How to play 'Comfortably Numb' by Pink Floyd

Shane is a complete gentleman and a fantastic teacher. Top man indeed

It's funny we all start out frustrated with our fret hand trying to form chords and run scales. After a while you find yourself closing your eyes and hitting the chords and running scales with your fret hand. It's the strumming and picking hand that never stops evolving. It's the strumming hand that shapes the sound and expresses same chords differently. The coolest thing about the guitar is you never really master it. The guitar still has secrets it keeps just waiting to be discovered. A never ending puzzle with countless ways to play the same chords.

The thing I love most about this channel are the play-alongs. They really drive home the lesson. It's a unique feature of this channel that most other channels don't do. Thanks!

Another fantastic lesson. Ahhhhh....Saturday mornin' a cup Joe, Pink Floyd and my pal Shane.....yeah, you could say I'm pretty comfortaby.....numb...thank you sir...

One of THE great songs of all time…taught so well. 👍

Definitely one of the best teachers on YouTube. You don't just teach chords but musicianship which is more important for the feel 👍

Shane, you knocked it out of the park. This was an awesome pick. I love your rendition of making a face to get the note right.

Awesome!! I've always wanted to play this song. I love your energy and how you remember what it was like to learn to play the guitar. Thanks !!

He makes it seem so effortless and simple. But we know that it takes years of practice as well as his love and experience is so astounding

Woke up today, raining outside, and this lesson came up. Will play with this this morning. I as well enjoy your teaching and enthusiasm. Keep up the great work. I thank you for your Van Morrison “ Into the Mystic” lesson. I Now play it properly 👍😃

Great lesson Shane. You make that Taylor sound so good. With the Beat Buddy setting the tempo, you have a winner combo. Thanks for all your hard work and motivation.

It's hard to stop playing this tune😁👍👍 Always enjoy the lead, but the foundation is so important for the feel. Great video as always Shane😎👍 😎✌👍❤🖖

At last! I've found tutorials I can follow and enjoy. Thank you Shane.

Absolutely love your enthusiasm and the way you explain everything. You make it all sound so logical and natural. Many, many thanks for all the effort you put into making these videos.

So many nice little techniques. Really fun to play with each of them and then add them in to the song. Thanks!

One of my favorite songs of all time. And as a guitar player, this song was truly instrumental in in helping me become fluid in my soloing. It's still my "go to" for warming up. The tempo is slow enough, and the techniques simple enough, that makes it a great song for practicing your improv soloing over the Bm pentatonic.

I'm a self-taught looong time late-beginner, I can play barre chords pretty clean with a proper technique, I do not wrap my thumb above the fretboard it is placed nice and tidy directly behind BUT the muscle between my thumb and index finger always gets so tense, almost to a point of painful cramp. That one little advise you've given around 2:00 I think will solve it; place the thumb little bit even lower. I've watched countless beginner-intermediate guitar lessons online but never heard such a subtle but effective correction recommendation. They always mention the proper way of placing the thumb behind but lowering it a little bit more with that wrist angle, never heard. Thank you dear, sir. You've helped this chronic beginner a lot.

I loved the play along at the end!! This way you did the lesson was absolutely PERFECT. Please please please keep this structure for your lessons. I really like a full play along after the actual lesson with your little reminders as opposed to a mini demo in the beginning. Playing the whole thing with you, I was feeling good about the Bm. I’m still slow at switching between the barre and open chords, but I can make the barre chords ring out now every time or if I mess up, I can get my fingers right and fix it. Your Bm video specifically helped me A LOT with all the barre chords, so thanks for that! I can’t get enough of your lessons.

Your lesson completely catches the „spirit“ of the famous song. Congrats! It´s one of my all time favourites, having been now a big fan of Pink Floyd since 1978. Keep on teaching in your style, it´s marvellous. Thanks!

Another great lesson from the Master , Shane with this gem you must have Pink Floyd fans in their element for sure ,outstanding