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An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Mother Nature's Son" by The Beatles_Paul McCartney. The classic Beatles song from the White Album. Another finger picking song by Paul McCartney that was influenced by the finger style playing of Donovan when they were in India. This is played with just the thumb and first finger which uses the pinch/strum technique that Paul is famous for.
It was recorded on August 9th, 1968. According to Wikipedia, he did 25 takes of the song playing guitar and singing live. Take 24 was considered the best one and was the take used for the album.

The guitar I'm playing here is a Taylor 214ce koa deluxe. I really like this guitar, it intonates amazingly well and it's tone is very balanced. It's also very easy to play.
The strings are Elixir phosphor bronze 12-53 with nanoweb coating. These strings are a little bit more expensive, but for me they easily last 4-5 times longer than non coated strings.

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