How to play road by nick drake

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Not easy to play or teach through a camera but I tried my best. Note that he doesn't play it this way every time during the song. There are a few different picking variations that I couldn't fit into a 10 minute video. But each of the main parts are there.
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@colin477 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for keeping these tutorial gems alive and well 14 years later! I frequent this video when I want to relearn after awhile

@KarijiniXpress 11 лет назад

You've made one of my dream songs a playable reality. Thank you very much sir!

@teenageanx9735 2 года назад

This lesson is an absolute godsend! I never thought I'd be able to play my favorite Nick Drake song cuz it sounded way too complex, but now I can and it's super fun to play too once you get that crazy pattern down. Thanks man, I owe ya one!

@GarethEvansYT 13 лет назад

@ThePonchogringo If you know how to play the song why are you trolling this vid? I checked your channel for the correct way to play and tune but wasn't there?! Go away, my videos are not for people who already know it all and have nothing to contribute. I may be wrong, I may not, I'm not discussing it with a troll. I may suck at tutorials but you, sir, suck at life.

@skyeskelter 8 лет назад

Dude I learned this song in a few hours thanks to you. Amazing

@KevinQualls 13 лет назад

Great Video! I just started listening to Nick and this is one of my favorites. You are the only one on youtube that I've found who is brave enough to teach this amazing song. Thanks.

@kipzinger 11 лет назад

I really appreciate your tutorials mate. I've been playing 2.5 years now and only just felt capable of tackling some Nick in the last couple of months, your videos have really helped. Keep up the good work!

@eddiegibba9017 11 лет назад

Thanks Gareth. I've been wanting to learn this song for a few years now, but thought it would be too tricky. After a couple of days of working with your tutorial, I've almost got it smoothed out. It is a tricky picking pattern, but your thorough way of explaining helped guide me along.

@lenfantdestoises3048 10 лет назад

I wasn't satisfy with the tabs i found on the net, your version is much more accurate. And not only your a good teacher but I also really enjoy your accent. Good job, thank you!

@gavindytham 10 лет назад

Beautiful song, brilliantly taught! Thank you!

@squirreIs 4 года назад

Yeah, I have listened to this particular song for years and years before the interweb. Now I will pass it on to some people who may find it useful, or at least useful with the tuning and all. I have often mentioned this piece as an example of wonderful guitar works. Thanks a lot. :)

@AlexandarSuperTramp 13 лет назад

the best online tutorial ive seen for Nick, you're legend man, please show me Which Will

@jackdemask4177 4 года назад

Excellent instruction. Thanks for posting this great song!

@GarethEvansYT 14 лет назад

@Skooma714 yeah i ran through the tuning change at 1 min into the video. You tune the 3rd string (G string) down to an E note, by fretting the 4th string (D string) on the 2nd fret and tuning the 3rd down to that note.

@xstuh75 11 лет назад

Many thanks Gareth. After listening to Nick Drake for ages, it's really cool to be playing it too. Ignore the trolls mate, you're helping loads of people here. Thanks for taking the time to make and post these videos.

@jedinaiit2345 2 года назад

There’s trolls?

@chancafer 14 лет назад

Thanks to this vid I'm working on right hand calluses, thought I'd only need them on the left! This is really a great tune and well taught, thanks for it.

@jasonemanuel9070 11 лет назад

thank you gareth,never dreamed i could play a nick drake tune,but your teaching style is mint!

@Maryonpark 11 лет назад

These really are excellent. I've learnt a hell of a lot from your videos. You Sir are something of a Guru! lol

@nvsfilmandmusic 10 лет назад

so simple...yet so complicated! really fun to play, thanks man

@davidrochon5949 3 года назад

Thanks so much! the way the middle section was broken down was extremely helpful

@GarethEvansYT 14 лет назад

@Miguelz1989 EADEBE Capo 2nd fret.

@GarethEvansYT 14 лет назад

@sleepyduo37 Hey, the guitar is a Yamaha LA-8.

@smartti1970 12 лет назад

THank You so much, by decomposing the various parts makes it so much easyer ..... Great Lesson ......

@fredericblanchi5602 11 лет назад

really impressive Gareth ! i wish i was gifted enough to play this song . good job man !

@patrickleonardallen 13 лет назад

Thanks a lot for this, and pay no attention to the mealy mouthed critics. I've been listening to this for twenty odd years. Now, with a new set of strings and ten minutes with your vid I'm playing one of the all time classics. You are a star (and a fellow scouser too perhaps?)!

@tomjovis 7 лет назад

This is really accurate on right hand, thanks. More fluidity and less stress on fingers however if you tune the 4th string also up to E. So, EAEEBE- nice one finger workout and focus on vocals this way. I bet this is how he played it.

@groundcrew9066 5 лет назад

@Mad Dog Fifi lol

@BenRachmian 12 лет назад

Thank you so much!! You really helped me

@rachnikagoyal8628 11 лет назад

thankyou :) i'm finally able to play the song!

@lesleyyoungmusic5305 8 лет назад

Thanks, you demystified this song for me.

@natclare9885 Год назад

Great stuff.Thanks a lot for sharing.

@PeterOzanne 11 лет назад

Well done Gareth. I have always played it like this, and was curious about pedantic ponchogringo's alternate tuning (which seems to be borrowed from John Martin DGDDAD = EAEEBE ), so I tried it, and although it works fine, there is ONE note that is not playable - in the instrumental, after "see me through", the 3rd note - the open d-string - would not be playable if that string was tuned up to E. QED! I'm hoping to go to TIA this year, but my playing and singing are a bit ropey.

@iluvguildguitars 9 лет назад

What make and model guitar is that bro? It sounds great for finger style playing. Great lesson, btw.

@melodel2 14 лет назад

When playing and singing this song, should it sound like the guitar part is a bit slower than the rhythm of the words? sort of like off-beat?

@civiliankaiser24 13 лет назад

THANK YOU!!

@marceloscoelho 11 лет назад

thanks for the videos!

@lovelbilus 10 лет назад

And I also call for the request of Hazey Jane 1. Other than that, thank you for your existence kind man! I don't know what else to say..thank you for everything.

@p.b.palaciosalmafuerte3463 4 года назад

You doing great✌

@rupertacdc 14 лет назад

awesome video thanks so much

@steevew 9 лет назад

Excellent tutorial. Thanks for upload ++

@jeffjeeves6337 10 лет назад

Nice playing,very easy to follow,do you think this could be played on a 5 string banjo?.

@KphexTwin00 7 лет назад

so good.

@jessewebb6502 4 года назад

Hey there. I've been practicing this song from what you've shown here but I'm confused. The 2nd section. I've written the tab out as you go through it note by note but when you play the part in it's entirety it's played differently to how you explain it. I think part of it is repeated but I can't work out where. So I've been learning it wrong. I think you do mention something about a section repeating but you don't mention which bit, or it's not that clear to me.

@BluesManPeich 12 лет назад

Thanks for this.

@frankjamesbonarrigo7162 7 лет назад

The more I learn nicks songs the more I realize his stuff was very simple but effective.

@gerry5468 11 лет назад

good job man...nick oten tuned to some really weird ones, this one seems simple, for him, i read he actually would sometimes tune a lower string higher than a higher string...just changing one string on an instrument soes so much...ive used DADGAD for years playing trad Irish/fingerstyle....ive just started using the b down to a,eadgae lotta nice stuff...ive really grown to appreciate what a great guitarist nick was

@Indigo1218 10 лет назад

Thank you thank you!

@abusabsi 11 лет назад

bellissima!!! complimenti...thanks

@willstone7451 4 месяца назад

Great cover, beautifully nuanced.

@willstone7451 4 месяца назад

Also love the tone of your guitar. this was the first ND song I learned way back in the last century but your version is far more polished. Bravo Mr Evans.

@northernwaves 6 лет назад

thank you !!

@SAMDARBY123 13 лет назад

Hey, is there any sheet music or tab online? I need it to be able to transmit this song for GCSE.

@Stallion0157 13 лет назад

@ThePonchogringo I have tried it in DGDDAD and this version is more accurate, the "bridge section isn't playable properly in DGDDAD as far as I can see.

@WMrSoul 3 года назад

Thank You!

@YorkshirePiper 2 года назад

I've wondered forever, what model yam is this? In hopes your reply Gareth 🍷

@SimplyCecileP 14 лет назад

You have done a great job. This song just makes me feel good and I had to learn it. Nick drake is one of my favorites right now and learning his songs would really help me develop my fingerstyle playing some more. You are a great help. A huge thank you!

@jackrevy2397 10 лет назад

are you from middlesbrough by any chance Gareth?

@Skooma714 14 лет назад

So it is the standard tuning with a string down a couple steps?

@efcgarv 14 лет назад

@issystardust thinnist E B stay the same and you just tune G down to E D down to B A down E and top is thickest E down to B basically all down mate....

@oriole2 12 лет назад

Nice tutorial..thanks..Yeh, its the correct tuning, there is a school of thought that say its DGDDAD (capo 4th fret), but its not actually possible to play the second section accurately with that tuning. DACDAD (capo 4th) would be the same.

@joachim8202 4 года назад

Hi Gareth! Such a great vid, thanks so much. Was wondering though, would you be able to describe the right hand movement, say for the first 16 notes? I'm having a little difficulty finding out the best way to play it and would love your input. Thanks so much!

@joachim8202 4 года назад

Actually maybe more than the first 16 notes would be great haha!

@griffinslack Год назад

I think he's using pinky in the video but I'm gonna learn it without the pinky and the thumb playing two bass notes like some of drake's other songs and I'll let you know if it works out

@joachim8202 Год назад

@@griffinslack cool thanks!

@Bassist10288 12 лет назад

This got me learning the song in about ten minutes. Thanks pal

@dannyhancox 10 лет назад

Thank you! That is all

@simonthomson9640 2 года назад

Thanks!

@southwold 5 лет назад

HI ....GARETH...WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO DO A VIDEO OF NICK DRAKES THREE HOURS...MANY THANKS PHIL

@homeslice5787 10 лет назад

this strumming pattern makes me want to snap my guitar in half

@gabelogan56 6 лет назад

Yeah i find it easier and still fun to get all the fingerings and hammer-ons down and then just kinda wing it by ear. Still sounds good! Like a drunken Nick Drake

@joalco3 4 года назад

decided to try this as my second ever song on guitar... f

@colin477 3 года назад

Leonardo da Vinci how was it??

@joalco3 3 года назад

@@colin477 Wow 2 months have gone by, Im still perfecting the picking pattern, but it actually kinda sounds like Road now!!

@joalco3 3 года назад

@@colin477 quick tip if anyone is in a similar situation, start with Horn!

@goodnitesteve 14 лет назад

I like your guitar man, what's the make of it?

@svalbard01 5 лет назад

3:13 I was just thinking "Jeeeezus, slow down!" Freakin' mind reader, man. LOL.

@jorze79 8 лет назад

Thanks for this! it's a fucking mind boggling right hand work out

@afriendisalessontobelearned 9 лет назад

Sick tommy tee there bud :)

@PeterOzanne 11 лет назад

Hey, Gareth's picking may not be exact (neither's mine always, though I play a lot of Drake!), but I checked out your alternate tuning - which works fine. The "John Martin" - type DGDDAD = EAEEBE, one string different from Gareth's. BUT: one note in N.D.'s recording which cannot be played properly with the 4th string tuned same as the 3rd. In the instrumental, after "see me through", the 3rd note is open 4th in Gareth and Nick - in yours it would have to be fretted at 5 on 5th. No big deal :)

@jedinaiit2345 2 года назад

Wow 9 years ago. Trying to follow what you’re putting down.

@MikeHudsontek 12 лет назад

great

@kenjitaira926 Год назад

Feel like there is so much into interpretation when it comes to this song. Nick played it roughly as you can hear on the recording, and I would imagine if nick could chime in he would say as much.

@josh_wood_music 11 лет назад

where are you from?

@jimmlygoodness 6 лет назад

Does anyone know if he is using his ring finger to pick with also? Or is he just using his index and middle fingers?

@hendrixinfinity3992 5 лет назад

He does but if it's awkward the embellishments can be done with the middle.

@Momnahalf 12 лет назад

I just bought a guitar and I have got to try this

@DjNikGnashers 3 года назад

Have you managed to learn it yet ?

@ericjohnson3488 8 лет назад

can any body please explain the tune down more? ive rewinded it and watched him explain several times but I just dont understand what hes explaining.

@thesiameseelectric 6 лет назад

I know this is old, but if you're in standard tuning, tune your 3rd string down to E. Nick played many of his songs in lower tunings (CGCFGE - Place To Be, CGCFCE - Pink Moon, Parasite, BEBEBE - From the Morning), so you could also tune this one down a whole step - DGCDAD - with the capo on the 4th fret if you're playing a lot of his tunes...makes it easier to tune to each song. Nick didn't have digital tuners in his day, nor did he have to tune to any other instrument on this album, save the piano on Pink Moon (it might have been tuned a half step down, which would explain most of his guitar tunings - they are in between notes). So if you try to play with him, tune down a half step more. Hope that helps:)

@skookum31 12 лет назад

Very well done! ND songs always give me chills and make my eyes wet.

@fivethumbsfrank 13 лет назад

@G0liath1012 Very well said, your response to the troll is as good as your tutorials.

@jedinaiit2345 2 года назад

Wow. This song stumped me in the nineties. No amount of micro brew or methamphetamine ever got me close. Thank you!!

@mqddin Год назад

i can play it now after my g string broke twice. ty ;)

@jasonemanuel9070 11 лет назад

ha ha just read your resonse to the troll comment,quality gareth,quailty!

@GarethEvansYT 13 лет назад

@SAMDARBY123 type w w w then the following - chrish.ndo.co.uk

@blacklodgecooper9328 4 года назад

Your voice could do with being a bit louder in your videos matey. Straining to hear you.

@flora.cvdesign 9 лет назад

great tutorial, thank you! it would be even beter if you could speak louder

@RayzaEFC 8 лет назад

+Flora Vianna Always one isn't there

@Bassist10288 12 лет назад

@flaviodelespacio He does not

@timstar5150 5 лет назад

Great rendition but it's far less complicated than that. It's DGDDAD capoed at the 5th fret. This is the correct tuning and capo position after doing much research and reading the biography which has info about every song and its tuning in the end section of the book.