Ed Sheeran – Photograph Guitar Lesson – Super Easy w/No Capo (VIDEO)
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I’ve got a great and easy song for you guys today. In this Photograph guitar lesson video, I will show you the simple 4 chords that make up this acoustic smash hit by Ed Sheeran.
In addition to that, I will demonstrate how to play the cool fingerstyle lick that opens the song.
Before we get started, you will need to make sure you are in the proper tuning. Ed Sheeran actually plays “Photograph” a couple different ways live. Sometimes he opts for a capo (this is probably how he recorded it as well), but other times he won’t use any capo at all and simply re-tunes one string on his guitar instead.
The tuning starting from the 6th string will be E A D E B E. So in other words, it is a standard tuning with the G string tuned down a minor 3rd to E.
This tuning will now enable all the chords to be super easy and also allow us to play the opening guitar lick easily as well.
Even though there are multiple parts to learn in Ed Sheeran’s “Photograph” (ie verse, pre-chorus, chorus, bridge), they all use the exact same 4 chords albeit in a different order each time.
So the real trick to getting everything memorized quickly is to simply remember the number of the fret each chord is played on and then memorizing the order of those numbers for each section. It will help you memorize it very quickly. If you have no trouble hearing which chord is next then that is even better!
The opening guitar lick is a simple fingerstyle lick played by alternating between fretted notes and open strings. It has a beautiful and open quality about it.
Since that opening is fingerstyle, you will want to strum the chords throughout the rest of the song without a pick as well. Ed Sheeran uses the back of his index finger’s nail to lightly brush the strings throughout the entire song. He is also dampening the strings by doing some pick-hand muting all the way until the 2nd chorus. I will demonstrate how to accomplish all of this easily in the video lesson.
Have fun with this acoustic smash hit from Ed Sheeran!
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2 ; 53 the TONE its not same like my guitar.. did you changed it??
Shitty song, great lesson
Those three last chords in the verse tho
So i tuned my G to 2nd fret D and it sounds pretty close but finger picking intro doesn't sound great for some reason. Any advice?
Acoustic ?
Great, broke my string.
Nice but where are the other chords in the intro where you pick out the notes?
Anyone or sir help me pls
Is this correct pattern..?
Verse -0975
Pre-chorus – 9607
Chorus – 0795
Is this correct pattern for each verse, chor, & Pre-chorus?
im trying and its not working 😕
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2:25
Thanks a lot
That's one of the easiest songs ever bet!
What are the four chords
My G doesn’t sound like yours
Is it just me or does the pre chorus chord progression sound exactly like the scientist by Coldplay
If you’re using the guitar tuna app tune down to 300, you’re welcome
To the people who don’t know how to tune it, here’s an idea:
From strings 6 to 1, it’ll be EADEBE
6th will be an E3, 5th will be an A2, 4th will be a D2, 3rd will be an E3 (sound the same as 6th string), 2nd will be a B3, & 1st will be a E4
If you still need an easy way to tune, download Guitar Tuna, and all these strings will be under a 12 string standard.
Hope this was useful
In my opinion, playing Photograph on the guitar sounds the best in DADGAD tuning