Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay | Breakdown + Guitar Lesson

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In today's breakdown and guitar lesson we learn how to play "Needle in the Hay" by Elliott Smith. This is an early stripped down song which has a fascinating guitar part and arrangement. Elliott was a master of melodic guitar writing, often including the vocal melody inside the guitar part. He also was a master at recording parts quickly and cleanly,

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Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Demo
02:45 Breakdown
04:39 Recording Trickery
05:46 Melody in the Guitar
06:34 Guitar Part (Diads)
08:31 Full Chords
09:56 Lesson