This week I'm going to show you how to play "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran, exactly the way he plays it. This famous fingerpicking song uses some easy chord shapes and the strum slap technique (just like in the song "Love Yourself").
I transcribed the song from the album recording ([ Ссылка ]) and from this studio session ([ Ссылка ]). When he plays it, he obviously doesn't play it the exact same way every time, but I think I managed to extract the essence of what he's doing in the live studio recording quite accurately so now you'll be able to learn to play this song exactly like Ed!
"Thinking Out Loud" Sheet Music/TAB no longer available due to copyright issues, but I have something even better!
► FULL PLAY-THROUGH (entire song, start to finish) available on my Patreon page:
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► Need help with the basic chords and strumming? My beginner guitar course will help you build a solid foundation one step at a time: [ Ссылка ]
► My Fingerstyle course covers everything from beginner to intermediate (and even a bit of advanced) in a practical, song-learning sorta way:
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► "Barre Chords Made Easy" shows you a gradual path from the power chord (a simple barre chord anyone can play) to the real deal: [ Ссылка ]
► And don't forget to grab your copy of my free eBook: [ Ссылка ]
Other Ed Sheeran guitar lessons you might be interested in:
"Thinking Out Loud" (Fingerstyle) - [ Ссылка ]
"Thinking Out Loud" Electric Guitar Solo - [ Ссылка ]
"I See Fire" (Intermediate Fingerstyle) - [ Ссылка ]
"Perfect" (SUPER Easy Beginner Fingerstyle) - [ Ссылка ]
"Photograph" (Easy Chords & Strumming) - [ Ссылка ]
"Happier" (Fingerstyle) - [ Ссылка ]
"Shape of You" (Easy Chords & Strumming) - [ Ссылка ]
"A-Team" (Percussive fingery-strummy sorta thing) - [ Ссылка ]
"Castle On The Hill" (Fast strumming) - [ Ссылка ]
"Lego House" (Thumb + Finger style) - [ Ссылка ]
"Everything Has Changed" (Straight up strumming) - [ Ссылка ]
"Give Me Love" (Strumming w/ Embellishments) - [ Ссылка ]
The chords are pretty simple for the most part so it's the strumming and fingerpicking that will probably require most of your attention. He combines a few methods (strumming in various ways, fingerpicking, string smacking) and uses them all quite fluidly so be sure to take your time and carefully learn the movements if you want this to sound its best! The one technique I'd recommend brushing up on (or learning) is string smacking - here's a video where we go over that (and there are some play-along tracks you can try out as well) - [ Ссылка ]
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