How to play Habits by Gary Clark Jr on guitar pt 2 Strumming and Hybrid Picking

In this follow-up lesson, we’ll continue refining how we play “Habits” by Gary Clark Jr. I had a few people ask me how he strummed the song on the Joe Rogan Experience, so I made this lesson. We’ll also briefly cover how GCJr plays the song with hybrid picking.


0:00 Welcome
0:38 Fingerstyle vs Hybrid Picking
1:42 Intro and Verse Playthrough
2:22 Verse: Chords
3:38 Verse: Rhythm
5:00 Chorus
6:11 Bridge
6:36 Interlude
7:01 Outro
7:43 Outro Playthrough
8:28 Last Time Through Progression
8:51 Fmaj9, NOT Fmaj13! Sorry, brain fart…
8:57 Full Name vs Simplified Name
9:20 E Major
9:38 Single Note Intro
10:03 Thoughts? Comments? Snide Remarks?
10:30 Zach Galifianakis and Thank You!

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