Daydream Believer Guitar Lesson

Hey guitar enthusiasts, welcome back. In this lesson video we're going to be going over Daydream Believer by the Monkeys. Let's get into the guitar lesson.

So this song is more of like a late beginner to early intermediate guitar song for the reasons that we're going to be using a somewhat of a shuffle strumming pattern in this song. We also have to contend with a B minor chord. But for those of you guys who are more beginner than, there is an easy fix to that B minor. You just play the bottom three strings like so. First finger, second finger, third finger on the bottom three strings at a diagonal. Just follow the chord diagram up there. Let's go over the chords that we're going to be using in this song. We have a G chord, an A minor chord, that B minor chord I just talked about, C major, e minor, A major, D7 and A7. Those I think are all the chords and if another one pops in, I'll let you know. But those are going to be the major chords we're using throughout this song. Now there's four sections of this song. I'm going to go over. I'm going to go over the intro, I'm going to go over the verse, I'm going to go over the chorus and then the outro section of the song. If you need a chord chart to follow along to, go to laurenbateman.com I'll put a link in the description below. You guys can pull that up on my website and follow along there. So the first thing we're going to talk about is our intro and the strumming that we're going to be using on the intro and verse section. So our intro is very simple. It's just four or actually it's four chords but it's two of them are the same. It's going to be G D7, G D7. And the strumming pattern we're going to be using is an E8th note strumming pattern. 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. And we're going to be going down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up. Now if you hear this, listen to that. It's a very straight pattern. It's 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. Well, this is what we're going to do to that pattern. It's going to be.

Can you hear the difference? Here's the first one. I want you to listen and see if you can hear the difference between this. Here we go.

That's the first one.

Now here's the second one.

It's very, very tiny. And what we're doing is more of a little bit of a shuffle here. So that up strum is getting delayed a little bit. It's more counted like 1, a 2.

A 3, a 4, a 1, a 2, a 3, a 4, a 1, a two, a three, a four, a one, a two, a three, A four.

That's more the sound where a straight.

Eighth note is 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4.

And the strumming pattern we're going to be using for this song is going to sound like this. So if I play the intro, it's.

Going to be one, a two, a three, a four, a one, a two, a three or a four, a one, a 2, a 3, a 4, a 1, a 2, a 3, A 4.

All right, so that's the strumming pattern we're going to be using for this song. One more time, a little bit slower. One, a two, a three, a four.

A one, a two, a three, a four, a one, a two, a three, a four.

So we're going to take that strumming pattern now and we're going to apply it to the verse. So the chord progression of the verse, there's really not a lot of repetition here. So we have G, A minor, B minor, C, G, E minor, A major, D7. All right, so that's the first chunk. And then the second chunk is going to be G, A minor, B minor, C. And then we do a bunch of split measures at the end. All right, so we have G and E minor splitting A measure, a minor and D7 splitting a measure. And then we go to our G chord for two measures. So if I play through this, we're going to be using that same strumming pattern. I'm going to tell you what's going to happen on that very last line when we have those split measures. So this would be our verse. We would start on G.

To A minor to B minor to C.

To G to E minor to A major to D7. Then we get G again, G, A.

Minor to B minor to C.

Now this is where it's going to change. Okay, we're going to be G. It's.

Going to be down, down, up on.

Each of these chords chord.

So we've got down, down, up, down, down, up, down, down, up, down, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up.

Down, up, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4.

So if I played through that whole verse again, we've got 1, 2, 3.

4 Ba da da da da da da.

Da da.

Here comes the split measures.

Down, down, up down, down, up down, down, up down, down, up down, up down, up down, up down, up down, up down, up down, up, down, up.

So that's how our verse goes. And what we're gonna do next is we're gonna jump into the chorus and we're going to be switching up the strumming pattern just a little bit. Just a reminder, feel free to go back and rewind these videos and play along with me as much as you need. Just because I'm moving to the next section doesn't mean you need to move to the next section. And also, quick reminder, if you're liking this video and you find it valuable, make sure to subscribe to the channel. Turn on those notifications. This way. YouTube will let you know when I release new videos just like this one. Let's get back into the lesson. So the course we're going to be doing a couple different little strumming patterns. We have split measures, so we're still going to be incorporating that.

Down, down, up.

Okay.

Down, down, up.

We're still going to be incorporating that. And the other strumming pattern we're going to have is a down, down, up, up, down, up. It's a syncopated pattern. Down, down, up, up, down. So that would happen on one of the chords is B minor.

Down, down, up, up, down, up, down, down, up, up, down, up.

Or if you're playing that easier, B minor.

Down, down, up, up, down, up, down, down, up, up, down.

Now, if you're more a beginner and you can't do that syncopated pattern, just put the down on the third strum.

It'll be 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 1, 2 and 3 and 4and 1, 2 and 3 and 4.

1, 2 and 3 and 4. And that'll work just fine. But I'm going to play it the way they do in the song. So the chorus is C and D splitting a measure followed by B minor, then C and D splitting a measure E minor. In C splitting a measure G, C, G, E minor splitting a measure a 7, d 7. Lots of great chords in this song. So whenever we hit a chord that is played for a full measure or four beats, we're going to use that down, down, up, up, down, up pattern. So if I played through the entire chorus, I'll play one time through slower here we would have down, down, up.

Down, down, up, down, down, up, up, down, up, down, down, up, down, down, up, down, down, up, down, down, up down, down, up, up, down, up down, down, up, up, down, up down, down, up down, down, up down, down, up, up, down, up down, down, up, up, down, up.

2, 3, 4.

And there you go. And you might have noticed when I go from E minor to A seven, how am I playing going? So I'm using E minor here, first and second finger going from G.

And then when I go to A seven, I'm using my second and third fingers here. Just wanted you guys to know this way I don't have to move this finger. Remember, guitarists are lazy, so move as little fingers as possible. So I'm doing a pivot, G to e minor to a 7. Which sets these fingers up perfectly for the D7. Alright, let me go in for a close up just to show you what I'm doing there. Alright guys, so I'm going from G.

To an E minor. So you'll see I didn't move this first finger, G, E minor A7.

And then D7. So I have a pivot from G to E minor, pivot from e minor to a 7 and then from a 7 I just move these two fingers down and I'm in position for that D7 chord. So there you go, that's how you play that chorus. And if you have trouble going between those two strumming patterns, I would just pick one chord, maybe this G chord and I would just go down, down.

Up, down, down, up, down, down, up, up, down, up, down, down, up, down, down, up, down, up, up, down, up down, down, up down, down, up, down, down, up, up, down, up, down, down, up.

And then you can start switching the chords.

Down, down, up, down, down, up, down, down, up, up, down, up.

So for some of you that are working switching between different strumming patterns, that's how you kind of put those seams together there. If you guys are enjoying some of the strumming that's happening in the song and want your strumming to sound better. I do have an entire strumming course. I'll put a link in the description below with a special coupon just for my YouTube viewers. So the last part of this song is the interlude and the final chorus and outro. So we have a verse, a chorus, a verse, a chorus. After that chorus we jump right into another interlude, which is just the intro. But the song does come down and, and then opens back up. So what I would recommend on this interlude is.

Sticking to the lower strings and strumming a little bit lighter. So when you get back into.

Because people always ask me. Lauren, why do you always sound better than me? It's the dynamics and the playing. So on this interlude, after we get, you know, the homecoming queen.

Here'S the interlude.

Bomb light.

So you can hear how that last chorus, I really, really open it up and there's, there's nothing special there. They just keep going playing through the chorus chord progression at this point and just make sure to make that final chorus loud and big. This way you put the energy you need into the song.

Song.

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