming is much easier.

Damn. 🍺🍺🍺 another awesome trick/tip you’ve presented, going up a string to get the 1-4-5 ? I could have kept trying to Learn guitar for the rest of my life without finding out this tip. Thanks again for all you do!! Now I can get 1-3-5 or really any progression with a new thought process/map.. same with just simply finding the single note on the fretboard more easily like G-C-D backwards to B by just going back a fret from the C note on the a string. I’m still processing the 5 to 10 fret and then back down the fretboard. But I’ll get t here,, thanks to you,,, and a little practice on my part 🎼🎼🎼🍺🍺

It’s really good to see you do a guitar lesson again. It’s always feels resolved. I realize that you have expanded your channel to be more of an entertainment channel and that is fine but it’s really good to return home. Wishing you continued success and thanks for your channel.

I always learn something from your videos, Sean, this time thinking of a minor root as the 6th chord of the relative major key. So obvious when you know, so why have I never thought of that before?? Thanks!

Park a sedan/steely Dan in compact/pop space! Gr8 tips mahalo

Something that may help narrow down the key in a song is that a good many popular songs are usually in one of a few keys... A, E, D, G (the people's key), and C for example. Good lesson 🤘 I use a similar method to figure out basslines

Best lesson in a long while.

What guitar are you playing. I love the sound!

Nice guitar

This actually works if you put the time in

Where's the guitar you discovered at Martin?

ha! ha! very entertaining yeah cats are cool 😃 i want to make a slide show for my art, and this video is quick and simple I just have to learn how to import music and art images and how to render 🤔 I'm new to da vinche 😇

Would u reaction the play gitar from Indonesia Alip ba ta With title of the song the last of mohican 🙏🙏

What do you have against Steely Dan?

I was always very unsuccessful with this super easy two-step method: 1. Find out the key of the song. 2. Then play the rest of the song. Easy, peasy.

What if a song is in an alternate tuning. Listen to Eric Taylor. See if you can figure out one of his songs. Good video by the way.

I thought you sounded better today, you are playing a Yamaha!😅

I only came here to say that I tried this with Steely Dan Songs and it doesn't work. Oh and I also came to complain because Sean still hasn't answered my question in the comments for the Positive Grid Live demo he did. 😪

Get the key and consult the circle is what I’ve been doing to mild success

Hi Sean, great stuff, but..... doesn't work with Radiohead....😅

Heart is willing, the mind is weak

Start with nursery rhymes and work up from there....😊

You have great videos . . . BUT!! . . . moving from thicker strings to thinner strings across the neck is moving UP! Not down. Moving from the nut toward the bridge along the strings is moving UP! Not down. "Up" means moving from lower notes to higher notes. "Down" means moving from higher notes to lower notes. Nothing else. Otherwise, great session.

You talk way too much!!

Great lesson