Again....wow...making the seemingly difficult (to my ear and ability to sort out) into something simple and magical. I love your lessons. And your choices.
Dear James J****.... Not only do you consistently chose such great songs to do. Not only is your explanation on HOW to do the song so spot on. Your commentary about the song, artist is just right for me. Love you man (Budweiser commercial guy). You should have been 4 hours east of Rochester....Beautiful Albany NY!!!! We would've have a great time.
I saw AMERICA far after their prime…. 2002 or so…. Only concert i could afford front row seats to…….. they ROCKED sandman. .. upstate ny…. Loaded up on genesee beer…
Love your no nonsense approach to song chord explanations......many other channels actually over complicate their tutorials ....you keep it simple
Dewey Bunnell - king of the 2 chord songs!
Nice lesson, I've always aligned this song with Summer Breeze, around the same vintage, just feel good summer songs. Cool!
Again....wow...making the seemingly difficult (to my ear and ability to sort out) into something simple and magical. I love your lessons. And your choices.
Dear James J****.... Not only do you consistently chose such great songs to do. Not only is your explanation on HOW to do the song so spot on. Your commentary about the song, artist is just right for me. Love you man (Budweiser commercial guy). You should have been 4 hours east of Rochester....Beautiful Albany NY!!!! We would've have a great time.
Great lesson. Your strumming is awesome. You have a great ear and ability to translate it to your strumming.
Thanks for another great lesson JJ.
Hi James, I really enjoy all your lessons. Thanks for all you do. I love your focus on rhythm guitar. Jack
Love that acoustic, great ring to it!
the D chord thing is a Dmaj7.
Living in Ventura California I’ve always liked this song. 👍
Thanks, James, For All That You Do !
I saw AMERICA far after their prime…. 2002 or so…. Only concert i could afford front row seats to…….. they ROCKED sandman. .. upstate ny…. Loaded up on genesee beer…
America is known for a few songs but that had so many great songs and albums that are very underrated.
what a great band.
This song is California to me.
You have beautiful guitars great collection great work as well
James my old hands don’t move that fast lol
Great song you should sing more James sometimes you got to sang
i love his voice, but keep in mind his videos are mainly instructional as opposed to for entertainment. :) just my two cents
Agreed. Good voice going on here.
yuu sing that purdy guud bro
Excellent
For the "G" chord, I sometimes play it like you're playing an Fmaj7, and slide it up two steps. Just strum those bottom 4 strings. Sounds really good.
always come back to jj...
Dmaj7 to G then G to Dmaj7 then the "melissa" chord then Em7
It's a G6.
@@jamesjames9275it's F# m11 for the "Melissa" chord.
“ Yes ,when you add a E note to a G chord it becomes G6.”
NICE
Now I’m irritated I left my guitar at my cottage. Now I have to wait until Tuesday night to try this.
Dmaj7
James just how many guitars do you have?
Too many for my skill level.
What "key" is this song in?
I thought I heard him say E minor.
D
trop vite !
what kind of shirt is that?
That strumming reminds me of Pinball Wizard. In a way.
The jangly acoustic tone as well, I hear it.
Your still awesome young man ?
Awesome, yes. Young, no.
Awesome song, need to know the strum patterns
That’s not something I could explain.
D major 7
Dmaj7
Dmaj7
Dmaj7
Dmaj7
which he has used a zillion times....simple brain lock. happens